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Like many others, the Children's Zoo in Des Moines has had a serious vandalism problem. There is no money to hire a night watchman, and trespassers have broken in to cut off a cougar's ear, steal a trained hawk and release penned deer. Director Robert Elgin finally worked out an ingenious way to police the grounds at no cost: let Becky do it. Becky is a 180-lb. lioness...
When McGovern heard the news last week, he stormed out of a Senate cloakroom exhaling an uncharacteristic fire. He repeated the threat: "It's an incredible, rotten, stinking political steal. I'm not going to support anybody who is elected by crooked and unethical procedures. I wouldn't have any part of a convention that would sustain this kind of shabby back-room dealing." Later, when his mood had cooled and he realized that his fight had just begun, McGovern seemed to change his mind. "I don't want to make any threats," he said...
Some of the supporting players steal nervous glances into the camera, and the scenes of violence are handled with a singular awkwardness, as if the participants were afraid to do one another any real harm. The performances of Walker and Gooding, however, have a kind of scruffy street authenticity. Despite abundant flaws, there is hardly a moment in Bronco Bullfrog that does not display a vigorous, very real talent...
...Renaissance, but couldn't get hotel reservations. They came finally to Brooklyn, where, when Woody was born, the family put a Teddy bear-a live one-into his crib. As a boy, Woody was heavily burdened by the Judaeo-Christian tradition: "When we played softball, I'd steal second, then feel guilty and go back." He wanted a dog desperately, but there was no money. "So my parents got me an ant. I called it Spot...
McGovern has termed the committee's action "an incredible, cynical, rotten political steal." He said at the time he "couldn't possibly support a convention that would sustain this kind of shabby, back-room dealing. I wouldn't have any part of any convention nominee who would support this...