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...NASCAR country, folks say Tony Stewart's return to his idyllic hometown has made him a better competitor. The compact, 5-ft. 9-in. driver abandoned the Charlotte, N.C., area--the roaring capital of stock-car racing--and returned to cozy Columbus, Ind. Sure enough, with just three races to go, he was the leader in this year's Chase for the Nextel Cup, stock-car racing's grand prize. What has changed? Well, he spends a lot more time hanging with his friends and being a good neighbor. In short, the locals say, he has mellowed...
...Here's what Mr. Mellow had to say after a recent race about fellow NASCAR driver Greg Biffle: "That guy is an idiot ... right now if he came over here I'm afraid I'd have to strangle him." Stewart had just finished a close second to Jeff Gordon, ahead of Jimmie Johnson, on the half-mile, bumper-to-bumper, fun-house oval at Martinsville, Va. Biffle, about to get lapped on a restart, had played chicken with him, nearly causing a crash. The fact is, Stewart's mouth doesn't have a brake. He is incapable of being anything...
...tougher than it may look. The Daily Show's Jon Stewart essentially plays himself and shares the lifting with correspondents. Colbert is on camera nearly the entire show. He not only gives editorials but also does interviews in character. Like The Daily Show, the Report can be patchy once it gets past the monologue. But some segments are tours de force, like Formidable Opponent, in which Colbert debates himself; rather than tape both sides separately, he toggles between pro and con like a human Ping-Pong match...
...Stewart has an inherently likable role, our bemused Virgil in the Inferno of media clichés. Colbert plays the devil himself: the millionaire pundit pretending to stand up for the little guy. He can even demagogue astronomy. When astrophysicist Neil DeGrasse Tyson told him Pluto should not be considered a planet, Colbert debated him thusly: "Isn't that just East Coast liberal intellectual ... did you go to an Ivy League school?" "Yes, I did." "... Ivy League-- educated people telling us what is or isn't a planet...
...Health, Education, and Welfare. A former resident of Leverett House, Heineman was editorial chairman of The Crimson during his undergraduate years. After studying at Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar, he attended Yale Law School and later served as a law clerk to Supreme Court Associate Justice Potter Stewart. He has written books on British race relations and the American presidency as well as numerous articles. Heineman said he wants to stay involved in legal policy issues through work at outside firms, but he added that he is excited to focus on research and teaching...