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...baby is a form of a character widespread in African folklore. In various folktales, gum, wax or other sticky material is used to trap a person." The term itself was popularized by the 19th-century Uncle Remus stories by Joel Chandler Harris, in which the character Br'er Fox makes a doll out of tar to ensnare his nemesis Br'er Rabbit. The Oxford American Dictionary defines tar baby much like Romney used it, "a difficult problem, that is only aggravated by attempts to solve it." But the term also has had racial implications. In his book Coup, John Updike...
DIED. Red Buttons, 87, impish funnyman who emerged from burlesque to forge an acclaimed acting career spanning more than 30 films, including They Shoot Horses, Don't They? and The Poseidon Adventure, and stints on TV's Roseanne and ER; in Los Angeles. He was born Aaron Chwatt, but some patrons at an early gig renamed him for his red hair and the brass buttons on his uniform. Buttons became a sudden star in 1952 with his CBS variety show, on which he danced goofily to a trademark lyric, "Hoho-hehe-haha. Strange things are happening!" That became a national...
...public may not really be so squeamish. In a 2003 CBS News/New York Times poll, two-thirds of Americans disagreed with the ban on coffin photos. This year, when HBO aired the gory documentary Baghdad ER, about a military hospital, 3.5 million people watched, a huge number for a cable documentary. It's not clear, for that matter, that seeing the horrors of war plays against Republicans at all. Images are hard to control. Pictures of war dead could produce a rallying effect--finish the job, get those who did this to us. And there's a school of thought...
...federal judge last week that his name must stay on November's ballot--even though he has moved to Virginia. "If it isn't overturned, Katy bar the door!" says a G.O.P. official. "Guess he'll have to fire up the engines on the campaign and let 'er rip." DeLay, awaiting trial for money laundering, never intended to fade away. He plans to give paid speeches and has signed a deal to have his bio penned by best-selling author Stephen Mansfield. But to run, DeLay would have to raise money fast: his campaign fund has well under $1 million...
...first is that there is a natural tendency to absorb, recall and live by the negatives. It's a survival instinct. Jaded and burned-out nurses and doctors are made in big-city ERs. The few who work there for decades and don't get cynical are special and possess a virtue I admire. When dealing with reality they see past the ugly and dangerous. They are not irrational idealists, blinded to all but the politically correct conclusion. But they are vulnerable. To recognize and learn from these few great ER nurses and docs should be the highest priority...