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McInerney’s big job now is acting as a custodian for the statue of himself that celebrity has
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The latest story concerned Hemingway’s knocking a man down for calling him a big fat slob. “You can call me a slob,” Hemingway had said, “but you can’t call me a big fat slob.” Then he struck him down. The natives of Bimini set the incident to music, and if they were sure Hemingway was not within earshot, they would sing in a calypso beat, “The big
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Adam ran his company with a Trumpian hubris.
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a laugh: “Look at Bitcoin Jesus.” It was a nickname that would stick.
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Wolfe had been an influential advocate in the 1970s
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Bruce Dunlevie remained Adam’s champion, expressing his belief in Adam’s expansive vision and comparing him to a new-age Jeff Bezos.