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...episode about the gay cop, the one in which opposition to gays is definitely equated with bigotry. (That show may have been from the previous season, but my point remains the same.) Whoever came up with this list really needs to watch a lot. more television before attempting to slam "liberal" shows...
...abusing an umpire, $5,000 for defaulting the tennis match, and $500 for telling spectators to "shut up." The fine broke the previous record of $10,000 levied against John McEnroe for verbally abusing a line judge. Despite earning $29,984 in his best ever performance in a Grand Slam event, fines and taxes left Tarango with only $2,961 for the tournament. The good news: Tarango's wife was not penalized for twice slapping the umpire her husband called the "most corrupt in the game...
Essentially, the Supreme Court gave a resounding endorsement of this individualistic, atomistic conception of a free speech right and ignored the implications of the First Amendment for society as a whole. The Court laid the foundation for its latest slam of social liberals was laid in a 1976 case which at the time was perceived primarily as a setback for economic liberals: Buckley V. Valeo...
...Michigan supermarket checker whose husband left when she told him she had breast cancer. Eight operations and a nervous breakdown later, she is worried about losing her new lover, a gas-station attendant. There's the Chicago doctor whose divorce and emergency-room stress led him to slam methamphetamines. Now a motel handyman, he shows the needle scars on his arms...
...Conversation Peace, isn't a slam dunk--a few songs such as Sorry and Cold Chill feel oversynthesized and android-like--but all in all, it's another winner for Wonder. The album is more than just a bunch of giggly, commercial-ready love songs in the manner of I Just Called to Say I Love You. There are some bubbly tunes here--like the lovable, Care-Bearish Take the Time Out--but for the most part Wonder's after bigger game. "There's not a lot of peace in the world today," says the singer with his '90s global...