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...crowds who weren’t there to have a good time, and it was my job to loosen them up. It was a big effort to make it as entertaining as possible and to put an energy into it, so back then I got into taking off clothes kind of like “I’m here, you can join in” way, but by now that the shows have evolved into a party I don’t feel as inclined to put on a visual show...
...kind of always occupied by things, I actually haven’t listened to the radio or followed MTV while on tour. Typically I play on the weekends and then on the weekdays I check my e-mail and listen to the radio...
...there was something refreshing about the openness of their ambition. The Harvard social code assumes that every student is wildly ambitious, but any display of ambition is seen as gauche. After three years of this, an overt bid for status—even an outrageous one—seemed kind of sweet. And these boys were so young. Have you ever experienced a devastating setback? I asked Chris. Last year, he said, he had only made it into the top ten nationwide for speech and debate. He would never be national high school champion. I blinked, and once again felt...
...admirable qualities. But as I walked into Le Madeline, the Frenchified version of Au Bon Pain where I had agreed to meet Caleb for lunch, I steeled myself. I expected to find one of those alpha males with a Colgate smile and a chiseled jaw—the kind Dershowitz talked about, who looked in the mirror and thought, “presidential.” To my surprise, Caleb was a stocky, soft-faced guy in a Ralph Lauren sweater and cowboy boots. My first thought was that he actually looked a little like Karl Rove. Our handshake...
...Anglo Conservative Texan.”If Andrea is blithely Machiavellian about Harvard politics, it’s because she knows what it’s for, she said. The campus political games are just training. Her plan is to go back to her home state and become the kind of politician who can do something about New Mexico’s high rates of domestic violence, its education system, and the power hierarchies dividing Anglos, Latinos and Native Americans. Basically, she wants to be Bill Richardson, governor of New Mexico and the first Hispanic candidate for the democratic nomination...