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That would have been the end of it if Starobin’s boyfriend, “an avid reader,” hadn’t read Stephen King’s Desperation and left it lying around their apartment waiting to be thrown away. Starobin picked it up and her spirits plummeted...
...about his family relations, is a dad now. Has diaper duty mellowed him into Cosby Jr.? Relax. He faces a comic's worst nightmare--love and happiness--by taking fatherhood as occasion for a hilarious, moving look at his bumpy love-life past, with a little Latino History 101 thrown in. His riot of voices and song is unsparing of parents, ex-lovers and himself. When he met his live-in girlfriend, he tells us, "My therapist said, 'Congratulations, John! You are now emotionally 12 years old!'" Here's hoping he never grows...
...escalation normally starts with a hard foul or an overly aggressive pick, but before you know it, elbows are being thrown, sisters’ are being sullied and the whole game has turned into a frothing pot of latent frustration. After an innocuous comment of mine, made during a Cabot-Quincy IM basketball semifinal game, was misconstrued as a fat joke, the rest of the game turned into a cacophony of cheap shots and trash talk, which carried over into a post-game clash of threats...
With the continued absence of sophomore Mark Hordon due to a broken hand and the high number of pitches junior Barry Wahlberg had thrown in two previous games, Walsh hoped to get a solid outing from senior Chaney Sheffield. Sheffield (1-1), who has seen a lot of time in the outfield this year, had been sidelined the previous two weeks with a pulled hamstring...
...town, which encompasses the base where U.S. and coalition forces are ensconced, has become a favorite of small-time weapons dealers peddling knives, Kalashnikovs and rocket-propelled grenades. One dealer tried to interest a Time reporter in a Kalashnikov for the bargain price of $200, with 100 rounds thrown in "to close the sale." The man, who identified himself only as Abdul, said he wouldn't need his weapons anymore. "Peace has come to Afghanistan," he says. "The King is coming home, and people are sick of fighting." Prices have dropped nearly 50% since December, but not just because...