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...Chiou himself won all four of his matches over the weekend, going a perfect 4-for-4 in tiebreaks—even though he had initially planned to remain in Cambridge and prepare for next week’s MCAT exams. As the Harvard lineup stretched thinner and thinner, though, his attendance became necessary...
...struggle to keep the stars flawless, television's makeup artists are introducing a variety of new techniques and products. While heavy pancake makeup typically covers all sorts of sins on analog TV, high def calls for thinner, better-blended foundations. Too much powder can make a star look mummy-like. Ken Diaz, makeup boss for the PBS series American Family, which is filmed in HDTV, waters down his bases. "It's a wash of color, like a stain, rather than a pigment," he says. Lori Madrigal, chief makeup artist for CBS's HD hit Joan of Arcadia, concedes that...
...this regard, increasing expenditures on Pell Grants and other federal aid programs is vital. As the number of students attending college continues to grow, funds are increasingly spread thinner among applicants. The number of students receiving the Pell Grant is expected to grow by more than 20 percent this year relative to 2000. While the monetary value of each award has increased over time, it has not kept up with rising prices—$12 billion dollars is needed to restore the purchasing power of Pell Grants to its level in the 1970s. This is a lot of money...
...only this year is Mann getting the opportunity to be the full-time catcher, something he probably would have had for the past two seasons on any other, thinner Ivy team...
SIZE MATTERS Some of the new sets are bigger and thinner than before. A prototype Samsung plasma screen measures a record 80 in. diagonally. And for something really skinny, RCA has developed a rear-projection TV that's less than 7 in. thick...