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...central absurdity of working life. You have nothing more in common with your co-workers than the carpet you walk on, he says, and yet you have to spend more time with them than with your friends and family. Leaving a job, he might have added, is even stranger: suddenly, to your "family," you no longer exist, and a new sibling takes your place...
...Even stranger, Dayton sent his staff home several days after the CIA toned down the dramatic multiple-attack scenario, which the intelligence community "no longer believed to be valid," says the official. The CIA's initial report conflicted sharply with assessments by the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security that al-Qaeda is no longer able to mount synchronized spectacular events. In fact, fears of a pre-election attack have eased as an all-out push by law-enforcement and intelligence officers has failed to detect any trace of a terrorist cell operating in the U.S. "It's about...
...eccentricity to paranoia. Maybe it was the drug abuse, maybe the pressure of his bandmate and cousin Mike Love to stick to the commercially-proven formula of cars and surf, or maybe it was the added stress of a prolonged contract lawsuit, but Wilson’s behavior became stranger. Fearing his house was bugged, he held business meetings in his swimming pool. He suspected that he was being frightened by Phil Spector-hired “mind gangsters.” Studio musicians donned plastic fire hats while recording a section predictably called “Fire?...
...Bush’s counterpart is certainly no stranger to this salacious type of advertising. Groups working for the Kerry campaign have released some of the most daunting, and tasteless, commercial attacks. Several such ads feature sensational shots of the Iraq war mixed with emotional accounts by family members of fallen soldiers...
...this was ten times worse than looking at “Wave;” now I was self-conscious because of the guard watching me from across the room. What a ludicrous situation: Just me in an art gallery making a fool of myself in front of a stranger as I tried to play with a “sculpture” of totally indeterminate purpose. I felt like I was in a scene from Mr. Bean...