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...understand how he got elected. I’ve had many of the same feelings myself, except that it’s perfectly clear to me how the Republican machine got him selected by the Supreme Court. When I explain to Europeans that he was a heavy drinker until the age of 40, that before he was president he had never visited Europe, that he rode into office on the shoulders of his daddy and the rest of the Bush clan, they are dumbfounded. Many people have laughed and said it is like a monarchy...
...Germany, Friedmann moved to Paris, the only city he would ever consider home. In France, he documented the social and industrial strife of the mid-1930s, struggled to earn a living and fell in love with Gerda Taro. Accepting him for what he was - a charming rogue, a heavy drinker and a notorious womanizer - Taro shared his work, his bed and his dreams. Together they invented Robert Capa, a rich, famous, talented American photographer whose name on a picture boosted its price. In 1936, they moved on to war-torn Spain, determined to fight totalitarianism with cameras. The following year...
...lived a "hard life," smoking, drinking heavily, eating a high-fat diet and exercising little, if at all. She started experiencing mild forgetfulness at 77, followed by difficulty balancing her checkbook, completing crossword puzzles and addressing Christmas cards. Soon she developed Alzheimer's. The other twin was a social drinker who never smoked, adhered to a diet low in starches and animal fats, and exercised. She too began experiencing mild forgetfulness in her 70s but didn't decline further...
...upon a lush, jagged drum beat, the song mines Tweedy’s favorite theme—twisted, bitter love. He is one of the premier lyricists working in rock music today; few songwriters take as much joy in manipulating words. “I am an American aquarium drinker/ I assassin down the avenue/ I’m hiding out in the big city blinking/ What was I thinking when I let go of you.” Tweedy’s gift is finding precisely the right moment to let that naked emotion drop within a verse. Until...
...drunken, turquoise-shirted meltdown for new Crimson Key elect and first-time drinker Amir C. Daharphuni ’04. “I am TRASHED!” he exclaimed as he attempted to open the front door to Lowell by sticking his pinky finger in the card swipe slot post-initiation. “Do you like my TIE?” he yelled to the card swipe machine. “It’s turquoise too! HA!” He then yakked on the card swipe machine, rendering it useless and yak-encrusted...