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...eliminate that prejudice. But to me, Bill Griffith's art works best in the absurd and sad context of daily news. In fact, the San Francisco protesters had their fury appeased when the comics page editor announced to the crowed the re-instatement of "Zippy the Pinhead." Following a brief "huzzah" the protesters, in true Zippy spirit, reportedly began shouting "Cancel Zippy...
...long time, many scientists believed that the human life-span was infinitely extendible. The average life-span early in the evolution of Homo sapiens is thought to have been just 20 years. By the beginning of the 20th century, that figure more than doubled--to a still brief 47. Since then, however, life expectancy has been exploding, with people in the developed world now able to live deep into their 70s and often beyond...
...troops are holding a secret training session. The sas commander, a young man from the north of England with shaggy red hair, suggests that the airstrip is too dangerous for us, and offers, insincerely, to drop by for a chat later. His American counterparts make a brief appearance later in the day, side arms strapped to their thighs gunslinger style, and drive up to the headquarters of the local military commander, a 30-year-old general named Jawhari, on four-wheel, all-terrain scooters. They prove equally elusive...
...what gave the brief letter its power was its overwhelming sense of doom. "Skilling is resigning now for 'personal reasons' but I would think he wasn't having fun, looked down the road and knew this stuff was unfixable and would rather abandon ship now than resign in shame in two years...
...college experience was brief. I went to UCLA for two years, and I was probably the worst student in the history of the school. I wouldn’t make it to a class if it was before noon. I was into doing theater, but not studying theater. I would just fall asleep immediately as soon as the class started...