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...comics, Damiano's film was a grail: a Buttofuoco- or Lewinsky-like solid laugh line. "This is kinda strange country, isn't it?" asked Johnny Carson at the time when the movie was challenging Watergate as the topic du jour. "Judges can see Deep Throat but they can't listen to those [Nixon] tapes." Bob Hope said, "I went to see Deep Throat cause I'm fond of animal pictures. I thought it was about giraffes." When Bob Hope makes a joke about your porno movie, you've arrived...
...proclaimed: “This is a unique moment in which we have to do something unprecedented in favor of the survival of human civilization.” If the faculty and staff who flanked Gore, the President who introduced him, and the thousands of students who gathered to listen were any indication of the future of Harvard’s sustainability work, then Gore could not be more right. The event, which electrified the Harvard student body with a fervor usually reserved for consulting info sessions, served as a testament to the will that exists on this campus...
...required a slight suspension of disbelief to watch NBC's Meet the Press Sunday morning as Tom Brokaw opened with, and kept coming back to, McCain's weakness in the polls in his contest against Barack Obama for the White House. "Listen, I don't have the most encouraging news for you today from the NBC News/Mason-Dixon poll," Brokaw began, as he sat with McCain in Waterloo, Iowa. "Here in Iowa, it now shows that Obama has a lead of 11 points, 51% to 40%." McCain's reply - "Those polls have consistently shown me much further behind than we actually...
...blame-throwing going on within the campaign and the anger and fear felt by Republicans outside it; over the weekend, rising tension between aides to running mate Sarah Palin and McCain loyalists was on display, with one McCain adviser telling CNN that Palin was a "diva" who didn't listen to anyone. Morale was already an issue two weeks ago, when Schmidt gave a pep talk to staffers and volunteers at the campaign's Arlington, Va., headquarters. "Being part of an effort that fails does not make you a loser; it makes you a competitor," said Schmidt, according...
...cover is bluesified, and the result is a chill yet upbeat tune worthy of a good pout of the lips and a bob of the head. Whether these last few songs are also autobiographical or not is debatable, but there is no doubt they’re a delightful listen. “Little Honey” is a wonderful addition to Lucinda Williams’ discography. After 30 years in the business and three Grammys under her belt, she’s still got it. In fact, she’s got it more than ever. Her songs...