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...constructed out of cardboard and a feather. He watches episodes five or six times, laughing progressively more at each new viewing. In addition to stretching his cerebrum, Peter and the gang inspire him to pack it with particularly knee-slapping scenes and to reenact them for anyone willing to listen. And since his friends tirelessly reference TV and movies, he now feels more comfortable being social via the show’s ideas. Finally, with a new eye for absurdity, he is thinking like a comic outside the den. The other day he told me about a letter home from...
...bottleneck at the entrance caused crowd control issues, and a shortage of portable toilets made public urination common. But these problems are easy to remedy for the future. Overall, Ohiri Field was not the den of iniquity that Evans gleefully described to every media outlet that would listen to him. Actually, unlike previous years, there were no serious alcohol-related incidents, and student drinking was for the most part responsible. This success was largely due to the foresight of University Health Services, which set up an aid tent on the field, and Harvard University Dining Services, which gave students free...
...Sept. 19], he wrote, "We always back away from fixing our nation's racial problems. Not fixing the city's levees before Katrina struck will now cost us untold billions. Not resolving the nation's issues of race and class has and will cost us so much more." America, listen to those words or reap the consequences. If the cries of human suffering don't move us, perhaps enlightened self-interest and the bottom line will. Whatever the motivation, we must act now. Nicole Daines Gibeaut Fallbrook, California...
...capture the definitive Coltrane band--McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison and Elvin Jones--at the height of its powers. The highlights include Coltrane's signature standard My Favorite Things and the 27-min. title track, which features Coltrane at his most febrile, burning through registers in a controlled fury. To listen to these sessions is to experience some of the shock and awe that Coltrane induced in audiences at the time. After witnessing one of Coltrane's gigs at the Half Note, Miles Davis asked, "What is that he's playing?" Trane still inspires wonder...
...MANY COMEDIANS LOST THEIR FATHERS EARLY ON. DO YOU SEE ANY CONNECTION? Well, I think so much of comedy is based in an anger. We're always looking for approval, looking for somebody to listen to us. So I think when that starts with your parents, if one of them is not there, it'll give you an energy to look for somebody to listen...