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...beginning, the U.S.-Yemeni cultural chasm seemed comic. "Sometimes the Yemenis were completely baffled by our requests," says a U.S. official. Such as the one for mud. Last autumn the FBI said it would pay the Yemenis $1 million for a bargeful of mud from beneath the explosion site. After some resistance and suspicion, the Yemenis smiled, pocketed the $1 million and let the dredging begin. The FBI shipped the mud off to Dubai, and agents sifted through it for forensic evidence--pieces of the boat and the two bombers that could provide important clues. Now there are no longer...
...schedule didn't work out or something--but I'll pay him these compliments, from one clown to another: first, I had a great time--Bello is one of the sunniest and most generous men I've ever known. Essentially I was just there that day as a comic feed, and elder statesman, to feature some of his trampoline business, but I didn't want to be blown completely out of the water. As with any great practitioner, he had me on my toes and trying to get on my best game. It was a wonderful afternoon...
...exciting than in the emergence or the reinvention of an art form. Ruth Draper did it onstage. She took a parlor turn, the monologue, and turned it into great American drama. Nichols and May took the traditions of the Jewish wedding jester, the commedia dell'arte and the vaudeville comic, and invented improvisational theater. And now here's Ira Glass, 42, who seems to have reinvented radio...
...traditions of musical comedy that from the moment she took over, the whole cast immediately fell under her spell. She brought such energy and joy to every rehearsal and really set the tone. She's the opposite of a strict schoolteacher. She loves pratfalls and pranks, and she encourages comic anarchy. What's not to love...
...DIED. TOVE JANSSON, 86, the creator of Finland's beloved Moomin trolls; in Helsinki. Jansson wrote and illustrated the original Moomin books, whose tales of the eccentric, hippo-like creatures spawned comic strips, cartoon series and even theme parks. She is also celebrated for her illustrations in J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit and in an edition of Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. DIED. JOAN SIMS, 71, the British queen of the double entendre; in London. Best remembered for the bawdy, farcical Carry On series of comedy films, she also had a successful stage and TV career. DIED...