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...House’s F entry, I felt like an elephant on a tightrope—the diameter of the heel’s base was only one centimeter. Apparently, women walk on their tiptoes; if you put any weight on the heel it’s likely to crack under the pressure, especially if you have turkey-shaped thighs like me. As I grew more comfortable, I added sass to my walk. Hips, then thighs and, bam, a surprise—I could finally work it. There would be no twisted ankles after the pageant, just a sore lower...
...also doesn’t much help the cause of humor that the play spends far too much time posing as a comedy of manners, forcing Martin’s family to crack defensive jokes about his inexplicably bad-mannered actions. If the point is that no matter how hard you try to understand or explain love, you just can’t do it, there’s got to be a better way than having Stevie beg for an explanation then cut him off every few seconds to smash furniture. Her defensive humor never seems sufficiently defensive...
...Powell needs to make sure Palestinian independence is plainly stated as the final goal of any truce. Yasser Arafat has long made it clear that he won't respond to Bush's demand to crack down on terrorism until talks about the future of a Palestinian state resume. Senator George Mitchell summed up the deadlock in his report last year: The Israelis (and, apparently, the Bush administration) are concerned that linking an end to violence with political negotiations would reward terrorism, but the Palestinians believe that a cease-fire without restoring political negotiations is to acquiesce to continued occupation...
...saying, “We must fight against this terrorism, fight with no compromise, pull up these wild plants by the roots, smash their infrastructure.” Meanwhile, Palestinian Authority President Yassir Arafat remains silent in response to President George W. Bush’s demand that he crack down on terrorist organizations and call for a halt to suicide bombings. This silence has been all too common from Arafat over the last several years...
...GOSSIP GUY MAILBAG: Horatio R. Sherman ’02, known to Gossip Guy readers as the über-WASP who was accused of fornicating with an underage, homeless crack fiend, writes to offer his side of the story. “I did not TOUCH that 14-year-old at the Owl,” he says. “She did not have a place to stay. She slept in our common room. Ask either of my roommates!” Further investigation revealed that Sherman in fact lives in a Pforzheimer single. He could...