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...folksy good looks and a silky, matter-of-fact delivery that owes more to Jack Benny than to Rush Limbaugh. Yet what other current comedian looks for humor in the GATT talks and China's most-favored- nation trading status? That's just what Maher does on Politically Incorrect, his Comedy Central show that features the most eclectic political round tables on TV. Maher has mediated between Harvey Fierstein and ex-Mayor of Washington Marion Barry; brought Martin Short together with Jimmy Breslin; made Tom Hayden lighten up and Corbin Bernsen look smart. All without causing the viewer to feel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TELEVISION: Comedically Incorrect | 5/30/1994 | See Source »

Much of Maher's material, both on Politically Incorrect and in his frequent, funny bits on Leno's Tonight Show, has an absurdist playfulness. He knows a doctor so specialized that "he only operates on the wazoo." To pay for universal health care, he suggests, "wouldn't it be easier if everybody would just examine the person to your left?" Despite its sprung logic, though, Maher's work is still satire, sneakier than Miller's but just as potent. "We will strive," said Miller on his first show, "to be in the vanguard of the movement to irresponsibly blur...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TELEVISION: Comedically Incorrect | 5/30/1994 | See Source »

Frank believes that the difficult but correct decision for American society to make is to censor the speech the majority of citizens do not like. He is patently incorrect...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Frank Misunderstands the Entire Point of the First Amendment | 5/16/1994 | See Source »

...records form six student affairs committeemeetings show Liston's report is incorrect. Infact, the vice president's list does not include33 absences on records submitted to Liston bystudent affairs committee secretary Denise A.Ebery...

Author: By Todd F. Braunstein, | Title: Records Show Liston Violated Several By-Laws | 4/30/1994 | See Source »

While the fight may be over for Harvard, stateofficials said they felt the Navy's financialcalculations were incorrect and swore they wouldcontinue the efforts to keep the Navy offices intheir Virginia location...

Author: By Jonathan N. Axelrod, | Title: Navy Will Not Buy Harvard Buildings | 4/29/1994 | See Source »

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