Word: fodder
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Judy Garland's famously messy life has served as fodder for many writers. This March, Gerald Clarke, a former TIME senior writer and author of Capote, will weigh in with his volume Get Happy: The Life of Judy Garland (Random House). The book's title, from one of Garland's oft-sung standards, is ironic; Garland never could get happy, despite her frantic efforts. Clarke's 10 years of research and 500 interviews blend into a smooth, tantalizing read. After learning more about Garland's tumultuous childhood (Dad repeatedly got into trouble for pursuing teenage boys; Mom was the stage...
Case began his professional life as cannon fodder at Procter & Gamble, an assistant brand manager working on products such as Abound!, a failed, wipe-on hair cleanser. Case couldn't hack the glacial pace at P&G. So in 1983, after an introduction from brother Dan, he jumped to a start-up called Control Video Corp., which was perfecting the "can't lose" idea of shilling TV-top boxes that would download and play video games over telephone lines. The idea bombed. But a bit of financial legerdemain turned the firm into Quantum Computer Services, which ran an online network...