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...anti-Falwell group is the Rev. Mike Evans of Fort Worth, who thinks the chastened Bakker "has every right to have the PTL back," if he is not guilty of homosexual sins. Evans regards the homosexual charges as unproven. As for Falwell: "I think the guy is a skunk...
...clean, antic style of the Warner Bros. cartoons lives in the pages of William the Backwards Skunk (Crown; $10.95). And why not? The artist-author is Chuck Jones, 74, director of so many Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and Road Runner animated shorts that even he has lost count. Jones has no trouble recalling the number of books he has produced: this is his first. The star is a highly odiferous creature who wears his white stripe in front, where no enemy can see it. In the forest, confusion reigns supreme. The panthers, foxes and bears are afraid to hunt; without...
...Wall Streeters talk about fallen angels (out-of-favor stocks at bargain prices), shark repellants (strategies used by companies to ward off takeover attempts) and fill or kill (an order to a broker that must be canceled if it cannot be completely and immediately executed). Management experts speak of skunk costs (money that cannot be recouped when a project is aborted), tin cupping (when one corporate division begs for management support) and deadheading (bypassing a senior employee in order to promote someone more junior). Computer aficionados complain about vaporware (software that has been announced but not yet produced). Advertisers refer...
...order to enact imaginary battles between good and evil. The virtuous leader is He-Man, who fights a never-ending crusade against wicked Skeletor. So far, Mattel has produced 34 other characters, six companion creatures, nine vehicles and three hideouts. This season's oddest new villain: Stinkor, a skunk-striped meanie who actually smells bad. His counterpart: Moss Man, who exudes a pine scent...
...collection without attracting the attention of their wives. Hint: get the little woman to stop counting rifles and start thinking "all those guns." He also offers some badly needed collective nouns, based on the pattern of an exaltation of larks: a sulk of unsuccessful fishermen, a whiff of skunk trappers, a cramp of camp cooks. All of which should beguile McManus' growing cackle of devotees...