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...Ross became familiar with Gorey's work through a critical analysis; he completed his senior thesis at Yale on Edward Gorey. Though he met Gorey for the first time when he was 18 years old, it was only later in life that he established the close friendship that would last until Gorey's death...
...friends that you can see yourself and your wife and kids going on vacation with in 20 years. I have close friends I met my first day at school, and others that I've only become close to in the last year. At Harvard, I've discovered that friendship is a continual process; not only can you make new friends at any time, but you can discover new things about old friends at any moment. The constant evolution of these friendships is what makes them so exciting and special, and such a great catalyst for happiness...
...close friendship has grown between McAuliffe and Clinton, two men who share a passion for food, storytelling, golf, three-dimensional Scrabble and ironic humor. When the 1994 G.O.P. takeover of Congress seemed to doom Clinton's hope for a second term, McAuliffe came to the rescue as finance chair of the Clinton-Gore re-election campaign, raising cash early to stave off challenges by Democratic rivals. Since then, the President has turned increasingly to McAuliffe as a trusted adviser as well as playmate, spending more time with McAuliffe than with anyone other than his wife and top aides...
...friendship has turned McAuliffe into the man to see in Washington, which explains the procession of lobbyists and diplomat-wannabes who stop by his reserved tables at two favorite luncheon haunts, the Palm and the Oval Room. Like every other presidential fund raiser, he has a say in political appointments. For ambassadorial jobs, Clinton has been known to give aides a list of candidates and ask, "What does Terry think?" McAuliffe is a centrist who claims he never takes up "issues" with the President. But Democratic sources say he can take credit for about 25 diplomatic postings from Madrid...
...trying to conceal who he was. In fact, he reveled in the notoriety. In cafes and restaurants, he would talk to whoever would listen about the Mafia and the murders, gaining him a small but loyal following of young, rapt local kids to whom he offered advice and sometimes friendship...