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...more public problem: he married his wife Rachel before her divorce from her first husband had gone through. In later years, Jackson said he had not known at the time that Rachel was technically unavailable. But historian Andrew Burstein argues that Jackson did know and that jumping the gun was socially acceptable on the remote frontier where he and Rachel lived. As presidential candidates, Jefferson was hammered for his lack of religion and Jackson was hammered for his wife's surplus of husbands--yet both men were elected twice. Partisanship and ideology made a space for singularity. Jefferson...
...dugout in the British trenches in France, and two officers have just left to lead a dangerous raid into the German front lines. They must make a dash of 70 yards, grab a prisoner and return. All we hear is the offstage sound of explosions, machine-gun fire, the shouts of men. A puff of smoke wafts in from outside. Then it's over...
...trek down to the small state park seven miles away reveals riverbanks swarming with dedicated anglers who arrive for the 6:30 starting gun. Chamber of Commerce members offer free coffee as dedicated fishers compete for the honor of catching the largest lunker in their division (men’s, women’s, or children’s). Winners get a trophy—again thanks to the Chamber of Commerce—a picture in the local papers, and bragging rights for the entire year. But competition is intense because of the crowded fishing field...
...Flying the slow, obese US-1As seems like junior-varsity stuff compared to the Top Gun U.S. marine aviators at Iwakuni - until I'm put in another flight simulator. Fortunately this time a professional is at the controls, Lt. JG Yoichiro Sagawa, who takes me through the procedure of landing a whale-sized seaplane on 10-ft.-high waves. Seaplanes manage to combine the worst aspects of airsickness and seasickness, and I fear that a simulated flight might make me lose my actual lunch. But Lt. Sagawa has a much surer hand that I do. "Once you get in that...
...Ringleader Barney Munbailey, William B. Polk ‘09 wields a trio of phobias—clowns, midgets, Nazis—like a malfunctioning gun in an episode of Loony Tunes. In combination with more than a few jokes that came out of nowhere, Polk’s fears make for the evening’s most surprising comedy...