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...Ironically "Zippy" suffers newspaper reader's ire not because of its poor quality but because of the poor quality of the strips around it. As a victim of diminished expectations, collections of the strip such as "Zippy Annual 2001" eliminate that prejudice. But to me, Bill Griffith's art works best in the absurd and sad context of daily news. In fact, the San Francisco protesters had their fury appeased when the comics page editor announced to the crowed the re-instatement of "Zippy the Pinhead." Following a brief "huzzah" the protesters, in true Zippy spirit, reportedly began shouting "Cancel...
...right, for the Junta trial has weird contours all its own. It happens that the victim was not the first Costin to die violently. In the '70s, during a family argument, his brother Dennis was killed by their father Gus, who was convicted of manslaughter. Outside the Cambridge, Mass., courtroom on Friday, a few hours before the guilty verdict was read, Gus Costin approached Junta, put his hand on the man's shoulder and said, "I don't hate you. I forgive you." Junta answered, "Thank you," and the two killers of Costin boys shook hands in solemnity...
...Marine Hospital Service, it was charged with the crisply defined mission of caring for the health of merchant seamen, as well as ensuring that drinking water and food were sanitary and that disease outbreaks were quickly detected and diagnosed. Like all federal agencies, however, the service eventually fell victim to mission creep. And in 204 years, it has crept...
...union’s president recently claimed that the federal indictment of Boston Police Department (BPD) Sgt. Harry A. Byrne Jr. on civil rights charges was motivated by the status of the alleged victim, Garett D. Trombly ’03, as a white, affluent Harvard student. We disagree. Byrne was indicted because he allegedly broke Trombly’s jaw while the Harvard junior was in police custody for public drinking and other minor charges, charges that were later dropped...
...accused of injuring Trombly so badly that the student was unable to eat solid food for two months, as well as encouraging other officers to cover up the incident. An accusation of that nature more than justifies a federal indictment, regardless of the race of the victim...