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Ernest Hemingway was so embittered by his experiences in Hollywood that he formulated what might be called Hemingway's Rule for Dealing with the Celluloid Bastards: Drive your car up to the California state line. Take your manuscript out of the car. Make them throw the money across first. Toss them the manuscript, get back in the car and drive back east as fast...
...lower-leg injury.Kevin Du added an even-strength goal near the 10-minute mark of the third period for good measure, and then all that was left to do was wait on the clock—wait, look at the stunned Cornell fans, and then storm the ice, toss the equipment and smile for the cameras.—Staff writer Rebecca A. Seesel can be reached at seesel@fas.harvard.edu...
...well for both parties, but while there’s no other band out there that sounds quite like Of Montreal, there are plenty of quirky animated music videos that look like “Requiem.” Nonetheless, “Requiem” is a cute toss-off, and at only 2 minutes and 16 seconds, it’s not likely to waste much of your life. Unless, of course, you decide to enhance your experience chemically—then you might waste some brain cells. —Jake G. Cohen
...arguments, embittering and insulting colleagues and—most importantly—neutering the meaning of anti-Semitism so that it works not as the name for violent racial bigotry, but as an unsuccessful attempt to embarrass critics into silence. Like the boy who cried wolf, those who recklessly toss around and redefine terms like anti-Semitism should be held responsible for destroying, through willful catachresis, the use-value of a powerful word of warning. Evidently lacking many positive arguments in support of their candidate, the Summers partisans have re-introduced the term in its new meaning: an anti-Semite...
...1980s, and today most upscale outlets employ a small cadre of image consultants. Macy's even offers them in the children's section. Alternatively called style advisers or wardrobe consultants, personal shoppers go to a client's home and offer advice on what to keep and what to toss. They gently direct buyers toward the most hip-slimming trousers. What makes Rich's job unique?besides the fact that a disproportionate number of his subjects are thin and gorgeous?is that the looks his clients choose often end up splashed on the pages of magazines...