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...summer after Lenny's death I walked through Tompkins Square Park in the East Village as the Fugs, the ragged band of Beat poets who had played at Lenny's memorial service, were performing in the bandshell. Words Lenny had been busted for using now were being sung in public, where anyone could hear them. That's how fast the culture changed...
...entirely prepared for the job she does, but she's smart, she's resilient, she's tenacious. She does the best that she can with what she has to work with. She has other ways of making her captures. Where a man might want to muscle his way in, beat down the door and drag somebody out, Stephanie Plum doesn't have to do that. She can sidle up to somebody in a bar and clap the cuffs on them...
...G.O.P. has put up arguably less than token opposition to Johnson, who will face repeat candidate Catherine Davis. It was Davis whom McKinney beat in her last win for the 4th District in 2004, getting 64% of the general election vote then. But her overall erosion was showing, as McKinney squeaked by in that primary with 51% of the vote before winning big in the general election. "Davis is not considered a serious challenger," says Abramowitz. "She's a nice, sincere person. She is African-American but very conservative...
...media savvy and people skills deteriorated also over time, due in equal parts to hubris with voters and her increasing distate for the G.O.P.'s control of Washington. But had she found a way to beat Johnson, even she would have held this seat for Democrats in November...
...creative, homegrown Tuscan cuisine. But what ultimately makes this hotel in Porto Ercole, Italy, a don't-miss on the Mediterranean luxury tour is something that you can't quite see or taste. It's in the way that the pool staffer hands you a towel without missing a beat, or[an error occurred while processing this directive] how the sommelier suggests a wine without jamming it down your palate. The only word that can capture this particular brand of indulgence all'Italiana is simpatico: a mix of kindness, likability and just plain fun. Some of that...