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...took 20 months of wheedling and browbeating to get the California legislature to pass a pioneering bill authorizing gay marriage. But Arnold Schwarzenegger took less than 24 hours to decide to veto it. The reason? Pure politics, say both critics and supporters of the non-girlie-man Governor. "He didn't even let the bill get to his desk before announcing the veto," says Mark Leno, the openly gay state assemblyman who was the main backer. "He is pandering to the far right." Indeed, with the Governor's popularity rating down to 36% and Democrats alienated by his attacks...
...pale food like marshmallows. And when you have sex in heaven, the offspring must be "little dead people," because you have to be gone to get there. A Salvation Army officer describes death as being "promoted to glory." Reunited with their life's loves, the elect will find pure ecstasy. "If I love you now like I do," says a man devotedly to his young son, "what's it gonna be like then...
...humiliating mess Leonardo da Vinci made by painting on walls with untested brews of oil, water and varnish bases, which began to come off almost as soon as they were put on. Though Michelangelo grouched about his immense Sistine task, there is no question of his mastery of pure fresco, which he had learned in Florence in 1488 from his master Ghirlandaio...
...chronically underrated Motown songwriters Eddie Holland, Lamont Dozier and Brian Holland wrote more No. 1 hits than the Beatles, and there's pure nostalgic pleasure in hearing the Four Tops (Baby I Need Your Loving) and the Supremes (Stop! In the Name of Love) sing them. You can also marvel at the ways in which they managed to make the boundaries of their two commercially dictated themes--(a) I don't deserve you, please come back; and (b) you don't deserve me, I'm not coming back--seem limitless...
...Yorkers may demur, but nothing beats a genuine Chicago hot dog. For the uninitiated, that's a pure beef frankfurter, made with natural casing and covered with a lurid kaleidoscope of toppings: yellow mustard, emerald green relish, white onion, juicy red tomato, forest green pickles and olive-colored chilies, known locally as "sport peppers." Served with celery salt in a poppy-seed bun, this great Chicago tradition typically sells for less than $5. For many Chicagoans, the quintessential place to munch on a hot dog is the historic Wrigley Field baseball stadium while watching a Chicago Cubs game (cubs.com...