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...story of Harvard and Harken dates back to 1986, when the HMC Board of Directors—in charge of setting HMC policy but not specific investment decisions—viewed the energy business as a wise investment opportunity...
Anyone who interviews John Updike, 70, approaches him knowing that he would just as soon be sticking pins in his eyes as sitting across from your tape recorder. He has said as much in some interviews. So it doesn't help that his lovely and wise new novel, Seek My Face (Knopf; 276 pages), describes a long interview in which a journalist with a plain mind confronts a woman with more intricate workings. Hope, 78, is a famous American painter who is questioned by Kathryn, 27, a relentless art specialist who knows everything about postwar American artists except the deep...
...Individually, we were having trouble getting the ball on the other side of the net,” Ogbechie said. “Hitting-wise, we were making several errors that we don’t usually make. On defense, we were losing focus on getting to our position—ultimately, that makes you lose focus as a team...
...some cunning, made-in-the-basement special effects, ?CESK? includes the star?s much-anthologized stool-vs.-sword fight and the not-easily-forgettable sight of Samo?s naked body painted with Chinese characters - he?s become a slab of calligraffiti. After kicking much bony-vampire ass, he gets wise to his cheating wife. Shouting, ?I knew you were having an affair, you bitch!?, he punches her hard, eight times, lifts her over his head and tosses her into the fire. Freeze frame...
...myself," he says, "even putting on makeup so that I don't need to bother other people." But when taping starts, Aa Gym snaps into performance mode. His voice drops an octave, his face changing in a second from a broad smile to the serious, concerned demeanor of a wise uncle giving guidance to his favorite nephews and nieces. The topics could be taken from a Reader's Digest article: "The Greatest Failure is Never Trying," "Forgive and Forget," "The Importance of Politeness," "Don't Be Envious of Success...