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Sutton Foster was just an understudy too when the musical Thoroughly Modern Millie was preparing its pre-Broadway run last year in La Jolla, Calif. But the leading lady got dumped, and Foster, at the last minute, was thrust into the role. Last week the show opened on Broadway, and Foster was basking in the limelight. As the small-town girl who comes to New York City in the 1920s, she's got the full package: girlish gawkiness and Broadway brass, the legs and the lungs. Foster is a big reason the show is just about the cutest thing...
...essentials. "I'm only spending money that I absolutely have to, like for gas and food," says Roxanne Steiny, the operations manager of a Los Angeles e-commerce firm. Some nervous home buyers are backing out of deals just before closing. Michelle Dykstra, a real estate agent in La Jolla, Calif., outside San Diego, has already seen one client walk away before signing for an $850,000 home...
...Argus-eyed media. When will these politicians learn that their every move is being watched, and any impropriety will certainly catch someone's attention sooner or later? To think otherwise is a high-stakes gamble that can, and often does, end up costing them their career. ALIDAD VAKILI La Jolla, Calif...
JUDGMENT CALL If only Mel Brooks could write them all La Jolla Playhouse...
...would be cheaper if we were hooked on cocaine than on these buses," admits Ron Pallin, 53, of Eugene, Ore. Unlike a condo in Tampa, Fla., or La Jolla, Calif., say, a bus depreciates quickly, beginning with the first turn of the wheels. It loses about 15% of its value the first year on the road and an additional 10% every year following. A set of tires costs $5,000, and a wash-and-wax job runs about $360. On average a bus travels about seven miles on a gallon of diesel fuel. To paraphrase J.P. Morgan on the subject...