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...disillusioned, Vonnegut's view of the world changed very little over his five decades as an author. His first novel, Player Piano, was published in 1952 and set in a spiritually empty, hyper-mechanized future dystopia. (Vonnegut mixed literature with science fiction long before it was cool.) His most famous novel - his personal favorite, and the one that deals with most directly with the Dresden disaster - is Slaughterhouse-Five, the story of one Billy Pilgrim, a man who becomes "unstuck in time": Billy experiences the events of his life in random order, including his own birth and his own death...
...famous multimillionaire really be a spokeswoman for the down-home art of making your own clothes? Stewart does, at least, understand the impulse driving so many young women to assert their individuality with one-of-a kind, homemade clothes. In 1961 Stewart was named one of Glamour's 10 Best Dressed College Girls. "One of the reasons I stood out," she recalls, "was because I sewed all my own clothes." Now that's an endorsement...
...gave me some of that monkey love she's so famous for." TED DANSON, in blackface, describing then girlfriend Whoopi Goldberg in a 1993 Friars Club routine laced with racial humor AFTERMATH: Opinion was divided, with some viewing the comment as appropriate for a roast and many more condemning it. Goldberg was said to have co-written the gags. OUTRAGE FACTOR...
...coaching career as an assistant under Krzyzewski.“Coaching-style wise, a person coming from his background would be an unbelievable person to learn from,” Pusar said. “He has the best of both worlds—mentored under probably the most famous college basketball coach...and at the same time, he has had success by himself in his own program.” Amaker’s first head-coaching opportunity came at Seton Hall University in 1998. The Pirates made the postseason all four seasons under Amaker, advancing to the NCAA...
...Generally these tales of unprofessional treatment are prefaced with affectionate disclaimers—My new doctor’s great, or, I’m sure they’re not all bad. Nevertheless, UHS medical staff has become famous to many for approaching sexually active college students with moralistic verse and an intensely ugly bedside manner...