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...overcome his curse. His curse is Waldo, a mischievous cat who walks on his hind legs. Waldo may be a delusion or he may be real, but only Ted can see him. As Mishkin describes him, "he's all charm and cute on the outside, but inside he's pure devil." In a complex play on the concept of the Muse, Waldo inspires Ted to create a like-named cartoon character for the animation studio his brother Al runs. While "Waldo" becomes a national icon, Waldo sends poor Ted to the bottle and in and out of sanatoriums. Paralleling this...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Transgressive Comix of Kim Deitch | 9/27/2002 | See Source »

...like I did in about every other subject of importance. The more time has gone on, the more overwhelming and depressing the task of learning these things has seemed. These days, I’ve just decided to move on to the next platform of existence by accepting my pure ignorance. It is almost a perverse badge of honor to feel less knowledgeable about computers than a precocious three-year-old. As a director, this hasn’t affected my professional life too much at all, because I always have been able to hire assistants to help me gain...

Author: By FM Staff, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: What Harvard Doesn't Know | 9/26/2002 | See Source »

...variety was the norm up until the 20th century, when Morton's used an evaporator to make salt white, fine and uniform, says Mark Kurlansky, author of Salt: A World History. "It's an irony of history," he says. "What saltmakers wanted to do was to have this consistent, pure, white salt, and once they succeeded, we got completely bored with it." Out of hundreds of salts, here are some regional delicacies. --By Joel Stein...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Next Gourmet Item: Salt | 9/23/2002 | See Source »

Rule No. 33 decrees: "The best comedy springs from the utterly serious." And so FlatSpin, pure farce about a girl whose date turns out to be a drugs squad operative, is the least funny of the three. Never rooted in reality, the stakes aren't high enough to provide the discomfort that is so often the flip side of laughter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Farce by the Book | 9/23/2002 | See Source »

...community must be free to criticize Israel when they disagree with its policies or actions, as they criticize any other country in the world whose record is not perfect. But to single out the Jewish state of Israel, as if it were the worst human rights offender, is bigotry pure and simple. It would be comparable to singling out a black nation for de-legitimation without mentioning worse abuses by white nations. Those who sign the divestment petition should be ashamed of themselves. If they are not, it is up to others to shame them...

Author: By Alan M. Dershowitz, | Title: A Challenge to House Master Hanson | 9/23/2002 | See Source »

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