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Spitz isn't much for big theories, but that's O.K. The details are what's new and interesting anyway. Similarly, the beginning of the book is more interesting than its end, which is pretty much the Yokotastrophe you'd expect. When John was 5, his mom and dad separated. His father sat him down and made him choose which parent he would live with. At first he chose his father, but after his mother left, the desperate little boy went running up the street after her. That poignant image hints at the ineffable, aching heart of Lennon's creativity...
...Harbater had one great tool for bridging that divide: his airplane. Although he could not fly his six-seat Centurian across the Atlantic, he was able to fly his visiting 21/2-year-old granddaughter from Farmingdale, N.Y., to Toronto. Squirming on her mom's lap, Liba stretched out her arms toward him, plaintively wailing "Gampa!" Harbater took her onto his lap, cradling her with one hand while piloting the plane. She snuggled against him, fascinated by the colored lights blinking on the instrument panel and the rain streaking back on the windshield. "It was like a dream come true," he says...
Abigail M. Baird ’08, a Crimson editor who was enlisted to work as a dresser in the show, says, “I loved every single dress in it. My mom has said I’m allowed to get one thing...
...drew dresses. "I named them things like ‘the Samantha’ and ‘the Elizabeth,’" he says. Remele had an only-child-like upbringing since his brothers and sister were much older—"I was raised by my sister, her mom, and female babysitters. I’ve always been around women, surrounded by women. I’m more comfortable interacting with women." (Whitman, perched on an adjoining couch, adds pointedly: "Strong women.") Part of his ability to sell to the girls comes from understanding how to talk to them...
...Gordon’s Vodka—check. Life-sized mummy—check? That’s an item the ladies of Kirkland F-11 can check off their list of dorm room must-haves. Thanks to Jayne F. Wolfson ’08’s eager mom, this first floor suite has become a refuge of Halloween spirit. A “Danger: Haunted House” sign beckons one inside, where hair-raising black crows haunt the ceilings and the coffee table has been taken over by candy-filled plastic pumpkins. And then, of course, there?...