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...Timeline: A tick-tock of events the morning of Dec. 7, 1941 in Pearl Harbor
From there, the network announced Judd Apatow's college comedy "Undeclared" and Barry Sonnenfeld's superhero spoof "The Tick." Fine comedies both. And I can say that with conviction because I've seen them already - "The Tick" was sent to critics last summer and "Undeclared" this winter, both with plans to run midseason. Taking your time to debut shows is fine, of course - it just tends, again, to undercut those claims about your vaunted sitcom development...
...messier—namely, that these so-called “EVIL with a capital E” types are just us, the way we really are, once you strip away all the law-abiding, paycheck-loving, 9-to-5 trimmings that make our American civilization tick. People have been killing people since Cain and Abel—or since homo sapiens and Neanderthals, if you like the Darwinian creation myth better. And they aren’t about to stop just because it makes modern liberals distinctly uncomfortable...
...Smith says McKean will be a good spokesperson for the living wage cause--"someone who's not going to tick anybody...
Your article on what makes Yasser Arafat tick [WORLD, Feb. 26] captured the essence of what has made negotiating for peace in the Middle East so difficult: The immense pressure by Israel and the U.S. on the Palestinian Authority to agree to a settlement that defies the most basic aspirations of its people and leaves a future Palestinian state hobbled and impossible to manage. Bravo on an excellent and responsible piece of reporting! MAZ JADALLAH New York City