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...last swig of the bottle, and the cheap red wine contained flotsam from the mouths of three men gathered in a vacant lot in northeast Philadelphia. Moments before, a homeless and dying man named Gary had vomited. The stench and nausea were dulled only by exhaustion and the cold. Gary, wheezing noisily, his lips dripping with puke, was the last to drink from the half-gallon jug of Thunderbird before passing it on, but no one seemed to care. There was no way to avoid the honor of downing the last few drops. It was an offer to share extended...
...others continue drawing. Ralphy has returned and produces an excellent self-portrait. Michael has stopped drawing. He sits at a desk, lays his head on his arm and stares dreamily at the window and the dark blue afternoon. He takes a swig of apple juice and is reprimanded by Lori for not asking first. "Let's play outside, Lori," he asks. Lori explains that today is meant for drawing. Michael takes more apple juice without permission. Lori says that she will tell Sister Geraldine...
...Potamkin will not sell competing makes in the same store, but his 29-dealership empire, spanning the East Coast, has a total of ten different brands. In Denver, Leo Payne sells cars built by GM, Ford, Chrysler, AMC, Volkswagen, Volvo, Daimler-Benz, Subaru and Nissan. San Francisco's Martin Swig explains the megadealer's credo: "I don't care where a car comes from as long as it meets the needs of the market...
...Coke did it? Why they changed? They told us they were 'the real thing.' Then they said they were 'it.' Then--kablooie. They changed. So now I'm going to taste my first Pepsi. But I still want to know why Coke changed." The girl takes a swig of Pepsi and says, "Mmmm. Now I know...
...unable or unwilling to shake; at the first performance of The Magic Flute he faints dead away at the piano. Portrait of the artist as a great man: while his wife and father bicker over money in the next room, Mozart slumps over a billiard table, takes a swig of wine and fleshes out Ah tutti contenti from The Marriage of Figaro, creating music of domestic ecstasy out of the discord of his family life...