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...rare moment of restraint for someone who contends that "smart mayors, I think, become risk takers." But Cianci is convinced his position is secure, at least with Providence voters. The mayor was leaving a family-outreach-center dinner when he happened upon one of the half-dozen or so politicians who may run against him. Cianci had left the 200 diners in hysterics with his jokes about a nun going to heaven and a "great-lookin' blond" who recently mistook him for a coat-check boy. The two men exchanged a quick, brusque handshake, but just out of earshot, Cianci...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can Buddy Beat The Rap? | 5/20/2002 | See Source »

...tell the story. And when I finish it, I'll be 60. I've got a lot of things I want to do with my life other than more of this. I've got a bunch of TV shows that I want to do. I've got a half-dozen movies that have stayed in my brain the past 30 years. Some of them are extremely uncommercial; I may not even get them released. I'm in a position now where I can say, I'm gonna make this movie because I wanna see this movie. We'll have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dark Victory | 4/29/2002 | See Source »

...concentration ranking. NELC requires four semesters of a department language and allows regular and joint concentrators the opportunity for focused study. The department courses encompass the ancient and modern worlds of the Middle East with particular emphasis on language, literature, religion and culture. Although there are only about a half-dozen students that call NELC home, the department has a lot to offer. Shira D. Kieval ’04 turned to NELC because she wanted to focus on the Middle East and this was the only place where she felt she could...

Author: By Elizabeth F. Maher, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: For NELC, Small Is Beautiful | 4/25/2002 | See Source »

Harvard administrators have described the tunnel as a crucial piece of the project that will house the government department and a half-dozen related research centers. Last month, the city’s planning board agreed that the tunnel would make the project a better long-term development...

Author: By Lauren R. Dorgan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Tunnel Bid Lacks Votes Needed | 4/3/2002 | See Source »

...said at once, is a man of 40 faces, not one - none too pretty, and all deceptive. You see that grin? That's the, eh, that's the Charming Street Urchin face. It's part of his helpless act: he throws himself upon your mercy. He's got a half-dozen faces for the ladies. But the one I like, the really cute one [and here J.J.s voice grows flintier], is the quick, dependable chap. Nothing he won't do for you in a pinch - so he says. Mr. Falco, whom I did not invite to sit at this table...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: That Old Feeling: Sweet Smells | 3/21/2002 | See Source »

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