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...give blood for DNA testing, they saw it as a chance to affirm their faith--that Thomas was, in fact, a child of Thomas Jefferson and his slave Sally Hemings. "We knew it like religion," says Robert Golden, Thomas' great-great-great- grandson. The results, however, came as a shock: Jefferson was not Thomas Woodson's father...
...show. It seems to understand the baby imperatives (either suck on a bottle or break out of the playpen and scope out the great wide world) while treating the grownup figures with the same genial ribbing the kids get. Tommy the explorer and Chuckie, his friend with the orange shock top and a chronically fretful nature, are attractive opposites; three-year-old Angelica is a finely drawn priss. The animation is distinctive and supple, suggesting Max Fleischer and the Modernist Zagreb school. Who thought to give the kids' heads the shape and apparent consistency of grapefruit? Who unleashed the hyperkinetic...
...after taking time for recovery from shock, I replied to my antagonists with spirit. They had done me the favor of forcing me to make my reasons for calling explicit...
...When I ran for the office, I presumed whoever won this seat would become a member of the [House's] minority party," he says. "That's not a shock. That was part of my decision-making process...
...STODGHILL II, TIME's midwest bureau chief, traveled last week from his Chicago base to Minnesota, where he met with Governor-elect and former pro wrestler Jesse Ventura. Stodghill interviewed Ventura two days after the election and discovered the unlikely victor still in a state of shock. "I don't think he's given much thought to what he'll do next," says Stodghill. "But it will be a thrilling experiment to watch--to see a year from now what compromises he'll need to make to be an effective leader." Stodghill, who came to TIME last year from Business...