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...from cheating husbands and wives to sheriffs to the FBI down in Miami wanting a wiretap," Jeff Battcher, BellSouth's vice president of corporate communications, told TIME. "We know how to do this, and we would never give out any confidential customer information without having a subpoena or a write-off from a judge...
...tells the reader whether Hannah is beautiful. "When a female character feels insecure, and then all the other characters are saying, 'But you're so awesome, you're so funny, you're the best!' you almost know that it's this false insecurity," she says. "I feel like, Why write about insecurity unless it's real insecurity? I want the reader to experience what [Hannah's] experiencing...
...reading world. Which makes you wonder what kinds of books will come out of all the success and affirmation. Will she still channel our collective awkwardness and alienation? "I was kind of joking with my editor," she recalls, "saying, you know, 'God save me if I ever write another scene where a young woman is maybe about to kiss a young man, but then she wonders if he really could find her attractive.' I feel a little like, Curtis, please never do that again. You've been as thorough as you possibly could...
...genesis of another late Mercer hit shows the songwriter's generosity. In 1958 he received, on two pages torn from a desk calendar, a scrawled suggestion from a Youngstown, Ohio, housewife, Sadie Vimmerstedt. "I want you to write a song for me," she wrote. "Based on ?I want to to be around to pick up the pieces when somebody breaks your heart.' I know you could add a little story to the title and please me." Not only did Mercer add a little - no, a lot ("And that's when I'll discover that revenge is sweet, / When...
...best friends, and that they use their relationship-status designation on Facebook as a joke. “Girls especially like to publicly declare who their best friends are,” Chauhan said. “I am in a relationship, and I’d rather write down who my best friend is.” In fact, most Harvard Facebook users would rather not write down their relationship status at all. Of the 22,471 Harvard users—a total that includes alums, grad students, professors, and staffers as well as undergrads—43 percent...