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...failure of Lehman Brothers, and the painfully dramatic struggle to get a $700 billion financial bailout bill through Congress, he is a much-diminished figure. He has zigzagged and he has waffled and he has backtracked. His decisions and his motives have been harshly questioned on Capitol Hill and by the press. And he's just tired. He gave off the vibe today that he might just be counting the days until he gets to hand off the whole mess to Larry Summers, Tim Geithner or whoever President-elect Barack Obama chooses to succeed him. (Read more about TARP...
...long-running dalliance with a woman who lived in the south of France in this lovely, sad medieval town way up on a hill. If neither of us were otherwise engaged when I'd play near there, I'd stay at her place. The nice thing about that was [that] when you're on tour, you usually stay at some crappy hotel, and instead I got to stay with this wonderful girl who had lots of books and cable TV, and all she wanted to do was eat some really great French food and take a bubble bath with...
...mammalian kidneys. He worked in the Desert Island lab for 40 years and served as its president for 10 years. As a research mentor in Maine, Epstein worked with high school and medical school students exploring marine physiology. Michael Amato, a freshman at the University of North Caroline, Chapel Hill, worked with Epstein last summer. “He was patient with us and let us make mistakes,” Amato said. “He was always kind and patient.” Amato recalled how Epstein made a point of connecting their research to the human body...
...caused the leaves and the white bark of the birches to shine. The Stable’s Boy’s spade, plunging horribly—endlessly!—into the fertile earth, was now inaudible. Roxanna, praying softly to herself, came over the top of a small hill and saw the river. No, not the river, although it was there. What she saw was a pale lump of flesh perched horribly astride a thick branch which reached over the river. She had seen the man before, she knew the blotchy complexion of his torso. It was Frederick...
...like “Want to Talk About Me,” “Beer For My Horses,” and “How Do You Like Me Now.” Missing is the sense of reckless misadventure that had even a purportedly over-the-hill Keith brawling in bars and taking on two girls at once, ensuring listeners he hadn’t lost a step even when he said he had. In place of the old, rough-edged attitude is a set of wistful regrets—mostly about relationships gone bad. Keith finds...