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Bush's path to the 2005 Heisman began 130 miles down I-5 in San Diego, where he grew up in a blue-collar family with mother Denise, a deputy sheriff in a county jail; stepfather LaMar, a security officer; and half brother Jovan, 14. Bush's relationship with his biological father, which he describes as a "a roller coaster," complicated his childhood. "It was tough with both sides of the family not getting along too well," he says. "[I was] caught in a tug-of-war." Bush calls LaMar his father (during his Heisman acceptance speech, Bush broke down...
Another sign of the investigation's toll on the White House operation is how much less Vice President Dick Cheney, 64, is seen and felt in the West Wing these days. The indictment of his former top aide, Scooter Libby, "hit him hard. Scooter was like a brother and a policy soul mate," says a Cheney friend. The Vice President once worked the same famously long hours as Rove and chief of staff Andrew Card, but now he has scaled back his White House schedule to being there "when he needs to be," the friend says, and otherwise keeps...
...your life, not even at any other point during the fantasyland of college, will your sole responsibilities be a) to study for some few hours over the course of two weeks, and b) manage your fantasy sports teams. In many ways, Reading Period is the slightly punier little brother of the glorious days of Camp Harvard. These are times that should be treasured, not destroyed or changed.Furthermore, moving exams before Christmas would do nothing to alleviate stress; it would only exacerbate it. Picture this—as you read this column, your friends at other schools are spending countless sleepless...
...represented by a puppet operated by an actor who will later play that child as an adult. After almost falling off the cliff, however, the siblings grow up to experience other personal tragedies. One sister has an unwanted pregnancy, another sister struggles with her homosexuality, while the brother, Stephen, is dying of AIDS contracted on a post-breakup sexual binge. Much of Vogel’s writing finds its basis in her own life. Her own homosexuality undoubtedly influenced the character of the daughter and, like the character Stephen, Vogel’s brother died of AIDS. As a writer...
...phone with my brother. Somebody came down the aisle and put a shotgun to the back of my head and said put your hands on the seat in front of you. I got my cell phone karate chopped out of my hand. Then I realized it was an official...