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Guest, 52, is the director, co-writer and co-star of Best in Show, third in a series of "mockumentaries" (a term he thinks is deplorably glib) that he has made about people who are losing--but smiling because they love the game. In this case their eyes are fixed on the top prize in the Mayflower Dog Show. You wouldn't call them a statistically accurate cross section of American life. How many of us, after all, are literally born with two left feet, as is co-writer Eugene Levy's character, co-owner of a cool little Norwich...
...Guest, 52, is the director, cowriter and costar of "Best in Show," third in a series of "mockumentaries" (a term he thinks is deplorably glib) that he has made about people who are losing but smiling because they love the game. In this case their eyes are fixed on the top prize in the Mayflower Dog Show. You wouldn't call them a statistically accurate cross section of American life. How many of us, after all, are literally born with two left feet, as is cowriter Eugene Levy's character, co-owner of a cool little Norwich terrier...
...were not with the pack, there was no room for you--all the gradations were lost," says a contemporary. "But he was skeptical of the groupthink; he stayed independent of the mob." One reason some classmates didn't realize how bright he was, argues Birge, was that he was glib and "almost always funny. He would essentially manipulate the environment to make it less confrontational and avoid conflict...
...death penalty is a subject that needs to be debated in America, and cases come along that spark the debate," Bush told reporters Wednesday. To death penalty opponents, that may not sound like much progress, but at the very least, it's a far cry from the sometimes glib and dismissive Bush who has officiated so resolutely over 131 executions during his five-year term. The real test for Bush will come in a week, a month or even a year: When he's next asked if any innocent person has been executed on his watch, will he hesitate before...
...this governor who's signed off on a record number of executions, largely without looking back, and in the course of three weeks, he's considered two cases for leniency." On the other hand, if Texas executes Graham, and he is exonerated posthumously, Bush's reputation as a glib executioner could achieve its full bloom...