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...typically a good sign when pinch runners aren't asked to do anything...
Part of the problem for allied planners is that they are under strict orders to avoid "collateral damage"--the famous euphemism that means killing civilians or blowing up things you aren't aiming at. Much of that restraint has political roots: public opinion in NATO countries, tepid at best, could turn if the evening news starts delivering pictures of dead and maimed innocents. A TIME/CNN poll last week indicated less than massive support in the U.S., with 44% of respondents approving the air strikes. Another 40% disapproved. Asked if the U.S. has a moral imperative to stop Serb actions...
When I had tea with Lewis, I asked him why I've seen white fans boo black boxers for not throwing enough punches. He insisted that the crowds aren't racist, just full of bloodlust. He's right. I had hoped that after the Golota bout, civilized people like me would realize this and abandon boxing for nobler pursuits. Like watching catfighting lesbians on Jerry Springer for free...
SMOKING GUN If lung cancer, heart disease and stroke aren't enough to scare you off smoking, maybe this will. A study of 4,000 Danish men shows that mothers who smoke a pack or more a day are twice as likely to produce criminally violent sons. There even appears to be a dose response: those who smoked fewer cigarettes had less violent boys. Why the correlation? No one is sure, but chemicals in smoke may somehow damage the fetal brain...
...WHEN SOME PAGES GO UNNUMBERED: "If there was some consistency about the lack of numbers," wrote one frustrated reader, "I wouldn't mind so much. If yours was the only publication that practiced this insane policy, I wouldn't mind. But there isn't, you aren't, and I do." The reason for this irritant, in a nutshell, is that our magazine's ad content can vary from region to region of the country, leaving us unable to put numbers on those pages that don't appear in the entire circulation run. Trust us on this; we're not trying...