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...time he was 16, he made it to Houston, where he "slept on anybody's couch until I wore out my welcome." He hooked up with his uncle Nick Fain, who had lived with the family for a while and taught his nephew the rudiments of six-string rock guitar. "He was only five years older than I was," Earle says. "He was my hero." A friendship with Townes Van Zandt started Earle down the folk-music trail, where he eventually landed jobs on the coffeehouse circuit. "There was lots of noise and smoke. I became the world's loudest...
Their adventure begins when, after a somewhat uneventful few hours at the local bar where they scope out the same, boring men whom they have known (and, in Theresa's case slept with) for most of their adult lives, they decide to blow all of Theresa's paycheck on a cab ride into Liverpool proper and a try at one of the fancier bars where the action might pick up a little. They plan to start off with a little larceny to liven things up. By fleecing the cab driver, after some chit-chat through the communication panel, they discover...
While the summiteers slept, their aides (known as Sherpas) toiled until 4:30 a.m. on a statement. Copies were waiting for the leaders at their Monday conference. A Thatcher aide had scribbled on the British Prime Minister's copy: "P.M.: Report on the Sherpas' efforts. It's pretty weak." The Iron Lady emphatically agreed. Leaning toward her microphone, she declared, "I still don't think this is strong enough. It doesn't reflect our discussion last night." Reagan, happy to have someone else take the lead, quickly sided with her, as did Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney...
Early Saturday morning, while the rest of Harvard slept off Friday night revelries, the varsity heavyweight crew muscled its way through a strong headwind and past Northeastern for a five-second victory on the Charles River...
...activism ignited early. He walked miles to school, often slept in a mosque, and was booted out of secondary school after starting a student strike. He later entered a military academy, where he immersed himself in the Koran and the passionate speeches in praise of Arab nationalism by Gamal Abdel Nasser, whom Gaddafi came to worship. After graduating, he spent ten months at a British army signals school...