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...from every oil company we find dealing with some questionable government, we will find ourselves on a slippery slope which leads us to divest from any company with a tie to the oil industry. Usually easy media targets will be singled out, which leads to the creation of a sideshow that distracts attention from the root of the problem—the national governments that sanction human rights abuses and corruption...
...been to the 1939-40 World's Fair, with its models of superhighways, bullet-shaped automobiles, electrical appliances and television, or "picture radio." He has, in fact, been there twice. The first time he accompanied a friend whose mother worked with Oscar the Amorous Octopus, a titillating sideshow at the amusement park. He returned on a family pass that he had won for his fawning entry in a typical-American-boy contest. The essay is heavy with irony. It also introduces a writer who knows what it takes to get on the bestseller list: "He roots for his home team...
...major carmaker, MG Rover; the government quickly announced a $284 million package to help with the consequences of 5,000 lost jobs. Opposition parties grumbled about the need for an official inquiry, but failed to convey how they would have saved the long-suffering firm. But the most amusing sideshow since the start of the campaign has been the sight of Blair and Brown ostentatiously parading their rekindled love, hoping the double act will reassure voters who have soured on Blair but seem inclined to vote for Labour. As implausible as the political class finds this show...
...essence, Deep Throat is part slapstick comedy, part carnal carnival: it's a burlesque routine (Harry Reems' Doctor Schnorrer routine) wrapped around a sideshow freak stunt (Linda's routine). And the movie -maybe all of porno chic -wouldn't exist if Chuck Traynor hadn't shown Damiano a bedroom trick his wife Linda could do. Which, putting it starkly, was to work a penis not only into her mouth but down her throat. Call it glottal fellatio...
...both sides of the case holding strong beliefs about her right to live or die, passions were understandably running high. But as the endless barrage of inflammatory rhetoric and sometimes blatant posturing continued, the Florida woman at the center of the bitterly fought case seemed to have become a sideshow. "This is not about Terri Schiavo," says George Annas, chairman of the health law department at Boston University School of Public Health. "I think this is about abortion and stem cells. Congress wants to say that we need pro-life judges because the judiciary is out of control and favors...