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...male friend of mine was recently turned down for a coffee-shop date because the young woman claimed she didn’t know him well enough. Let’s ignore that she couldn’t possibly get to know him better by categorically refusing to hang out with him. The real problem was not that she wasn’t already close with him, but rather that going out with him didn’t accomplish any of the young woman’s larger goals. He’s a nice guy, but his father isn?...
...honest, I doubt that voices like mine will be heard—even after the outrageous stunts of last week—because it seems like nobody wants to hear anything other than the familiar sound of Clikkity clank?...
Weeks after an anititank mine ripped his body apart, Sergeant Joey Bozik, 26, emerged from a coma to find himself surrounded by relatives and friends at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. As soon as he grasped the extent of his injuries, Bozik asked everyone but his fiancé to leave the room. Although he and Jayme Peters had spent only a few weeks in each other's presence--they met via e-mail while Bozik was stationed in Afghanistan--they had made plans for a life together filled with travel and outdoor activities. A gymnast and exercise-physiology student, Peters...
Bozik, a native of Wilmington, N.C., was on patrol south of Baghdad looking for roadside bombs when his humvee rolled over a mine. "Why would I bother thinking life is unfair?" he says, in reply to a question. "I've already been set back in life with the loss of my limbs. Why would I want to hurt myself more?" In his first two weeks at Walter Reed, psychiatrists and psychologists poured through Bozik's door, offering a sympathetic ear. They don't stop by anymore; Bozik has convinced them that he doesn't need them...
...been inactive since 1993's disastrous Cyberpunk and believes that his new collection, Devil's Playground, out March 22, may restore his former glory. "I'm not a retro act," Idol says in his parched English growl. "All these new bands got their music, and I got mine. And I guarantee you mine is more powerful...