Word: destruction
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...what to make of the newly released medical records? They are indisputable, but they don't give the whole picture and do leave the impression that Kennedy was little more than a chemical shell ready to self-destruct. I have my doubts. John Kennedy was a strong, determined President partly handicapped by a weakened body. But he was never an invalid...
...incidents of hate around the country, I can see our enemies smiling. I imagine that this is what they want—to see America divided—to hear our opinion-makers preach war and hatred. Let us not fall into their sinister trap. Let us not self-destruct. We already have a formidable task ahead of us; we must not let hate and ignorance hinder our progress...
Sedaris' usual target is himself--vulnerable, vain, afflicted with bad habits and perpetually defending his sacred right to self-destruct in peace. Compared with him, Woody Allen is a rock of psychological stability. In one of his best essays, A Plague of Tics, Sedaris recounts his obsessive-compulsive youth as a ritual footstep counter and doorknob toucher. Unlike the urban neurotics of the Allen school, he's a boy from the suburbs whose pH balance has gone acidic. Sedaris is gloriously bratty. Current events and politics don't interest him; he's a born consumer with no regrets, whose highest...
...though you can be forgiven for thinking catfight after the flower-throwing incident. But, really, didn't Shaq and Kobe say some pretty awful things about each other? And didn't manager Lou Piniella wrestle one of his players in the locker room? Didn't the Portland Trailblazers self-destruct arguing over playing time? And these were all teammates...
Come on, hurry up. The clock is ticking. This column will self-destruct in 60 seconds. Haven't reached the end of the first paragraph yet? That'll be another 25 cents, please...