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...more hectic, Parisians have begun to realize that a light snack at midday is nothing to be ashamed of. Yet although the city has welcomed its hamburger restaurants and panini stands with open arms, le fast food has traditionally been viewed as a disreputable foreign invention. Today, thanks to superstar chef Alain Ducasse, veteran of New York's Essex House and Paris' Plaza Athénée, fast food is well on its way to attaining gourmet credibility. How did Ducasse pull off this culinary miracle? Simple. Like any self-respecting Frenchman, he invented an original concept (original...
Though their destinies remain intertwined in the form of an ongoing $102 million fraud suit, superstar Professor of Economics Andrei Shleifer ’82 and Harvard may soon be parting ways...
Indeed, the key to the Crimson’s victory was its ability to contain Dartmouth superstar forward Katharine Hanks. Hanks, a First-Team All-Ivy selection last year who currently leads the Ivy League in scoring with 20.8 ppg, went scoreless for the first 27 minutes of the game and finished with only four points on one-of-five shooting. Hanks has scored at least 30 points four times this season, but could never establish herself down low as Harvard’s 3-2 zone defense took away the interior pass all game...
JOHN DIGWEED. Superstar DJ and all around nice guy John Digweed hits the Avalon Ballroom with his well-known blend of progressive house. Friday, Jan. 10 at 10 p.m. Tickets: $20. Avalon, 15 Landsdowne...
...Fine, but why Elvis? Not just because he was rock's first superstar, but also because as the pawn of Parker his manager, he was the last pop idol who did not control his own career. In 1956 he released his first million-seller, "Heartbreak Hotel," and became the biggest music idol since Sinatra, and loads weirder. Then, too soon, he was devoured by Hollywood's make-over machinery, steered into a rut that would lead to nearly three dozen low-mediocre films. Parker's determination to slip Elvis into the old showbiz mainstream effectively neutered the emperor of sexual...