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When the U.S. was unceremoniously voted off the U.N. Human Rights Commission last week, I was reminded of my final year in junior school. That year, the established political order on the playground of Milnerton Primary had been dramatically destabilized by the arrival from some other school of a lad we shall call Benito, an exceptionally large (he'd been held back twice) and exceptionally nasty bully. Not only did Benito show no respect for the established pecking order of bullies and victims, but his heft also allowed him to impose his will on even the most violent...
...Four could be had for a dime; today, the latest issue of FF will run you $2.25. And inflation is only the beginning. The books themselves have evolved both in terms of presentation and content. Also, comic book art has become a thriving job field and an exciting new playground for up-and-coming artists and designers worldwide. Comic book writers are gradually receiving the recognition and legitimacy they deserve as excellent storytellers. The comic book medium has also taken great strides in the social realm, gaining credibility as a vessel for the communication and exploration of important social issues...
Meanwhile, make sure your kids spend more time on the playground than at their PlayStation. Physical activity will boost their metabolism and tone their bodies. They'll also be more likely to exercise and eat right if Mom and Dad set a good example...
...cost a reported $7 million to make, Just Group already has deals worth $8 million in licensing fees either concluded or in final negotiations. But success is not a given: the Butt-Uglies' key target group is boys aged five to nine, those particularly vulnerable to the vagaries of playground peer pressure that can destroy fads in the space of a morning recess. Even the company forecasts a window of only 18 months to two years in which the TV show must make its mark in order to milk the Butt-Ugly name. That's the reality thing...
...opera that, since its 1934 premiere, has been embraced almost solely by devotees of the avant-garde. Skating atop Stein's nonsensical wordplay ("Once in a while and where and where around around is as sound and around"), Morris has created a heavenly playground full of beautiful saints who dance like angels. As always, he draws his main inspiration from the music. "It's so friendly!" Morris says of Thomson's score, a festively fractured reminiscence of the Sunday-school hymns of the composer's Missouri childhood. "It's not complicated, and it doesn't wear...