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...early 2000, council Vice President John A. Burton ’01 was impeached for his alleged theft of over 100 pin-on buttons from the Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Transgender and Supporters’ Alliance office for use in his campaign with his running mate, council President Fentrice D. Driskell...
...Although Burton survived the impeachment, the imbroglio severely weakened Driskell’s administration...
...long-haired Andre Agassi. But today's sneaker ads often showcase figures known as much for alleged misdeeds as for their accomplishments. When a company attaches its brand to these antiheroes, "it's a way of saying, 'We're in touch with somebody who is street real,'" says Rick Burton, professor of sports marketing at the University of Oregon. And it's a way of accomplishing that enduring goal of youth--upsetting Mom. --By Rebecca Winters...
DIED. CHARLES BURTON, 59, one of a small band of British explorers who took part in the world's first pole-to-pole expedition, a 52,000-mile trip; of a heart attack; in Framfield, England. Burton and friends set off from London in September 1979. Before arriving at the North Pole and returning home in August 1982, Burton, the son of a Royal Navy commander, battled the Sahara sun and a polar bear, survived on an ice floe for three months and married his fiance during a brief stop in Sydney, Australia...
...Ansel Adams was to mountains, with the important difference that Adams always made the mountains look good. Galella took his famous faces as he found them. From him we learn that Sophia Loren manages to remain majestic even when she's just sitting around an airport, but that Richard Burton was scuffed and dented even on his good days. We learn that Burt Reynolds in a houndstooth, bell-bottom leisure suit is a remarkable sight, especially since you just know that Reynolds thought the outfit was the last word in suave. Anyone who tells you they don't enjoy...