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Lieut. Arthur Lewis can be an exacting critic. As he leafs through a children's coloring book, his mustache twitches, and his eyebrows collide in a scowl. But now, Lewis turns to three small girls standing in front of him, a smile on his face, and pronounces their efforts superb. As a reward, the young artists receive three quarters apiece, enough for each girl to buy a "poor man's" sandwich at Harold's Chicken Shack. In most parts of America, this qualifies as an after-school snack. Here, on the South Side of Chicago, it's dinner...
...conspiracy." But there was no visible panic; the weary souls of Baghdad have been in this spot many times before. "These attacks are not strange to us. They are normal," said a city shopkeeper. "We know they hit military, not civilian targets," he added with a smile...
...back. They kept at it. They even sent her a personal invitation to an exclusive "cocktail party" at the casino, where she and other "big winners'" would "become part of the action" in the shooting of a TV commercial. "The cameras will be looking for your big smile," the letter chirped, "and listening as you tell them why you play at the casino...
Margaret Carlson's report on Jane Fonda's new campaign to reduce teen pregnancy [WASHINGTON DIARY, Oct. 27] brought a smile to my face. I had the good fortune of working with Fonda on her last four award-winning workout videos. Fonda spoke with me on the set about her passion to work on the issue of teenage pregnancy. Here is a woman who is powerful, famous and rich enough to sit back and do nothing. Instead, she chooses to help others. She might wear out, but she sure won't rust out. I say, "Go, Jane, go!" JAY BLAHNIK...
George Orwell seems amused in many of his photographs; his twinkling gaze laughs at those who would look at his likeness. John Mortimer peers out from the photo on the jacket of his new book, Felix in the Underworld, in a disconcertingly similar manner. His tightlipped, bemused smile and his merry eyes dwarved by oversize spectacles almost mock idle viewers of the snapshot. Best known for his many short stories and plays about the crotchety, crime-solving barrister Rumpole, Mortimer is hardly considered a literary relative of Orwell's, yet the immense entertainment value of his new book owes...