Word: yorker
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...Yorker born and bred and vehement about my city, I thought Rudy Giuliani was a terrific mayor. He was a breath of fresh air after the dismal liberal hackery of his predecessor, David Dinkins. Giuliani made the city safer. He was an avid, detail-oriented manager, although he couldn't dent the city's school bureaucracy. He was an inspiring leader when the crisis came. He spoke his mind and did not suffer fools even a tiny bit--but then, creative incivility is part of the job description for a successful mayor of New York. I'm not sure, though...
...comedy that, however irreverent, is also genuinely powerful.Of course, premature adulthood is a fitting theme for a 22-year-old author who earned a two-book deal from Random House before his Harvard degree. Not to mention Rich’s arguably greater distinction last month, when the New Yorker published three pieces from “Ant Farm” in its humor column. Among Harvard writers, only John Updike ’54 managed to publish in the magazine at an earlier age.Rich and Updike are, not incidentally, both former presidents of the Harvard Lampoon. (Crimson form, tradition...
...member of the Amateur Wrestling News Dream Team. Ranked number one in his weight-class for Nation’s Best 2006 High School Wrestlers, O’Connor finished his high school campaign with a 238-12 record.To add on to his impressive wrestling resume, the New Yorker was awarded the Dave Schultz High School Excellence award by the National Wrestling Hall of Fame & Museum in 2006. The award was given for achievements in wrestling as well as scholastics, character, citizenship and community service.Coming off an impeccable high school record, O’Connor’s domination...
...organized. So are its actors, hotels, restaurants and construction workers. As well as the media, including the lefty Times and the righty Post, not to mention TIME, and all the television networks (including the anchors). The major exception is the Dean and Deluca liberals at the New Yorker. But who needs them when you've got the brickies? The unions should be welcoming Wal-Mart and then getting busy. Don't gloat. Organize...
...only fuels the antiviolence Zeitgeist that 24 has become not only a poster show for gore but also a bęte noire of Iraq-war opponents, who say that it rationalizes state brutality. They seized on a New Yorker article in which Army officers complained that West Point students cited 24 as an argument for torture. (G.O.P. Senator John McCain, a 24 fan, has made the same criticism...