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...Frank. Maybe it was Davis' broken home or his height (5 ft. 6 in. in his tap shoes) or his funny face, all big nose and jutting jaw, or the car crash that took his left eye, but Davis was a howling void of insecurity that drowned out all other emotion. He craved affection, especially from white people, preferably famous, preferably Frank. In Haygood's telling, Davis' marriages, his compulsive gift giving, his surprising conversion to Judaism, even his support for the civil rights movement, all play like bids for applause, just another snappy routine...
...thought his skills were in decline, Shoemaker steered 17-to-1 long shot Ferdinand to victory in the Kentucky Derby, making him the oldest jockey to ride a Derby winner. Shoemaker suffered only two major injuries in his 41-year racing career but was paralyzed in a 1991 car crash when his Ford Bronco veered off a road and rolled. He continued to train horses from a wheelchair until...
...Eighteen months ago, says Wacharee, she could barely afford the extravagance of a latte, never mind a posh apartment. Back then, she still considered herself a victim of the 1997 Asian economic crisis. The crash didn't mean the loss of her job, but it did mean a drop in pay and no more Christmas bonuses?money she had always relied upon to pay off her high-interest credit card bills. "There was no way I could afford to pay off my credit cards without the bonus," she says. "I didn't think I'd ever get my life moving...
...Thaksinomics miracle may be weakening as well. Aggressive lending policies by Thailand's state-owned banks, together with tax breaks to developers, have fueled a Bangkok real estate boom among Thai buyers. But some foreign investors who rushed into Thailand to snap up foreclosed properties after the 1997 crash are now selling, convinced that the market has topped. "Three years ago we had properties on our books that no one would touch," says a Bangkok-based real estate investor. "Now we are getting offers you wouldn't believe. It's a speculators' market...
...club). But for that to happen, we have to let these clubs die. Grad boards, cherish your memories and send your money elsewhere. Harvard students, treat the clubs like the sketchy tree houses they are—built with clumsy arrogance up above the real world, doomed to crash down at any moment. And club members, if you’re looking for a good time, I’m sure we can wrestle up a dead fish for you to play with...