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...Archie C. Epps III told The Crimson, “I have to be frank and say that it won’t happen as I’ve said all along”—marking the first of many times the UC and the administration would butt heads over finances...
...began to change when political satirists took on a dual role as talk-show hosts. Johnny Carson, whose topical wisecracks helped define the national mood in the 1970s and '80s, played it strictly down the middle and made sure nothing cut too deep; after all, you never know which butt of your jokes might show up one night on the guest couch. In truth, relatively few of the era's political leaders appeared on Carson's show: not Jimmy Carter, or Gerald Ford, or even Ronald Reagan after he became a presidential candidate. One exception was a young Arkansas governor...
...physical disabilities and the mental trauma he suffered as a young Navy pilot. When his plane was shot down over Hanoi in 1967, McCain broke both his arms and his right leg at the knee. He was stabbed twice by a bayonet, had his shoulder smashed by a rifle butt and endured the angry kicks and punches of the mob that discovered him. Those injuries, along with the more calculated torture that followed during 5½ years of captivity, left him unable to raise either arm more than 80 degrees. Depending on the weather, his right knee aches, causing...
...best effort of the year. We just made too many mistakes down the stretch.” “It could have gone either way,” said Scholl. “I’m really proud of our guys…Everyone played their butt off for 60 minutes, and that’s all I can ask from them. Everyone played really hard. We wanted this game badly, and it just didn?...
...Meanwhile, little if anything is being done to appease angry Florida Democrats - whose enthusiastic support the party will need if the Florida sun is going to shine on its candidate in the general election. But either way, Florida isn't likely to be the butt of national jokes when this is all over. The new derisive puns may well fall instead on Dean and the DNC - starting with Dem-witted...