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...drunk W. and his father almost come to blows: This scene was dramatized, but is based in fact. This "mano a mano" confrontation between father and son is a fairly well-known incident ... Over the Christmas holidays in 1972, by then twenty-six, George W. went to Washington to visit his family. "After Junior arrived at the house, he took his 15 year-old brother, Marvin, to a friend's house, where they both drank too much holiday cheer. On the way home, Junior struck and dragged a neighbor's garbage can noisily down the street before turning into...
...Listing out the sources that had been used, the quotes that had been lifted from official transcripts, and the artistic liberties that had been taken in dramatizing moments that never actually happened (turns out George W. Bush and his father never did have a fistfight in the Oval Office), the guide is a compelling companion piece to the film, suggesting that many of the behind-closed-doors moments in W. may not be that far-fetched after...
...according to Gou Young Koh—Bong-Ihn’s father, who also attended the concert—North Korean newspapers played down Koh’s historic role in the 27th annual Isang Yun festival...
Barack Obama has said that his biggest mistake was not being at his mother's side when she died of cancer in Hawaii in 1995 at the age of 52. His first book, Dreams from My Father, had come out only four months before, and he was starting his first campaign, for the Illinois state senate. Her death came quickly, and he didn't make it back in time...
...Another phone call: a close friend's father, a French-Afghan businessman and relative of the late king, was kidnapped at gunpoint last night, just a few blocks from where Williams was shot this morning. And the kidnappers of the son of another prominent businessman have delivered a ransom note, demanding $20 million...