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...handy tool that has 1,001 uses around the house. Thus: a husband comes home at five in the morning with the scent of another woman lingering about his person. "Where were you?" the wife demands. "Darling," the husband replies, "I am vividly in the present tense. I dare you to join me there!" (Good luck in trying that...
...tragedy: Suharto is determined to remain President for as long as it takes to solve Indonesia's economic crisis, but he refuses to acknowledge that his family, with its tentacles deep into the nation's business interests, is part of the problem. "None of the economists around him dare to tell him the truth," says Mochtar Buchori, a newspaper columnist in Jakarta. "None have the courage to tell him, 'No, you are wrong...
Movies such as L.A. Confidential and Good will Hunting make Hollywood better by putting new plot twists onto the list of money-making ideas. To encourage writers to continue producing original works, the Academy Awards should honor those who dare to be different. If we reward the banality of films like Titanic with such high distinction, writers will have no reason to deviate from tried-and-true themes. The current trend in movie-making--spending millions of dollars on explosions and scenery to obscure trite plots--will continue to dominate the silver screen...
...avowed Negro in the history of big-league baseball, looked at his ripped stocking and bleeding leg. It might have been an accident, but Jackie didn't think so. Neither did a lot of others who saw the play. Jackie set his teeth and said nothing. He didn't dare...
...dare the NCAA Selection Committee to give Harvard a 12-seed or better. They will never do it because they know that the Crimson would have a great shot at beating whatever team it draws, just as Princeton's men's team shocked UCLA two years ago when the Tigers were seeded 12th...