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...dozen passengers linger at this nearly silent stop. A scruffy- looking gentleman zips up his guitar case. Sergei Alexeev heads home; there is seemingly no more money to make for the night. Rather than bless his crowds with songs of old Mother Russia and Stoli, this immigrant with a thick accent strictly sticks to the guitar. For three years he has played in subways full time. This 36 year-old hope to get noticed and eventually belong to a big-time band...

Author: By Juice Fong, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: Carnegie Hall It Ain't | 3/2/2000 | See Source »

...This will give him 16, which he'll have to hit, according to house rules. He'll bust and we'll all win some money. But somehow the situation isn't quite so clear to me. It's 7 a.m. now and I'm in a fog as thick as the one I drove through to get here. I take a hit. The table collectively asks me what the fuck I'm doing, but before I catch on, I've already caught a 10 from Tony. I've busted. He flips a 10 from under his six and grabs...

Author: By Robert J. Coolbrith, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: Reservation for One: One man, one hundred dollars and 15 hours at Foxwoods and Mohegan Sun | 3/2/2000 | See Source »

...spots to warrant serious consideration. Although professors may argue that the Inn's proximity to the Barker Center makes it ideal for their offices, students can argue that the Inn's proximity to Lamont Library makes it a perfect place for student gatherings. Furthermore, the Inn is in the thick of late-night student activity--right down the street from the Kong and only a few more streets away from Tommy's--and is fairly removed from residential buildings...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, | Title: Room for Students at the Inn | 3/1/2000 | See Source »

...without acknowledging how much of his success reflected the financial backing of his father's friends and their desire to be associated with the Bush name. And he stakes his claim to the presidency based on his record as Governor of Texas, even though the fat war chest and thick stack of endorsements may owe something to his birth certificate as well as his resume...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fathers, Sons And Ghosts | 2/28/2000 | See Source »

...protector of Weed's sheep is a six-year-old llama named Cyrus, an animal best known for its thick, shaggy coat and its agility on narrow alpine trails. Here on the flatland expanse at the base of the snow-capped Bridger Mountains, the brown and white beast walks guard duty amid a sea of much smaller brown and white woolly bodies. Deceptively spry despite his goofy appearance, the llama struts and shuffles among the flock, craning his head from one side of the field to another while occasionally stopping to munch on grass clumps in the crusty, frozen earth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BECKY WEED: The Best Coyote Defense Since the Road Runner | 2/28/2000 | See Source »

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