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...what to wear to my gay and lesbian studies class, waking up early to make sure I could shower, shave and primp. At the first meeting of the Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Transgender and Supporters Alliance (BGLTSA) of the year I impetuously ran for vice chair, gave an off-the-cuff speech, and thereafter attended weekly board meetings in Eliot with Andre, the co-chair. I refused to buy a winter jacket with my aunt until I could see what everyone else was wearing (ordinary parkas, thankfully). By second semester the sparkle began to wear off at last. I started dating...
Turning to Burton and laughing, Driskell says there are times when his off-the-cuff remarks would be better left unsaid...
...Some of his comments are kind of off-the-cuff, but that's just his personality," Darling says...
...those bust Names who really did lose his cuff links. I joined Lloyd's in 1984; no mention of asbestos was made to me. Ten years later, engulfed by uncontainable losses, I applied to the Hardship Committee for help. The committee took every penny of my remaining capital and income, and demanded a further sum from my wife. We were left looking for a new home with a total net income of 5,000[pounds] a year to support us and our two small children. NICHOLAS BROWNE Cambridge, England...
...away with his crimes. All mystery writers are murderers; they get into the mind, under the skin, of a killer, if only to determine how the foul deed can be accomplished. Then, typically, they bring in a detective to unravel the plot and cuff the culprit. Highsmith simply ditched the civilized pretense of justice avenged. She tore the final, comeuppance chapter out of Ripley's story, left him giddy with triumph--and let him flourish in four more books. The snake, having shed its old skin, slithers away; the reader is both shocked and pleased. Crime pays...