Word: polarizer
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...Angeles basin, where I grew up, it's also a little disconcerting. Watching hockey played in the streets, parking lots and park rinks of L.A. is, I imagine, more than a little bit like finding a polar bear on the surface...
With an instinct for contrast, Los Angeles voters pared a passel of 24 politicians vying to replace Mayor Tom Bradley and picked two polar opposites for the June 8 runoff. Venture capitalist Anglo Richard Riordan, 62, calls himself "tough enough to turn L.A. around." Liberal Asian-American city councilman Michael Woo, 41, vows to "build a multiethnic coalition." The campaign, predicted University of Southern California pundit Larry Berg, will be "a knock-down drag...
Tish and Dulcy (Jessica Fortunato and Jennifer Sun) are roommates and polar opposites. Tish is a laidback, fun-loving party animal with a heart of gold and remarkable resilience in the face of big guns, psychotic boyfriends, drug busts and inexplicably dead celebrities. Dulcy is a repressed yet ambitious rock columnist who is so jittery and uptight that it's amazing she doesn't crack under all the pressure she experiences as she chases down an interview with the untalkative rock superstar, Linus Crump (Evan Sandman...
...polar bear rumbles across the ice pack, joining his family to view the northern lights. Settling down with a grunt, he takes a long swig of Coke. Ahhh...
...progress from nature's despoiler to its custodian, we must first redefine our place in -- not over -- nature, accept the role of resident rather than architect and resist the temptation technology affords us to mold a world responsive to our whims alone. Alaska, which once sanctioned the shooting of polar bears from the air, now dreams of creating a second Serengeti, fulfilling the fantasy of those who begrudge nature its sparseness and exquisite balance. This is more than bad biology, and it is sadly fitting that it should befall the wolf. A majestic symbol of the wild and a victim...