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With the mystique that surrounds debutantes, FM was expecting something more. Stories of trysts in the coat room with boys named Something-Something the Third, perhaps, or at least someone with a bouffant hairdo saying, "And as a present, my daddy gave a me a pink Cadillac with my name on the side in gold letters." The reality is much tamer, albeit much nicer...
...addition to "manhood training" classes to learn the history of the black man, the code of discipline of the Nation of Islam and rules about how to behave and dress (coat and bow tie at virtually all times), men must prove themselves by selling the sect's newspaper, the Final Call, on street corners. Their sales totals directly affect their standing. In some cities, recruits still sell the group's trademark bean pies...
...friend of Jennifer's saw her wearing an expensive leather coat. He asked her why she was betraying the global crusade for animal rights...
...There I was standing in the lobby of my chic Latin Quarter hotel, in my handmade suit, Burberry coat and Paul Stuart scarf, when this French couple comes up to me and asks whether I'm their cab driver. I was polite, I just said no. At the time I was angry, but thinking about it later, I was furious. Those guys just weren't seeing...
...shoplifters tell a different story. One senior male says he has purloined "about 80 CDs, 20 to 100 books, T-shirts--those white underwear T-shirts--notebooks, candy bars, posters, blank tapes." Audacity, he claims, is the best disguise. "I never slipped anything [under] my coat," he says. "I just walked straight out of the building...I would never try to be covert...