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With 10:30 to go in the fourth quarter, the group released little squares of paper torn from programs and halftime marching orders to the shout of “Confetti”—much to the dismay of those fans seated downwind in sections...
...half a dozen big Bush placards in all, were still desperately whirling about. The Bushies were spinning their wheels, though. Some veered into giddy public hyperbole--Rove said this was one of Bush's best debates and one of Kerry's worst--while others conceded quiet, off-the-record dismay...
...cause to fear a dirty-bomb attack from Tom Ridge. And if his grasp of the problem is shaky, his groping toward a solution is worse. When Spiegelman compares Osama bin Laden to Ignatz, the cheeky brick-throwing mouse from George Herriman's Krazy Kat, the mind recoils in dismay. "Since every Eden has its snake," Spiegelman writes of Ignatz/bin Laden, "one must somehow learn to live in harmony with that snake!" Bricks are not bombs, and terrorists do not tolerate harmony, still less deserve it. Let's hope somebody finds Spiegelman's brain soon. --By Lev Grossman
...cause to fear a dirty-bomb attack from Tom Ridge. And if his grasp of the problem is shaky, his groping toward a solution is worse. When Spiegelman compares Osama bin Laden to Ignatz, the cheeky brick-throwing mouse from George Herriman's Krazy Kat, the mind recoils in dismay. "Since every Eden has its snake," Spiegelman writes of Ignatz/bin Laden, "one must somehow learn to live in harmony with that snake!" Bricks are not bombs, and terrorists do not tolerate harmony, still less deserve it. Let's hope somebody finds Spiegelman's brain soon...
...early 2003 he appeared on Fox's Man Vs. Beast TV special, losing to a zebra. And last week, after coming within .04 seconds of a 100-metres gold medal, and .01 seconds of a bronze, the 26-year-old Crawford didn't prostrate himself across the track in dismay. He didn't bury his face in his hands. He bounced off track into the press area, smiling like he had won an olive wreath. "I wasn't disappointed at all," he says. "People just don't understand, when I crossed the finish line, I saw that my training partner...