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Grimm, the rather deranged Old Yeller (I'm referring to the pre-rabies Yeller of course) has done one too many "fire hydrant" jokes for my tastes, but he's weird enough to like. The strip alternates between one shot gags and storylines, the one shot gags often being funnier. A recent "Soup of the Day joke" involving some confusion between they day (Wednesday) and the soup, was stupid, but funny, which is perhaps a good way to summarize the strip...
Harvard Square is not landlocked. Subversives may favor cracking open a fire hydrant, but there are plenty of other ways to get wet this summer. The fountain in front of the Science Center is a prime place to cool off. Beaches are within an easy ride by public transportation. And the Charles River, while hazardous to swim in, is perfect for rowing, canoeing or sailing...
...difficult to defend Buchanan after his comments about Treblinka and the alleged dual loyalties of Jews during the gulf war. Michael Kinsley, Buchanan's Crossfire co-host for two years, points out that it is a pundit's business to spew out provocative opinions like an open fire hydrant. But he insists, as do most of Buchanan's colleagues, that the candidate is not anti- Semitic: "I never heard him make a disparaging remark about Jews, never noticed any difference in the way he treats Jews...
...civic responsibility. What are your politics? Oh, I'm antismoking. And yours? Why, I'm starting an action committee to have the suffix -man removed from every word in every book in the Library of Congress. And yours, sir? Well, God told me to chain myself to a fire hydrant until we put a fetus on the Supreme Court...
...maybe not possible for Tyson, who, at 5 ft. 11 in., is the shortest champ since Rocky Marciano, and one whose soft tenor voice has given employment to many derisive impressionists. How tough did this lisping lad with the fire-hydrant physique have to be? In Tyson's mind, and the popular imagination, plenty tough. From the start. His teen years, which took him from juvenile prison into the gym of ring wizard Cus D'Amato, made for great copy but little emotional stability. Twenty-eight fights and 26 knockouts later, Tyson was the youngest ever heavyweight champion -- a credit...