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...Dick Van Dyke Show, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, M*A*S*H*--never made it to No. 1, while plenty of junk did ascend to that pinnacle. As fun as it would be to go against the conventional, middlebrow wisdom and say The Beverly Hillbillies possessed a sly, Twain-like wit, recent viewings confirm that it was as crude as everyone has always said. The Happy Days-Laverne and Shirley era is another sorry one. So it could be argued on behalf of Seinfeld that it has combined quality and popularity in a way that is very impressive...
...curious way we're more likely to forgive cool guys than squares. At least they never promised to toe the line. That's why we're so harsh with ministers who fall from grace, like Jim Bakker and Jimmy Swaggart. Mark Twain once said that a man, if he's any good, never gets over being a boy. We like men in whom we can see the vestiges of the boy. You can still make out the flirtatious teenage horn player in Bill Clinton. Newt Gingrich--who last week deemed Clinton an "illegal man"--despite his love of dinosaurs, probably...
Wilson invoked another literary allusion toqualify Rudenstine's: "My death has been greatlyexaggerated," she quipped, comparing Radcliffe toMark Twain, who made and comment as he read hisown obituary in the newspaper...
...family outdoor activities like canoeing, rafting and hiking. At the Historical Park, visit the restored, pre-Civil War Lower Town, with its many living-history demonstrations. Plan to stay at the historic Hilltop House, a century-old stone inn on a bluff overlooking the Potomac and the Shenandoah. Mark Twain and Woodrow Wilson stayed there...
...secret that members of Congress are not exactly esteemed as dignified arbiters of the public good. Decades of Congress-bashing by opportunistic politicians coupled with high-profile scandals seem to confirm Mark Twain's famous statement that "there is no distinctly native American criminal class except Congress." Representatives such as Jay Kim (R-Calif.), the first member of Congress convicted of a federal crime to cast a vote in the House (he was found guilty of accepting illegal campaign contributions), only confirm this perception...