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...otherwise—absurd. No matter how objectionable James Watson’s personal views are, they have little effect on the profound benefits his research has created for humanity. For that matter, it does not appear that Watson actually stands by his racist remarks. Shortly after the scandal broke, Watson told The Associated Press “I cannot understand how I could have said what I am quoted as having said. There is no scientific basis for such a belief.” The true danger of Watson’s insensitive remarks and his apparent predilection...
...fiction too. It happened to be the prevailing tone of A-list movies of the 40s that lingered through the 50s. Kerr was not some elevated being who allowed herself to be photographed. She was an actress, convincingly playing these roles. And though her career was never marked by scandal, off-camera she could be as earthy as the next mid-century star. "People always think I'm the epitome of the English gentlewoman," she told the Chicago Tribune after she retired, "which just goes to show that things are never quite what they seem...
...only threw me under his campaign bus, he backed up and ran over me again.' LARRY CRAIG, Republican Senator from Idaho, complaining that former friend Mitt Romney abandoned him after Craig's airport-restroom sex-sting scandal...
Dana Perino knows how to elicit a partisan response. In 1998 at the height of the Monica Lewinsky scandal, she trained her Hungarian hunting dog, Henry, to bark when asked, "Should Clinton go to jail?" He growls when you say, "Al Gore," and retrieves a flip-flop when you mention John Kerry. To those critics who say the White House press corps has been conditioned to respond meekly to the Bush Administration, such skills might seem to make her a fitting replacement for Tony Snow, who stepped down as White House press secretary on Sept.14. But after just...
LARRY CRAIG, Republican Senator from Idaho (right), complaining that former friend Mitt Romney abandoned him after Craig's airport-restroom sex-sting scandal...