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...York native, I have come to appreciate a certain set of rules regarding pedestrian-traffic interaction. You cross the street—quickly—when no cars are coming. You step off the curb to get a better view of the street, and to be ready when that elusive traffic-gap comes...
...linguistic fencing extends to the current Congress, where Republicans have a whole list of bills designed to curb lawsuits and in selling that plan, seem unable to use the word lawsuit without "frivolous" appearing before it. Democrats, long behind in the word battle, have hired a linguist from the University of California Berkley named George Lakoff to help them. And they have a few new phrases themselves. They're going back to describing their views on abortion as "safe, legal and rare" as Bill Clinton did and when asked about gays, invokes the term "equal rights" rather than "gay marriage...
...Coming from a profession where opinions are constantly and loudly expressed, Wynhausen at times can't curb her outrage at the way she and her colleagues are treated. Her co-workers urge her to be careful, for fear that she'll lose shifts or even her job. As Wynhausen admits, having a career and a mortgage-free home to return to means she can never experience the low-wage world as its inhabitants do. She befriends a few people - and reveals her project to them when she quits. But most of her co-workers treat her with suspicious reserve; some...
...would be nice if there were a few more laughs for the rest of us. Fat Actress fast devolves into a one-joke Hollywood sitcom, with your usual inside jokes, sycophants and celeb cameos (John Travolta, Kid Rock, NBC president Jeff Zucker and others). It could be called Curb Your Appetite...
...written constitution for post-World War II Japan prohibits the country from going to war. For decades, that curb on Japanese militarism was much appreciated by Asian nations colonized or brutally occupied by Japan (China, Korea and Taiwan) during the war. But since the Gulf War of 1991, when Japan felt humiliated by its inability to contribute anything but a large check, the country has reappraised its constitutional pacifism. Starting in 1994, it started sending small military missions to troubled countries such as Cambodia and East Timor. New laws were passed to allow the missions, and the troops never fought...