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...poem I actually first remember I wrote when I was about ten. It's one of those rhyming things but it was fun. It was one of those Easter poems, about a rabbit who had one droopy ear and how he solves his problem. It was a narrative poem, you know...
...half an hour onscreen, the Genie makes dozens of eyeblink metamorphoses: a Scotsman, a Scots dog, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Senor Wences, Ed Sullivan, Groucho Marx, a French waiter, a turkey, the crows from Dumbo, Eddie (Rochester) Anderson, a rabbit, a dinosaur, William F. Buckley Jr., Robert De Niro, a stewardess, a bashful sheep, Pinocchio, a magician, a Jean Gabin-style Frenchman, Sebastian the crab from The Little Mermaid, Arsenio Hall, a finicky tailor, Walter Brennan, a TV parade host and hostess, Ethel Merman, Rodney Dangerfield, Jack Nicholson, a talking lampshade, a bee, a U- boat, a one-man band...
Most magically, there was a glorious children's theater program at the Hudson Guild, funded by Helena Rubenstein. By age eight, the not-yet Whoopi was hooked. "I could be a princess, a teapot ((she laughs at the memory)), a rabbit, anything. And in a way, it's been children's theater ever since. I've only recently begun believing that I've grown up, and acting is what...
...works in the test tube. The four got a piece of rabbit-heart tissue to beat chaotically and monitored the chaos with a computer. The computer, programmed with an understanding of chaotic math, then delivered anti-chaotic pulses. And the heart tissue's beats became nearly regular. Whether the drug would work the same way in living humans is another question, but the researchers predict that "smart pacemakers" might one day correct cardiac problems that are now largely intractable...
George Bush's killer rabbit was the 1992 All-Star Game in San Diego on July 14. As his name was announced over the loudspeaker, a chorus of boos arose from the crowd. Not everyone booed, of course, but The New York Times reporter there estimated a 60-40 heckles-to-cheers ratio. That would be more than a landslide on November...