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...Though she has played Dolly more than 4,000 times, her gawky, over-the-top performance is still heartfelt and honest, and the audience cheers her for it. There's more gravel in her baritone, but she is pitch-perfect and a mistress of timing. She can build a laugh into a roar by simply chewing. And her disdain is magnificent, contemplating a gift of "chocolate-covered peanuts -- unshelled...
Given my stature as a sophisticated Harvard student, I decided to forgive this woman for her ignorance and pay no heed to her provincial warning. I showed the letter to my mother, who also believed Harvard could do no wrong, and we shared a laugh over...
...Castro on his Korean- made boom box. But there are distractions. A crowd is forming on the seawall across the way. "Ven aqui! Ven, mira!" yell the little children, and people are indeed coming and looking. Now there is a crowd of 70, staring down into the water. They laugh, they cheer. Some drivers stop, others honk and yell, "Balseros! Balseros! A Miami! A Miami!" (Rafters! To Miami!) Potuombo scans the scene sourly. "Let the bastards go," he growls. On the radio, Fidel drones...
Somehow, though, midnight basketball has become the laugh line of the crime bill. It has come to stand for all that is wrong with liberals and their woolly talk about "root causes." The criteria set out to define communities eligible for funds -- those with a high incidence of joblessness, illegitimacy, AIDS and crime -- have been parodied as requiring teams to be made up of HIV-positive, drug-taking pregnant dropouts. And the very name doesn't help. At midnight all the good kids are supposed to be in bed, and anyone who isn't should not be coddled with giveaways...
...seasoned duo of private eyes. Ex-New York City cop John McNally, 60, is the tough guy, with a reputation for playing hard, dirty and on the side of the Mob. Vietnam vet Pat McKenna, 45, is the boy scout who loves his kids, baseball and a good laugh over a few beers. Both have lent their expertise to celebrated cases; both have a reputation for extreme thoroughness...