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...snarky, poetic or both, as when he describes Queen Victoria's funeral procession, the monarch dressed in white: "There was a touch of Miss Havisham about this--the 80-year-old, flower-bedecked virgin bride." He's an enlightening, entertaining guide to a history that isn't ours, except that it really is. --By James Poniewozik
...time. He also admits having paid her $250,000 in hush money, but says that when she came back for more, he went to court. Earlier this year, Jordan's wife Juanita filed for divorce, but the two reconciled a month later. Not much is known about Knafel except that she had a bit part in the 1991 film Bikini Island...
Americans seem to have an insatiable appetite for reality TV--except when it comes to the Anna Nicole Show. Ratings plummeted after the first episode, and critics dug out their thesauri to find new words for "awful." So, of course, the show has been picked up for a second season. This is because it airs on the cable channel E!, where the standards for a hit are lower. Despite the audience drop, on E! the show still qualifies as a ratings winner. So far, the unintelligible ramblings and aimless meanderings of Anna Nicole Smith have left people agog that...
Rose’s record-setting day had been foreshadowed the entire season. Except for one quarter against Northeastern, when the threat of being pulled for Fitzpatrick constantly loomed over his head, Rose has been lights out whenever’s he played. His current completion percentage (68.1) surpasses last year’s rate, and, if you exclude the Northeastern game, Rose is completing an absurd 76 percent of his passes. More importantly, he’s only thrown one interception—and that was two months ago in the first game versus Holy Cross...
...office helps people develop options to deal with their problems in a confidential manner. A visitor’s wish about which option to choose is respected except in extreme circumstances when there is imminent risk of serious harm and there seem to be no alternatives other than the ombudsperson taking some action. How the office functions is made explicit at the on-set of every meeting with a thorough explanation about what the office can and cannot do. The majority of my more than 600 visitors last year chose the option of dealing directly with the parties involved with...