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...yesterday. Cross, despite a tenth place ranking after the preliminary qualifications, soundly quashed opponent Arianna Errigo of Italy 15-5 and win the gold in Women’s Foil. “Obviously that is a harder road to travel,” said Harvard Fencing Coach Peter Brand of Cross’s relatively low opening seeding. “Initially when I saw that I was concerned, but she came through like the trooper that she is.” Cross fenced Errigo in the finals of last year’s World Championships as well...
...Politics, spoke of her concern for equality in education. There is a disturbing trend in the tendency of men to drop out of high school—and fail to complete college—at higher rates than women, she said. Zepeda’s talk called for a brand of feminism that would rise above the current “politically correct perversion” and turn more attention to men’s issues, as well as women?...
...entire world conspires, in a shameless orgy of serendipity, to ease Richard back into some semblance of engagement with it. This is probably supposed to convey the idea that Richard is reaping the rewards of his brand-new attitude--if you're open to new experiences, they'll come to you--but it plays as one cloying Candyland coincidence after another. When he sees a woman crying in a supermarket--Richard only ever meets cute--he sits her down, listens to her problems, engages in witty repartee with her and thus rehydrates his dried-out emotional palette. Never mind that...
That is superficially plausible. Burkle had invested $100 million in the Sean John clothing line fronted by Sean (Puffy [P. Diddy (Diddy)]) Combs and might--just might--have been interested in Stern's fledgling Skull & Bones brand. Stern also claims that Burkle, a jet-setter (he owns a Boeing 757, which pal Bill Clinton dubbed Ron Air), has no media "structure" to run interference. Stern would fill that role--and part of his job would be to keep Burkle's name out of the column he wrote for. A simple business proposition: You scratch my back, I won't scratch...
...language raps over rough beats sampled from Jamaican dancehall reggae—a far cry from the pop pulse that fills clubs today. Saldana and Cabrera changed the genre forever, with reggaeton’s most popular artists rushing to associate themselves with the sleek, radio-friendly Luny Tunes brand...