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...also given sufficient moola to hire top-tier talent, who were put on handsome retainers. Tom Wolfe was rumored to be paid $12 a word; Michael Lewis $50K an article. David Margolick was poached from Vanity Fair, where the contributing editor's retainer was well into six figures. Less renowned staff writers were said to make over $150,000 a year. Deputy editor Amy Stevens was making north of $400,000, several colleagues said. Even some of the bloggers were hitting the $120,000 mark...
...annoying and endearing, 17 Again has lessons in tow: that kids will take fatherly advice only from another teen, that a life full of compromises and defeats is still worth cherishing and that Efron can nail a tearful public declaration of hopeless love with the assurance of a young Tom Hanks. He said he wanted to act, and now he has - pretty well...
...Credit card leaders have powerful friends on Capitol Hill, though, and neither side expects a clean victory. Moderate Democrats and those with major banks with big presences in their states are receiving particular attention from the banking lobby. These include Tom Carper of Delaware and Tim Johnson of South Dakota: Johnson voted against Dodd's bill in committee and Carper is a longtime bank backer...
...runs before exiting in the fourth. The Big Green took the contest 11-5, clinching the Rolfe Division crown.But in the nightcap, Hulse helped the Crimson end the league schedule on a good note.“It’s a respect thing,” senior outfielder Tom Stack-Babich said of the win. “It’s about getting a little pride.”HARVARD 4, DARTMOUTH 3Having already earned its spot in next week’s Ivy League Championship series, the Big Green could afford to rest some of its regulars...
...called on a balk.’”Walsh encourages his hurlers to push the envelope on the mound, practicing a “balk move” that walks a thin line of legality. The weapon may have been on display Saturday, as senior Tom Stack-Babich incited the crowd once more by turning to throw to first in the ninth without clearly stepping off the rubber. The close call prompted more protest from Whelan, but Stack-Babich defended the move, saying, “I guess there was a potential balk, but I thought I stepped...