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...involved in the most famous of the 1920s West Coast celebrity trials--the case of Fatty Arbuckle, in which Arbuckle, a famous film comedian, was accused of raping a woman and subsequently killing her by the sheer weight of his enormous bulk rupturing her bladder. It was perfect fodder for the tabloids of the day, but little is known of what Hammet had to do with it. Arbuckle was acquitted...
...McNamara encouraged them to enlist with his "new standard" programs?mental and physical standards were lowered in 1966, supposedly to help blacks and other minorities get ahead. Alas, it merely coaxed them more quickly into the freshman class of cannon fodder. Fulton is a little off the point: the injustices of recruiting for Viet Nam involved class more than race. It was the lower-middle and lower classes, regardless of race, who went to shed blood, while their betters observed from society's good seats...
...Angels now spins off into syndication, harvesting new millions not only in the U.S. but in England, Brazil, Taiwan, the men who produce the fodder prepare for new challenges. "Our next show," smiles Goldberg, "is about garbage collectors...
...been on Beacon Hill Tuesday, marching outside the British consul's home, they could have observed up close the species that inhabits South Boston, Dorchester, and other non-suburban climes. At best, it could have been a time for building good feelings; at least it would have been fodder for a sociology paper. But the intelligentsia seems determined to alienate this source of support. The Real Paper, for example, which is very big on women taking back the night and happy to see people marching for justice in El Salvador, decided to interview State Rep. Marie Howe, an Irish patriot...
...kind of country sound Joe Ely has set down on five fine albums -the newest, Musta Notta Gotta Lotta, was released in February-bears little resemblance to the chart-topping fodder of Kenny Rogers or the cuddlesome crooning of Eddie Rabbitt. Anyone who considers that those old boys sing country music is guaranteed to be mixed up and maybe a little unsettled by Joe Ely. Country slickers like Eddie and Kenny have helped divert the mainstream of Nashville about 1,600 miles west, right into the middle of Las Vegas, where a soft pedal steel guitar...