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...melancholy object to those living in this country to see the hundreds of thousands of hard working individuals who have been laid off from their jobs because of the state of the economy. These workers—friends, acquaintances, and countrymen—are now forced to beg on the streets with pitiful signs asking for handouts that this country cannot afford...
Keeping readers abreast of current releases is one of the goals of this column, so I beg your forgiveness for bringing up a book that is over 70 years old. To be fair, it hasn't been seen since its original print of only a few hundred copies back in 1931. But Manga Yonin Shosei by Yoshitaka Kiyama, translated as "The Four Immigrants Manga" (Stone Bridge Press; 152 pages; $15), arrives as nothing short of a history-making revelation: America's (and the world's) first graphic novel. In spite of the Japanese title, author and main characters, "Four Immigrants...
...some candidate other than himself for President--say, Powell or retiring Senator Bill Bradley, the New Jersey Democrat. The new party "will build a war chest of $60 million at least," Perot subsequently explained to TIME, so its candidate "won't have to go out with a tambourine and beg the special interests for money." Powell was noncommittal on the phone, but months earlier he had mused to friends that an independent movement with Perot's money--but without Perot as candidate--might be appealing. Later, asked by reporters whether he would run in Perot's new party, Powell replied...
...floored. I felt like I had just been hit by a ton of the Japanese shampoo and conditioner that Matt uses to style hair—hair that I had once found repulsive, but which now seemed, inexplicably, to beg for my caress...
...there you have it. Matt Glazer: love of my life. Future father of my children. President of the UC. You would think that after reading this creepy tribute, Matt would either place a restraining order on me or call and beg for me to give back the balled up underwear I took from his drawer. But who am I kidding? He’s such a nice guy, he’ll probably do to me what he does to everybody else: be my friend. And I’ll keep the underwear...