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...than the ironic, detached Austen. This Darcy is a man consumed by his passion for Elizabeth (Jennifer Ehle), the novel's brilliant, voluble heroine. His eyes are piercing, and he cannot take them off her, in one scene ogling her from his bathroom window after languishing in a warm tub. Fortunately, despite one or two other such moments--not to mention an opening-credits sequence in which the camera pans over crinkled-up satin--this Pride and Prejudice never quite veers into Sidney Sheldon territory...
Independent book purveyors have been forced to find innovative new ways to compete with the huge selections and frequent discounting of the superstores. At Nickleby's in Columbus, Ohio, owner Palmer Cook maintains an antique tub for children to play in, as well as a bakery. One of the nation's best-regarded bookstores, Tattered Cover in Denver, bumped its biography and cooking sections off the first floor last November to accommodate a gourmet snack bar where visitors down cannoli and blueberry cheesecake while they pore over the latest hardcovers. Earlier this month owner Joyce Meskis went a step further...
...dean will have to consider a question that has in the past put HBS at odds with smaller schools at the University. Should HBS, with its wealthy alumni network, raise funds for poorer schools at the University as well? Harvard schools have traditionally relied on the maxim, "every tub on its own bottom." President Rudenstine has asked that University schools work closer together for the multi-million dollar capital campaign...
...joint is called #hottub (pronounced ``pound hot tub''), and it's open almost all the time. I've been soaking in it for two hours with ``Bubbles,'' ``Hard Charger'' and ``Lush Lady.'' Charger and Lady are, shall we say, flirting heavily, while Bubbles is trying to get my attention. But s/he's a notorious transvestite, so I'm keeping my distance. People float in and out of this hot tub, which is open to all comers, but no one ever gets wet -- just a little damp sometimes. If you fancy someone, and he or she fancies you, it is possible...
...Faculty of Arts and Sciences paid for halfof that. We paid for something we did not need norbenefit from," Landes told the Faculty yesterday."It was the biggest violation in Harvard historyof the motto that every tub should stand on itsown bottom...