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Team Δy chief Alan Britton, M.S. & J.D., of whom one sensed that no one had ever even once made fun, was an immense and physically imposing man, roughly 6'1" in every direction, with a large smooth shiny oval head in the precise center of which were extremely tiny close-set features arranged in the invulnerably cheerful expression of a man
... See moreDavid Foster Wallace • Oblivion: Stories

Rayburn would say, “I’m not for sale”—and then he would walk away without a backward glance, as he had walked away from a President. His integrity was certified by his bankbook. At his death, at the age of seventy-nine, after decades as one of the most powerful men in the United States, a man courted by railroad companies and oil companies, his sav
... See moreRobert A. Caro • The Path to Power: The Years of Lyndon Johnson I
his ridged forehead looks like one of those domed beehives you see representing Industry in medieval woodcuts.
Michael Chabon • The Yiddish Policemen's Union
friend. I know a guy. Tall, bald, wears lots of earrings. Have a chat with him next—”