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Bush aides tried to dress Jeffords in a Yankee clown suit, portraying him as addled from living among oddballs fond of natural fibers, gay marriage and socially conscious ice cream. "It's difficult to address all the quirks of someone who is self-described quirky, and I mean that with all respect," Karen Hughes said, adding, "There's something funny there." Aides described Jeffords, who has never met a camera he would preen for or a cheap shot he would take, as a powermonger seduced by Democrats with the promise of a committee chairmanship. This, although Republicans last week were...
...Bush aides tried to dress Jeffords in a Yankee clown suit, portraying him as addled from living among oddballs fond of natural fibers, gay marriage and socially conscious ice cream. "It's difficult to address all the quirks of someone who is self-described quirky, and I mean that with all respect," Karen Hughes said, adding, "There's something funny there." Aides described Jeffords, who has never met a camera he would preen for or a cheap shot he would take, as a powermonger seduced by Democrats with the promise of a committee chairmanship. This, although Republicans last week were...
...pediatricians' group isn't too fond of those "sippy" cups--no-spill containers with a bite-size spout for drinking. "They're sort of like liquid pacifiers," says Dr. William Cochran, a pediatric gastroenterologist in Danville, Pa., who served on the panel. The cups continually bathe the teeth in the juice's sugars, which can promote cavities and teach kids to turn to food for comfort...
...council unanimously-and bear in mind that some of the councilors are very, very fond of the mayor-voted that this matter has to be dealt with in a legal way,” Kelly says...
...After the war, outsiders' takes on Japan - the '50s flurry of Hollywood films like Sayonara (with Marlon Brando as a G.I. who loves a Japanese entertainer) and The Teahouse of the August Moon (this time with Brando as a Japanese!) - were mostly fond and sentimental. It was not until the country emerged as an economic Godzilla that Hollywood updated the old ogres with ruthless businessmen, in the film of Michael Crichton's novel Rising Sun - and then changed the identity from Japanese to American, to stifle Japanese protests. This summer's big item is Pearl Harbor...