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With a furtive eye on the clock, I scan through my mail index quickly, so as not to be more than ten minutes late to my next class. Amid the usual assortment of friendly "letters" I notice an unfamiliar name, a certain Debbie Mayer from the University of Wisconsin. After a brief description of her life, she asks, "Write back if you want to. It would be cool to have an e-mail...
...says it's been a fairly good day: Already seventy papers sold and it's only five o'clock. Fifty is average, but, "those other guys are amateurs. I'm really good at selling things because," Bob says, pausing for extra emphasis, "I'm a professional...
Most sitcoms are run by committee; the writers get together regularly to revise or "punch up" scripts. Not on Seinfeld. David and Seinfeld themselves write the last draft of every script. Sitting at abutting desks in David's office, they labor over The Barber for three days. The clock is ticking. Seinfeld's weekly production cycle starts on Wednesday and ends with a Tuesday-night taping. But this week's script won't be ready until Saturday -- inordinately late. Even with the taping pushed back to Wednesday, the cast and crew will have to work all weekend...
...last moment. They negotiate with that combination of self- righteousness and unblushing bad faith common among old-style communist regimes, violating commitments in order to sell the same concession two or three times. On the American side, a certain admiration has even developed for this doggedness. But the atomic clock is ticking. "I think both sides are getting tired of going over and over each tiny concession," says one source. "Now that we've gotten to know each other, gotten comfortable with each other and gotten to really hate each other," he jokes, "I think we are looking...
This time change thing has me confused. Is it now 8:37, 9:37, or 7:37? I'm looking at my clock and I'm not sure. I finally decided to write to you because I need a quick response. I'm not leaving my room until you tell me because I'm afraid I'll be an hour late to everything. --Confused (and Late) in Quincy...