Word: beaver
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...yourself in William Patrick's soggy shoes for a moment. When the Texas-born writer bought a 1677 farmhouse in Ipswich, Mass., two years ago, the neighborhood's thriving beaver colony seemed part of its charm. Since then the beavers have been busy damming everything that flows. Now two of Patrick's four acres--farmland for three centuries--are underwater, and towering pines next to the house have begun crashing to earth. "The beavers are turning our whole yard into a swamp," fumes Patrick, 52. "They're not smart. They're obsessive-compulsive. They hear water, and they have...
...running against each other in the town’s mayoral race. Soon they’re playing a round of golf to decide not only their respective political futures, but who gets to date Sally. In one significant way, Mooseport diverges from its Leave It to Beaver sensibilities, ultimately telling its audience that government is best left to cheats and liars. It’s a message that dovetails nicely with the film’s in-your-face easygoingness, but one that seems distastefully simpleminded near the start of an election year that is likely...
Despite the film’s shortcomings in the area of character development, its good-natured tone and sitcom-simple story make it pleasant enough while it’s onscreen. But in one significant way, Mooseport diverges from its Leave It to Beaver sensibilities, and not by treating complicated social problems or political challenges authentically or intelligently...
...outbreak of hepatitis A at the Beaver Valley Mall outside Pittsburgh, Pa.--the largest recorded in U.S. history, with three dead and nearly 600 infected--has got doctors and folks who eat at ChiChi's scrambling to come to terms with a disease usually considered pretty benign, at least compared with its more deadly cousins, B and C. As thousands in the Pittsburgh area lined up for shots of immune globulin, which can stave off infection if given quickly enough, disease detectives from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) traced the problem to a bad batch of scallions...
DIED. JOE CONNELLY, 85, who, with partner Bob Mosher, created Leave It to Beaver, The Munsters and other TV sitcoms; of complications from a stroke; in Newport Beach, Calif. A veteran of such '40s radio shows as Amos 'n Andy, he based the Beaver on his own son Ricky. In its six years on the air in the late 1950s and early '60s, and endlessly in reruns since, Leave It to Beaver created one of TV's most charming, unforced portrayals of the world through the eyes...