Word: stints
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...deliriously entertaining rants assembled here trace the renegade's progress from editing the sports pages of his Air Force-base magazine, through a stint as a TIME copy boy, to his first best seller, Hell's Angels, in 1967. There are absurdly elaborate screeds to collection agencies and complaints to banks about the color of his checks. The proud highwayman wrote to William Faulkner, suggesting that the Nobel laureate send him money; to President Johnson, nominating himself for the governorship of American Samoa; to the Postmaster General, protesting the introduction of Zip Codes...
...Puerto Rican bowling magazine, Thompson figured out early that the best way to make a name for himself was by fashioning a persona. The deliriously entertaining rants assembled here trace the renegade?s progress from editing the sports pages of his Air Force?base magazine, through a stint as a TIME copy boy, to his first best seller, 'Hell's Angels,' in 1967. There are absurdly elaborate screeds to collection agencies and complaints to banks about the color of his checks. The proud highwayman wrote to William Faulkner, suggesting that the Nobel laureate send him money; to President Johnson, nominating...
After a brief stint working as a lawyer, Ma took up journalism as a full-time occupation in Newsweek's Washington office...
...visiting professor at National Taiwan University and has taught at a number of U.S. universities, including a stint at Harvard...
Duffy inherits the job from his friend and colleague Dan Goodgame, who, after serving nine years in Washington (four as bureau chief), is moving to New York City for a stint as assistant managing editor of MONEY magazine. During Goodgame's tenure, he and Duffy were nearly inseparable. They collaborated on a book--Marching in Place: The Status Quo Presidency of George Bush (Simon & Schuster; 1992). Duffy learned from Goodgame how to play poker; Goodgame named his third son Michael. "Duffy is a hell of a lot of fun--always working the phones, yelling, laughing and scooping up great tips...