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...outcast or gain a bad reputation. Though it takes place in the late 1960s, nothing much has changed about the suburban teenage life except that they apparently didn't curse as much. Kids hang out in the woods and gossip about each other. A bunch of guys have a basement band and girls come to watch. Among other things, "Summer" creates an authentic portrait of one our great American subcultures...
...stage for what one local newspaper described as a "five-decade looting spree", in which the party found it difficult to distinguish between its own coffers and those of the state. Critics say elected KMT politicians flouted the law by selling government land to the party at bargain-basement prices, listing party-owned companies?implicitly understood to be backed by the government?on the stock market, and offering sweetheart deals in which the government gave KMT-controlled companies the opportunity to take part in national development projects...
...usually gets off to a slow start and picks up later,” he said, enjoying the cool breeze on the patio. “It’s better than being in the basement...
...Niles H. Vaughn ’04 talked his blockmates into hanging out at the Phoenix after promising them “hos in the basement.” Turns out the basement merely contained Phoenix members, a.k.a asshos...
...that. Even though Tony’s a lot more powerful than most of us will ever be, we’re not jealous of him because we see his vulnerable side. We see him in his workout clothes, or dealing with the groceries, or wading through his flooded basement, and we’re willing to overlook the objective, overwhelming facts that tell us he is a bad person...