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...this moment in our checkered cultural history, when buff young hotties eat cockroaches on Fear Factor just to get on TV, it's comforting to think about HUNTER S. THOMPSON, somebody for whom extreme behavior was neither a pose nor a ploy. Thompson, who committed suicide on Feb. 20 at his home in Woody Creek, Colo., at the age of 67, was best known for his book Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, an account of a lost week he spent reporting from the gambling capital and succumbing to ranting, hallucinatory, pharmaceutical paranoia. The book is subtitled A Savage Journey...
Appreciation At this moment in our checkered cultural history, when buff young hotties eat cockroaches on Fear Factor just to get on TV, it's comforting to think about HUNTER S. THOMPSON, somebody for whom extreme behavior was neither a pose nor a ploy. Thompson, who committed suicide on Feb. 20 at his home in Woody Creek, Colo., at the age of 67, was best known for his book Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, an account of a lost week he spent reporting from the gambling capital and succumbing to ranting, hallucinatory, pharmaceutical paranoia. The book is subtitled...
...point to a variety of possible causes, including inconsistent job growth and steady purchases of U.S. dollar assets by foreign banks. But how long it will last is anyone's guess. Advises HSH's Keith Gumbinger: "[S]ince rates should have been heading higher already, it's important to factor that into your thinking." Here...
...PERILOUS SITUATION CREATED BY THE weapons peddling of nuclear expert A.Q. Khan cannot be ignored [Feb. 14]. Pakistan's nuclear technology appears to be the common factor in tracing the history of equipment found in Libya, Iran and North Korea. That is evidence of a clear breach of law and a real alliance of evil. In this age of nuclear weaponry, new lines must be drawn in the sand. If diplomacy and inspections fail, a multilateral military solution might be the only viable way to avert catastrophe...
Although the report does not find statistical evidence of discrimination in hiring practices, Ivie said this does not rule out discrimination more generally as a factor in the debate...