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...father, a hotel manager and film-set caterer, got him a job on a TV show. "I didn't work continuously when I was a young fella, just little bits and pieces," he says, "enough to formulate the desire. And I was never a child star, just a child extra, so I was learning and observing without pressure." After school, Crowe wanted to attend college to study history. But his father was out of work, so instead he hit the market and got jobs in repertory productions of Grease and The Rocky Horror Picture Show and sang in a moderately...
...homeowner policies. The cheapest, actual-cash-value coverage, pays you the depreciated value of whatever is being replaced. When that's a 15year-old roof or a five-year-old dishwasher, that's often less than the cost of buying a new one. You're better off paying an extra 10% for replacement-cost coverage, which doesn't adjust for depreciation. For even more security, you can buy extended-replacement-cost coverage, which provides a 20%-to-30% buffer above what should be the cost of rebuilding, to protect against the price gouging that often occurs after disasters. And, notes...
Ferrell, despite being very tall and having red hair, doesn't stick out. He looks backgroundy, and his shockingly mellow demeanor makes him extra-unnoticeable. But when Ferrell is on, he's a gale force of guileless enthusiasm. He's John Belushi with control, Pee-wee Herman without the creepiness, Mr. Bean with mastery of his motor skills. He's the comedian you want to simultaneously laugh at, hug and down a beer with. Now, after seven years of yelling, saucering his eyes and flailing his hands on Saturday Night Live, Ferrell, 36, is getting a shot at becoming...
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Sophomore kicker Jim Morocco, benched earlier in the season due to a poor performance, struggled mightily, missing one of his two extra points and his only field goal attempt...