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...ANGELES: Phil Hartman was a personality without a story, a successful "Saturday Night Live" graduate without a Belushi legend or a pile of lurid Farley stories. Hartman did impressions; he was a voice man; he perfected the persona of the likable jerk -- but he never really captured your imagination. You never wondered what he did at home...
...been damaged by tobacco, I am outraged at the charade of the U.S. government and the courts vs. Big Tobacco [WASHINGTON DIARY, May 4]. Americans often act out in protest: we pile up the shoes of gunshot victims, bemoan drunk drivers, mad bombers and pornography. Why not bring to justice the monstrous, lying hypocrites who have, in the name of egregious profit and bloated salaries, poisoned the lives of millions? RICHARD GRAHAM Qingdao, China...
...impression that administrators and students think the larger the number of requirements students are forced to endure, the more rigorous the concentration. Certain departments apparently subscribe to a motto of "pile 'em on," pushing tutorials and related field classes down unwilling concentrators' throats. Superficially these classes might seem to be for our own "edification," as we are told repeatedly by advisers. Instead, the plethora of requirements only leaves students frustrated with little time on their hands for classes that are more interesting and edifying...
Having failed to win an end to sanctions in time for his birthday, Saddam Hussein today had to console himself with lesser gifts -- the arrival in Baghdad of Hollywood action man Val Kilmer with a pile of humanitarian aid, and the news that yesterday?s Iraq discussion left the U.N. Security Council sharply divided...
...prepares you for a lifelong career as a camp counselor or a motivational speaker. The decision-making skills you learn on FOP enable you to discuss issues of "trust" and "selfhood" endlessly with a straight face. Unfortunately, FOP also leaves participants with an addiction to synthetic pile and to Gore-Tex outerwear...