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...improve the number's reputation. At the first meeting, the members (all 13 of them) walked under ladders to enter a room covered with spilled salt. The club lasted for many years and grew to more than 400 members, including five U.S. Presidents: Chester Arthur, Grover Cleveland, Benjamin Harrison, William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt. Despite the club's efforts, triskaidekaphobia (that's fear of the number 13) flourished; even today, most tall buildings don't have a 13th Floor...
...collection, while Eliot offers live piano music at Sunday brunch. But some staffers still aren’t satisfied. “I want some B-52’s playing…you know, ‘Love Shack,’” said Adams cook William D. Nicolson. “That would be sweet...
...When the President takes a break from kicking ass to see if there are any tasty beverages in Air Force One’s cooler. Use this time to replenish your own drink supply and make sure the UHS emergency number is on your speed dial. —William P. Hennrikus
Jayne Anne Phillips’ latest book, “Lark and Termite,” opens with an epigram from William Faulkner’s “The Sound and the Fury.” “Because no battle is ever won he said. They are not even fought. The field only reveals to man his own folly and despair, and victory is an illusion of philosophers and fools.” It is a fitting borrowing in a number of ways—both books use the time span of four key days to piece...
...Caribou, a town of 8,300 at the nation's northeastern tip, 15 miles (24 km) from Canada. Her father was a state senator; her mother, a mayor; and an uncle, a state supreme court justice. She learned her way around Capitol Hill working as an aide to Senator William Cohen for 12 years. After losing a bid for governor in 1994, she made a run for Cohen's seat when he left it in 1996. One of the things that helped her win was her resemblance to the popular Snowe...