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The letters are scrawled in blue ink across a calendar page from June 1982: BEACH WEEK.
The big, bold font seems to indicate the importance of this nine-day stretch on the social calendar of a young Brett Kavanaugh, especially amid more mundane entries like “haircut” and “pick up pictures”.
The 36-year-old calendar was presented by Kavanaugh as an alibi against an allegation of sexual assault that was to be the subject of an intensely watched hearing Thursday on Capitol Hill, which could decide whether he would be confirmed as a justice of the Supreme Court.

But look closer. There is a time capsule from a long-ago summer and a window into the hard-partying prep school culture in which acquaintances say the future federal judge was an enthusiastic participant.
This included Beach Week, an annual rite of Washington-area high schoolers that is as anticipated by teens as it is feared by their parents.
Kavanaugh has flatly denied the allegations of three women who have come forward to accuse him of sexual misconduct amid drunken parties during high school in suburban Maryland and college at Yale.
Kavanaugh declares he never sexually assaulted anyone and was a virgin after high school for years
In earlier public statements, he distanced himself from the boozy reputation of boys from Georgetown Prep, portraying his younger self as a church-going, high-performing scholar athlete.
“I drank beer with my friends, usually on weekends,” he said.
“Sometimes I had too many. In retrospect, I said and did things in high school that make me cringe now.”

Senators are likely to key in on his shifting descriptions of his high school years as they investigate a claim by Christine Blasey Ford that Kavanaugh tried to rape her during a small house party that summer.
Ford gave her account of an abusive encounter with Kavanaugh in an article in The Washington Post.
Since then, other women have gone public with allegations against Kavanaugh. In an article published Sunday by The New Yorker, a Yale University classmate, Deborah Ramirez, described Brett Kavanaugh placing his genitals in front of her during a dormitory party.
In a sworn declaration released Wednesday, Julie Swetnick of Washington, DC, said she witnessed Kavanaugh “consistently engage in excessive drinking and inappropriate contact of a sexual nature with women in the early 1980s.”
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In his prepared statement for Thursday’s hearing, Kavanaugh said: “Sexual assault is horrific. It is morally wrong. It is illegal. It is contrary to my religious faith.”
Referring to Ford – the only accuser asked to testify at Thursday’s hearing – he said: “I have never done that to her or to anyone. I am innocent of this charge.”
Efforts to gauge Kavanaugh’s credibility have prompted a close examination in recent days of various pieces of evidence from his life more than three decades ago.

As he was trying to deflect questions about teenage drinking, new stories and tweets pointed to his senior yearbook page, which includes this description: “Keg City Club (Treasurer) – 100 Kegs or Bust.”
One of his highlighted quotes is “Down the Hatch!”
Kavanaugh’s yearbook page describes him as a member of the “Beach Week Ralph Club” – an apparent reference to vomiting from drinking too much alcohol.
Then there are Kavanaugh’s notations from his calendar for the summer of 1982.
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Along with multiple listings for parties, he includes college interviews. He notes when he’s been grounded and writes, “Go to Connecticut with Grammy”.
He scribbled girls’ names – “Nikki” and “Suzanne” – on various days.
One classmate of Kavanaugh’s in the Georgetown Prep Class of 1983 said the calendar also details just how much time and attention was spent on heavy drinking, from the estates of suburban Washington to the beaches of the Maryland shore.

The classmate said he saw Kavanaugh repeatedly during Beach Week. Whenever they met, the man said, Kavanaugh was drinking. But then again, so was everyone else.
“You didn’t show up without a six-pack or a keg,” said the classmate, who spoke on condition of anonymity to protect his business and professional relationships within the Georgetown Prep community.
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“You consumed whatever was available, six-packs, kegs, gin, grain alcohol, you name it. You drank when you got up at 10am and you were drinking when you collapsed at 2 or 3am.”
At one point, the classmate said, someone from Kavanaugh’s group heaved a keg from a landing of a high rise for kicks.
Back home from the beach, there was, apparently, more drinking in July.
The first day of the month, Kavanaugh scribbled a plan to “go to Timmy’s for skis” with several football teammates. Skis was shorthand for “brewskis,” the classmate recalled.


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Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh submits 36-year-old calendar listing his daily activities as part of his defence against allegations of sexual misconduct at a high school party

This image released by the Senate Judiciary Committee, Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2018 in Washington, shows Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh's calendar, from the Summer of 1982. (Senate Judiciary Committee via AP)

WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 27: Judge Brett Kavanaugh testifies to the Senate Judiciary Committee during his Supreme Court confirmation hearing in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill September 27, 2018 in Washington, DC. Kavanaugh was called back to testify about claims by Christine Blasey Ford, who has accused him of sexually assaulting her during a party in 1982 when they were high school students in suburban Maryland. Win McNamee/Getty Images/AFP == FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==

Brett Kavanaugh's calendar, from the Summer of 1982. Photo: AP

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Christine Blasey Ford at the Senate Judiciary Committee in Washington on Thursday. Photo: Reuters

Christine Blasey Ford, center, arrives for a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, Sept. 27, 2018. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and a woman who accuses him of sexual assault will present dueling accounts of what happened -- or didnt happen -- 36 years ago, as senators hold a historic hearing that will shape the court's future and redefine the "Me Too" era. Photographer: Andrew Harnik/Pool via Bloomberg

Supreme Court nomiinee Brett Kavanaugh at his Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing in Washington on Sept. 4, 2018. MUST CREDIT: Bloomberg photo by Andrew Harrer.

WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 27: Christine Blasey Ford (L) talks with her attorney Michael Bromwich as she prepares to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill September 27, 2018 in Washington, DC. A professor at Palo Alto University and a research psychologist at the Stanford University School of Medicine, Ford has accused Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her during a party in 1982 when they were high school students in suburban Maryland. Win McNamee/Getty Images/AFP == FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==

WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 27: Demonstrators hot a rally supporting Supreme Court Nominee Brett Kavanaugh on September 27, 2018 in Washington, DC. On Thursday, Christine Blasey Ford, who has accused Kavanaugh of sexual assault, is testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Zach Gibson/Getty Images/AFP == FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa is seen before a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, Thursday, Sept. 27, 2018 on Capitol Hill in Washington with Christine Blasey Ford and Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. (Erin Schaff/The New York Times via AP, Pool)

WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 27: Protestors rally against Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh inside the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill, September 27, 2018 in Washington, DC. On Thursday, Christine Blasey Ford, who has accused Kavanaugh of sexual assault, is testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Drew Angerer/Getty Images/AFP == FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==

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Mark Judge outside a friend's home in the seaside holiday village of Bethany Beach. Photo: The Washington Post

FILE - In this Sept. 5, 2018, file photo, President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh listens to a question while testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

This undated photo of Julie Swetnick was released by her attorney Michael Avenatti via Twitter, Wednesday, Sept. 26. 2018. The Senate Judiciary Committee is reviewing allegations by Swetnick, accusing Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct, a panel spokesman said. (Michael Avenatti via AP)

Christine Blasey Ford swears in at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing for her to testify about sexual assault allegations against Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., September 27, 2018. Erin Schaff/Pool via REUTERS

epa07046239 The entrance to Georgetown Preparatory School in North Bethesda, Maryland, USA, 25 September 2018. Allegations of sexual misconduct against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh while he was a student at Prep, has brought attention to the school. US President Donald J. Trump's nominee to be a US Supreme Court Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh is in a tumultuous confirmation process as two women have accused Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassly has called a hearing with Supreme Court Nominee Brett Kavanaugh and his accuser Christine Blasey Ford for Thursday 27 September. EPA-EFE/JIM LO SCALZO

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Christine Blasey Ford, the Palo Alto, Calif., professor accusing Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct, is pictured in an undated image on ResearghGate.net. ResearchGate is described as a professional network for scientists and researchers. (ResearchGate.net/Zuma Press/TNS)

This undated photo provided by Safehouse Progressive Alliance for Nonviolence shows Deborah Ramirez. Ramirez went public with allegations that while in his first year at Yale University, Supreme Court Justice nominee Brett Kavanaugh placed his penis in front of her and caused her to involuntarily touch it during a drunken dormitory party. Kavanaugh denied the accusation soon after it was reported Sunday, Sept. 23, 2018, by The New Yorker magazine. (Safehouse Progressive Alliance for Nonviolence via AP)

US Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh has denied allegations of sexual misconduct. Photo: AFP

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Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) looks on as he speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill on September 26, 2018 in Washington, DC. - The US Senate Judiciary Committee has scheduled for Friday a preliminary vote on the nomination of Supreme Court pick Brett Kavanaugh, who is under fire over claims of sexual assault in his youth. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP)

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Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh submits 36-year-old calendar listing his daily activities as part of his defence against allegations of sexual misconduct at a high school party


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