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...REALLY DO have smog in Los Angeles. That's the first thing I noticed when I stepped off the plane in Southern California. I always knew they had a little air pollution, but for some reason I thought the smog thing was just an exaggeration, like when your uncle Mort tells you about this great fishing spot where the fish jump into the boat, or when some guy from Bangor tells you that it rained so hard the other day that three farmers drowned in a hay loft. I couldn't believe that they would have smog that you could...
...Gabriel Byrne), boldest of the knights--soon-to-be father of Arthur--hacks through the earnage and calls out to Merlin "I must be King! I must have that sword! I must have Excalibur!" Merlin cackles "In time, Uther, in time." It's a marvelous seene. It promises L'Mort d'Arthur as grand pulp melodrama, with the perfect mixture of Marvel Comies and subtle satire...
...claws. Chimpanzees are hyperpromiscuous: an oestrous female will usually mate with every male in her pack. Rhinoceroses, which can weigh upwards of 3,000 Ibs., make love so roughly that zookeepers are hesitant about breeding them; after a sexual encounter, one of the behemoths often succumbs to la grande mort. Most animals, Wallace relates, accept occasional rejections. But some take them quite seriously, and no one, even in a Woody Allen movie, is more tragically affected than the male solitary wasp. He enthusiastically copulates for as long as several days. But when the female signals that she has had enough...
...Mort...
...projects that were bitterly opposed by some community groups. His involvement in these controversies and his high profile in Boston political circles have earned him a reputation as a shrewd operator. Says a city official: "He skates very well, so you better have your blades sharpened when dealing with Mort...