Word: letting
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...seasoned East Coast corporate lawyer (let's call him Jack) is accustomed to getting his way. But at the mention of his older brother, he becomes agitated and taps a table furiously. Jack's brother pummeled him regularly when he was a child, and though his parents were aware of the hostility, they never intervened. His mother told him that someday he'd be big enough to fight his own battles. "I don't know what she was thinking, and I don't know if my father knew," says Jack, 44, who hasn't spoken with his brother in years...
...better get used to her name. It's pronounced Sha-MEEK-Wah. Meek for short, but don't let that fool you. She's 6 ft. 2 in., with 2,928 points (and 1,261 rebounds) so far in her amateur career. Last month she sailed past New York Knick Allan Houston's record to become U.T.'s highest scorer ever, then beat out Heisman-trophy winner Ricky Williams to grab the prestigious Sullivan Award for best amateur. No matter what happens in the current NCAA tournament (she's led her team to three titles already), when she leaves college...
...City author Candace Bushnell). Last week he announced his latest venture: "Dear Alfonse," a political advice column for George magazine, the publication edited by JOHN KENNEDY JR. Asked who could use some advice these days, D'Amato offers, "The House Republicans. I'd tell them not to let their emotions carry them away." Queried about Bushnell, D'Amato is more guarded, saying only the two are "very good friends." In other words, don't write Al for dating tips...
...tacit consensus that his life was too important, too elevated, to mess with. It was what a life should be: private, accomplished, well-mannered and devoid of envy, gossip and whining. As an emblem of nobility, indeed of secular religion, he could be most useful to others if let alone...
...purposes when TIME agreed to shell out $10,000 to adopt a stretch of highway for me. If they'll do that, I reasoned, imagine what other people will do. I dreamed of strong-arming mayors to give me keys to their cities, persuading a minor league team to let me throw out the first pitch and getting women to talk to me. Then it struck me: I needed to see the Playboy Mansion...