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...that garment bag you've been lugging feels like a Buick on your back. You arrive at your posh hotel, and an overly costumed valet grabs the bag, carries it all of 50 yards to reception and bids you good day. You are expected to cough up a tip. And you might not see your belongings again for another half an hour while the bag makes its way to your room...
...validate that tautology, we're useless. That's why studios screen fewer and fewer of their films early, and if they do, they invite everyone but critics. Until the fall, that is, when they want their prestige releases on 10 Best lists. Those citations sell tickets and tip off the awards folks. In that sense, Hollywood uses us as heralds to our own constituency. We're the fanboy brigade for Oscar films...
...February 5, 2001: Hoyt, Kansas Three students, ages 16, 17, and 18, plan a school shooting. An anonymous caller to a tip line alerts police. When their homes are searched, police discover guns, bombs, and white supremacist drawings...
Maia, an ultra-luxurious resort in the Seychelles, may offer canoeing, fishing and snorkeling excursions, but our tip is to give them all a miss. This seven-month-old property is instead made for mooching on an opulent scale. Picture 30 sumptuous villas, spread over 12 hectares next to secluded Anse Louis beach, and appointed with every comfort. Private gazebos offer sweeping views of the Indian Ocean, but the scenery is best enjoyed from your own plunge pool with a glass of champagne. The service is designed for solitude seekers: you can stay cocooned, interacting with a personal butler whose...
...blogger who publicized Godelia’s past is Kameron A. Collins ’09, who, following a tip, posted an entry last Thursday citing a 1996 article in Baylor’s student newspaper, the Lariat. The article, which began, “The Loose Cannon has been lassoed again,” detailed Godelia’s alleged misdeeds and reported that he had been arrested for trespassing after an 11-day stakeout...