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...converse of this slogan-- "people are animals too" --came to mind. What is the opposite of extreme commitment to non-human life? Well, cartoons have their own internal logic: for my purposes, it would be extreme indifference to human life, in the form of a redneck death penalty enthusiast. I decided to build the cartoon around this bit of wordplay. (see below...
...also a high-risk exploit. Unlike most sports, bungee jumping allows zero margin for error. In a free fall, a mistake or an equipment failure would almost certainly mean a jumper's doom. But talk to any bungee enthusiast, and he'll tell you about the chills and thrills -- not the spills...
...make ice skating in itself stressful, it's wonderful. Just moving on the ice--it's a weird sensation," says Scott A. Hanna '92, a skating enthusiast who began his new hobby at Bright last year. Since then, Hanna has moved up through the ranks, graduating from both the beginner and the advanced classes...
...variations of the words dago and wop slipped through. Responding to complaints from the Sons of Italy organization, California has issued an unprecedented recall of dicey plates that sport such titles as DUMDAGO, 14KWOP, DAGOGOD and TOPWOP. Some drivers were allowed to keep their tags, like the '50s music-enthusiast owner of DUWOP39. But many of the Italian Americans who proudly tool around above the offending plates are balking at giving them up: 162 drivers have requested a hearing in order to hold on to them...
Seniors are constantly finding fresh uses for computers. Retirees concerned about catastrophic health insurance are organizing congressional lobbying campaigns on the machines. Amateur genealogists are using the network to locate missing relatives. Widows who wake up in the middle of the night are logging on for companionship. A doll enthusiast has employed her computer to write a book about her collection. A numismatist has electronically cataloged , his 65,000 rare coins. A beekeeper in Hawaii is putting out a newsletter using the latest technology for desktop publishing. "It has been a ball," says Clark, who recently started a new SeniorNet...