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Airness is imbued with the irresistible cool derived from celebrities the French love most: soccer stars. But how could he swing that when all the pros worth recruiting were already under contract to Nike, Adidas and Puma? "I came up with the concept of the extra sports contract"--getting players to wear Airness in their private life, once their on-field obligations were over." French-African roots were key to signing stars like Didier Drogba, an Ivorian who plays for the top English team, Chelsea. Those ties also allowed Koné to go to the next level, signing Airness...
...dull cocktail party - to see Edward P. Jones's The Known World, which won the Pulitzer in 2004, make an appearance, but otherwise it's a very staid, predictable, old, white (except for Morrison and Jones), and male (except for Morrison and Marilynne Robinson's Housekeeping) bunch. No surprise extra-canonical incursions. (No William Gibson? No Watchmen...
Seventy-four undergraduates will end their year with an extra boost, with the announcement of the winners of the 2005-2006 Hoopes Prize yesterday. The annual Hoopes Prize, established in 1982 and funded by the estate of Thomas T. Hoopes ’19, is recognized as one of Harvard’s most prestigious awards. It exists to reward “outstanding scholarly work or research,” and to promote “excellence in the art of teaching” as well as to enhance “the quality of education...
...Hong Kong Disneyland Cast Members' Union made public a litany of gripes over poor pay, excessive work hours and, most of all, the sweltering conditions inside their costumes. Disney counters that the complaints are an "inaccurate representation" of the work environment at the park, that staffers have been granted extra rest days beyond those mandated by their contracts, and that their costumes are no different to those worn at its hot park in Florida...
...helped the Crimson gain control of the ball in the first two overtimes.But missed opportunities on the offensive end proved to be Harvard’s downfall.None came closer than junior attackman Evan Calvert’s shot in front of the goal near the end of the second extra frame, which missed sealing it for the Crimson by inches.“Over the course of the overtimes we had possession probably two-thirds or three-quarters of the time, because John Henry was doing such a good job on faceoffs,” Anderson said.Despite the dominating performance...