Word: vetters
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Quincy resident Kristina N. Vetter ’04 said, “All of a sudden, I noticed the coffee was tasting better. I only drink fair trade coffee...
Worse yet, says Boyle, the film specifically, if inadvertently, trashes the memory of the only person who has actually lived inside a bubble. David Vetter, of Woodlands, Texas, died in 1984 at age 12 from severe combined immune deficiency (SCID), the most serious form of the disease. Doctors tried to keep David germ-free by putting a plastic barrier between him and the world. It ultimately proved ineffective, and soon afterward, new treatments, including bone-marrow transplants, came along to make such experiments less urgent. Nonetheless, about half the 50 kids born each year with this type of immune deficiency...
Disney is not the first to exploit Vetter's story for laughs. In an episode of Seinfeld (a production of Castle Rock Entertainment, an AOL Time Warner company), the character George famously ripped open an obnoxious bubble boy's capsule. Disney's position is that Bubble Boy makes fun of nobody and that Jimmy Livingston is "a resourceful, courageous and heroic character." Realizing their predicament, however, company officials have privately told victims' groups that Disney may be prepared to aid them in their public-awareness campaigns...
...Bush, to become a good guy in his eyes. While the others were busy submitting to psychological strip searches (tell me the worst thing about yourself) and submitting personal data for Cheney to interpret (Gov'ner, I wouldn't worry too much about Congressman Bloathead's painkiller problem), the vetter was with Bush at the ranch popping nonalcoholic beverages and rustling up grub...
Once Cheney was Bush's choice, there was no one to vet the vetter. Even if there had been, the bond had grown so strong Bush would not have wanted to see that Cheney's record lacks the compassion Bush spent a year trying to cement to the word conservative. Like the mild-mannered, nice guy he is, Cheney smiled when he voted against calling for Nelson Mandela's release from prison and in favor of cop-killer bullets, against $1 billion for Head Start but for a $870 billion tax cut. Until his record was parsed this week...