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...final scene, in which she “performs” a song using multiple orifices. The film even includes a scene where Silverman finds herself wildly in love with her reflection (and proceeds to passionately make out with the mirror), a piece that seems like a hallmark in the compendium of stupid humor. True, one cannot adequately create an hour-plus comedic feature without some variety, but Silverman’s sketches often seem no more fulfilling than turning on the TV and flipping about to various late night comedy features. The film suffers simply because too many jokes...
...risk is high--say more than 1 in 300--she will be offered amniocentesis, a needle-in-the-belly test that allows doctors to conclusively diagnose genetic aberrations, including Down, but carries about a 1-in-300 risk of causing miscarriage. If an extra 21st chromosome is found--the hallmark of Down--the woman or couple face a fateful choice: to terminate a pregnancy that has already reached the second trimester, or prepare to raise a child with Down, which causes mild-to-moderate retardation and often other health problems as well. Doctors estimate that 80% to 90% choose...
...than 10 minutes. One Porter Square resident, Glenn Heinmiller, chats with Murphy at length about issues ranging from homelessness to local diversity. Near the end of their conversation, Murphy makes a quick call on his cell phone to find out where Heinmiller should go to get an absentee ballot.The hallmark of door-to-door work, Murphy says, lies in its variety.“You just don’t known what you’re going to get at the doors,” he says.—Staff writer William L. Jusino can be reached at jusino@fas.harvard.edu.KENNETH...
...that give you a headache,” he says, outlining his routine procedure. “I return them first. Then, I return the rest.”Sullivan, who is running for reelection to the City Council on Tuesday, says that he makes returning calls personally a hallmark of his administration in order to reinforce his connection to constituents.“It’s not about being the politician. I actually spend time doing my homework to make things better,” says Sullivan, who is in his 12th year serving on the council.On Tuesday...
...clash of ideas, the Bush administration has evacuated the content from their claims to conservatism, leaving only an empty husk of special interests, a coalition of hungry lobbyists looking for corporate handouts and Senators at the trough of pork-barrel politics. Most conservatives never liked Bush’s hallmark “compassionate conservatism” catchphrase—does it mean that real conservatism is heartless?—but there was always hope that somewhere, buried beneath the steel tariffs and bloated highway bills, there was a core of actual philosophy...