Word: clowning
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Green has always relied on comedy when confronting adversity. A class clown, he and Ottawa school friends videotaped their fights with security guards who got after them for skateboarding in parking lots. After college, his quirky public-access show was picked up by a Canadian cable channel, and he was touted as the country's next Mike Myers. When he auditioned for MTV in 1998, he slathered himself with shaving cream and went into mock convulsions. "That to me was genius," says MTV programming president Brian Graden. "He delivers attitude and pushes buttons, but he provokes people with a smile...
...Clown around. The Big Apple Circus is in town until the end of May. Be a little kid for the day and piss off stuffy parents. Let your date see your care-free side and grab a beer to wash away the taste of stale cotton candy...
...should Russia deal with the clown when they could deal with the ringmaster? That, in essence, was the message to Moscow on Wednesday from GOP leaders concerning President Clinton's planned summit with President Vladimir Putin in June to discuss nuclear matters. Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairman Jesse Helms vowed to block any new arms control agreements by the Clinton administration, while presumptive Republican presidential nominee George Bush said he'd reject any agreement that bound the hands of the next president from cutting his own deal, and also vowed to scrap the 1972 Antiballistic Missile Treaty if Russian failed...
BIKER CHIC www.bike.org.il/taba It's easy to mistake the last Friday of every month for Mardi Gras in downtown Tel Aviv. That's when 100 cyclists ride through the streets, some wearing carnival shirts, wigs and clown outfits. The bikeathons, organized by activist Emily Silverman, try to draw attention to the Israeli city's polluted air. In response, city hall has approved the group's plan for 16 miles (26 km) of bike paths, which will cost $9 million to build...
...companies, radio stations, and teenagers into an alterna-frenzy. Perfect timing landed both bands with a series of chart-topping singles. No Doubt titillated the lighter souls with "Just a Girl," "Spider Web" and "Don't Speak," while Korn captured the darker souls with "Blind," "Shoots and Ladders," and "Clown." Gwen Stefani excited, Jonathan Davis incited and new modern rock heroes were born...