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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...melting solos to his talented band and made sure to get the crowd involved, rambling between songs like someone’s drunk uncle at Thanksgiving dinner. It’s easy to take Joel lightly, especially when he’s attacking bugs with a giant yellow fly swatter, putting on an awful mock-New England accent, and commiserating with the people in the nosebleeds (“You probably paid way too much for those shitty seats”). But as Danny pointed out, Billy’s laid-back attitude is carefully constructed, just like his songs...

Author: By Loren Amor | Title: Throwback | 7/27/2009 | See Source »

...flies as alcohol is to man. Today, there were at least 20 flies in the office, all swirling lazily and crookedly. And since I’m covered with sweat, these flies would boldly venture near my ear or nose, unafraid of being swatted. Actually, the fly swatter is currently broken from overuse...

Author: By Helen X. Yang | Title: Hot and Sticky | 7/6/2009 | See Source »

...Swatter...

Author: By Elizabeth W. Green, Michael M. Grynbaum, Zachary M. Seward, Teddy R. Sherrill, and A. HAVEN Thompson, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: GADFLY | 9/30/2004 | See Source »

There is a story that Woodrow Wilson was working on neutrality papers in the Oval Office when he heard what he thought was a housefly and jumped up to get a swatter. Wilson then looked out the window and saw a biplane zooming down on the White House, with Lincoln Beachey perched at the controls. Beachey, then considered the best pilot in America, buzzed the White House again and again and flew stunts around the Washington Monument, to the awe of Wilson. Today the airspace above the White House is designated P-56 by the FAA--the P standing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Election 2000: This Old House | 11/20/2000 | See Source »

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