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...didn't want to ruin someone's pleasantevening. I care very much about the future ofRadcliffe, but I don't think it would be takenthat way," Smith said. "I don't think PresidentWilson is up to debating...
...dangerous statements (like his brazenly racist quips). For instance, he offers us the previous comment on Jewish wives and their timid husbands and elicits audience hysteria; the mood, however, turns somber when he immediately adds "But adultery is nothing to laugh over. Adulterers are no subject for comedy." Why ruin the mood? Why make the audience nervous to laugh...
Your article was totally one-sided and heavily antilogging. I find the statement that "a clear-cut leaves a sharp demarcation line between a woodland full of life and a biological ruin" complete nonsense. As a hunter, I know that the place in a forest to find the largest concentration of all manner of critters is in the regrowth that occurs in burns and clear-cuts. Inasmuch as we seldom let fire do its work in the forest, we are probably doing diversity a favor by selective logging and clear-cutting! DALE ROSS Ashland...
...candidates in 20 states and stand to be spoilers in two New Mexico congressional races. In Albuquerque the Greens' BOB ANDERSON pulled enough votes from Democrat PHIL MALOOF in a June special election to let Republican HEATHER WILSON win the seat. Now there's a rematch, and Anderson may ruin the Democrats' chances again--so much so that Maloof has adopted much of the Greens' platform, and House minority leader RICHARD GEPHARDT asked Anderson to drop out, a plea that was rejected. Meanwhile, in the Third District, TOM UDALL, son of STEWART UDALL, appears to be winning back a seat...
Sometimes an idea is so good that no amount of poor execution--boring host, ugly sets, bad pacing--can ruin it. Such an idea is Change of Heart, a game show in which a young couple suffering relationship troubles gets set up on blind dates with hot people. Then they each report on their dates, and they end the show by holding up signs saying whether they want to break up or stay together. In New York City and Los Angeles the show is aired right before Jerry Springer, and often makes that show look rather pedestrian...