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...personal, human interactions that the Factory ultimately thrived on but which were often overshadowed by Warhol.Williams spent time at Harvard, honing both his visual sensitivity as a member of The Harvard Crimson photography staff and—as Robinson speculates—his appreciation for drugs as a possible test subject in Dr. Timothy Leary’s psychedelic drug experiments. However, the issue of sexuality made it difficult for him to enjoy his Harvard experience.“Danny was in his first or second year, really struggling and having a hard time being gay at Harvard...
...more than 40% of trailer homes, many with mortgages for people with bad credit. In 1998, Green Tree was bought by Conseco for a hefty $7.6 billion; by 2002, Conseco had declared bankruptcy. "Green Tree was a house of cards, built on financial engineering that could not withstand the test of time," write the authors. It was the third largest bankruptcy in U.S. history at the time--one that now looks puny by comparison with today's debacles...
...schools, Spellings focused her speech on potential areas of improvement and what she described as recent successes in reform. Spellings was one of the major proponents of passing the No Child Left Behind Act in 2002, and she cited the federal law as a major reason for improved test scores and reduced achievement gaps. The law mandates that schools must aim for all students to reach grade-level proficiency in reading and math by 2014. In a question-and-answer session following the secretary’s speech, one teacher expressed doubt about the merits of the controversial reform program...
...hatred women have for Sarah Palin, and others had for Hillary before her, is not necessarily about politics. Anybody can run the numbers on how many people Palin's pro-life, pro-gun, socially conservative policies will seduce and how many they will alienate. Rather, the test that the McCain campaign failed to put her through was the Abbotsleigh Ladies College test. (Named after my high school. Go, green and gold!). It's a simple three-point pass-fail exam: Will the other girls like...
...female decides it's over with another female, it's like an end-stage marriage. No matter how seemingly benign, every attribute becomes an affront: the hair, the voice, the husband, the moose-shooting, the glasses, the big family, the making rape victims pay for their own rape test kits...