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...Millard's account of this journey, The River of Doubt, was published by Doubleday last year
...RIVER OF DOUBT CANDICE MILLARD When he felt a little down, nothing picked Theodore Roosevelt up like a near suicidal adventure. In 1914, smarting from having lost the presidency to Woodrow Wilson, he undertook the descent of the scarily named Rio da Dvida, the River of Doubt, an unmapped tributary of the Amazon. Millard charts the trip Roosevelt called his "last chance to be a boy," which was a calamity. The travelers were beset by piranhas; starvation; rapids; malaria; mutiny; Indians with poison-tipped arrows; and tiny Amazonian fish that attack the, um, loins. In the dark of the jungle...
Folds was backed by a solid band of Chapel Hill buddies: guitarist Snuzz, bassist Millard Powers, and former Sheryl Crow and Dixie Chicks drummer Jim Bogios. The concert began with “Not The Same,” the song with the strongest hook on the new album. “Same” tells the story of a girl who took acid and climbed a tree at a party hosted by (former BFF bassist) Robert Sledge before becoming a charismatic spiritual leader. From there, the band played an entire set of new material. During the show, Folds delivered...
...March, Chris Millard, a former student, died from injuries he sustained after falling from the roof of a campus building...
...simple: Lewis pulled out all the stops, letting his visuals convey a feeling of uninhibited youth - what critic Myron Meisel labeled "the dizziness of irresponsibility." "Gun Crazy" also found Lewis collaborating with another misunderstood auteur - blacklisted screenwriter Dalton Trumbo wrote the script, submitting it under the name of Millard Kaufman, a fellow screenwriter who agreed to front for Trumbo...