While reading this useless chapter, we started to wonder whether Conrad Black was being paid by the word. Or maybe he’s being paid by the letter since he’s such a supercilious blowhard—and nothing happens.
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Five things Adam Giambrone can learn from Eliot Spitzer
Spitzer lends Giambrone a hand (Images: Tsar Kasim, from the Toronto Life Flickr pool; Center for American Progress)
Last week, the New York Times ran a profile of Eliot Spitzer—former New York governor and connoisseur of high-class prostitutes—that details his recent comeback. He’s on TV again, in magazines and papers and classrooms, making his redemption as public as his fall from grace. It seems to be working for him. Of course, he’s not the only public servant to give up political dreams due to sexual indiscretions. Adam Giambrone just announced that he’s stepping out of politics for a while, but has already hinted that he’ll be back one day. Hey, if Spitzer can do it, why not Giambrone? Here’s how:
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Awaiting Bill Clinton and Matt Damon at the One X One charity dinner in Forest Hill
Guests arrive at the One X One charity dinner in Forest Hill
It was a sea of expensive cars, valets and security personnel on Dunvegan Road in Forest Hill last night, as Ed Rogers played host to about 220 guests for his annual One X One charity dinner. The dinner was catered by E-A-T, and tickets cost $5,000 each. Guests began showing up around 5 p.m. to await the arrival of Matt Damon and Bill Clinton.
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What’s the deal with David Miller’s incredible shrinking waistline?
The secret to Miller’s recent deplumpage is a largely vegetarian diet that basically excludes everything fun and fattening. Like Bill Clinton, who famously gave up Big Macs, Miller was a fast-food junkie. Quarter Pounders with cheese, he says, got him through the 2003 election—and left him pushing 250 pounds. Since then, he’s cut out his daily McD’s fix. In fact, he’s cut out all unhealthy fats and refined sugars. The relentless wine and cheese affairs that come with being mayor require steely willpower, but he resists the call of the canapé by filling up on five protein-rich meals a day (a typical weekday lunch might include chickpea-lentil casserole, plus a handful of almonds). He also now works with a trainer twice a week and runs an average of 12 kilometres three or four times a week. Lately, instead of food, he’s been devouring running books in preparation for a half-marathon on September 27. All told, our lean, mean mayoral machine has shed more than 50 pounds. No doubt a Miller Lite campaign slogan is in the works for 2010, though it’s probably safe to assume “Everything you want in a mayor, and less” won’t make the cut.
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