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Unless one is an obsessive collector of life stories, an incessant hunter of intriguing narratives, most memoirs fall flat. Even when the plot is fascinating, the style may be insufficient to portray it fully—often those who lead the most interesting lives are those least qualified to transmit the stories of them...
Hudson is a sad symbol for many others. Tall (6 ft. 4 in.), square-jawed and handsome, he gravitated naturally to Hollywood when he left the Navy after World War II. Henry Willson, the agent who turned Marilyn Louis into Rhonda Fleming and Arthur Gelien into Tab Hunter, thought it was appropriate that Roy Fitzgerald should become Rock Hudson, as solid as Gibraltar and as steady as the river that flows past Manhattan's towers. A series of B movies followed, and through hard work Hudson learned the craft if not the art of acting. He gave a fine performance...
...that hasn't been your experience," says Marti Wiser, Idaho's Wednesday's Child coordinator. Besides the fear of personal rejection, many teens in foster care are worried that being adopted amounts to a rejection of their birth family--a painful dilemma. Gary Mallon, an adoption expert at the Hunter College School of Social Work, suggests "unpacking the no"--finding out what's behind a teenager's resistance--and offering the option of remaining in touch with birth families while entering adoptive homes. In other cases, teenagers realize that they have to move on. "I knew I didn't want...
...Canon inkjet printer and, using meat-flavored inks, printed out an illustration of a raccoon on edible starch paper. He stewed the meat with juniper, placed the paper on top and dubbed the tasty entrée "road kill," much to the delight of his guest, an avid hunter. All in an evening's work at Moto, where customers are starting to catch on that whimsy is the chef's specialty. "We're dinner and a movie, all wrapped up in one," Cantu says...
ERICA: I think having a book that becomes a voice of its generation and is a kind of icon and drowns out all your other work is not such a lucky thing. In fact, I was thinking, when Hunter Thompson committed suicide, he was in that situation. He probably had the feeling of being obsolete and over it. And I know that feeling. So I fight it, I resist it, but it's tough to be typecast in a certain way when you're in your 20s and to have to live with that ever after...