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THEATER Transsexuals, guys in diapers--and a President who sucks his thumb...
...Cowboy has been drawing crowds since reopening in late Mayafter closing for two weeks when its writer-director, Attilio Maggiulli, was beaten up by a couple of pro-Bush thugs. (Talk about satirical impromptus.) It portrays the U.S. President as a spoiled 6-year-old who sucks his thumb and plays toy soldiers with his pal Tony Blair. By the end of the play, Bush is trying to annex the entire Middle East as the 51st state. "Not bad," he boasts, "for the biggest idiot in America...
...It’s like anything else in life. You don’t want to be sticking out there like a sore thumb,” he explains...
...because they drive their cows so hard," Edwards explains. He fishes around his barn's medicine cabinet, pulling out vitamin pills and aspirins the size of a man's thumb. There's a "microbial supplement," to help digestion, and Uddermint, a cream made with peppermint oil for soothing sore teats. At his feet is a jug of aloe-vera juice, which he'll shoot down a cow's throat to help relieve stress. That morning he whipped up a brew of rice water, garlic, salt and beef bouillon to treat a calf with diarrhea. To go organic, he says...
...just right. His regular payments - which allow him to buy fewer shares when prices are high but more when they fall - mean he is effectively "euro-cost averaging," considered the most productive approach. Equities make up about 60% of his portfolio - suitable for his age. The rule of thumb: people in their 20s and 30s should have about 80% equities in their portfolio, 15% fixed-interest products (such as bonds) and 5% exposure to commodities or real-estate vehicles. By the time they hit their mid-50s, they should have rebalanced their portfolios to around 50% equities, 30% fixed-interest...