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...Next to the pianist, a monster hunches over a guitar, ignoring the empty wine bottle nearby.The lead singer, a mannequin with a gray wig, sings at a rusty microphone. David L. Fountain, 54, calls this wooden statue his wife. Without her, Fountain would have been a bachelor all his life, he says.“She’s a bad woman. A bad woman.” He laughs. “I like her because I can slap her and she don’t fight back.”Her name is Katrina. She treated David pretty...

Author: By April H.N. Yee, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Meet My Wife, Katrina | 4/12/2006 | See Source »

...sounds as if you domesticated him. Yes, Jerry was quite a bachelor when we met. There was nowhere to put your cocktail down in his place. Just the Ping-Pong table...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Apr. 10, 2006 | 4/2/2006 | See Source »

Bolten can be tough. And some staff members fear that the family friendliness of the West Wing may disappear under this bachelor workaholic. This is a White House where rush hour is 6:30 a.m., but evenings and weekends are usually spent at home. Bolten routinely works until 10:30 p.m. and is often seen around the complex on the weekend in jeans, tennies and a favorite red plaid shirt. Some senior and mid-level staff members are uncertain about signing on for a new regime that could have the intensity of a campaign. Bolten will "expect everyone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bolten Tries to Right the Ship | 4/2/2006 | See Source »

...Bolten, who brings a sly and dry humor to a back-breaking job (and start counting the number of times you read he?s a Harley-riding bachelor), is a former Goldman Sachs investment banker who was policy director of Bush?s 2000 campaign and was his first deputy chief of staff for policy. So he is steeped in the current system. As a further sign of stability amidst change, White House insiders predicted that Bolten?s successor will be his deputy, Joel Kaplan - a veteran of both the Marine Corps and Bolten?s policy shops in Austin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: When a White House Shakeup Isn't Really a Shakeup | 3/28/2006 | See Source »

...However, despite starring 2005’s Sexiest Man Alive and the former Carrie Bradshaw, “Failure To Launch,” at the end of the day, is still a by-the-books romantic comedy that adds nothing new to the genre. Tripp (McConaughey), a womanizing bachelor coasting through his thirties, is still living in his childhood home. His fed-up parents (Kathy Bates of “About Schmidt” and football star Terry Bradshaw) hire Paula (Parker), a professional interventionist who makes men fall in love with her so that they will move...

Author: By Christopher C. Baker, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Review: Failure to Launch | 3/9/2006 | See Source »

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