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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...lean, strikingly handsome--hoped the tumult would pass. During the day he buried himself in schoolwork. Nights he passed at home. But over his books, across his strong Hungarian coffee, he heard rumors: the Russians were rounding up students. Children were disappearing. Trains were leaving for the frontier...
...other hand, maybe these reflexes aren't so surprising. Everyone has heard stories of the Depression-era parents or grandparents who were still recycling string and splitting two-ply toilet paper long after their portfolios had reached seven figures. There is something about even a glimpse of poverty, much less the experience of it, that leaves scars, of humiliation and terror and resolve not ever to live there again. In a restless age, when the days are long and dense and full of surprises, when industries change overnight, it's little wonder that it's harder to dream, easier...
...mouth had, no nor mind, expressed What heart heard of, ghost guessed; It is the blight man was born...
They dominated the ground floor, these fat companies that have made fortunes in the information industry. And everywhere you heard the same story: thanks to "E-commerce"--selling goods and services on the Web--their business is exceeding the rosiest expectations...
...Belushi was that guy. Farley grew up on Belushi, remembers what bar he was in when he heard Belushi died (his first thought, he says, was that he wanted to play him in the movie), walked around the SNL hallways with one eyebrow taped up on his forehead (Belushi's quizzical pirate). On stage, Farley got started doing what were essentially Belushi impressions (until sometime around Matt Foley, motivational speaker, when he finally became Chris Farley, and got into movies...