Word: personable
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Last November through February it was insanity, with thirty or forty people lining out the door every morning before we opened,” Rohrer said. “Now we open the doors and there may be just one person waiting...
...explain the emotions he experienced when he saw $8,000 slip away, he struggles for words. The feeling was similar to what he imagines drugs must be like, he says finally. Something distilled, adrenaline-heavy, “scary,” even. He had messed with the wrong person, the wrong situation, the wrong set of “sharks.” For a moment in time, Darkhawk-2000 was a fish. The experience was a turning point, he says. The only way to redeem himself, he realized in the days after the fiasco, was to give...
...can’t really tell how old kids are because, other than a summer camp counselor gig after senior year, I try to stay away from them. They punch and shit. This kid was wearing a Mets hat though so I figured he was a normal and reasonable person, I just kept eating. I watched as he similarly unwrapped a big sandwich and started in on it. I sort of wondered where the kid’s parents were, but I decided to leave it be and continue on with the sandwich and the enjoying my music. Then...
...voice, “I admire your style but I can’t be doing shit...I mean stuff like that.” With a crumpling flourish, he withdrew his sandwich. The next part of this story is completely true and wholly unexpected. Putting his little-person hand on my iPod (which was on the bench next to me), he said “I’m gonna chuck this shit.” “No you’re not,” I said, only half-seriously because I couldn?...
...What is the most challenging thing about being a woman in a high-profile position when it comes to appearance? First of all, you're working very hard, so you can't wear things - even if I were that kind of a person - that are high fashion; you need to have practical things. And you also need to look comfortable and feel that you are dressed appropriately. And when you are sitting behind a sign that says "United States" or whatever the country is, there's an extra level, in that you know that people are looking...