Word: companionism
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...network. Most also pay carriage fees to PRI for such popular offerings as This American Life, a slice-of-life feature show, and Studio 360, starring culture critic Kurt Andersen. PRI also distributes most of the shows produced by Minnesota Public Radio, including Garrison Keillor's A Prairie Home Companion...
...what the British art community wants to know is: How loyal was he? Edwards, a barely literate bartender from London's East End, was a longtime companion and muse of Francis Bacon, one of the greatest British artists of the 20th century. When Bacon died in 1992, he bequeathed his celebrated works and $18.05 million estate to Edwards, the subject of more than 30 of the artist's portraits. Stuffy collectors and museum curators were incensed that a common Cockney cocktail-slinger had made off with the crown jewels of modern British...
...apricot, prune and apple jam, as well as the poppy seed, sold by weight. Signs for Purim foods were plastered everywhere, above hamantaschen, Israeli chocolate bars and gum drops. “At my house, we give friends and family sweets for the holiday,” explained my companion Barbara Magid. Purim went beyond hamantaschen to incorporate a variety of sweets, thereby becoming a true culinary expedition...
Despite his academic focus on chimps, Hare’s best friend has always been his dog. Growing up, his constant companion was a dog named Oreo who followed him around his Atlanta neighborhood and especially loved playing fetch. Hare remembers that when Oreo didn’t see him throw the tennis ball, he could point at the ball and Oreo, jowls stuffed with several more balls, would run in the right direction...
Students aren’t surprised to hear about Hare’s unconventional work outside the classroom. Molly M. Faulkner-Bond ’06, who knew Hare as her TF last semester, says Milo was a constant companion in section. “Brian explained to us that [Milo] was lonely left at home during the day and the neighbors were sick of his barking,” she says. “In section he usually just sat under the table and you forgot he was there...