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...sentiment of their fellow clubbies who attacked Lincoln for his policies and ridiculed his person. Though there is no hard evidence pertaining to this great walk-out, Alexander Williams, chronicler of the Boston clubs, hypothesizes that an impolitic member may have risen and given a toast to John Wilkes Booth. As one of the founders of the Union Club would later remark, “We wanted a place where gentlemen could pass an evening without listening to Copperhead talk...
...have shown that men with naturally higher testosterone levels are more aggressive and take-charge than men with slightly lower levels. When two sports teams meet, both teams will show an increase in testosterone during the game. "In the face of competition, levels of testosterone will rise," says Alan Booth, a sociologist at Penn State University. "This prepares the competitor and may help increase the chances for a win. It could be that the rise in testosterone has physical benefits, such as visual acuity and increased strength. But only the winning team continues to show high testosterone after the game...
...having a baby! Over a decade after the birth of her last child, Cherie Booth, wife of British Prime Minister Tony Blair, is visibly busting with the news of the impending birth of her fourth child. A prominent lawyer with ambitions to be a High Court judge, Booth is the picture of the modern woman. At 45, she has a stable career and family life, despite her view from the fishbowl of British public scrutiny...
...While Booth has publicly suggested that her husband take off some time from work for the baby's arrival, Blair has hedged and hawed and altogether made a fool of himself. Asked by the BBC whether or not he would take leave, he whined, "I've got a country to run...I honestly don't know what...
...Labour from a staid party of yesteryear to a modern force to be reckoned with. It was his own government that just passed a law which allows fathers up to 13 weeks of unpaid paternity leave during the first five years of each of their children's lives. With Booth already earning an estimated three times her husband's salary, Blair's missed paycheck should little affect the family's pocketbook...