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...marriage had strained his finances; he also admitted that he didn't have his own bank account at the time, later adding that he had stashed this cash in a safe. It was the kind of scandal that would sink most politicians. But Ahern's ratings didn't drop. They rose, prompting Blair's spluttered exclamation. Even the Teflon Taoiseach's opponents doubt he's pursuing a gilded lifestyle. A man of simple tastes, Ahern says his biggest indulgence is "a ticket to some good football match." Yet he is anything but a simple man. Quick on his feet...
...Sarko or Ségo. "Both of them talk about protecting us - the mother protector and the father protector," says Renaud Gaultier, an industrial designer in Paris. "I have a mother and father; I'm an adult, and I don't need this infantile discourse." Gaultier says he'll drop an unmarked ballot into the box on May 6, and he won't be the only Bayrou adherent to exercise that civic protest against what he sees as a choice between second-raters. Such tactics may assuage the conscience, but they're unlikely to change the outcome...
What would Chatter be if we didn’t make fun of at least one prefrosh? It seems one unlucky Red Folder-toting femme, intimidated by Widener’s stacks, lost her Annenberg breakfast right at the entrance to one east. “Did someone drop their papers?” wondered the confused Widener assistant, as bawling babe apologized and fled to six west...Yet another poor member of the class of ’11 booted, this time in a more appropriate location: the Pfoho bell tower. Unfortunately, this young ‘un wasn?...
...Crimson lead to 10-8 with seven minutes remaining. The Crusaders tallied one more with 1:25 remaining on a quick inside pass to reduce the lead to 1 and put a half-century-long streak in serious jeopardy.However, faceoff extraordinaire John Henry Flood won the ensuing ball-drop to give the Crimson possession. The co-captain won 19 of 24 faceoffs on the day, including eight of eight in the fourth quarter.Holy Cross had one final opportunity when senior Brian Mahler turned the ball over with a minute remaining, but was unable to convert, giving the ball back...
...After Wasson's article was published, many people sought out mushrooms and the other big hallucinogen of the day, LSD. (In 1958, Time Inc. cofounder Henry Luce and his wife Clare Booth Luce dropped acid with a psychiatrist. Henry Luce conducted an imaginary symphony during his trip, according to Storming Heaven.) The most important person to discover drugs through the Life piece was Timothy Leary himself. Leary had never used drugs, but a friend recommended the article to him, and Leary eventually traveled to Mexico to take mushrooms. Within a few years, he had launched his crusade for America...