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...everyone in attendance knew, the only thing that most knew, was that I was a coxswain for Harvard. I had never said a word to them, they have never said a word to me, several of the people who insulted me had never even talked about me except to note what school I went to. What was known was that I had won several regattas and that my racing shirt was crimson with a white collar. For many in attendance, that was enough. Ipso facto I was arrogant, a jerk, snotty, annoying and worthy of scorn...
...B.O.B." HANDWRITTEN NOTE found on an airsickness bag during a United Airlines flight bound for Los Angeles from Sydney, prompting a bomb scare and an emergency return to the airport. The letters probably stood for "Best on Board," a reference to the most attractive passenger, rather than "Bomb on Board" as was feared by the crew...
...niece Beth turned 42 this week. (Note to readers making quick calculations about my age: my brother is muuuuuuch older than I.) She?s the oldest of four girls who, though born too late to have heard the material firsthand, somehow knew most of the songs of that miracle year, 1957, by the time they were in grammar school. At family gatherings the girls would render old songs in a saucy fashion, occasionally accompanied on the tenor guitar by their doting uncle. Now Beth Corliss is Beth Silvestri, married to an Olympic yachtsman and living in San Francisco. The girl...
...remembers that Obama wrote his paper on “issues relating to individualism and community, resonant with his key-note address...
Ending on perhaps the most uplifting note of an almost relentlessly upbeat convention week, Kerry portrayed himself as the candidate who would promote scientific and medical advances and lead America into a rosy future...