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...polluted derision. In the 1959 interview, Krassner asked, "Do you think there's any sadism in your comedy?", and Lenny recoiled. "What a horrible thought. If there is any sadism in my work, I hope I ? well, if there is, I wish someone would whip me with a large belt that has a brass buckle...
Like many Iraqis, Wisam likes to drive pedal to the metal, and while it's a good idea to get away from Amariyah as fast as possible, I am acutely conscious that I'm not wearing my seat belt. Iraqis never wear one, and for me to buckle up would be like sticking a FOREIGNER ON BOARD sign on the windshield, a bad idea in a city where kidnapping gangs are known to cruise for lucrative targets. As an Indian, I can often pass for a local if I keep my mouth shut--my Arabic is rudimentary--but in public...
...these successful N.S.W. political "m-aaa-tes", most of whom were incubated in trade unions and the party's Sussex Street hatchery in Sydney. They belong to different Labor factions, even sub-factions. They come from various parts of Sydney (God's own Sutherland Shire, the hommos belt of Canterbury-Bankstown) and the state (the whitebread Hunter and Central Coast regions). Variously Roman Catholics, Orthodox Christians or Jews, who presumably barrack for the Dragons, Knights, Sharks, Roosters and Bulldogs, they are a mix of lawyers, engineers and political hacks...
Those cities include Avon Park, Fla., a Citrus Belt community of 8,500 that may pass legislation similar to Hazleton's this week. Kennewick, Wash., will consider an illegal-immigration ordinance this week too. "The government's not doing enough," says Kennewick councilman Bob Parks, the measure's sponsor, who points to Barletta as his inspiration. "I thought, If this mayor has the guts to do this, I'm going to follow suit...
...DIED. Red Buttons, 87, impish comedian who emerged from burlesque and Borscht Belt clubs to forge a successful acting career, with roles in more than 30 films including Sayonara, Pete's Dragon and The Poseidon Adventure; in Los Angeles. Born Aaron Chwatt, he was nicknamed for his red hair and the brass buttons on his uniform at an early gig and became an overnight hit in 1952 with his own CBS variety show. He won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his 1956 portrayal of a U.S. airman in a doomed romance with a Japanese woman in Sayonara, starring Marlon...