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billy dimple with a knife

Still, today, long hair and effeminacy seem synonymous: the well-balanced virile man is close-cropped in youth and close-cropped in age. But then in the days of yore, as now, the betting should always be on skimpy clothes and wild hair… … Continue reading

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MOCKERY, MACARONIS & MAYHEM

”He on all occasions professes a detestation of what he calls ”can’t”; says it will banish from England all that is pure and good; and that while people are looking after the shadow, they lose the substance of the goodness; … Continue reading

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HOUSES OF CARDS

”In a series of damaging emails released yesterday, Tourre also compared the products to a “Frankenstein” monster that had “turned against his own inventor”. Other emails that emerged yesterday showed Lloyd Blankfein, Goldman’s chief executive, boasting about the money the bank … Continue reading

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MINESTRONIES AND MACARONIES

“Why did yankee doodle stick a feather in his hat and call it macaroni? Back in Pre-Revolutionary America when the song ‘Yankee Doodle’ was first popular, the singer was not referring to the pasta ‘macaroni’ in the line that reads … Continue reading

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