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...serenity combined with his daddy Cassius Sr.'s maddening braggadocio sold tickets, captivated journalists and drove opponents clear up the wall. The phrase "I am the greatest" seems to have been almost Ali's first words, but the joke was that the words were absolutely true. The sweet little motormouth from Louisville, Ky., was about to become the greatest fighter in history, fast as a flyweight, strong as an ox and sly as a fox, with time left over to recite poetry between punches...
...reservation where they were born and raised, they present contrasting faces to the outside world. Victor wants to be silent, stoic, dangerously enigmatic--sort of an old-fashioned movie Indian. Thomas, who seems to be Alexie's surrogate, is, in contrast, a slightly nerdy puppy. And a motormouth, spinning funny, folkish tales, trying to humanize his wary friend and ingratiate himself with strangers...
DIED. HENNY YOUNGMAN, 91, motormouth comic who was once clocked at 250 one-liners in 45 minutes; in New York City. One favorite standby: "Take my wife--please!" (See Eulogy below...
...question for Paglia now is where she should go from here. Print can hardly contain her, though she'd be fun as Anna Quindlen's successor on the New York Times op-ed page. TV typecasts her as a furious motormouth, though she could make the cool medium hot again as a talk-show host. Perhaps an answer can be found on the cover of Vamps & Tramps; there is Paglia in her Pussy Galore regalia, striking a doo-wop pose. So maybe it's time for her to hit Broadway and take over the Rizzo role in Grease. Wherever Paglia...
...question for Paglia now is where she should go from here. Print can hardly contain her, though she'd be fun as Anna Quindlen's successor on the New York Times op-ed page. TV typecasts her as a furious motormouth, though she could make the cool medium hot again as a talk-show host. Perhaps an answer can be found on the cover of Vamps & Tramps; there is Paglia, in her Pussy Galore regalia, striking a doo-wop pose. So maybe it's time for her to hit Broadway and take over the Rizzo role in Grease. Wherever Paglia...