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...natural condition and desegregation goes against the natural order of things. The court's own finding in Brown was that segregation had been imposed by law and practice for many years. Missouri is a good example. You have racially restrictive covenants, racially restrictive ordinances. The notion that somehow segregation came about all because of people's individual preferences is wrong...
SENOR WENCES, 100, MANHATTAN; Ventriloquist from TV's golden age His guttural "s'all right" and squeaky "s'okay" have somehow remained part of the American comic vocabulary even as Senor Wences has faded from sight. Last week the ventriloquist quietly celebrated his 100th birthday with family in Manhattan before taking off for his customary half-year in his native Spain. Senor Wences was a staple on TV for three decades, starting on the Ed Sullivan Show, where he conducted absurd conversations with his dummy Pedro, his puppet Cecelia the chicken, or the blond-wigged Johnny, a face he painted...
North Korea, I dare to say, is like a spoiled child, who, every time he senses that the adults around him somehow begin to ignore his presence, makes some annoying noise to demand their immediate attention until he gets satisfied. And we all know that sometimes a spoilt child can get very nasty...
These "threats" share some similar characteristics with the Montana Freemen. Certain prominent and outspoken blacks, women and people of differing sexual orientation suffer from FBI monitoring. They were and are considered "threats" to America somehow, and are subsequently given the same treatment as anti-government buffoons in Montana...
...compare the money spent in casinos with that spent on tickets for movies, theater, opera and concerts combined. If people choose to gamble for entertainment, is their enjoyment less legitimate than that of those who choose other types of recreation? If I enjoy going to a casino, is this somehow worse than spending the same amount of money to watch millionaire athletes play some game? ANN MCDONOUGH Kenosha, Wisconsin...