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...longed for a relationship where we would stimulate each other intellectually. I longed for a love affair with a genius,” she writes...
During Mailer's last marriage, he began an affair with Mallory, an aspiring writer and former supermodel and actress. Mallory told us in a recent phone interview that Mailer was a magnificent lover when it came to the bedroom. “His lips were magic," she said...
...longer-term worry is that the Great Recession seems to have put a crimp in Americans' long-standing love affair with the automobile. R. L. Polk & Co., of Southfield, Mich., reported this week that the number of cars and light trucks scrapped in the 15 months from July 1, 2008, to Sept. 30, 2009, "substantially outnumbered" new vehicle registrations. Polk's tally for the 15-month period shows that 14.8 million vehicles were scrapped, while registrations of new vehicles totaled 13.6 million. That suggests that families may be downsizing from three cars to two or even fewer and escaping...
...bottom line is Mr. Bowman, Ms. Gharavi, and Mr. Rashid have set an excellent example of exactly what responsible and conscientious people should do: expose and oppose views that offend them and many others. That is a much better response to the Kramer affair than a system of vetting for views on sensitive issues...
...pitch to voters has remained unchanged since 2007: I understand the poor man's woes, while my opponent is aloof and élite. Roy Chiongbian doesn't claim to have the Almighty on his side, but then perhaps he doesn't need him so much. Sarangani is a family affair. The province's borders were drawn in 1992 by Chiongbian's late father; his mother was its first governor. The current congressman is his brother and the vice-governor his nephew. Incumbents have a natural advantage over challengers, since they have had years - in the Chiongbian family's case, decades...