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...York, on the other hand, with its parking-bureau scandals and clockwork rediscovery of police corruption, is merely pathetic. The Spirit of my Chicago is brash, and the hell with it. Lenny Bruce played the city in the '50s and commented, "You know, Bobby Franks was actually a snotty...
...that they had won the platform and lost the podium, as a series of pro-choice, big-tent messengers dominated prime time. But as it turned out, the big speech really belonged to the devout. Dole mentioned abortion barely at all, but he placed himself so clearly in the hell-in-a-handcart camp that he had to pull back at the end and declare himself the "most optimistic man in America...
...time they arrive in Charleston, South Carolina, this week, many of the 600 or so freshmen--otherwise known as knobs--entering the Citadel hope to be ready for the rigors of Hell Week and beyond. Local alumni representatives will have taught them what is the best kind of sandpaper to keep their uniform brass tarnish free, the most effective bug repellent (knobs are not permitted to scratch in public), the most reliable alarm clocks and the most durable T shirts. They will also be mentally prepared for the ritual hazing, designed to remind cadets that the military has no room...
CHARLESTON: Hell week began at The Citadel this morning at 5:20 a.m. as the freshman class rolled out of bed to the ominous ringing of 'Hells Bells' by the rock group AC/DC. What makes this class unusual is that four of the newly-arrived, newly-shorn"knobs" who lined up are women. By 6:30 the four women and their classmates had marched off to a breakfast of eggs, bacon, hashbrowns, and toast followed by a motivational speech from senior Bryant Butler, the head of the Corps of Cadets. "A lone wolf does not make it here.," he told...
...talk. While I was giving him a one minute, [Arizona Senator John] McCain would walk by and say something, and [Massachusetts Senator Ted] Kennedy would walk by, and three or four other guys too, and I'd think, hell, he didn't get it. So I'd wait a couple hours, next day, and I'd think he's forgotten, and he'd say, 'I heard all that.' That's an amazing trait." All that processing power left little air space for reflection or curiosity or wild-eyed reverie. He thrived in a place where big dreams tended...