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...reporters for good measure. When the press settled down, the five hostages returned and pronounced themselves healthy and well cared for. Their keepers had attended to their medical needs, fed them, kept them abreast of the news, they said. In fact, the hostages were "appreciative of that, uh, hospitality," said Thomas Cullins of Burlington...
...others and confirm the precision of a collector's taste. Interesting has the opposite effect. It suspends judgment, covers the rear, and defends the vacuum-cleaner habits of a cultural mass market without precedent in art history. It states, with a sort of coy defiance, that buying this, uh, thang may not be a mistake, even though its owner does not know what to say about it. It acknowledges that by the time thoughtful aesthetic judgment is passed -- a distant prospect, given the promotional state of too much American art criticism -- the price has trebled, the boat has sailed...
...Harvard Experience the other day, I saw someone I hadn't seen since freshman week. He remembered my name--that seems to be the first trick we all learn at Harvard. "Hey congratulations," he said. "Are you psyched about graduation?" And I told my ugly tale: "Uh, well, I took some time off." The conversation ended pretty quickly...
...instead of eight) across in what is called business class. This is nicer than coach but a little less plush than first class, which tends to cause jitters among the watchdogs who monitor corporate expense accounts. With all of that, could revamping of the seat itself be far, uh, behind? Now TWA has introduced its "Business Lounger," the airline's answer to one of the worst problems in the sky: flying fanny fatigue...
...Uh-huh. Just as most runners are smacking into "the Wall"--the point at which one's legs become disobedient slinkies--legendary Heartbreak Hill looms in the distance. Bunched around the 20-mile mark, this mountain range is not just a single hill but a series of hills, the last of which vaguely resembles Mt. McKinley...