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...cold and somber day. Nearly a quarter of the labor force was out of work. Banks had shut their doors. Farms were going belly up. Breadlines snaked through city streets. Standing jut jawed at the lectern before the Capitol's assembled throng on his first Inauguration Day, Franklin Delano Roosevelt countered the sense of helplessness, telling the shaken nation, "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself." He then outlined a plan of economic revolution: bank and stock-market reforms, public-works programs, and emergency relief for farms. But the day's solemnity made room for celebration...
...Last week Bush careened from restrained but persistent evangelism before a convention of religious broadcasters to casual trash-talking with sailors in Jacksonville, Fla. "The terrorists brought this war to us--and now we're takin' it back to them," he told the troops, leaning an elbow on the lectern, squinting crosswise at the camera, tossing a breathy Clint Eastwood chuckle. "We're on their trail, we're smokin' them out, we've got 'em on the run." One imagined the French Foreign Minister watching this lunch-hour martial spectacle and choking on his baguette...
...Last week Bush careened from restrained but persistent evangelism before a convention of religious broadcasters to casual trash-talking with sailors in Jacksonville, Fla. "The terrorists brought this war to us - and now we're takin' it back to them," he told the troops, leaning an elbow on the lectern, squinting crosswise at the camera, tossing a breathy Clint Eastwood chuckle. "We're on their trail, we're smokin' them out, we've got 'em on the run." One imagined the French Foreign Minister watching this lunch-hour martial spectacle and choking on his baguette...
...hung on the wall. Turns out the room was “named with gratitude for the generosity” of William F. Thompson and Juliana W. Thompson. The grandfather clock was dedicated by “the Class of ’78” and even the lectern is emblazoned with “1905.” The carpet I stood on was donated in honor of a recent graduate; all the paintings had been donated by various, presumably wealthy, individuals...
...everyday life. He’s from the Midwest, speaks sincerely, grew up in a church-going family (his father calls My New Fighting Technique is Unstoppable, Rees’ previous comic series, “an obscenity”) and was genuinely pumped about the adjustable lectern in Sever 113. He’s lived in New York for a few years now, fact-checking for Martha Stewart and Maxim when he needs cash. He says that GYWO was written primarily to ease the confusion and anger he felt not after September 11, but after October 9, when President...