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Know a good restaurant in New York City? Frank Bruni has probably dined there. For five years, the former New York Times restaurant critic ate his way through some of the best - and worst - menus the city had to offer. His meticulous, unforgiving reviews could make or break a new restaurant and the prospect of a Bruni visit regularly sent chefs into panics. But Bruni's relationship with food went beyond his day job: as he relates in his new book, Born Round, the man paid to eat had a history of eating disorders stretching all the way back...
While some have called these programs an overly emotional guilt trip, the star power these occasions manage to draw doesn't hurt their cause. Frank Sinatra's performance in the 1976 MDA telethon proved particularly momentous for both the audience and Lewis himself. When Sinatra emerged, he brought Lewis' former comedic partner Dean Martin on the stage with him, bringing a tear to the host's already tired eyes. A lack of stars proved to be the downfall of a 1980 telethon to raise money for burn victims. After comedian Richard Pryor's nearly fatal burning accident that year, noted...
Mass. House Representative Barnett "Barney" Frank has never been one to shroud his exasperation. (The man compared a woman to an inanimate household object, if you recall.) But it seems like his disinclination for coddling audience members has become a source of inspiration for at least one individual...
...Well, I guess you can say it started at Harvard in April when I had a debate with Congressman Barney Frank at the Kennedy School," says Joel Pollak '99, who is running for Congress. "I asked him a question, he lost his temper, and it turned into a very big thing. I got hundreds of Facebook messages and e-mails... I realized, 'Wow, people really wanted to challenge this person, and people felt like no one was speaking for them...
...month. On Saturday, a day after the airstrike, three German soldiers were injured when a car packed with explosives exploded next to a passing convoy three miles outside of Kunduz. Indeed, Berlin's continued role in Afghanistan has become the crux of a heated public debate back in Germany. Frank-Walter Steinmeier, the foreign minister bidding to oust chancellor Angela Merkel, has openly called for a timetable for German withdrawal. The chancellor says it's too soon, and she is backed by a defense minister and party ally who expects troops to remain for another five to 10 years...