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...were running Wal-Mart, there would be strippers in the aisles and strippers at the checkout line. In fact, it would just be a strip joint. But despite the fact that I have neither morals nor taste, I think Wal-Mart was right to pull the lad mags--Maxim, Stuff and FHM--from its shelves last week...
...baths," the hero concludes in an Istanbul spa after a life of struggle. "May the days be aimless. Do not advance the action according to a plan." A satisfying formula for life, perhaps, but not for writing a book. So how - and why - did a gang of novelistic neophytes pull it all off? "We had a five-year plan like the Soviet Union's, only ours was successful," says co-author Bui, visiting London last week for the U.K. launch. (An unusual media tour: no television appearances or photographs. Avoiding the corrupting power of fame is a Blissett principle...
Minh’s 6-1, 6-0 singles defeat gave Stanford its second team point. The No. 3 doubles pairing of Minh and Bajin fell 8-0. The two had several chances to pull out games but could never quite finish...
...China might even be willing to help undermine the regime. U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld circulated a memo, leaked on the eve of talks, advocating that the U.S. team up with China to oust Kim through diplomatic pressure. "When push comes to shove, China may be willing to pull the plug," said Gordon Flake, a North Korea expert at the Mansfield Center for Pacific Affairs in Washington...
...seeking advice on how to pull an upset against a No. 1 Stanford team, Harvard women’s tennis coach Gordon Graham turned to an expert—Harvard women’s basketball coach Kathy Delaney-Smith...