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...Drank a good deal of whiskey, trying to relax," he begins, and that prescription is followed through the 1940s and '50s. Occasional grace notes occur, but hangovers and revulsion are usually the order of the day: "I feel sick, disgusted with myself, despairing and obscene. I have a drink to pull myself together at half past eleven and begin my serious drinking at half past four." And: "Evening comes or even noon and some combination of nervous tensions obscures my memories of what whiskey costs me in the way of physical and intellectual well-being. I could very easily destroy...
...American mind may have sought out an innocent analogy: George Bush had -- unexpectedly, miraculously -- found the sweet spot. He and his men (Powell, Schwarzkopf, Scowcroft) had performed a miracle of American concentration and grace under pressure, after years when those seemed almost archaic American talents. Now Bush was rounding the bases while the baseball he hit was still rising in the air and might yet -- who knows? -- go into some orbit of higher historical meaning...
...saving grace in the postwar economy may be what even Secretary of State James Baker admits was the major reason we went to war: oil. "The economic lifeline of the industrial world runs from the Gulf, and we cannot permit a dictator such as [Saddam Hussein] to sit astride that economic lifeline," Baker said in November...
Wuornos, 34, is a drifter who lists her occupation as "professional call girl." According to police, Wuornos has admitted killing the seven men; one she shot six times, including a coup de grace in the head "to put him out of his misery." The police arrested her Jan. 9, but even before she was charged, Wuornos had signed a movie deal with California producer Jackelyn Giroux. "She's delightful," says Giroux. "Basically, from age three, she had been abused by everyone in her life. If one child can be saved by having another child's story told, it's worth...
Today Cione is using old costumes from his nightclub days -- with some essential parts added -- to grace the bodies of the officers' wives and other Mardi Gras cast members. The women, however, have no qualms about Cione's lurid past. Producer Jeanne Dorsey, wife of the commander of the Third Fleet, Admiral James F. Dorsey, calls Cione a miracle man for volunteering so much of his time, effort and talent to mold a military community into a theatrical troupe. For his part, Cione enjoys the chance to work with these gung-ho amateurs. "It's their positive attitude," he says...