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...early enough in the morning that most businesses were still closed, so Howe did what any resourceful Harvard student would do—he took the truck to an illegal chop shop. There he encountered the proprietor of the establishment, who was in the midst of using the bathroom with the door open...

Author: By Steven N. Jacobs, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Putting on the Pudding Show | 2/14/2003 | See Source »

...Grille proprietor Justin Erlich can frequently be seen sidling up to the neon “Quincy Grille” sign as the evening winds down, surveying the greasy leftovers of another successful weekend at this “social staple.” Sporting a blond coiffure he admits he “spends an hour on just so it can look like I just woke up,” Erlich chats up the regulars but is careful not to disturb the vibe he classifies as “bumping...

Author: By FM Staff, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: 15 Seniors, Part I | 12/12/2002 | See Source »

...never mind that his wife is using the toilet), practice the piano for a while, then start making and selling pizzas out of your host's kitchen. In the trial beta version of the game, which currently has around 35,000 participants, Wright plays a Sim who is the proprietor of a lounge located in a submarine. It's called Das Love Boat (he describes it, not very helpfully, as "a German U-boat with a romantic-comedy theme...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sim Nation | 11/25/2002 | See Source »

...Dave Eggers for real? it's hard to tell sometimes. He declines most interviews. He is the proprietor of a mysterious store in Brooklyn that sells, among other things, cast-pewter bird's feet and jars of dirt. He once staged the death of TV actor Adam Rich, former star of Eight Is Enough, as a hoax...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Dave Eggers Gets Real | 10/14/2002 | See Source »

Even the future proprietor, Louisa Solano, who worked at the Grolier for many years before Gordon’s death, felt awkward in the store. Former poet laureate Robert Pinsky recalled a similar experience onstage: “I used to hate to go into the place—it was scary. But I had to go in there because it had all the books I wanted...

Author: By David W. Rizk, | Title: A Landmark of Literature Turns 75 | 9/30/2002 | See Source »

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