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...James Frey, on the night of October 24, 1992, pull up outside a bar in Granville, Ohio, in a white Mercury? Was he drunk and high on crack at the time? Did he jump the curb, bump a cop with his car, and then get dragged out screaming and beaten up by the police? Did he then go to rehab, write a book about it, inspire millions of readers and make a ton of money...
...troubled, angry young man who-despite his well-concealed heart of gold-manages to get himself addicted to drugs and booze. After a string of arrests he winds up in a Minnesota rehab center, where he befriends a scary-funny gangster and falls in love with a tragic recovering crack addict. Redemption ensues...
...boss, Prime Minister Jean Chrétien, into retirement, he inherited an exhausted, divided party with its glory days behind it. Perhaps, conceded one party official in Ontario, Canada's most populous province, "We [Liberals] need a time-out." As the ice in Canada's political landscape begins to crack, they...
...affordable--blended whiskeys. Scotland's Jon, Mark and Robbo's Malt Scotch Whisky blends--the Smokey Peaty One, the Rich Spicy One and the Smooth Sweeter One--are already hits with the 18-to-35-year-old set in Europe. Now American distillers like Phillips Union are hoping to crack open the U.S. market with vanilla- and cherry-flavored blends. Connoisseurs may turn up their noses, but the new Scotches are surprisingly smooth...
...more than 50% of all funding for Hamas, a Palestinian terrorist organization, and they give financial assistance to families of Palestinian suicide bombers. Weiner’s press secretary, Kathryn E. Prael, noted, “the Congressman has been very outspoken in Congress saying that Saudi Arabia should crack down on terrorism both within and outside the country.” According to Prael, Weiner has authored and recently supported legislation to cut aid to Saudi Arabia until the country proves it does not promote terrorism. But some at Harvard remain focused on the money’s intent...