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...time," he says. "It could happen to anyone." But that's not enough. "Sometimes it's so hard," he whispers. "I get high temperatures and real sweaty, and I get these pains." He breathes on his own through a hole in his trachea, which a nurse closes with a plug when Johnson wants to talk. "At first I wanted to die. Now I'm happy to be alive, but I just want to get more feeling back." His voice is meek, beaten, almost hollow. When talk turns to football and basketball, he makes gulping, swallowing noises. Among cards and photos...
...against Bill Clinton's budget. The program was moving through Congress faster than Perot had anticipated, so he personally displayed a truckload of petitions -- bearing 2.5 million signatures by his count -- demanding that Washington cut spending before raising taxes. Minority leader Bob Dole gave Perot's show an unusual plug on the Senate floor. As Dole argued for his own doomed deficit-reduction plan, which contained no tax increases, he said, "Ross Perot has got the message . . . He's been out among real people." A dozen Republicans from both houses joined Perot's photo op. They were eager...
...contrast, is a show about men, or more precisely about maleness. Tim is a swaggering takeoff on a macho guy who gets his kicks from rebuilding closets and working on his hot rod at 4 a.m. "I can hear my power tools callin' right now," he coos. " 'C'mon, plug us in, we're ready to serve.' " For advice he turns to his next-door neighbor, a Robert Bly disciple whose conversation usually opens with an avuncular chuckle ("Ho-ho- ho-no-no-no, Tim") and ends with an anecdote about tribal customs...
AMID THE VIDEO JUNK FOOD OF CHILDREN'S TELEVIsion are still such educational entrees as Sesame Street, Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, G.I. Joe . . . G.I. JOE? Who would call a weekly cartoon plug for war toys educational? Your local TV broadcaster, that's who. A 1990 law forces stations seeking license renewal to show a commitment to educational programming, but some have stymied the legislation by solemnly labeling such frivolous fare as The Flintstones, The Jetsons and G.I. Joe "educational...
...only alternative left to the frustrated student is Safety Walk, instituted to plug the gaps left by the unreliable mechanical transportation system...