Word: kinds
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...same, appreciating their work is a far cry from buying into their mindset. The fact is that being on the council is kind of like being inside the Beltway: things people outside consider petty (say, impeachment) seem, to those within, like the most essential matters in the world. When I was on the council, we all thought what we were doing was terribly important. Yet we failed to see that all around us our efforts were being ignored or scoffed at. Although things have gotten better since then--internal e-mail is way down, and meetings are shorter--too many...
Come on! I'm not a Jerry Falwell devotee, but you made him sound like some kind of witch hunter in describing his conclusion that the Teletubby character Tinky Winky could be gay [NOTEBOOK, Feb. 22]. My daughter is almost two and a regular Teletubbies viewer. One of the first things I noticed when I watched with her was Tinky Winky and his "bag." Bag, schmag! It's a purse, complete with a clasp at the top, just like my grandmother used to carry. I'm not saying the creators were intending to create a gay character...
Children who have read Sydney Taylor's All-of-a-Kind Family will find it easy to picture immigrant life by imagining Ella, Henny, Sarah, Charlotte and Gertie calling on friends in what is now the Lower East Side Tenement Museum, a restored tenement building on Orchard Street...
...taking her seriously. She's had doting spreads in the major women's magazines; last month Cosmopolitan even named her a contributing editor (job description: "providing trend updates, supplying party reports"). "Her designs are like Barbie-slash-Hello Kitty with Liberty of London mixed in," gushes designer Betsey Johnson. "Kind of Brigitte Bardot and beyond." Translation: low-cut frocks made of girlish fabrics such as dotted swiss and gingham, in pale pinks and blues that run completely counter to minimalist chic. Even her ex is applauding her new venture. "I'm a big fan," Seinfeld told TIME...
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