Word: brights
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...PLAYBOY MAGAZINE Editors have the bright idea to run a pictorial feature on "The Women of Mensa." Issue sells poorly...
...funny, but not a joke. I want to run out right away and see each one of these places because of unique details you brought to light. I hope all your readers got as much of a kick out of the story as I did. Bravo for showcasing the bright spots of America! SHANA ROHDE Katy, Texas...
Even more than Ruth, McGwire symbolizes stark simplicity. He is a redhead of the kind we haven't seen in centuries--not a pasty Thomas Jefferson or a cutesy Ron Howard, but a scary Redbeard. In his red Cardinal uniform, with red Oakley sunglasses and his bright red goatee, McGwire is more frightening than Carrot Top. McGwire, more than Ruth, strips the game bare. Cro-Magnon man didn't court the media or haggle over free-agent contracts, and neither does Big Mac. He comes to the plate to the tune of the Guns 'N' Roses war dance Welcome...
That proves only that Kieslowski was also an entertainer. The ambiguity and poignancy of each sketch show that he was always an artist. In Decalogue, One (Thou Shalt Have No Other God but Me), a math professor lives with his bright, loving 11-year-old son--a small boy who asks big questions about God and death. The father believes that everything can be measured, even the density of ice on the local pond. It will take a catastrophe to teach him that his logic has holes. But the episode's true poetry is in scenes...
...looking for ideal worlds; for some, America is it. In some ways that is the worst part: this country is its own answer, with a lot to teach us too. Maybe the lessons can't fit into 30 minutes, but here races and religions have a long and increasingly bright history of cooperation rather than war. Israel can also teach us about housing shortages and how to maintain order and hope in the face of faceless terrorists. Israel, built in a desert, can teach Beverly Hills and the rest of thirsty California about water conservation...