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...time Keillor has moved on and is attempting to crack jokes again, the sour aftertaste of the unresolved and uncomfortable scenario stays in one's mind. The liberals are portrayed as unsympathetic whining yuppies, but John himself is far from innocent. When trying to entice a rich elderly lady to donate her fortune to his radio station, he describes an opera--which, incidentally, bears a startling resemblence to the Tony- and Pulitzer-Prize winning Rent--produced by his main competetor for the money. After describing it with much disgust, John declares that "people writhing around...singing political slogans does...
...reason that we hate Barney isn't that he spends all his ill-gotten PBS gains on crack whores and heroin. It's because he's freakin' annoying. Although I have to admit, it was delightful to see the word "peccadilloes" in print. --Josiah J. Madigan...
...program, which is conducted jointly with Harvard's police force as well as other entities, is designed to crack down on underage drinking in the area...
...said that the perfect crime--from start to finish--can be committed by only one person. Get others involved, the reasoning goes, and sooner or later someone will crack. Perhaps Thomas Capano, in his privileged sphere, was unaware of that underworld wisdom. Perhaps his hubris got in the way. Perhaps he never thought his own family would turn...
...some years ago when a mildly panicked neighbor engaged me with her sudden child-care problem. Her nanny had quit without notice, and she was hitting me up for suggestions. "Have you considered an au pair?" I asked. Her response left me thunderstruck: "Never again. All they do is crack up your car, get homesick and leave...