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...Asian tiger mosquito, which hitchhiked to the U.S. in 1985 aboard used tires shipped from Japan, has moved up from annoying to potentially deadly. The virus that causes Eastern equine encephalitis, a deadly brain disease that can infect humans, has been detected in mosquitoes in Florida. That's troublesome, because the more aggressive Asian tigers feed on a broader range of animals than their American cousins. Tigers are found in the Eastern U.S., as far north as Ohio...
Bill Watterson's "Calvin and Hobbes" is a pure joy to read. This is quite ironic considering that the title characters are named after two philosophers who had rather bleak views of human nature. The adventures of mischievous and precocious six years-old Calvin and his quiet, reflective, stuffed tiger Hobbes a not only capture a child-like sense of fun and adventure, but also at times see as social commentary. Watterson's recent leave of absence is understandable give his wonderful consistency. It must be imaginatively exhausting to continually come up with stuff this entertaining. Perhaps the strip...
...recent stroyline about art and whether it should by produced for its sales value or for its own sake was quite entertaining. Hobbes, the idealist made a lovely clay tiger. Calvin the cynic, took his play-doh and produced a hundred shrunken heads of popular cartoon characters" and "stitched their mouths shut." Sick, but funny...
...grow up corporate, Nader would say in his stump speeches, railing against Tony the Tiger and network television, praising good nutrition and reading. Nader says large corporations have too much influence over the government, and he advocates specific structural reforms to counteract those influences...
When he blazed to Broadway stardom and a Tony Award in 1969 playing an embittered drug addict in Does a Tiger Wear a Necktie?, Al Pacino showed a menacing fire. Three years later, in the most memorable of his six Oscar- nominated film roles, he revealed an even scarier core of ice as a Mafia don in the making in The Godfather. His intelligence, energy, aura of command and eerie humor should have made him America's leading classical actor. Instead, his career has been one of ample accomplishment but unfulfilled promise...