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...February. House residents dining on Thursday night (Quincy’s community dining night) will forgo trays for plates and cutlery only. The plan was unveiled in a pamphlet for Quincy House residents that featured a list of the top ten reasons to embrace trayless dining. Aside from the usual (and compelling) reasons to eat without a tray, the list featured some reasons of a lighter nature—for instance, reason number eight: “You’ll practice vital waitering skills by learning to balance two drink glasses in one hand.” While...
...have often led Italy, both Berlusconi and Veltroni are persuasive orators with a populist touch and a nose for how to use the mass media. Berlusconi will be able to make the case that the center-left blew their chance to lead, stumbling and splintering into Italian politics-as-usual. He will ask for yet another chance to remake Italy in his image of success. Veltroni will respond that it is the center-right that is offering the been-there, seen-that candidate; and that at nearly 20 years younger, he is the choice for "change." The bad news...
...Writers Guild - has moved on to wisecracks about the Cloverfield monster and Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke. Jay Leno, who has returned sans scribes but is supposedly writing the monologues himself (angering the Guild, which claims he's violating strike rules by doing so), is pummeling viewers with the usual rat-a-tat of gags playing off the headlines, from the presidential primaries to funny animal news...
...After Brady engineered a drive that gave New England a 14-10 lead with 2:42 left in the game, the Giants supporters felt the suffocating weight of their dreams being crushed as those rooting for the Patriots felt silly for thinking that Brady might not pull off his usual magic and lead his team to victory. Finally, Manning beat Brady at his own game, and in one superhuman drive turned the impossible into the inevitable. Numbness enveloped the Patriots fans, while a wave of euphoria overwhelmed the Giants supporters. Those feelings were only intensified when on New England?...
...this year, in a Democratic presidential nomination race that has defied convention at every turn, celebrities are playing a much bigger role than usual. Rather than just lending their endorsements, stars from the worlds of music, TV, and movies are taking active roles in getting the word out, particularly in Senator Barack Obama's campaign...