“ It brings to mind the shock the eminent Victorian art critic John Ruskin was said to have experienced upon discovering his wife’s pubic hair, after which he was unable to consummate the marriage. Annulment followed thereafter.
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Don’t know the source unfortunately.
“ Benelux (a word apparently coined in The Economist in August 1946 by our Belgian correspondent, who tried out Nebelux before deciding that Benelux was more euphonious)
Charlemagne | Going Dutch | Economist.com
“ He [Vonnegut] often said he had to be a writer because he wasn’t good at anything else. He was not good at being an employee. Back in the mid-1950s, he was employed by Sports Illustrated, briefly. He reported to work, was asked to write a short piece on a racehorse that had jumped over a fence and tried to run away. Kurt stared at the blank piece of paper all morning and then typed, “The horse jumped over the fucking fence,” and walked out, self-employed again.
Excerpt: ‘Armageddon in Retrospect’ : NPR
“ In 1995, Beijing arrested the Panchen Lama, the No. 2 in Tibetan Buddhism, a 6-year-old at the time. He has never been seen since.
Chinese view of Dalai Lama bodes ill for its Tibet policy - International Herald Tribune
“ In 1983, the United States was 2 states away from calling a new Constitutional Convention, where delegates would have free reign over the Constitution.
Significant, but obscure, moments in history - The Something Awful Forums
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“ PLEASE HOLD PIX FOR AT LEAST TWO HOURS UNTIL I CAN GET OUT OF TOWN, I WILL CALL
Tensions rising in Tibet | FP Passport
AFP Photograhper in Tibet.