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...patted on the fanny by a distinguishedprofessor, and I survived a failed attempt at daterape, by a v Medical School student no less, bothof us cold sober. I just went to back Eliot Halland cried on Mary Douglas' shoulder. She knewwithout m saying much exactly what had happened.It never dawned on me to do anything but endureit...
Lemmon's character goes from being the same and sober one of the pair--Curtis is the flamboyant, womanizing risk-taker--to a state of madcap abandon. There's a gleam in his eyes as he shakes a pair of maracas, or holds a rose between his teeth during a tango with Brown, that is nothing short of priceless. The tango scene is one of the greatest in comedy film history, and it works because of Lemmon...
...Having Coffee has been institutionalized. "Coffee is not quite a date--it's somewhere in between," says Elie M. Finegold '95-'96. "It bridges the gap between the academic world, where Harvard students are comfortable, and the social world, where they are not. Coffee is the centerpiece of sober interaction at Harvard." Coffee is liminal; you can ask the cute guy in seminar Out For Coffee with impunity, since it can be cloaked, ostensibly, in the guise of continued academic discourse. The experience can be just flirtatious enough to make it interesting, however. "Someone isn't asking...
...speakeasies; and Sam Bronfman, the new owner of Seagram, was bootlegging spirits across the Canadian border into Prohibition-era America. Wall Street is hoping that for Seagram's sake, Sam's grandson Edgar Jr. does not forget the first rule of a speakeasy: the bartender is supposed to stay sober...
...grown legendary. I am also often left with the thankless role of keeping the driver awake on long trips. While not driving can leave me feeling dependent and childlike, it also means that I can drink without guilt. Shotgun inevitable awaits me, much to the annoyance of those who, sober as a judge, must take me home...