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...hadn't led with my fantasy baseball joke, my reason for living would not have been shattered at an early age. So play wisely, my friends. Victory will grant you a joy matched by no other (I heard you, Shaggy). But defeat can make you feel like a little [expletive]. As Tina from Survivor said, let the games begin...
...most intense interaction I've ever had with a large group of people," he says. "I used to joke that the biggest problem with chairing a meeting is that you can't nod off. Well, in this situation...you had to show at all times that you were fully attentive and respectful...
...second first big speech of his month-old presidency, George W. Bush actually opened with a joke...
...started from the get-go. Bush's joke about half of Congress not inviting him tonight was a tacit admission about how close the election had been. Had Bush talked about fixing America's lousy voting machines - there are bills in Congress to prevent another chad disaster - he would have nailed it even more. But the humility sufficed. His acknowledgment that statistics show a country thriving and stumbling at the same time also seemed to capture the national mood just right...
Today Erakat, 45, a political-science professor in owlish glasses and neatly pressed business suit, seems like the saddest man in the Palestinian territories. As Sharon takes over, Erakat is sitting behind his desk in Jericho, trying to make a joke about becoming unemployed. He reveals that following the Camp David impasse, Arafat and Barak were still conducting indirect but intensive secret negotiations aimed at achieving the comprehensive deal that eluded them in Maryland. He says a total of 53 working sessions, held as Barak was publicly refusing to talk until the violence ended, moved the two sides considerably closer...