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Staffers also are supposed refrain fromoffering themselves as an example...
Even if mainstream reporters refrain from asking questions about sex and drugs--don't laugh, it could happen--no one can stop an old girlfriend or dealer from calling a press conference. And if the Establishment media play these down, there will still be the Matt Drudges, Howard Sterns and Flynts to play them up. So whether or not an old acquaintance with sex and drugs should be forgotten by voters, it will take a candidate with nerves of steel to withstand the vetting process...
...primarily fasting from dawn to sunset. No food, no drink, no intercourse. Refrain from lying and fighting. It's a time to work on spiritual development," Syed said...
...slide down the surface of things" runs the constant refrain of the novel, and while Glamorama's 482 pages of vacuous characters provoke a desire to surface, to break out of the trap of celebrity, it also points out the pervasive nature of glamor. Ellis is often more interested in being cool than actual meaning (the novel opens with a Hitler quote); with Glamorama, he seems to be saying that this is the only truth we all share
...brother, can you spare an additional $120 billion over the next five years? Despite these lean budgetary times, that's been the military's refrain of late, voiced again Tuesday by Pentagon spokesman Kenneth Bacon. It's a tune that may be hard for some pols and citizens to hum during this period of relative peace, but the Pentagon isn't likely to stop singing it soon...