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...orphan bear cub. A big solitary bear. Two hunters in the forest. The animals' point of view...
...like George Lucas' film, The Bear works not because it is technically expert but because of the connections it makes with primal emotions. We form an instant attachment to a near helpless creature whose mother is killed by falling rocks. Nor can we entirely avoid anthropomorphizing the cub's attempts to survive on his own or to attach himself to a full-grown male as a protector-mentor. He is such a vulnerable little guy, infinitely curious and dangerously, comically distractible -- whether by a passing butterfly or the moon's reflection in a pond...
...offer that North Carolina's department of transportation found too good to accept. "The Klan is atypical of the groups that have been involved with the program," explained James Sughrue, a DOT official. No other volunteers, except a cub-scout pack considered too young to be on the roads, had been turned down for the highway-cleanup project. Rockey Chapman, head of the klavern, admitted he wanted "that sign to advertise my group." He asked the state branch of the American Civil Liberties Union to sue for a reversal of the rejection. The A.C.L.U. was expected...
...before the tube in anticipation of today's American League Championship Series game from Oakland. By some harmonic convergence in the universe, one is an Oakland A's fan, another is a Blue Jay fan, a third is a Giant fan, and the last is, you guessed it, a Cub...
...think it's past your bedtime, kid," the Cub fan said. "You guys have only been playing for 13 years. You're just toddlers when it comes to choking...