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...short. He was frugal because after his father died, he went through a colossal struggle to save the family's land. He became an attention junkie after his come-from-nowhere win made him a media darling and a party hero. And staying true to his ideals was almost impossible in Washington, where he spent three terms in Congress - and where horse-trading is the only way to get things done. (See Mark Sanford's mea culpa, plus nine other high-profile apologies...
...this book is to destroy her husband's political career, then it's almost a mercy killing. The author painstakingly details how their partnership, which started as one in which family values and a desire to make a contribution were shared, came unglued as she stayed at home to raise their children and he focused more on politics. She left her high-powered banking job in New York City and moved to South Carolina for him - willingly, she says. She ran four successful campaigns for him, more or less willingly, for no pay. She spent six years raising their four...
...Davis, meanwhile, watched the explosion with a sort of mischievous delight. "In California, it costs almost $5 million to fund one 30-second TV spot statewide," he explained in an interview on Thursday, Feb. 4. "We have to go out of the way to get attention. I would say we probably got more attention on this little sheep film that they would get for $10 million of advertising...
...then, did I find myself at 5 p.m. on January 22 (11 p.m.: time to break out the euro-and-66-cent bottle of wine or get some late-night gelato) feeling almost nostalgic about clearing my leftovers out of the office fridge and packing up my personal belongings (i.e., my favorite...
...past two years, the U.S. TV series has dominated the underground DVD market in Tehran; almost nowhere in the world is the sixth and final season of Lost anticipated more than in Iran. Initially discovered in October 2008 by a few Iranians with access to high-speed Internet, the show has become Tehran's "gotta have it" DVD item. (Certainly, nothing compares to it on Iranian state television, with its cooking shows and documentaries.) Today it is next to impossible to find a young person in the capital - be it in the affluent north of the city or the working...