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2. The Bonfire of the Vanities - Wikipedia

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   The Bonfire of the Vanities. The Bonfire of the Vanities is a 1987 novel by Tom Wolfe. The story is a drama about ambition, racism, social class, politics, and greed in 1980s New York City, and centers on three main characters: WASP bond trader Sherman McCoy, Jewish assistant district attorney Larry Kramer, and British expatriate journalist ...

3. Bonfire of the vanities - Wikipedia

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   A bonfire of the vanities (Italian: falò delle vanità) is a burning of objects condemned by religious authorities as occasions of sin.The phrase itself usually refers to the bonfire of 7 February 1497, when supporters of the Dominican friar Girolamo Savonarola collected and burned thousands of objects such as cosmetics, art, and books in the public square of Florence, Italy, on the occasion ...

4. Earl Carroll - Wikipedia

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   Damon Runyon, in his short story The Brain Goes Home has the narrator remark, "Well, Mr. Earl Carroll feels sorry for Cynthia, so he puts her in the 'Vanities' and lets her walk around raw, and The Brain sees her, and the next thing anybody knows she is riding in a big foreign automobile the size of a rum chaser, and is chucking a terrible swell."

5. Elementary schools evacuated following threats in Springfield ...

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   Two elementary schools were evacuated and a middle school was closed on Friday in the wake of threats in Springfield, Ohio, the Springfield City School District said. The elementary schools ...

6. Two more crew members from Lynch's yacht under investigation ...

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   Italian prosecutors are investigating two more crew members from British tech tycoon Mike Lynch's yacht, along with its captain, in connection with the vessel's sinking over a week ago, a judicial ...

7. South Korea's Yoon seeks dialogue, path to unification with ...

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   August 15, 2024 at 3:55 AM. By Hyonhee Shin. SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol offered on Thursday to establish a working-level consultative body with North Korea to discuss ...