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...what happened to that guy in our family who works for TIME?" he asks, smacking his lips in pleasure after another swig. My dad has been having trouble keeping relationships straight for a few months now. At his worst point, after a fall last September, he thought I was his mother. When I'd kid him about the mistake, he'd laugh hard, turn really red and run a hand over his balding head, his lifelong gesture of consternation. But even then, when I was his "mother," he still managed in some convoluted way to hold on to one thing...
...group has a new CD out (its first in five years), a new video to film (they're way behind in preproduction), a tour to mount--and three careers to resuscitate. "I'm glad to be back," says Watkins, wiping the sweat from her brow and taking a swig of designer water. "I feel blessed to be back. I don't know what's going to happen, but I'm prepared for whatever...
...have no problem with other people's drinking when they do it because they view alcoholic beverages as aesthetic delights. It just ain't my bag, baby--one whiff of wine and I have flashbacks from childhood of having to swig Robutussin to cure a bad cough. But since I've sniffed some pretty strong potpourri in my time, I can appreciate the value of a good buzz...
...watched as they passed the liquor among them, hoping that perhaps they might decide to offer some to the fellow revelers sitting around them. Apparently, the spirit of communal property that defined the 1960's is one hallmark of that era that has not survived. I was denied a swig and had to endure the rest of the evening in a painfully sober state...
...program encourages ambassadors to become their own art dealers, selecting works that strike their aesthetic fancy. Among the most chosen artists in the diplomatic service: Childe Hassam, Maurice Prendergast, Edward Hopper, Mark Rothko, Jacob Lawrence, Morris Louis, Andrew Wyeth, Robert Rauschenberg, Dale Chihuly and Helen Frankenthaler. Says director Roselyne Swig: "Our ambassadors see the works as an invaluable outreach tool...