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...died a literary celebrity, lionized by the culture of which he was so unsparing, Vonnegut was always drawn to outcasts and failures in his writing: criminals, the deformed, the exiled, the damaged, the insane, anyone who no longer had a stake in repeating society's familiar lies. The cast of Cat's Cradle includes one of those outcasts, a midget to whom Vonnegut gave the title speech...
...time of year, officials took extra steps to get the word out. They mailed a notice, in Spanish and English, to every home. They sent a second notice to every registered voter. Yet when Election Day came, turnout was light, especially among noncitizens: not one of them cast a ballot...
...What's your reaction to Live from New York: An Uncensored History of Saturday Night Live, a book that describes you picking on a gay member of the cast? -Paul Dillon, Spokane, Wash...
...science education in America throughout the century. Headlining the show was television personality and activist Ed Asner, well-known for his role on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show,” as the prosecution attorney and three-time presidential candidate William Jennings Bryan. Other notable cast members included John De Lancie from Star Trek, who played the role of defense attorney and public agnostic Clarence Darrow. But this performance wasn’t all about the theatre stars. “Make no mistake, my friends, the battle between evolution and Christianity is a fight...
...little more computer savvy.” As for the discrepancy between the establishment’s dubious reputation and its newfangled image as a yuppie hangout, Samaha insists that the Web site is the first step in the Kong’s modernization. The goal is to cast off the sketchiness and “make people realize that there is decent food in there.” Only time can tell whether the Kong’s quest to overcome its rep is a feasible endeavor. Until then, drunken revelers can collect vodka-soaked plastic animals in peace...