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In/IN its/PRP$ Jan/NNP ./.
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)/) Ms/NNP ./.
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Ms/NNP ./.
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And/CC it/PRP 's/VBZ next/JJ to/TO impossible/JJ to/TO find/VB Ms/NNP ./.
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Bush--without/NNP any/DT corroboration--largely/JJ because/IN the/DT stories/NNS had/VBD become/VBN so/RB widespread/JJ on/IN the/DT Internet/NN ./.
And/CC it/PRP 's/VBZ not/RB hard/JJ to/TO imagine/VB Ms/NNP ./.
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And/CC Ms/NNP ./.
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But/CC clearly/RB some/DT of/IN the/DT Web/NNP 's/POS indifference/NN to/TO the/DT Ms/NNP ./.
X/NN story/NN is/VBZ attributable/JJ to/TO the/DT gulf/NN between/IN the/DT Web/NNP and/CC the/DT tabloids/NNS ./.
The/DT Enquirer/NNP 's/POS Web/NNP site/NN has/VBZ posted/VBN the/DT cover/NN of/IN the/DT issue/NN containing/VBG Ms/NNP ./.
X/NNP 's/POS allegations/NNS ,/, with/IN a/DT big/JJ coverline/NN hyping/VBG the/DT "/" smear/NN ,/, "/" but/CC the/DT Web/NNP site/NN does/VBZ n't/RB offer/VB a/DT click-through/JJ to/TO the/DT story/NN itself/PRP ./.
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In/IN mid-/NN 1999/CD it/PRP was/VBD bought/VBN by/IN the/DT New/NNP York/NNP investment/NN firm/NN Evercore/NNP Partners/NNPS ./.
Although/IN both/DT the/DT Enquirer/NNP and/CC its/PRP$ sister/NN Star/NNP have/VBP Web/NNP sites/NNS ,/, they/PRP do/VBP not/RB use/VB them/PRP to/TO push/VB their/PRP$ dirt/NN ./.
That/DT 's/VBZ probably/RB because/IN tabloid/JJ readers/NNS are/VBP not/RB the/DT nation/NN 's/POS most/RBS wired/VBN demographic/JJ ;/: regardless/RB ,/, if/IN the/DT tabloids/NNS do/VBP n't/RB post/VB their/PRP$ stories/NNS in/IN a/DT timely/JJ fashion/NN ,/, would-be/JJ Web/NNP publicists/NNS have/VBP nothing/NN to/TO link/VB to/TO ./.
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(/( The/DT New/NNP York/NNP Post/NNP 's/POS "/" Page/NNP Six/CD "/" gossip/NN column/NN ran/VBD a/DT lead/JJ item/NN on/IN the/DT Enquirer/NNP story/NN on/IN Christmas/NNP Day/NNP ./.
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But/CC Drudge/NNP was/VBD out/IN front/NN this/DT summer/NN reproducing/VBG stories/NNS about/IN Bush/NNP 's/POS property/NN having/VBG a/DT racially/RB restrictive/JJ lease/NN ,/, a/DT tale/NN that/WDT received/VBD wide/JJ Net/JJ play/NN but/CC little/JJ mainstream/NN attention/NN ./.
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But/CC that/DT investigation/NN ,/, despite/IN Drudge/NNP 's/POS serial/NN hype/NN ,/, determined/VBD the/DT woman/NN 's/POS claims/NNS to/TO be/VB false/JJ ./.
Since/IN then/RB ,/, many/JJ tabloid/JJ publishers/NNS have/VBP come/VBN to/TO see/VB Web/NNP gossip/NN sites/NNS as/IN both/DT nuisance/NN and/CC competition/NN ./.
It/PRP may/MD be/VB ,/, too/RB ,/, that/DT Internet/NN rumor/NN sites/NNS are/VBP a/DT highly/RB precise/JJ barometer/NN of/IN public/JJ opinion/NN ./.
That/DT is/VBZ ,/, they/PRP are/VBP ignoring/VBG the/DT notion/NN of/IN a/DT candidate/NN 's/POS girlfriend/NN because/IN ,/, in/IN the/DT post-/NN Monica/NNP political/JJ climate/NN ,/, few/JJ Americans/NNPS believe/VBP that/IN ,/, even/RB if/IN true/JJ ,/, the/DT allegations/NNS have/VBP any/DT political/JJ significance/NN ./.
GET/VB "/" PUNDIT/NNP CENTRAL/NNP "/" BY/NNP E-MAIL/NNP !/.
For/IN Monday/NNP morning/NN delivery/NN of/IN Pundit/NNP Central/NNP ,/, plus/CC "/" Today/NN 's/POS Papers/NNP "/" (/( daily/JJ )/) and/CC "/" International/NNP Papers/NNP "/" (/( Tuesday/NNP and/CC Friday/NNP )/) ,/, click/NN here/RB ./.
India/NNP 's/POS nuclear/JJ tests/NNS are/VBP Issue/NN 1/CD ./.
Johnny/NNP Chung/NNP 's/POS confession/NN that/IN he/PRP deposited/VBD Chinese/JJ military/JJ funds/NNS into/IN Democratic/NNP Party/NNP coffers/NNS takes/VBZ Issue/NN 2/CD ./.
Scrapping/NNP in/IN the/DT distance/NN for/IN Issue/NN 3/CD status/NN are/VBP Microsoft/NNP 's/POS antitrust/JJ problems/NNS ,/, the/DT Indonesia/NNP unrest/NN ,/, and/CC the/DT Israel-/NNP Palestine/NNP peace/NN talks/NNS ./.
The/DT commentariat/NN polishes/NNS its/PRP$ worry/VBP beads/NNS over/IN the/DT Indian/JJ bomb/NN tests/NNS ./.
(/( See/VB "/" The/DT Week/NNP &slash;/NN The/DT Spin/NNP "/" for/IN more/RBR on/IN the/DT framing/NN of/IN the/DT South/NNP Asian/JJ nuclear/JJ issue/NN ./.
)/) Eleanor/NNP Clift/NNP (/( The/DT McLaughlin/NNP Group/NNP )/) calls/VBZ the/DT explosions/NNS "/" a/DT giant/JJ finger/NN to/TO the/DT U/NNP ./.
S/NNP ./.
"/" But/CC U/NNP ./.
S/NNP ./.
sanctions/NNS ,/, which/WDT are/VBP required/VBN by/IN law/NN ,/, wo/MD n't/RB sway/VB India/NNP from/IN its/PRP$ path/NN or/CC stem/VB nuclear/JJ proliferation/NN ./.
Clinton/NNP has/VBZ "/" a/DT lot/NN of/IN sticks/NNS but/CC no/DT carrots/NNS ,/, "/" says/VBZ Mara/NNP Liasson/NNP (/( PBS/NNP 's/POS Washington/NNP Week/NNP in/IN Review/NNP )/) ./.
All/DT agree/VBP that/IN the/DT G-/NNP 8/CD nations/NNS '/POS refusal/NN to/TO back/VB the/DT sanctions/NNS weakens/VBZ the/DT U/NNP ./.
S/NNP ./.
position/NN ./.
At/IN midweek/JJ ,/, Capitol/NNP Hill/NNP blamed/VBD the/DT U/NNP ./.
S/NNP ./.
intelligence/NN establishment/NN for/IN failing/VBG to/TO predict/VB the/DT blasts/NNS ,/, but/CC by/IN the/DT weekend/NN the/DT pundits/NNS agree/VBP that/IN India/NNP 's/POS intention/NN to/TO light/VB up/RP a/DT few/JJ nukes/NNS was/VBD obvious/JJ ./.
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Daniel/NNP Patrick/NNP Moynihan/NNP ,/, D-N/NNP ./.
Y/NNP ./.
,/, ABC/NNP 's/VBZ This/DT Week/NNP )/) ./.
Sympathy/NNP for/IN India/NNP abounds/VBZ on/IN the/DT shows/NNS ./.
Michael/NNP Barone/NNP (/( The/DT McLaughlin/NNP Group/NNP )/) defends/VBZ India/NNP 's/POS right/NN to/TO test/VB its/PRP$ weapons/NNS ,/, citing/VBG the/DT United/NNP States/NNPS '/POS "/" de/IN facto/FW military/JJ alliance/NN "/" with/IN China/NNP ,/, India/NNP 's/POS biggest/JJS regional/JJ foe/NN ./.
Fellow/NNP Group/NNP ies/NNS Mort/NNP Zuckerman/NNP and/CC Jay/NNP Carney/NNP decry/NN U/NNP ./.
S/NNP ./.
neglect/NN of/IN India/NNP as/IN justification/NN for/IN the/DT tests/NNS ./.
"/" It/PRP 's/VBZ kind/NN of/IN hard/JJ to/TO blame/VB [/( the/DT Indians/NNPS ]/) ,/, "/" says/VBZ Bill/NNP Kristol/NNP (/( This/DT Week/NNP )/) ./.
The/DT way/NN out/RP ?/.
Let/VB India/NNP join/VB the/DT nuclear/JJ club/NN by/IN signing/VBG and/CC honoring/VBG the/DT test-ban/JJ treaty/NN (/( Susan/NNP Page/NNP ,/, CNN/NNP 's/POS Late/RB Edition/NNP ;/: Moynihan/NNP )/) ./.
The/DT world/NN powers/NNS gave/VBD France/NNP this/DT out/IN after/IN it/PRP ruffled/VBN feathers/NNS with/IN its/PRP$ South/NNP Pacific/NNP nuclear/JJ tests/NNS earlier/RBR in/IN the/DT decade/NN ./.
Kristol/NNP draws/VBZ just/RB short/JJ of/IN calling/VBG the/DT United/NNP States/NNPS "/" a/DT helpless/JJ ,/, pitiful/JJ giant/NN "/" as/IN he/PRP extracts/NNS this/DT moral/JJ from/IN India/NNP 's/POS tests/NNS :/: "/" The/DT signal/NN has/VBZ gone/VBN out/RP that/IN the/DT U/NNP ./.
S/NNP ./.
is/VBZ not/RB serious/JJ "/" about/IN policing/VBG rogue/NN nations/NNS ./.
He/PRP also/RB compares/VBZ the/DT tests/NNS to/TO similar/JJ intransigence/NN on/IN the/DT part/NN of/IN Iraq/NNP and/CC China/NNP ./.
"/" I/PRP do/VBP n't/RB think/VB you/PRP can/MD keep/VB this/DT genie/NN in/IN the/DT bottle/NN ,/, "/" says/VBZ Robert/NNP Novak/NNP (/( Capital/NNP Gang/NN )/) ./.
The/DT consensus/NN is/VBZ that/IN too/RB many/JJ nations--/JJ North/NNP Korea/NNP ,/, Pakistan/NNP ,/, and/CC China/NNP ,/, among/IN others--have/JJ advanced/VBD weapons/NNS technology/NN for/IN the/DT United/NNP States/NNPS to/TO police/VB the/DT beat/NN effectively/RB ./.
"/" We/PRP ca/MD n't/RB stop/VB Russia/NNP from/IN supplying/VBG Iran/NNP !/.
"/" gripes/NNS Zuckerman/NNP ./.
Issue/NN 2/CD -/: -/: the/DT report/NN that/IN the/DT Chinese/JJ military/NN contributed/VBD to/TO the/DT Democratic/NNP Party/NNP through/IN Johnny/NNP Chung--redeems/NNP Sen/NNP ./.
Fred/NNP Thompson/NNP ,/, R-T/NNP enn/NN ./.
When/WRB Thompson/NNP announced/VBD at/IN the/DT beginning/NN of/IN last/JJ summer/NN 's/POS Senate/NNP hearings/NNS that/IN he/PRP would/MD prove/VB a/DT Chinese/JJ effort/NN to/TO subvert/VB the/DT American/JJ electoral/JJ process/NN ,/, he/PRP was/VBD characterized/VBN as/IN an/DT overreaching/VBG conspiracist/NN ./.
Now/RB he/PRP 's/VBZ considered/VBD a/DT prophet/NN (/( Tucker/NNP Carlson/NNP ,/, Late/RB Edition/NNP ;/: Sam/NNP Donaldson/NNP ,/, This/DT Week/NNP )/) ./.
The/DT conspicuous/JJ absence/NN of/IN Clinton/NNP spinners/NNS playing/VBG "/" defense/NN "/" on/IN the/DT weekend/NN shows/VBZ adds/VBZ substance/NN to/TO the/DT Chung/NNP report/NN ,/, says/VBZ Tucker/NNP Carlson/NNP ./.
William/NNP Bennett/NNP (/( NBC/NNP 's/POS Meet/NNP the/DT Press/NNP )/) contributes/VBZ the/DT overstatement/NN of/IN the/DT weekend/NN when/WRB he/PRP fuses/NNS the/DT Chinese/JJ money/NN story/NN with/IN the/DT Indian/JJ tests/NNS :/: "/" Did/VBD the/DT [/( Democrats/NNPS '/POS ]/) frantic/JJ pursuit/NN of/IN money/NN lead/NN to/TO the/DT endangerment/NN of/IN the/DT world/NN through/IN nuclear/JJ weapons/NNS ?/.
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Rockin/NNP '/POS Jay/NNP Carney/NNP :/: Responding/VBG to/TO a/DT question/NN about/IN Frank/NNP Sinatra/NNP 's/POS impact/NN on/IN popular/JJ culture/NN ,/, Jay/NNP Carney/NNP announces/VBZ that/IN Guided/NNP by/IN Voices/NNS ,/, the/DT Dayton/NNP ,/, Ohio/NNP ,/, riff-rockers/JJ ,/, are/VBP his/PRP$ favorite/JJ band/NN ./.
Double/RB Dribble/NNP :/: Habitual/NNP double/JJ dribbler/NN Mark/NNP Shields/NNP sins/NNS again/RB ./.
He/PRP declares/VBZ on/IN both/DT PBS/NNP 's/POS NewsHour/NNP With/IN Jim/NNP Lehrer/NNP and/CC Capital/NNP Gang/NN that/IN the/DT Clinton/NNP administration/NN got/VBD away/RB with/IN berating/VBG India/NNP because/IN the/DT nation--unlike/JJ China/NNP ,/, Greece/NNP ,/, and/CC Israel--has/NNP no/DT lobby/NN in/IN Washington/NNP ./.
For/IN Pundit/NNP Completists/NNP Only/RB :/: David/NNP Brock/NNP profiles/NNS Meet/NNP the/DT Press/NNP host/NN Tim/NNP Russert/NNP and/CC surveys/VBZ the/DT competitive/JJ world/NN of/IN the/DT pundit/NN shows/VBZ in/IN this/DT week/NN 's/POS New/NNP York/NNP magazine/NN ./.
Snow/NNP Blind/JJ :/: On/IN Fox/NNP News/NNP Sunday/NNP Tony/NNP Snow/NNP inserts/NNS his/PRP$ foot/NN in/IN his/PRP$ mouth/NN while/IN questioning/VBG Democratic/NNP Party/NNP loyalist/NN Frank/NNP Mankiewicz/NNP about/IN the/DT Clinton/NNP administration/NN 's/POS scandals/NNS ./.
When/WRB Mankiewicz/NNP insists/VBZ that/IN there/EX is/VBZ no/DT proof/NN of/IN scandals/NNS ,/, Snow/NNP responds/VBZ ,/, "/" So/RB convictions/NNS of/IN Cabinet/NNP members/NNS do/VBP n't/RB rise/VB to/TO the/DT level/NN of/IN scandals/NNS ?/.
"/" What/WP convictions/NNS ?/.
asks/VBZ Mankiewicz/NNP ./.
Former/NNP Secretary/NNP of/IN Agriculture/NNP Michael/NNP Espy/NNP has/VBZ only/RB been/VBN indicted/VBN ./.
Gibbering/NNP ,/, Snow/NNP prudently/RB changes/VBZ the/DT subject/NN ./.
-/: -/: Jack/NNP Shafer/NNP
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He/PRP lingered/JJ on/IN it/PRP ,/, slowed/VBD it/PRP down/RB ,/, fastened/VBN on/IN blood-spurting/JJ bodies/NNS as/IN they/PRP hurtled/JJ through/IN the/DT air--and/JJ ended/VBD up/RP making/VBG it/PRP lyrical/JJ ,/, aestheticizing/VBG it/PRP ,/, distancing/VBG it/PRP ./.
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What/WP Steven/NNP Spielberg/NNP has/VBZ accomplished/VBN in/IN Saving/NNP Private/NNP Ryan/NNP is/VBZ to/TO make/VB violence/NN terrible/JJ again/RB ./.
Nothing/NN in/IN the/DT movie/NN 's/POS melodramatic/JJ narrative/NN can/MD diminish/VB the/DT shocking/JJ immediacy/NN of/IN its/PRP$ combat/NN scenes/NNS ./.
The/DT opening/VBG battle/NN might/MD be/VB the/DT most/JJS visceral/NN ever/RB put/VB on/IN film/NN ./.
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It/PRP 's/VBZ D-D/NNP ay/NN ,/, 1944/CD ./.
Trembling/NNP hands/NNS open/VB a/DT canteen/NN ./.
They/PRP belong/VBP to/TO a/DT familiar/JJ star--/JJ Tom/NNP Hanks--but/NNP everything/NN that/WDT follows/VBZ is/VBZ alien/JJ ./.
The/DT camera/NN is/VBZ down/RB in/IN the/DT surf/NN ,/, pitching/VBG ,/, as/IN young/JJ men/NNS pray/NN and/CC vomit/NN ./.
They/PRP 've/VBP barely/RB beached/JJ before/IN the/DT first/JJ bullets/NNS come--before/JJ these/DT smooth-faced/JJ ,/, overgrown/NN kids/NNS begin/VBP to/TO get/VB blown/VBN through/IN ./.
We/PRP do/VBP n't/RB see/VB the/DT enemy/NN machine/NN guns/NNS or/CC rifles/NNS ,/, but/CC we/PRP hear/VBP the/DT pops/VBZ and/CC the/DT ceaseless/JJ whine/NN of/IN bullets/NNS ,/, and/CC we/PRP watch/VBP the/DT men/NNS as/IN their/PRP$ chests/NNS and/CC heads/VBZ explode/VB ./.
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Against/IN this/DT monochromatic/JJ palette/NN ,/, the/DT brackish/NN blood/NN leaps/NNS out/IN of/IN the/DT screen/NN ./.
That/DT blood/NN is/VBZ everywhere/RB ./.
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Miller/NNP 's/POS journey/NN into/IN the/DT bowels/NNS of/IN the/DT war--through/JJ rubbled/JJ villages/NNS and/CC fields/NNS strewn/VBN with/IN rotting/VBG corpses--attains/JJ the/DT surreal/JJ intensity/NN that/IN Francis/NNP Ford/NNP Coppola/NNP strove/VBD for/IN in/IN Apocalypse/NNP Now/RB (/( 1979/CD )/) ,/, except/IN without/IN the/DT self-conscious/JJ Golden/NNP Bough/NNP stabs/NNS at/IN myth-making/JJ ./.
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Ryan/NNP (/( Matt/NNP Damon/NNP )/) ,/, they/PRP can/MD barely/RB contain/VB their/PRP$ hostility/NN ./.
Soldiers/NNS in/IN war/NN movies/NNS are/VBP usually/RB undercharacterized--it/JJ comes/VBZ with/IN the/DT territory/NN ./.
But/CC these/DT young/JJ actors/NNS register/VBP ./.
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I/PRP find/VBP Damon/NNP 's/POS proletarian/JJ integrity/NN deeply/RB suspect/VBP but/CC must/MD admit/VB that/IN he/PRP holds/VBZ the/DT camera/NN like/IN a/DT star/NN and/CC that/IN finding/VBG Pvt/NNP ./.
Ryan/NNP is/VBZ not/RB an/DT anticlimax/NN ./.
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But/CC the/DT movie/NN 's/POS overall/JJ vision/NN is/VBZ surprisingly/RB old-fashioned/JJ ./.
In/IN most/JJS Vietnam/NNP films/NNS ,/, authority/NN is/VBZ insane/JJ ./.
Here/RB ,/, orders/NNS from/IN on/IN high/JJ bring/VB meaning/VBG ,/, a/DT glimpse/NN of/IN a/DT more/JJR divine/NN purpose/NN ./.
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There/EX 's/VBZ another/DT ,/, more/JJR virulent/NN way/NN in/IN which/WDT the/DT movie/NN is/VBZ old-fashioned/JJ ./.
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"/" But/CC when/WRB the/DT tide/NN of/IN the/DT battle/NN turned/VBD and/CC the/DT Germans/NNPS started/VBD getting/VBG their/PRP$ heads/NNS blown/VBN off/RP ,/, I/PRP wrote/VBD "/" YES/NNP !/.
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"/" And/CC when/WRB a/DT pair/NN of/IN Allied/NNP soldiers/NNS ,/, fresh/JJ from/IN witnessing/VBG their/PRP$ buddies/NNS being/VBG blown/VBN to/TO bits/NNS ,/, shot/NN several/JJ pleading/VBG Germans/NNPS rather/RB than/IN take/VB them/PRP prisoner/NN ,/, I/PRP did/VBD n't/RB applaud/VB the/DT act/NN ,/, but/CC I/PRP did/VBD n't/RB feel/VB much/JJ like/IN grieving/VBG ,/, either/RB ./.
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"/" Reiben/NNP (/( Burns/NNP )/) and/CC Mellish/NNP want/VBP to/TO blow/VB him/PRP away/RB ,/, but/CC the/DT translator--who/JJ has/VBZ almost/RB never/RB fired/VBD a/DT gun--protests/JJ vigorously/RB that/IN such/JJ an/DT act/NN would/MD be/VB a/DT war/NN crime/NN and/CC that/IN the/DT German/JJ must/MD be/VB taken/VBN prisoner/NN or/CC freed/VBN ./.
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Too/RB bad/JJ ./.
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(/( Abacha/NNP also/RB gets/VBZ front-page/JJ space/NN at/IN the/DT Los/NNP Angeles/NNP Times/NNP ./.
)/) The/DT $/$ 32/CD billion/CD bank/NN merger/NN of/IN Wells/NNP Fargo/NNP and/CC Norwest/NNP leads/VBZ at/IN the/DT LAT/NNP ,/, which/WDT also/RB features/VBZ top/NN of/IN the/DT page/NN pictures/NNS of/IN the/DT three/CD remaining/VBG Beatles/NNP together/RB in/IN London/NNP at/IN the/DT Linda/NNP McCartney/NNP memorial/NN service/NN ./.
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S/NNP ./.
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S/NNP ./.
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His/PRP$ reasoning/NN is/VBZ pretty/RB simple/JJ :/: "/" Looked/NNP at/IN a/DT map/NN of/IN South/NNP Asia/NNP lately/RB ?/.
China/NNP 's/POS got/VBD the/DT bomb/NN ./.
India/NNP 's/POS got/VBD the/DT bomb/NN ./.
Pakistan/NNP 's/POS got/VBD the/DT bomb/NN ./.
Let/VB 's/PRP see/VB ,/, who/WP 's/VBZ next/JJ to/TO Pakistan/NNP ./.
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S/NNP ./.
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S/NNP ./.
forces/NNS while/IN at/IN large/JJ in/IN the/DT jungle/NN ./.
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It/PRP might/MD seem/VB that/IN this/DT oddity/NN proves/VBZ the/DT raids/NNS never/RB happened/VBD ./.
But/CC think/VBP about/IN it--if/JJ the/DT American/JJ soldiers/NNS were/VBD in/IN Laos/NNP in/IN 1970/CD ,/, they/PRP were/VBD part/NN of/IN Nixon/NNP 's/POS "/" secret/JJ war/NN ,/, "/" which/WDT had/VBD a/DT chance/NN to/TO remain/VB secret/JJ only/RB if/IN ./.
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they/PRP did/VBD n't/RB come/VB back/RB from/IN it/PRP ./.
Zinc/NNP has/VBZ become/VBN the/DT hot/JJ new/JJ therapy/NN for/IN the/DT common/JJ cold/NN ./.
Once/RB just/RB a/DT weak-selling/JJ natural/JJ cold/JJ remedy/NN touted/VBD in/IN health-food/NN stores/NNS ,/, it/PRP now/RB sells/VBZ to/TO millions/NNS at/IN pharmacies/NNS and/CC grocery/NN stores/NNS ./.
Does/VBZ it/PRP work/VBP ?/.
Probably/RB not/RB ./.
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House/NNP Un-/NNP American/NNP Activities/NNPS getting/VBG to/TO leave/VB his/PRP$ name/NN on/IN the/DT moon/NN after/IN just/RB six/CD months/NNS in/IN office/NN ./.
I/PRP imagine/VBP there/EX are/VBP gazillions/NNS of/IN conservatives/NNS for/IN whom/WP it/PRP 's/VBZ incredibly/RB painful/JJ that/IN Monica/NNP 's/POS boyfriend/NN got/VBD to/TO be/VB the/DT one/CD to/TO usher/NN in/IN the/DT Third/NNP Millennium/NNP ./.
Did/VBD you/PRP see/VBP the/DT Larry/NNP King/NNP column/NN in/IN USA/NNP Today/NNP ?/.
He/PRP says/VBZ that/IN Clinton/NNP told/VBD him/PRP he/PRP owns/VBZ the/DT original/JJ Harry/NNP Truman/NNP letter/NN to/TO the/DT music/NN critic/NN ,/, the/DT one/CD where/WRB he/PRP threatens/VBZ to/TO punch/VB out/RP the/DT guy/NN for/IN criticizing/VBG his/PRP$ daughter/NN 's/POS piano/NN recital/NN ./.
Steve/NNP Forbes/NNP gave/VBD Clinton/NNP the/DT letter/NN ,/, according/VBG to/TO King/NNP ./.
Weird/NNP ./.
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I/PRP see/VBP in/IN the/DT papers/NNS today/NN that/IN Clinton/NNP 's/POS proposing/VBG a/DT modest/JJ but/CC still/RB sizable/JJ tax/NN cut/NN for/IN next/JJ year/NN ./.
Can/MD there/EX be/VB any/DT doubt/NN how/WRB this/DT Kabuki/NNP ritual/NN will/MD play/VB out/IN yet/RB again/RB ?/.
The/DT Repubs/NNP will/MD push/VB for/IN bigger/JJR cuts/NNS ./.
Clinton/NNP and/CC the/DT Dems/NNP will/MD accuse/VB them/PRP of/IN endangering/VBG Medicare/NNP and/CC Social/NNP Security/NNP ./.
The/DT public/JJ will/MD back/RP the/DT Dems/NNP ./.
The/DT Republicans/NNPS will/MD bluster/NN ,/, losing/VBG popular/JJ support/NN ,/, but/CC then/RB they/PRP 'll/MD finally/RB cave/NN to/TO Clinton/NNP and/CC infuriate/VB their/PRP$ base/NN ./.
They/PRP 're/VBP like/IN Wile/NNP E/NNP ./.
Coyote/NNP going/VBG off/IN the/DT cliff/NN every/DT time/NN ./.
Speaking/NN of/IN Republicans/NNPS ,/, I/PRP 'm/VBP emceeing/VBG that/IN Congressional/NNP Dinner/NNP that/IN you/PRP hosted/VBD last/JJ year--/JJ 1/CD ,/, 200/CD Washington/NNP bigshots/NNS in/IN a/DT hotel/NN ball/NN room/NN ,/, done/VBN up/RP in/IN black/JJ tie/NN ./.
You/PRP 're/VBP a/DT comedy/NN God/NNP ./.
(/( Is/VBZ Spinal/NNP Tap/VB on/IN DVD/NNP yet/RB ?/.
)/) I/PRP do/VBP occasional/JJ stand/NN up/RB :/: Got/NNP any/DT tips/NNS ?/.
I/PRP 've/VBP got/VBN 30/CD days/NNS to/TO come/VB up/RP with/IN a/DT bevy/NN of/IN Denny/NNP Hastert/NNP jokes/NNS and/CC I/PRP 'm/VBP getting/VBG edgy/JJ ./.
As/IN millennial/NN anxiety/NN goes/VBZ ,/, it/PRP 's/VBZ pretty/RB small/JJ stuff/NN ,/, but/CC I/PRP could/MD still/RB use/VB a/DT few/JJ tips/NNS ./.
Talk/NN to/TO you/PRP later/RB ./.
-/: -/: Matt/NNP
The/DT House/NNP and/CC Senate/NNP passed/VBD legislation/NN to/TO build/VB a/DT national/JJ missile/NN defense/NN system/NN ./.
The/DT White/NNP House/NNP persuaded/VBD the/DT Senate/NNP ,/, but/CC not/RB the/DT House/NNP ,/, to/TO insert/VB a/DT clause/NN saying/VBG the/DT system/NN wo/MD n't/RB be/VB deployed/VBN until/IN it/PRP 's/VBZ "/" technologically/RB possible/JJ ,/, "/" which/WDT could/MD allow/VB President/NNP Clinton/NNP and/CC his/PRP$ successors/NNS to/TO postpone/VB it/PRP ./.
If/IN the/DT House/NNP accepts/VBZ the/DT Senate/NNP language/NN ,/, Clinton/NNP will/MD support/VB their/PRP$ joint/JJ bill/NN ./.
If/IN not/RB ,/, he/PRP 'll/MD veto/VB it/PRP ./.
The/DT liberal/JJ spins/VBZ :/: 1/LS )/) The/DT system/NN violates/VBZ the/DT anti-ballistic/JJ missile/NN treaty/NN with/IN Russia/NNP ./.
2/LS )/) It/PRP will/MD anger/NN the/DT Russians/NNPS and/CC kill/VB arms/NNS reduction/NN ,/, which/WDT is/VBZ more/RBR important/JJ ./.
3/LS )/) It/PRP 's/VBZ too/RB expensive/JJ ./.
4/LS )/) It/PRP wo/MD n't/RB work/VB ./.
5/LS )/) Clinton/NNP caved/VBD as/IN usual/JJ ./.
6/CD )/) Conservatives/NNS just/RB want/VBP a/DT campaign/NN issue/NN for/IN 2000/CD ./.
The/DT conservative/JJ spins/VBZ :/: 1/LS )/) New/NNP threats/NNS from/IN North/NNP Korea/NNP and/CC Iran/NNP justify/VB building/VBG the/DT system/NN ./.
2/LS )/) President/NNP Reagan/NNP is/VBZ vindicated/VBN ./.
3/LS )/) The/DT system/NN can/MD work/VB ./.
4/LS )/) The/DT ABM/NNP treaty/NN is/VBZ defunct/JJ ./.
5/LS )/) Clinton/NNP will/MD use/VB the/DT Senate/NNP 's/POS weasel/NN words/NNS to/TO postpone/VB the/DT system/NN indefinitely/RB ./.
6/CD )/) It/PRP 's/VBZ a/DT great/JJ campaign/NN issue/NN for/IN 2000/CD ./.
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The/DT Kosovo/NNP peace/NN talks/NNS collapsed/VBD ./.
The/DT ethnic/JJ Albanians/NNS signed/VBD the/DT peace/NN deal/NN proposed/VBN by/IN French/JJ and/CC British/JJ mediators/NNS ,/, but/CC the/DT Yugoslavs/NNP (/( i/NNP ./.
e/SYM ./.
,/, Serbs/NNP )/) refused/VBD ,/, principally/RB because/IN they/PRP ca/MD n't/RB stand/VB having/VBG NATO/NNP troops/NNS in/IN their/PRP$ country/NN to/TO enforce/VB it/PRP ./.
The/DT mediators/NNS '/POS spin/NN :/: The/DT ethnic/JJ Albanians/NNS are/VBP good/JJ ,/, the/DT Serbs/NNP are/VBP bad/JJ ,/, and/CC now/RB NATO/NNP may/MD have/VB to/TO bomb/VB the/DT Serbs/NNP ./.
The/DT ethnic/JJ Albanians/NNS '/POS spin/NN :/: Now/RB that/IN we/PRP signed/VBD the/DT deal/NN to/TO end/VB the/DT violence/NN and/CC the/DT Serbs/NNP did/VBD n't/RB ,/, please/VB bomb/NN them/PRP ./.
The/DT Serbs/NNP '/POS spin/NN :/: The/DT deal/NN was/VBD a/DT sham/NN concocted/VBN by/IN the/DT ethnic/JJ Albanians/NNS and/CC "/" their/PRP$ American/JJ friends/NNS ,/, "/" and/CC we/PRP do/VBP n't/RB believe/VB you/PRP 'll/MD bomb/VB us/PRP ./.
The/DT public/JJ U/NNP ./.
S/NNP ./.
government/NN spin/NN :/: Now/RB we/PRP 're/VBP really/RB going/VBG to/TO bomb/VB you/PRP ./.
The/DT private/JJ U/NNP ./.
S/NNP ./.
government/NN spin/NN :/: Bombing/NNP will/MD be/VB harder/RBR than/IN we/PRP thought/VBD ,/, so/RB first/JJ let/VB 's/POS try/VB begging/VBG again/RB ./.
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A/DT government/NN study/NN endorsed/VBD medical/JJ marijuana/NN ./.
The/DT study/NN was/VBD commissioned/VBN by/IN U/NNP ./.
S/NNP ./.
drug/NN czar/NN Barry/NNP McCaffrey/NNP and/CC conducted/VBN by/IN the/DT National/NNP Academy/NNP of/IN Sciences/NNPS ./.
It/PRP says/VBZ :/: 1/LS )/) pot/NN can/MD reduce/VB pain/NN ,/, anxiety/NN ,/, and/CC nausea/NN in/IN chemotherapy/NN patients/NNS and/CC people/NNS with/IN AIDS/NNP ;/: and/CC 2/LS )/) its/PRP$ medical/JJ use/NN would/MD not/RB increase/VB casual/JJ pot/NN smoking/VBG or/CC more/RBR serious/JJ drug/NN use/NN among/IN healthy/JJ people/NNS ;/: but/CC 3/LS )/) since/IN pot/NN smoke/NN is/VBZ toxic/JJ ,/, only/RB people/NNS whose/WP$ long-term/JJ health/NN is/VBZ moot/JJ (/( i/NNP ./.
e/SYM ./.
,/, terminally/RB ill/JJ people/NNS )/) should/MD use/VB it/PRP ./.
McCaffrey/NNP said/VBD little/JJ about/IN the/DT report/NN ,/, leading/VBG everyone/NN to/TO conclude/VB that/IN he/PRP 'll/MD ignore/VB it/PRP ./.
The/DT anti-pot/JJ spins/VBZ :/: 1/LS )/) The/DT report/NN shows/VBZ pot/NN is/VBZ n't/RB medicine/NN ./.
2/LS )/) It/PRP shows/VBZ pot/NN is/VBZ toxic/JJ ./.
3/LS )/) Medical/NNP pot/NN is/VBZ a/DT slippery/JJ slope/NN to/TO legalization/NN ./.
The/DT pro-pot/JJ spins/VBZ :/: 1/LS )/) Pot/NNP can/MD help/VB ./.
2/LS )/) "/" Arresting/NNP patients/NNS is/VBZ not/RB right/JJ ./.
"/" 3/LS )/) Legal/NNP pain-killing/JJ drugs/NNS (/( e/SYM ./.
g/SYM ./.
,/, morphine/NN )/) are/VBP worse/JJR ./.
4/LS )/) Politicians/NNS are/VBP just/RB afraid/JJ of/IN being/VBG called/VBN soft/JJ on/IN drugs/NNS ./.
5/LS )/) Recent/JJ ballot/NN measures/NNS show/VBP voters/NNS want/VBP medical/JJ pot/NN ./.
6/CD )/) It/PRP 's/VBZ not/RB a/DT slippery/JJ slope/NN to/TO legalization/NN ./.
7/CD )/) Let/VB 's/POS legalize/NN it/PRP ./.
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Steve/NNP Forbes/NNP announced/VBD his/PRP$ presidential/JJ candidacy/NN on/IN the/DT Internet/NN ./.
He/PRP portrayed/VBD the/DT new/JJ medium/NN as/IN a/DT symbol/NN of/IN his/PRP$ emphasis/NN on/IN individualism/NN ,/, growth/NN ,/, and/CC opportunity/NN ,/, in/IN contrast/NN to/TO old-style/JJ centralized/VBN government/NN programs/NNS such/JJ as/IN Social/NNP Security/NNP ./.
Old/JJ platform/NN :/: pro-choice/JJ flat-taxer/JJ ./.
New/JJ platform/NN :/: no-new-taxes/JJ pro-lifer/JJ ./.
Critics/NNS '/POS spin/NN on/IN his/PRP$ wealth/NN :/: wacky/JJ billionaire/NN ./.
Forbes/NNP '/POS spin/NN :/: He/PRP 's/VBZ "/" not/RB beholden/JJ "/" to/TO interest/VB groups/NNS ./.
Old/NNP spin/VB on/IN his/PRP$ experience/NN :/: He/PRP 's/VBZ not/RB a/DT politician/NN ./.
New/NNP spin/VB :/: He/PRP can/MD win/VB because/IN he/PRP 's/VBZ been/VBN campaigning/VBG nonstop/JJ since/IN 1995/CD ./.
Old/NNP spin/VB on/IN his/PRP$ significance/NN :/: He/PRP ca/MD n't/RB win/VB ./.
New/NNP spin/VB :/: He/PRP 'll/MD destroy/VB the/DT Republican/JJ front-runner/NN again/RB ./.
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Paula/NNP Jones/NNP separated/VBN from/IN her/PRP$ husband/NN ./.
According/VBG to/TO USA/NNP Today/NNP ,/, "/" The/DT split/NN followed/VBD disagreements/NNS over/IN strategy/NN in/IN her/PRP$ sexual/JJ harassment/NN case/NN ./.
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how/WRB to/TO spend/VB the/DT money/NN they/PRP received/VBD from/IN their/PRP$ settlement/NN and/CC where/WRB to/TO live/VB in/IN the/DT post-lawsuit/JJ era/NN ./.
"/" Jones/NNP '/POS husband/NN presented/VBD himself/PRP as/IN the/DT voice/NN of/IN practicality/NN ,/, saying/VBG ,/, "/" My/PRP$ idea/NN is/VBZ you/PRP do/VBP n't/RB spend/VB money/NN until/IN you/PRP know/VBP what/WP you/PRP 're/VBP going/VBG to/TO have/VB ./.
"/" But/CC USA/NNP Today/NNP says/VBZ now/RB that/IN he/PRP 's/VBZ been/VBN fired/VBN as/IN an/DT airline/NN clerk/NN ,/, he/PRP "/" will/MD pursue/VB an/DT acting/VBG career/NN and/CC work/NN on/IN a/DT book/NN ./.
"/" The/DT paper/NN also/RB says/VBZ Paula/NNP Jones/NNP will/MD accept/VB a/DT job/NN offer/NN as/IN a/DT manicurist/NN while/IN weighing/VBG "/" paid/VBN media/NNS offers/VBZ ./.
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The/DT Rev/NNP ./.
Henry/NNP Lyons/NNP resigned/VBD as/IN president/NN of/IN the/DT largest/JJS black/JJ American/JJ religious/JJ body/NN ,/, the/DT National/NNP Baptist/NNP Convention/NNP USA/NNP ./.
He/PRP had/VBD been/VBN convicted/VBN of/IN racketeering/NN and/CC grand/JJ theft/NN for/IN 1/LS )/) selling/VBG bogus/JJ membership/NN lists/NNS to/TO companies/NNS that/WDT sought/VBD access/NN to/TO black/JJ consumers/NNS ;/: and/CC 2/LS )/) stealing/VBG donations/NNS intended/VBN to/TO rebuild/VB burned/VBN black/JJ churches/NNS ./.
The/DT sunny/JJ spin/NN ,/, from/IN Lyons/NNP '/POS attorney/NN :/: He/PRP 's/VBZ "/" remorseful/JJ "/" and/CC resigned/VBD with/IN "/" dignity/NN ./.
"/" The/DT cautious/JJ spin/NN :/: Black/NNP churches/NNS are/VBP losing/VBG their/PRP$ tolerance/NN for/IN leaders/NNS who/WP exploit/VBP them/PRP ./.
The/DT pessimistic/JJ spin/NN ,/, from/IN Lyons/NNP '/POS possible/JJ successor/NN ,/, the/DT Rev/NNP ./.
Calvin/NNP Butts/NNP :/: Leaders/NNP will/MD always/RB be/VB fallible/JJ ,/, so/RB structural/JJ reforms/NNS are/VBP needed/VBN to/TO make/VB them/PRP more/RBR accountable/JJ ./.
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Delaware/NNP lawyer/NN Thomas/NNP Capano/NNP was/VBD sentenced/VBN to/TO death/NN for/IN murdering/VBG his/PRP$ ex-mistress/JJ ./.
Capano/NNP 's/POS trial/NN had/VBD drawn/VBN national/JJ attention/NN because/IN he/PRP was/VBD a/DT member/NN of/IN the/DT Delaware/NNP elite/NN and/CC because/IN ,/, contrary/JJ to/TO his/PRP$ attorneys/NNS '/POS advice/NN ,/, he/PRP took/VBD the/DT stand/NN and/CC confessed/VBD to/TO getting/VBG rid/JJ of/IN the/DT victim/NN 's/POS body/NN but/CC asserted/VBD that/IN another/DT of/IN his/PRP$ ex-mistresses/JJ had/VBD committed/VBN the/DT murder/NN ./.
After/IN being/VBG convicted/VBN ,/, Capano/NNP expressed/VBD no/DT remorse/NN but/CC asked/VBD the/DT jury/NN to/TO consider/VB his/PRP$ wife/NN 's/POS feelings/NNS in/IN choosing/VBG his/PRP$ sentence/NN ./.
The/DT jury/NN chose/VBD death/NN ,/, and/CC the/DT judge/NN agreed/VBD ,/, calling/VBG Capano/NNP 's/POS invocation/NN of/IN his/PRP$ family/NN further/JJ evidence/NN of/IN his/PRP$ selfishness/NNS ,/, ruthlessness/NNS ,/, and/CC contempt/NN ./.
Headline/NNP and/CC caption/NN writers/NNS alluded/VBD to/TO the/DT irony/NN of/IN Capano/NNP ,/, a/DT former/JJ prosecutor/NN ,/, being/VBG sentenced/VBN to/TO death/NN ./.
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The/DT International/NNP Chess/NNP Federation/NNP anointed/JJ its/PRP$ first/JJ black/JJ grandmaster/NN ./.
Maurice/NNP Ashley/NNP ,/, a/DT 34/CD -/: year-old/JJ Jamaican/JJ immigrant/JJ to/TO the/DT United/NNP States/NNPS ,/, earned/VBD his/PRP$ place/NN among/IN the/DT world/NN 's/POS 470/CD grandmasters/NNS through/IN superior/JJ tournament/NN play/NN ./.
He/PRP stopped/VBD coaching/NN Harlem/NNP kids/NNS in/IN chess/NN two/CD years/NNS ago/RB in/IN order/NN to/TO train/VB himself/PRP for/IN tournaments/NNS and/CC achieve/VB his/PRP$ dream/NN ./.
The/DT sunny/JJ spin/NN :/: Anyone/NN can/MD succeed/VB with/IN talent/NN and/CC hard/JJ work/NN ./.
The/DT cynical/JJ spin/NN :/: Anyone/NN can/MD succeed/VB if/IN he/PRP stops/VBZ wasting/VBG his/PRP$ energy/NN on/IN others/NNS ./.
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House/NNP Minority/NNP Leader/NNP Dick/NNP Gephardt/NNP ,/, D-M/NNP o/NN ./.
,/, endorsed/VBD Vice/NNP President/NNP Al/NNP Gore/NNP for/IN president/NN and/CC joined/VBD him/PRP on/IN the/DT campaign/NN trail/NN ./.
Previously/RB ,/, pundits/NNS had/VBD downgraded/VBN Gore/NNP 's/POS stock/NN ,/, arguing/VBG that/IN he/PRP already/RB trails/VBZ Gov/NNP ./.
George/NNP W/NNP ./.
Bush/NNP ,/, R-T/NNP exas/NNS ,/, in/IN polls/NNS ;/: that/IN President/NNP Clinton/NNP 's/POS sleaze/NN is/VBZ rubbing/VBG off/RP on/IN Gore/NNP ;/: that/IN Gore/NNP 's/POS attempt/NN to/TO make/VB suburban/JJ traffic/NN jams/NNS a/DT presidential/JJ campaign/NN issue/NN is/VBZ frivolous/JJ ;/: and/CC that/IN Gore/NNP shot/NN himself/PRP in/IN the/DT foot/NN last/JJ week/NN by/IN claiming/VBG to/TO have/VB taken/VBN "/" the/DT initiative/NN in/IN creating/VBG the/DT Internet/NN ./.
"/" The/DT spins/VBZ on/IN Gephardt/NNP 's/POS endorsement/NN :/: 1/LS )/) It/PRP 's/VBZ a/DT much-needed/JJ boost/NN for/IN Gore/NNP ./.
2/LS )/) It/PRP 's/VBZ mutual/JJ back/RB scratching/VBG ,/, since/IN Gore/NNP will/MD simultaneously/RB campaign/VB to/TO make/VB Gephardt/NNP the/DT House/NNP speaker/NN ./.
3/LS )/) The/DT early/JJ Democratic/JJ unity/NN will/MD scare/VB the/DT GOP/NNP ./.
4/LS )/) On/IN the/DT contrary/NN ,/, Democrats/NNPS are/VBP uniting/VBG because/IN they/PRP 're/VBP scared/VBN by/IN the/DT GOP/NNP 's/POS early/JJ unity/NN behind/IN Bush/NNP ./.
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Cinderella/NNP victors/NNS shook/VBD up/RP the/DT NCAA/NNP men/NNS 's/POS basketball/NN tournament/NN ./.
In/IN the/DT West/NNP ,/, 10/CD th/NN -/: seeded/VBN Gonzaga/NNP ,/, which/WDT has/VBZ already/RB taken/VBN out/IN seventh-seeded/JJ Minnesota/NNP and/CC second-seeded/JJ Stanford/NNP ,/, has/VBZ a/DT good/JJ chance/NN of/IN becoming/VBG the/DT third/JJ double-digit/JJ seed/NN ever/RB to/TO reach/VB the/DT quarterfinals/NNS ./.
In/IN the/DT Midwest/NNP ,/, 10/CD th/NN -/: seeded/VBN Miami/NNP of/IN Ohio/NNP reached/VBD the/DT round/NN of/IN 16/CD by/IN knocking/VBG off/RP seventh-seeded/JJ Washington--behind/NNP a/DT 43/CD -/: point/NN onslaught/NN from/IN forward/RB Wally/NNP Szczerbiak--and/NNP second-seeded/JJ Utah/NNP ./.
In/IN the/DT East/NNP ,/, 12/CD th/NN -/: seeded/VBN Southwest/NNP Missouri/NNP State/NNP held/VBD fifth-seeded/JJ Wisconsin/NNP to/TO 32/CD points--the/JJ lowest/JJS NCAA/NNP tournament/NN score/NN since/IN the/DT inception/NN of/IN the/DT shot/NN clock--and/JJ then/RB trounced/JJ fourth-seeded/JJ Tennessee/NNP ./.
This/DT year/NN 's/POS round/NN of/IN 16/CD boast/VB the/DT highest/JJS number/NN of/IN Cinderella/NNP teams/NNS in/IN the/DT tournament/NN 's/POS history/NN ./.
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Boxing/NNP officials/NNS ordered/VBD a/DT rematch/NN of/IN the/DT March/NNP 13/CD heavyweight/JJ championship/NN fight/NN between/IN Evander/NNP Holyfield/NNP and/CC Lennox/NNP Lewis/NNP ./.
Fans/NNS and/CC sports/NNS writers/NNS are/VBP in/IN an/DT uproar/NN because/IN the/DT judges/NNS called/VBD the/DT fight/NN a/DT draw--despite/JJ a/DT huge/JJ disparity/NN of/IN punches/NNS in/IN Lewis/NNP '/POS favor/NN and/CC the/DT widespread/JJ perception/NN of/IN spectators/NNS that/IN Lewis/NNP won/VBD ./.
Gov/NNP ./.
George/NNP Pataki/NNP ,/, R-N/NNP ./.
Y/NNP ./.
,/, said/VBD he/PRP will/MD ask/VB the/DT state/NN athletic/JJ commission/NN to/TO investigate/VB the/DT fight/NN ./.
The/DT spins/VBZ :/: 1/LS )/) The/DT fight/NN was/VBD rigged/VBN ,/, probably/RB by/IN promoter/NN Don/NNP King/NNP ./.
2/LS )/) The/DT disputed/VBN outcome/NN only/RB shows/VBZ that/IN judging/VBG fights/NNS is/VBZ a/DT subjective/JJ art/NN ./.
3/LS )/) Even/RB so/RB ,/, it/PRP 's/VBZ Lewis/NNP '/POS fault/NN for/IN failing/VBG to/TO put/VB the/DT outcome/NN beyond/IN question/NN by/IN going/VBG for/IN the/DT kill/NN ./.
4/LS )/) Who/WP cares/VBZ whether/IN the/DT judges/NNS are/VBP honest/JJ ?/.
The/DT real/JJ outrage/NN is/VBZ that/IN boxing/VBG is/VBZ barbaric/JJ ./.
5/LS )/) The/DT real/JJ outrage/NN is/VBZ that/IN the/DT fight/NN was/VBD boring/JJ ./.
6/CD )/) The/DT real/JJ outrage/NN is/VBZ that/IN boxing/VBG officials/NNS wo/MD n't/RB be/VB able/JJ to/TO raise/VB enough/JJ money/NN to/TO pay/VB the/DT exorbitant/JJ sums/NNS the/DT boxers/NNS are/VBP demanding/VBG for/IN a/DT rematch/NN ./.
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Befitting/NNP a/DT mid-summer/JJ news/NN drought/NN ,/, the/DT papers/NNS go/VBP their/PRP$ separate/JJ ways/NNS ./.
The/DT New/NNP York/NNP Times/NNP leads/VBZ with/IN internal/JJ dissension/NN at/IN the/DT DOJ/NNP about/IN whether/IN or/CC not/RB Bill/NNP Clinton/NNP 's/POS 1996/CD campaign/NN fund-raising/JJ activities/NNS warranted/VBN an/DT independent/JJ counsel--/JJ Louis/NNP Freeh/NNP says/VBZ yes/UH and/CC Janet/NNP Reno/NNP says/VBZ no/UH ./.
The/DT Washington/NNP Post/NNP leads/VBZ with/IN the/DT World/NNP Bank/NNP 's/POS hiring/NN of/IN outside/JJ auditors/NNS to/TO investigate/VB spending/NN from/IN a/DT $/$ 25/CD billion/CD annual/JJ development/NN project/NN fund/NN after/IN an/DT internal/JJ check/NN seemed/VBD to/TO suggest/VB kickbacks/NNS and/CC embezzlement/NN ./.
USA/NNP Today/NNP leads/VBZ with/IN the/DT upcoming/JJ Senate/NNP battle/NN over/IN competing/VBG Democratic/JJ and/CC Republican/JJ bills/NNS regulating/VBG HMOs/NNP ./.
President/NNP Clinton/NNP ,/, the/DT paper/NN reports/NNS ,/, is/VBZ making/VBG a/DT rare/JJ congressional/JJ working/NN visit/NN to/TO plump/NN for/IN his/PRP$ party/NN 's/POS bill/NN ,/, which/WDT unlike/IN the/DT GOP/NNP alternative/NN ,/, would/MD strike/VB down/RP a/DT 25/CD -/: year-old/JJ ban/NN against/IN patients/NNS suing/VBG their/PRP$ health/NN plans/NNS ./.
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The/DT Reno/NNP vs/NNS ./.
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7/CD ./.
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Three/CD WB/NNP officials/NNS have/VBP been/VBN notified/VBN that/IN they/PRP are/VBP under/IN investigation/NN ./.
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'/POS and/CC it/PRP 's/VBZ not/RB clear/JJ ./.
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Apparently/RB Starr/NNP is/VBZ interested/VBN in/IN asking/VBG Cockell/NNP about/IN what/WP he/PRP heard/VBD of/IN Clinton/NNP 's/POS discussion/NN with/IN his/PRP$ private/JJ attorney/NN Robert/NNP S/NNP ./.
Bennett/NNP in/IN the/DT limo/NN on/IN the/DT way/NN back/RB from/IN the/DT deposition/NN he/PRP gave/VBD on/IN Jan/NNP ./.
17/CD for/IN the/DT Paula/NNP Jones/NNP suit/NN ./.
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The/DT LAT/NNP "/" Column/NNP One/CD "/" reports/NNS on/IN an/DT interesting/JJ conflict/NN between/IN medicine/NN and/CC the/DT law/NN ./.
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The/DT Wall/NNP Street/NNP Journal/NNP reports/NNS that/WDT publishing/NN houses/NNS receive/VBP a/DT steady/JJ stream/NN of/IN requests/NNS for/IN free/JJ books/NNS from/IN prisoners/NNS ,/, which/WDT they/PRP frequently/RB honor/VBP ./.
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"/" [/( If/IN this/DT fails/VBZ ,/, follow/VB with/IN :/: ]/) "/" Your/PRP$ eyes/NNS haunt/VBP me/PRP ./.
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"/" I/PRP thought/VBD ,/, '/" Is/VBZ he/PRP really/RB doing/VBG what/WP I/PRP think/VBP he/PRP 's/VBZ doing/VBG ?/.
'/POS "/" she/PRP recalls/VBZ ./.
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"/" Then/RB there/EX was/VBD the/DT time/NN he/PRP saw/VBD the/DT flight/NN attendants/NNS reading/NN Gennifer/NNP Flowers/NNPS '/POS interview/NN in/IN Penthouse/NNP ./.
Zercher/NNP says/VBZ Clinton/NNP kept/VBN asking/VBG them/PRP what/WP the/DT best/JJS part/NN was/VBD ./.
Schiff/NNP finally/RB said/VBD that/IN it/PRP was/VBD Flowers/NNPS '/POS comment/NN that/IN he/PRP was/VBD good/JJ at/IN giving/VBG oral/JJ sex/NN ./.
"/" That/DT 's/VBZ pretty/RB accurate/JJ ,/, "/" Zercher/NNP recalls/VBZ him/PRP saying/VBG ./.
"/" It/PRP 's/VBZ one/CD of/IN my/PRP$ favorite/JJ things/NNS ./.
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This/DT is/VBZ n't/RB the/DT first/JJ time/NN Zercher/NNP 's/POS name/NN has/VBZ surfaced/VBN ./.
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"/" He/PRP said/VBD he/PRP heard/VBD Schiff/NNP go/VB into/IN the/DT study/NN ,/, where/WRB the/DT president/NN was/VBD ./.
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No/DT one/NN is/VBZ worrying/VBG about/IN the/DT fate/NN of/IN talk/NN show/NN host/NN Jerry/NNP Springer/NNP ./.
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"/" I/PRP burst/VBD out/IN laughing--he/JJ just/RB looked/VBD so/RB desperate/JJ ,/, "/" the/DT woman/NN says/VBZ ./.
Springer/NNP does/VBZ have/VB one/CD thing/NN in/IN common/JJ with/IN Clinton/NNP :/: He/PRP likes/VBZ to/TO use/VB staffers/NNS to/TO approach/VB women/NNS for/IN him/PRP ./.
The/DT Star/NNP reports/NNS that/IN Clinton/NNP ,/, while/IN governor/NN ,/, would/MD spot/VB women/NNS in/IN the/DT audience/NN while/IN he/PRP was/VBD speaking/VBG ./.
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would/MD you/PRP go/VB get/VB me/PRP her/PRP$ name/NN and/CC phone/NN number/NN ?/.
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"/" Springer/NNP 's/POS approach/NN is/VBZ similar/JJ ,/, says/VBZ the/DT publication/NN ./.
"/" He/PRP peeks/NNS at/IN the/DT audience/NN before/IN the/DT show/NN to/TO pick/VB out/IN pretty/JJ girls/NNS ,/, then/RB sends/VBZ crew/NN members/NNS to/TO get/VB their/PRP$ phone/NN numbers/NNS ,/, "/" says/VBZ an/DT ex-staffer/JJ ./.
Perhaps/RB no/DT one/CD 's/POS opening/VBG line/NN is/VBZ lamer/NN than/IN Frank/NNP Gifford/NNP 's/POS ./.
"/" You/PRP 're/VBP as/RB pretty/RB as/IN my/PRP$ wife/NN "/" was/VBD his/PRP$ pathetic/JJ ,/, yet/RB successful/JJ ,/, approach/NN with/IN Suzen/NNP Johnson/NNP ,/, the/DT former/JJ flight/NN attendant/NN with/IN whom/WP the/DT Globe/NNP taped/VBD him/PRP having/VBG sex/NN ./.
(/( Perhaps/RB the/DT lesson/NN here/RB is/VBZ that/IN guys/NNS with/IN sex/NN problems/NNS should/MD take/VB Amtrak/NNP ./.
)/) But/CC now/RB the/DT Enquirer/NNP reports/VBZ there/RB 's/VBZ hope/NN for/IN men/NNS who/WP stray/VBP in/IN even/RB the/DT most/RBS public/JJ ways/NNS ./.
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"/" At/IN first/JJ I/PRP thought/VBD I/PRP 'd/MD die/VB ./.
But/CC now/RB I/PRP 've/VBP come/VBN to/TO love/VB Frank/NNP more/RBR than/IN ever/RB ,/, "/" Kathie/NNP Lee/NNP told/VBD the/DT friend/NN who/WP told/VBD the/DT Enquirer/NNP ./.
"/" And/CC I/PRP know/VBP our/PRP$ love/NN will/MD last/VB forever/RB !/.
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"/" Scotland/NNP on/IN Sunday/NNP rejoiced/JJ that/IN "/" the/DT hounding/VBG of/IN the/DT Queen/NNP "/" has/VBZ ended/VBN and/CC that/IN "/" instead/RB of/IN demanding/VBG that/IN the/DT Queen/NNP be/VB made/VBN to/TO dance/VB to/TO the/DT tune/NN of/IN the/DT mob/NN ,/, the/DT country/NN appears/VBZ to/TO be/VB taking/VBG its/PRP$ lead/NN from/IN her/PRP$ and/CC her/PRP$ family/NN ./.
"/" On/IN Monday/NNP ,/, the/DT Financial/NNP Times/NNP noted/VBD "/" a/DT growing/VBG impatience/NN with/IN the/DT attempts/NNS to/TO turn/VB her/PRP$ [/( Diana/NNP ]/) into/IN a/DT secular/NN saint/NN "/" and/CC pointed/VBD out/RP that/IN Prince/NNP Charles/NNP '/POS "/" popularity/NN rating/NN is/VBZ now/RB equal/JJ to/TO that/DT of/IN Tony/NNP Blair/NNP ,/, the/DT prime/JJ minister/NN who/WP so/RB adeptly/RB expressed/VBD the/DT nation/NN 's/POS grief/NN a/DT year/NN ago/RB ./.
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On/IN the/DT cause/NN of/IN the/DT princess/NN 's/POS death/NN in/IN a/DT car/NN crash/NN in/IN Paris/NNP ,/, Le/NNP Monde/NNP rejected/VBD all/DT conspiracy/NN theories/NNS and/CC said/VBD the/DT French/JJ investigating/VBG magistrate/NN has/VBZ already/RB concluded/VBN it/PRP was/VBD fundamentally/RB a/DT banal/JJ road/NN accident/NN ./.
The/DT paper/NN published/VBD full/JJ page/NN profiles/NNS of/IN the/DT two/CD chief/NN custodians/NNS of/IN the/DT Diana/NNP cult--her/JJ brother/NN ,/, Lord/NNP Spencer/NNP ,/, and/CC Mohamed/NNP al-/NN Fayed/NNP ,/, the/DT father/NN of/IN her/PRP$ boyfriend/NN Dodi/NNP ./.
Both/DT were/VBD portrayed/VBN as/IN thorns/NNS in/IN the/DT side/NN of/IN the/DT royal/JJ family/NN ./.
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"/" Unlike/IN other/JJ still/RB powerful/JJ icons/NNS such/JJ as/IN Evita/NNP Perón/NNP and/CC Mother/NNP Teresa/NNP ,/, "/" Lady/NNP Diana/NNP has/VBZ left/VBN nothing/NN behind/IN ./.
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not/RB a/DT word/NN ,/, not/RB a/DT phrase/NN that/WDT might/MD give/VB nourishment/NN to/TO her/PRP$ worshippers/NNS ,/, that/WDT might/MD render/VB her/PRP$ myth/NN lasting/JJ ,/, or/CC at/IN least/JJS a/DT little/JJ more/RBR lasting/JJ ,/, "/" the/DT paper/NN said/VBD ./.
"/" Through/IN his/PRP$ songs/NNS ,/, even/RB Elvis/NNP Presley/NNP has/VBZ left/VBN behind/IN an/DT infinite/NN number/NN of/IN memorable/JJ words/NNS ,/, and/CC 20/CD years/NNS after/IN his/PRP$ death/NN ,/, his/PRP$ fans/NNS are/VBP battling/VBG strenuously/RB to/TO save/VB from/IN the/DT bulldozers/NNS the/DT theater/NN in/IN which/WDT he/PRP last/RB performed/VBN ./.
"/" In/IN contrast/NN ,/, the/DT followers/NNS of/IN the/DT dead/JJ princess/NN are/VBP "/" groping/VBG about/IN in/IN silence/NN "/" and/CC losing/VBG "/" the/DT faith/NN which/WDT seemed/VBD so/RB solid/JJ only/RB a/DT year/NN ago/RB ./.
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"/" The/DT daily/RB drew/VBD a/DT parallel/JJ "/" between/IN the/DT Clinton-/NNP Saddam/NNP standoff/NN on/IN the/DT one/CD hand/NN ,/, and/CC the/DT Clinton-/NNP Lewinsky/NNP affair/NN on/IN the/DT other/JJ ,/, "/" suggesting/VBG that/IN "/" both/DT are/VBP adventures/NNS of/IN convenience/NN activated/VBN by/IN unprecedented/JJ power/NN that/WDT makes/VBZ one/CD unmindful/JJ of/IN consequences/NNS ./.
"/" Monica/NNP Lewinsky/NNP is/VBZ useful/JJ "/" as/IN a/DT palliative/JJ for/IN personal/JJ boredom/NN ,/, "/" while/IN Saddam/NNP Hussein/NNP is/VBZ useful/JJ "/" as/IN the/DT excuse/NN for/IN the/DT continued/VBN American/JJ presence/NN in/IN West/NNP Asia/NNP and/CC as/IN a/DT regional/JJ bully/NN to/TO checkmate/NN fundamentalist/JJ Iran/NNP 's/POS geopolitical/JJ ambitions/NNS "/" (/( which/WDT had/VBD been/VBN why/WRB the/DT United/NNP States/NNPS "/" deliberately/RB stopped/VBD short/JJ of/IN unseating/VBG Mr/NNP ./.
Hussein/NNP "/" in/IN 1991/CD )/) ./.
The/DT editorial/NN concluded/VBN by/IN saying/VBG Americans/NNPS might/MD refuse/VB to/TO put/VB the/DT Lewinsky/NNP affair/NN behind/IN them/PRP ,/, "/" especially/RB if/IN they/PRP have/VBP daughters/NNS who/WP could/MD be/VB interns/NNS in/IN the/DT White/NNP House/NNP ,/, or/CC any/DT other/JJ house/NN for/IN that/DT matter/NN ./.
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A/DT reader/NN 's/POS letter/NN Monday/NNP in/IN the/DT South/NNP China/NNP Morning/NNP Post/NNP of/IN Hong/NNP Kong/NNP blamed/VBD Kenneth/NNP Starr/NNP 's/POS determination/NN to/TO crush/VB Clinton/NNP on/IN sexual/JJ envy/NN ./.
"/" Ken/NNP Starr/NNP ,/, it/PRP seems/VBZ by/IN all/DT accounts/NNS ,/, unlike/IN Mr/NNP ./.
Clinton/NNP ,/, was/VBD never/RB any/DT great/JJ shakes/VBZ with/IN the/DT ladies/NNS ,/, "/" the/DT writer/NN said/VBD ./.
"/" Unlike/IN Mr/NNP ./.
Clinton/NNP ,/, Mr/NNP ./.
Starr/NNP is/VBZ not/RB exactly/RB what/WP one/PRP would/MD describe/VB as/IN charismatic/JJ ./.
He/PRP is/VBZ not/RB the/DT sort/NN of/IN guy/NN who/WP would/MD light/VB up/RP a/DT room/NN when/WRB he/PRP walked/VBD inside/IN ./.
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Economist/NNP ,/, May/NNP 17/CD
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The/DT cover/NN editorial/NN cheers/NNS the/DT ascendancy/NN of/IN democracy/NN and/CC the/DT free/JJ market/NN in/IN Latin/NNP America/NNP ./.
The/DT region/NN is/VBZ now/RB an/DT equal/JJ partner/NN of/IN the/DT United/NNP States/NNPS ,/, not/RB a/DT dependent/JJ cousin/NN ./.
The/DT editorial/NN predicts/VBZ a/DT hemisphere-wide/JJ free-trade/JJ region/NN within/IN 20/CD years/NNS ./.
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An/DT article/NN claims/NNS that/IN sly/JJ telecom/NN firms/NNS have/VBP figured/VBN out/IN how/WRB to/TO collude/NN in/IN U/NNP ./.
S/NNP ./.
spectrum/NN auctions/NNS ./.
The/DT result/NN :/: A/DT recent/JJ auction/NN raised/VBD only/RB $/$ 14/CD million--about/JJ $/$ 1/CD ./.
7/CD billion/CD less/JJR than/IN expected/VBN ./.
New/NNP Republic/NNP ,/, June/NNP 2/CD
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The/DT mammoth/JJ cover/NN essay/NN denounces/NNS human/JJ cloning/VBG as/RB morally/RB repugnant/NN ./.
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The/DT author/NN rejects/VBZ the/DT technological/JJ determinists/NNS who/WP say/VBP that/IN because/IN human/JJ cloning/VBG is/VBZ possible/JJ ,/, it/PRP should/MD be/VB done/VBN ./.
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New/NNP York/NNP Times/NNP Magazine/NNP ,/, May/NNP 18/CD
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A/DT photography/NN issue/NN ./.
Nineteen/NNP famous/JJ and/CC not-so-famous/JJ photographers/NNS shoot/VBP Times/NNP Square/NNP ./.
Actors/NNP ,/, neon/NN signs/NNS ,/, and/CC hotel/NN rooms/NNS are/VBP much/RB depicted/VBN ./.
A/DT few/JJ short/JJ articles/NNS accompany/VB the/DT images/NNS ./.
One/CD celebrates/VBZ the/DT trend/NN toward/IN "/" true/JJ "/" fashion/NN photography/NN (/( pictures/NNS that/WDT show/NN models/NNS warts/NNS and/CC all/DT )/) ./.
Another/DT describes/VBZ Corbis/NNP ,/, Bill/NNP Gates/NNP '/POS digital/JJ photo/NN archive/NN :/: It/PRP 's/VBZ not/RB making/VBG much/JJ money/NN because/IN the/DT market/NN for/IN digital/JJ images/NNS is/VBZ growing/VBG so/RB slowly/RB ./.
Newsweek/NNP and/CC Time/NNP ,/, May/NNP 19/CD
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"/" Can/MD Hong/NNP Kong/NNP Survive/VB ?/.
"/" Newsweek/NNP answers/VBZ its/PRP$ own/JJ cover/NN line/NN with/IN an/DT optimistic/JJ "/" yes/UH ./.
"/" A/DT poll/NN of/IN Hong/NNP Kong/NNP residents/NNS finds/VBZ them/PRP sanguine/JJ about/IN the/DT city/NN 's/POS future/NN ./.
An/DT economist/NN lists/VBZ 12/CD factors/NNS for/IN worried/VBN Hong/NNP Kong/NNP investors/NNS to/TO watch/VB ./.
Chief/NNP among/IN them/PRP :/: Will/MD China/NNP preserve/VB the/DT rule/NN of/IN law/NN and/CC free/JJ speech/NN ,/, which/WDT are/VBP essential/JJ for/IN business/NN prosperity/NN ?/.
Steven/NNP Spielberg/NNP takes/VBZ Time/NNP 's/POS cover/NN as/IN he/PRP ends/VBZ a/DT three-year/JJ absence/NN from/IN the/DT screen/NN with/IN three/CD new/JJ movies/NNS ,/, including/VBG The/DT Lost/VBD World/NNP ,/, a/DT sequel/NN to/TO Jurassic/NNP Park/NNP ./.
The/DT article/NN concludes/VBZ the/DT 50/CD -/: year-old/JJ Spielberg/NNP has/VBZ grown/VBN up/RP since/IN E/NNP ./.
T/NN ./.
,/, but/CC not/RB too/RB much/JJ :/: He/PRP 's/VBZ still/RB a/DT boy/NN at/IN heart/NN ./.
(/( Only/RB revelation/NN :/: He/PRP plans/VBZ a/DT fourth/JJ Indiana/NNP Jones/NNP movie/NN ./.
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Doctors/NNS have/VBP given/VBN a/DT generation/NN of/IN such/JJ children/NNS "/" normal/JJ "/" sex/NN organs/NNS (/( i/NNP ./.
e/SYM ./.
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Now/RB the/DT intersexuals/NNS are/VBP fighting/VBG back/RB ,/, arguing/VBG that/IN the/DT surgery/NN inflicts/NNS vast/JJ physical/JJ and/CC psychological/JJ damage/NN ./.
A/DT story/NN chronicles/VBZ Fidelity/NNP Investments/NNP '/POS continuing/VBG troubles/NNS ./.
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Also/RB in/IN Time/NNP ,/, a/DT package/NN of/IN stories/NNS celebrates/VBZ U/NNP ./.
S/NNP ./.
prosperity/NN ,/, saying/VBG that/IN the/DT country/NN is/VBZ in/IN better/JJR shape/NN than/IN it/PRP 's/VBZ been/VBN in/IN decades/NNS :/: The/DT economy/NN is/VBZ humming/VBG ,/, crime/NN and/CC divorce/NN rates/NNS are/VBP falling/VBG ,/, etc/FW ./.
An/DT article/NN warns/VBZ that/IN Russia/NNP is/VBZ losing/VBG control/NN of/IN its/PRP$ nuclear/JJ weapons/NNS :/: Its/PRP$ early/JJ warning/NN system/NN is/VBZ disintegrating/VBG and/CC the/DT soldiers/NNS who/WP man/NN the/DT missiles/NNS are/VBP n't/RB being/VBG paid/VBN ,/, raising/VBG the/DT possibility/NN of/IN nukes/NNS being/VBG sold/VBN to/TO terrorists/NNS ./.
The/DT New/NNP Yorker/NNP ,/, May/NNP 19/CD
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Donald/NNP Trump/NNP is/VBZ still/RB shamelessly/RB self-promoting/JJ ,/, monumentally/RB egotistical/JJ ,/, and/CC greedy/JJ ,/, concludes/VBZ a/DT long/JJ profile/NN ./.
The/DT real-estate/NN impresario/NN has/VBZ rebounded/VBN from/IN his/PRP$ 1990/CD financial/JJ collapse/NN ,/, though/IN he/PRP exaggerates/NNS his/PRP$ wealth/NN ./.
He/PRP is/VBZ now/RB divorcing/VBG his/PRP$ wife/NN ,/, Marla/NNP ,/, largely/RB because/IN under/IN the/DT terms/NNS of/IN their/PRP$ prenuptial/NN agreement/NN ,/, she/PRP 'd/MD be/VB entitled/VBN to/TO a/DT huge/JJ chunk/NN of/IN his/PRP$ fortune/NN if/IN they/PRP stayed/VBD married/VBN another/DT year/NN ./.
An/DT article/NN argues/VBZ that/IN blacks/NNS may/MD be/VB better/JJR athletes/NNS than/IN whites/NNS because/IN they/PRP have/VBP more/RBR genetic/JJ variability/NN :/: According/VBG to/TO statistical/JJ laws/NNS ,/, more/JJR variability/NN means/VBZ that/IN blacks/NNS are/VBP disproportionately/RB represented/VBN among/IN both/DT the/DT best/JJS and/CC the/DT worst/JJS athletes/NNS ./.
A/DT piece/NN says/VBZ that/IN Timothy/NNP McVeigh/NNP 's/POS lawyer/NN Stephen/NNP Jones/NNP has/VBZ erred/VBN by/IN trying/VBG the/DT case/NN in/IN the/DT press/NN ./.
He/PRP may/MD have/VB won/VBN McVeigh/NNP favorable/JJ coverage/NN ,/, but/CC he/PRP 's/VBZ getting/VBG hammered/VBN in/IN the/DT courtroom/NN ./.
U/NNP ./.
S/NNP ./.
News/NNP &/CC World/NNP Report/NNP ,/, May/NNP 19/CD
(/( posted/VBD Tuesday/NNP ,/, May/NNP 13/CD )/)
Moral-condemnation/NNP month/NN continues/VBZ at/IN U/NNP ./.
S/NNP ./.
News/NNP ./.
Last/JJ week/NN 's/POS cover/NN story/NN blamed/VBD parents/NNS for/IN caring/VBG more/JJR about/IN their/PRP$ careers/NNS than/IN their/PRP$ kids/NNS ./.
This/DT week/NN 's/POS cover/NN deplores/VBZ adult/NN premarital/NN sex/NN ,/, saying/VBG that/IN it/PRP leads/VBZ to/TO abortion/NN ,/, weaker/JJR marriages/NNS ,/, and/CC STDs/NNP ./.
Unmarried/NNP twentysomethings/NNS get/VBP 50/CD percent/NN of/IN America/NNP 's/POS abortions/NNS ,/, and/CC cohabiting/VBG unmarried/JJ couples/NNS have/VBP high/JJ rates/NNS of/IN domestic/JJ violence/NN and/CC drug/NN abuse/NN ./.
A/DT piece/NN concludes/VBZ that/IN Clinton/NNP 's/POS $/$ 7/CD billion/CD education/NN plan/NN funnels/NNS too/RB much/JJ money/NN into/IN higher/JJR education/NN while/IN ignoring/VBG the/DT primary/JJ and/CC secondary/JJ schools/NNS that/WDT really/RB need/VBP funds/NNS ./.
Also/RB ,/, Arianna/NNP Huffington/NNP accuses/VBZ fellow/NN conservatives/NNS of/IN reneging/VBG on/IN their/PRP$ promises/NNS to/TO help/VB America/NNP 's/POS poor/NN ./.
Weekly/NNP Standard/NNP ,/, May/NNP 19/CD
(/( posted/VBD Tuesday/NNP ,/, May/NNP 13/CD )/)
The/DT vice/NN president/NN is/VBZ "/" shifty/NN and/CC disingenuous/JJ "/" and/CC "/" the/DT biggest/JJS phony/JJ in/IN the/DT White/NNP House/NNP ,/, "/" argues/VBZ the/DT cover/NN story/NN ./.
The/DT veep/NN avoids/VBZ taking/VBG stands/VBZ on/IN tough/JJ issues/NNS ,/, flip-flops/JJ on/IN abortion/NN ,/, exploits/NNS family/NN tragedy/NN for/IN political/JJ gain/NN ,/, and/CC shamelessly/RB seeks/VBZ press/NN coverage/NN ./.
An/DT article/NN claims/NNS that/IN liberals/NNS are/VBP the/DT new/JJ "/" Confederacy/NNP "/" because/IN they/PRP deny/VBP American/JJ national/JJ identity/NN and/CC want/VBP to/TO classify/VB everyone/NN on/IN racial/JJ lines/NNS ./.
It/PRP also/RB likens/NNS American/JJ affirmative/JJ action/NN to/TO race-classification/JJ practices/NNS in/IN Nazi/NNP Germany/NNP and/CC apartheid/NN South/NNP Africa/NNP ./.
A/DT piece/NN says/VBZ that/IN Tony/NNP Blair/NNP is/VBZ not/RB like/IN Clinton/NNP :/: Blair/NNP has/VBZ actually/RB turned/VBN his/PRP$ party/NN rightward/JJ and/CC imposed/VBN fiscal/JJ conservatism/NN ,/, unlike/IN Clinton/NNP ,/, who/WP only/RB pretends/NNS to/TO do/VB so/RB ./.
The/DT Nation/NNP ,/, May/NNP 26/CD
(/( posted/VBD Tuesday/NNP ,/, May/NNP 13/CD )/)
The/DT investigative/JJ cover/NN story/NN examines/VBZ the/DT U/NNP ./.
S/NNP ./.
military/NN 's/POS use/NN of/IN depleted/VBN uranium/NN (/( DU/NNP )/) anti-tank/JJ shells/NNS ./.
During/IN the/DT Gulf/NNP War/NNP ,/, more/JJR than/IN 30/CD U/NNP ./.
S/NNP ./.
soldiers/NNS received/VBD friendly/JJ fire/NN wounds/NNS from/IN DU/NNP shells/NNS ./.
Many/JJ others/NNS were/VBD exposed/VBN to/TO the/DT toxic/JJ ,/, radioactive/JJ remains/NNS of/IN exploded/VBN shells/NNS ./.
Iraqi/JJ cancer/NN rates/NNS seem/VBP to/TO have/VB increased/VBN in/IN places/NNS where/WRB the/DT shells/NNS were/VBD used/VBN ./.
Also/RB ,/, hot/JJ author/NN Arlie/NNP Russell/NNP Hochschild/NNP adapts/NNS a/DT chapter/NN from/IN her/PRP$ book/NN The/DT Time/NNP Bind/NNP :/: She/PRP argues/VBZ that/IN Americans/NNPS must/MD stop/VB treating/VBG home/NN life/NN as/IN a/DT chore/NN and/CC learn/VB how/WRB to/TO invest/VB emotionally/RB in/IN their/PRP$ families/NNS ./.
Vanity/NNP Fair/NNP ,/, June/NNP 1997/CD
(/( posted/VBD Friday/NNP ,/, May/NNP 9/CD )/)
Software/NNP upstart/JJ Oracle/NNP 's/POS CEO/NNP Larry/NNP Ellison/NNP is/VBZ profiled/VBN ./.
He/PRP comes/VBZ across/IN as/IN a/DT superannuated/JJ adolescent/NN :/: hypermacho/NN ,/, sexist/JJ ,/, and/CC desperate/JJ for/IN attention/NN (/( but/CC brilliant/JJ )/) ./.
His/PRP$ quest/NN to/TO defeat/VB Microsoft/NNP is/VBZ portrayed/VBN as/IN an/DT unhealthy/JJ obsession/NN ./.
A/DT long/JJ article/NN chronicles/VBZ the/DT turmoil/NN at/IN ABC/NNP News/NNP ./.
David/NNP Westin/NNP has/VBZ been/VBN anointed/JJ Roone/NNP Arledge/NNP 's/POS successor/NN as/IN head/NN of/IN the/DT news/NN division/NN ,/, but/CC Arledge/NNP seems/VBZ reluctant/JJ to/TO cede/VB his/PRP$ power/NN ./.
The/DT legendary/JJ Arledge/NNP is/VBZ depicted/VBN as/IN detached/VBN ,/, lazy/JJ ,/, and/CC old/JJ ./.
Arnold/NNP Schwarzenegger/NNP is/VBZ on/IN the/DT cover/NN ./.
Why/WRB ?/.
Because/IN he/PRP 's/VBZ turning/VBG 50/CD ./.
The/DT Mafia/NNP has/VBZ replaced/VBN the/DT Wild/NNP West/NNP as/IN the/DT movie/NN industry/NN 's/POS great/JJ American/JJ myth/NN ./.
Re-released/NNP two/CD weeks/NNS ago/RB to/TO commemorate/VB its/PRP$ 25/CD th/NN anniversary/NN ,/, The/DT Godfather/NNP depicts/VBZ Mafiosi/NNP ruling/VBG a/DT sprawling/VBG business/NN empire/NN in/IN the/DT 1940/CD s/VBZ ./.
More/RBR recent/JJ films/NNS present/JJ images/NNS of/IN a/DT Mafia/NNP in/IN decline/NN :/: In/IN Donnie/NNP Brasco/NNP ,/, Al/NNP Pacino/NNP 's/POS mobster/NN character/NN loots/NNS parking/NN meters/NNS to/TO earn/VB his/PRP$ keep/VB ./.
Next/JJ month/NN CBS/NNP will/MD air/VB The/DT Last/JJ Don/NNP ,/, an/DT adaptation/NN of/IN Mario/NNP Puzo/NNP 's/POS latest/JJS novel/NN ./.
What/WP is/VBZ the/DT Mafia/NNP 's/POS role/NN in/IN real/JJ life/NN ,/, and/CC how/WRB has/VBZ it/PRP changed/VBD over/IN the/DT years/NNS ?/.
The/DT Mafia/NNP (/( Arabic/NNP for/IN "/" refuge/NN "/" )/) ,/, also/RB called/VBN la/FW cosa/NN nostra/NN (/( "/" our/PRP$ thing/NN "/" )/) ,/, began/VBD as/IN a/DT clandestine/JJ partisan/JJ band/NN in/IN 9/CD th/NN century/NN Sicily/NNP ,/, combating/VBG a/DT series/NN of/IN foreign/JJ invasions/NNS ./.
By/IN the/DT 18/CD th/NN century/NN ,/, it/PRP had/VBD evolved/VBN into/IN the/DT island/NN 's/POS unofficial/JJ government/NN ./.
It/PRP retained/VBD its/PRP$ paramilitary/JJ tactics/NNS and/CC insularity/NN (/( Mafiosi/NNP called/VBD their/PRP$ organization/NN a/DT "/" family/NN ,/, "/" and/CC members/NNS took/VBD a/DT blood/NN oath/NN )/) ./.
During/IN the/DT 19/CD th/NN century/NN ,/, the/DT group/NN turned/VBD criminal/JJ ./.
It/PRP terrorized/JJ businesses/NNS and/CC landowners/NNS who/WP did/VBD n't/RB regularly/RB pay/VB protection/NN ./.
At/IN the/DT turn/NN of/RP the/DT century/NN ,/, the/DT Mafia/NNP attempted/VBD to/TO replicate/VB its/PRP$ Sicilian/NNP operation/NN throughout/IN Western/NNP Europe/NNP and/CC America/NNP ./.
It/PRP initially/RB succeeded/VBD only/RB in/IN Southern/NNP Italy/NNP and/CC America/NNP ./.
By/IN 1920/CD ,/, the/DT Mafia/NNP had/VBD established/VBN "/" families/NNS "/" (/( chapters/NNS )/) in/IN most/JJS Italian-/NNP American/JJ enclaves/NNS ,/, even/RB in/IN midsized/JJ cities/NNS like/IN Rochester/NNP ,/, N/NNP ./.
Y/NNP ./.
,/, and/CC San/NNP Jose/NNP ,/, Calif/NNP ./.
Extorting/NNP protection/NN payments/NNS continued/VBD to/TO be/VB its/PRP$ primary/JJ function/NN ./.
Only/RB during/IN Prohibition/NNP did/VBD it/PRP branch/NN out/IN of/IN ethnic/JJ neighborhoods/NNS and/CC into/IN bootlegging/VBG ,/, gambling/NN ,/, and/CC prostitution/NN ./.
However/RB ,/, in/IN New/NNP York/NNP and/CC Chicago--the/NNP largest/JJS bastions/NNS of/IN organized/VBN crime--/JJ Jewish/JJ and/CC Italian/JJ gangs/NNS (/( not/RB Sicilian/NNP Mafiosi/NNP )/) dominated/VBN ./.
In/IN the/DT 1930/CD s/VBZ ,/, the/DT mobsters/NNS Meyer/NNP Lansky/NNP and/CC "/" Lucky/NNP "/" Luciano/NNP set/VBD up/RP a/DT national/JJ crime/NN syndicate--a/JJ board/NN of/IN the/DT most/RBS powerful/JJ organized-crime/NN chiefs/NNS to/TO mediate/VB disputes/NNS and/CC plan/NN schemes/NNS ./.
The/DT Mafia/NNP played/VBD only/RB a/DT minor/JJ role/NN ./.
The/DT Godfather/NNP 's/POS depiction/NN of/IN Mafia/NNP strength/NN in/IN the/DT late/JJ '/POS 40/CD s/VBZ is/VBZ largely/RB accurate/JJ ./.
Because/IN of/IN its/PRP$ committed/VBN ,/, disciplined/VBN rank/NN and/CC file/VB and/CC economic/JJ base/NN in/IN extortion/NN ,/, the/DT Mafia/NNP emerged/VBD as/IN the/DT dominant/JJ organized-crime/NN group/NN to/TO survive/VB Prohibition/NNP 's/POS repeal/NN ./.
In/IN 1957/CD ,/, Mafia/NNP families/NNS took/VBD control/NN of/IN the/DT Lansky-/NNP Luciano/NNP syndicate/NN ./.
During/IN the/NNP '/POS 40/CD s/VBZ and/CC '/POS 50/CD s/VBZ ,/, families/NNS also/RB firmed/VBD up/RP relationships/NNS with/IN urban/JJ political/JJ machines/NNS (/( New/NNP York/NNP City/NNP politicians/NNS openly/RB sought/VBN their/PRP$ support/NN )/) ,/, police/NN departments/NNS ,/, and/CC the/DT FBI/NNP (/( J/NNP ./.
Edgar/NNP Hoover/NNP denied/VBD the/DT existence/NN of/IN the/DT Mafia/NNP and/CC refused/VBD to/TO investigate/VB it/PRP )/) ./.
City/NN governments/NNS helped/VBD rig/NN government/NN contracts/NNS and/CC turned/VBD a/DT blind/JJ eye/NN to/TO other/JJ rackets/NNS ./.
Many/JJ of/IN the/DT scams/NNS depended/VBD on/IN the/DT Mafia/NNP 's/POS increasing/VBG control/NN of/IN unions/NNS ,/, especially/RB the/DT Teamsters/NNPS and/CC the/DT Longshoremen/NNP 's/POS ./.
The/DT Mafia/NNP 's/POS power/NN has/VBZ steadily/RB declined/VBN since/IN the/DT late/JJ '/POS 50/CD s/VBZ ./.
In/IN New/NNP York/NNP ,/, the/DT number/NN of/IN "/" soldiers/NNS "/" or/CC "/" wise-guys/JJ "/" -/: -/: the/DT ones/NNS who/WP take/VBP the/DT blood/NN oath--has/JJ dwindled/VBD ./.
According/VBG to/TO the/DT New/NNP York/NNP City/NNP Police/NNP Department/NNP ,/, there/EX were/VBD about/IN 3/CD ,/, 000/CD soldiers/NNS in/IN the/DT city/NN in/IN the/DT early/JJ '/POS 70/CD s/VBZ ,/, 1/CD ,/, 000/CD in/IN 1990/CD ,/, and/CC only/RB 750/CD last/JJ year/NN ./.
The/DT Mafia/NNP is/VBZ said/VBN to/TO rely/VB increasingly/RB on/IN "/" associates/NNS "/" -/: -/: mobsters/NNS who/WP have/VBP not/RB taken/VBN an/DT oath/NN ./.
Often/RB this/DT consists/VBZ of/IN alliances/NNS with/IN other/JJ ethnic/JJ gangs/NNS ,/, especially/RB Irish/JJ ones/NNS ./.
In/IN the/DT last/JJ 10/CD years/NNS ,/, Mafia/NNP operations/NNS have/VBP been/VBN devastated/VBN by/IN arrests/NNS ./.
For/IN instance/NN ,/, last/JJ year/NN federal/JJ agents/NNS busted/VBD the/DT bulk/NN of/IN Detroit/NNP 's/POS family--one/JJ of/IN the/DT most/RBS powerful/JJ and/CC impenetrable/JJ ./.
The/DT FBI/NNP describes/VBZ once-thriving/JJ operations/NNS in/IN Los/NNP Angeles/NNP ,/, Boston/NNP ,/, San/NNP Francisco/NNP ,/, and/CC other/JJ major/JJ cities/NNS as/RB virtually/RB defunct/JJ ./.
The/DT head/NN of/IN the/DT FBI/NNP 's/POS organized-crime/NN unit/NN estimates/VBZ that/IN 10/CD percent/NN of/IN America/NNP 's/POS active/JJ Mafia/NNP soldiers/NNS are/VBP now/RB locked/VBN up/RP ./.
Only/RB New/NNP York/NNP and/CC Chicago/NNP have/VBP substantial/JJ Mafia/NNP organizations/NNS ./.
The/DT New/NNP York/NNP Mafia/NNP consists/VBZ of/IN five/CD families/NNS (/( Gambino/NNP ,/, Genovese/NNP ,/, Lucchese/NNP ,/, Bonanno/NNP ,/, and/CC Colombo/NNP )/) that/WDT have/VBP sometimes/RB cooperated/VBN ,/, sometimes/RB competed/VBN with/IN one/CD another/DT ./.
Until/IN the/DT 1992/CD arrest/NN of/IN its/PRP$ boss/NN ,/, John/NNP Gotti/NNP ,/, New/NNP York/NNP 's/POS Gambino/NNP family/NN was/VBD the/DT nation/NN 's/POS most/RBS powerful/JJ ./.
However/RB ,/, it/PRP has/VBZ been/VBN replaced/VBN by/IN the/DT Genovese/NNP family/NN ,/, which/WDT has/VBZ recently/RB suffered/VBN fewer/JJR arrests/NNS ./.
But/CC the/DT Genoveses/NNP ,/, too/RB ,/, are/VBP in/IN trouble/NN ./.
The/DT family/NN 's/POS leader/NN ,/, Vincent/NNP "/" Chin/NNP "/" Gigante/NNP ,/, was/VBD recently/RB indicted/VBN and/CC has/VBZ been/VBN said/VBN to/TO be/VB mentally/RB unstable--he/JJ used/VBN to/TO wander/VB Greenwich/NNP Village/NNP in/IN his/PRP$ pajamas/NNS ,/, mumbling/VBG incoherently/RB ./.
The/DT Lucchese/NNP and/CC Bonanno/NNP families/NNS merged/VBD gambling/VBG activities/NNS last/JJ year/NN to/TO compensate/VB for/IN thinning/VBG ranks/NNS ./.
Police/NN estimate/NN that/IN Chicago/NNP 's/POS Mafia/NNP syndicate/NN the/DT "/" Outfit/NNP "/" has/VBZ only/RB 100/CD members--half/JJ its/PRP$ 1990/CD strength/NN ./.
After/IN a/DT series/NN of/IN convictions/NNS in/IN the/DT mid-/NN '/" 80/CD s/VBZ ,/, the/DT Outfit/NNP lost/VBD its/PRP$ control/NN of/IN Las/NNP Vegas/NNP casino-gambling/JJ revenue/NN to/TO legitimate/JJ business/NN ./.
In/IN spite/NN of/IN declining/VBG numbers/NNS ,/, the/DT Mafia/NNP remains/VBZ profitable/JJ ./.
According/VBG to/TO the/DT New/NNP York/NNP City/NNP Police/NNP Department/NNP ,/, in/IN 1994/CD the/DT five/CD families/NNS pocketed/JJ $/$ 2/CD billion/CD from/IN gambling/NN alone/RB ./.
Loan-sharking/NNP also/RB continues/VBZ to/TO be/VB lucrative/JJ ./.
However/RB ,/, the/DT Mafia/NNP 's/POS other/JJ activities/NNS have/VBP radically/RB changed/VBN ./.
For/IN instance/NN ,/, its/PRP$ biggest/JJS extortion/NN schemes/NNS in/IN the/DT New/NNP York/NNP area/NN have/VBP been/VBN broken/VBN up/RP :/: It/PRP no/RB longer/RB controls/NNS wholesale/JJ food/NN (/( the/DT City/NNP Council/NNP broke/VBD its/PRP$ hold/NN on/IN Fulton/NNP Fish/NN Market/NNP )/) or/CC Long/NNP Island/NNP 's/POS garbage-removal/JJ cartel/NN ./.
According/VBG to/TO the/DT New/NNP York/NNP Times/NNP ,/, it/PRP has/VBZ adapted/VBN to/TO the/DT losses/NNS by/IN shifting/VBG to/TO white-collar/JJ crime/NN ./.
Major/NNP new/JJ scams/NNS include/VBP collaboration/NN with/IN small/JJ brokerage/NN houses/NNS in/IN stock-tampering/JJ schemes/NNS ,/, and/CC the/DT manufacturing/NN of/IN faulty/JJ prepaid/JJ telephone/NN calling/VBG cards/NNS sold/VBN at/IN convenience/NN stores/NNS ./.
Mafia/NNP experts/NNS propose/VBP five/CD explanations/NNS for/IN the/DT decline/NN :/:
1/LS )/) Increased/VBN federal/JJ enforcement/NN ./.
Before/IN Hoover/NNP 's/POS death/NN ,/, the/DT FBI/NNP did/VBD not/RB aggressively/RB investigate/VB the/DT Mafia/NNP ./.
In/IN addition/NN ,/, starting/VBG in/IN the/DT early/JJ '/POS 80/CD s/VBZ federal/JJ prosecutors/NNS have/VBP used/VBN the/DT Racketeer/NNP Influenced/NNP and/CC Corrupt/NNP Organizations/NNP Act/NNP (/( RICO/NNP )/) ,/, passed/VBN in/IN 1970/CD ,/, to/TO charge/VB top/JJ mob/NN bosses/NNS with/IN extortion/NN ./.
2/LS )/) The/DT government/NN cleaned/VBN up/RP the/DT unions/NNS ./.
As/RB late/RB as/IN 1986/CD ,/, the/DT Justice/NNP Department/NNP found/VBD that/IN the/DT Mafia/NNP controlled/VBD the/DT International/NNP Longshoremen/NNP 's/POS Association/NNP ,/, the/DT Hotel/NNP and/CC Restaurant/NNP Employees/NNPS union/NN ,/, the/DT Teamsters/NNPS union/NN ,/, and/CC the/DT Laborers/NNP '/POS International/NNP Union/NNP ./.
However/RB ,/, subsequent/JJ government/NN supervision/NN of/IN these/DT unions/NNS has/VBZ reduced/VBN mob/NN involvement/NN ./.
3/LS )/) The/DT rise/NN of/IN black/JJ urban/JJ politics/NNS destroyed/VBD the/DT big/JJ city/NN machines/NNS the/DT Mafia/NNP once/RB depended/VBD upon/IN to/TO carry/VB out/RP its/PRP$ rackets/NNS ./.
4/LS )/) Assimilation/NNP :/: Second-/NNP and/CC third-generation/JJ Sicilians/NNP ,/, who/WP now/RB control/NN the/DT Mafia/NNP ,/, place/NN less/JJR emphasis/NN on/IN the/DT omertà/NN -/: -/: the/DT code/NN of/IN silence/NN that/WDT precludes/VBZ snitching/VBG ./.
Turncoats/NNP have/VBP provided/VBN the/DT decisive/JJ evidence/NN in/IN recent/JJ cases/NNS against/IN John/NNP Gotti/NNP and/CC other/JJ bosses/NNS ./.
5/LS )/) The/DT Mafia/NNP failed/VBD to/TO control/VB the/DT drug/NN trade/NN ./.
Mexican/JJ ,/, Colombian/JJ ,/, and/CC South/NNP Asian/JJ mobsters/NNS more/RBR efficiently/RB import/NN cheaper/JJR drugs/NNS and/CC eschew/NN partnerships/NNS with/IN the/DT Mafia/NNP ./.
In/IN addition/NN ,/, many/JJ predict/VBP the/DT Russian/JJ mob/NN ,/, operating/VBG out/IN of/IN Brooklyn/NNP ,/, will/MD soon/RB replace/VB the/DT Mafia/NNP as/IN New/NNP York/NNP City/NNP 's/POS largest/JJS organized-crime/NN outfit/NN ./.
BORED/NNP AND/CC CONFUSED/NNP BY/NNP THE/DT ISSUES/NNS IN/IN THIS/NNP TIME/NNP OF/IN PROSPERITY/NNP AND/CC WIDESPREAD/NNP POLITICAL/JJ APATHY/NNP ?/.
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YOU/PRP '/POS RE/NNP NOT/NNP ALONE/NNP !/.
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If/IN you/PRP 're/VBP like/IN Chatterbox/NNP ,/, you/PRP have/VBP little/JJ time/NN during/IN this/DT busy/JJ holiday/NN season/NN to/TO sort/VB out/IN what/WP positions/VBZ the/DT Democratic/JJ presidential/JJ candidates/NNS should/MD take/VB ./.
Fortunately/RB ,/, there/EX 's/VBZ an/DT easy/JJ solution/NN !/.
Just/RB observe/VBP whatever/WDT Bill/NNP Bradley/NNP accuses/VBZ Al/NNP Gore/NNP of/IN secretly/RB favoring/VBG ,/, or/CC whatever/WDT Al/NNP Gore/NNP accuses/VBZ Bill/NNP Bradley/NNP of/IN secretly/RB favoring/VBG !/.
THAT/WDT WILL/MD BE/VB WHAT/WDT WISE/NNP GOVERNANCE/NNP DICTATES/NNP !/.
IT/PRP 'S/VBZ THAT/WDT SIMPLE/NNP !/.
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In/IN most/JJS presidential/JJ elections/NNS ,/, you/PRP get/VBP lots/NNS of/IN ideologically/RB different/JJ candidates/NNS vying/VBG for/IN the/DT Democratic/JJ nomination/NN ./.
This/DT can/MD be/VB very/RB confusing/JJ ./.
In/IN this/DT election/NN ,/, you/PRP get/VBP two/CD candidates/NNS who/WP are/VBP ideological/JJ twins/NNS !/.
For/IN all/DT their/PRP$ populist/JJ posturing/NN ,/, both/DT candidates/NNS are/VBP "/" third/JJ way/NN "/" Democrats/NNPS (/( formerly/RB known/VBN as/IN "/" neoliberals/NNS "/" )/) who/WP can/MD be/VB counted/VBN on/IN to/TO favor/VB a/DT non-doctrinaire/JJ ,/, moderately/RB liberal/JJ style/NN of/IN governing/VBG ./.
FUNDAMENTALLY/NNP ,/, IT/PRP REALLY/NNP DOESN/NNP 'T/NN MATTER/NNP WHICH/WDT ONE/CD GETS/NNP THE/DT NOMINATION/NNP !/.
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Deep/JJ down/RB ,/, Bradley/NNP and/CC Gore/NNP both/DT know/VB they/PRP are/VBP interchangeable/JJ ,/, and/CC find/VB it/PRP deeply/RB unsettling/JJ ./.
So/IN they/PRP lash/VBP out/RB at/IN one/CD another/DT by/IN each/DT accusing/VBG the/DT other/JJ of/IN favoring/VBG politically/RB unpopular/JJ ,/, but/CC programmatically/RB wise/JJ policy/NN positions/NNS :/: to/TO raise/VB taxes/NNS if/IN circumstances/NNS warrant/VBP it/PRP ;/: to/TO raise/VB the/DT retirement/NN age/NN for/IN Social/NNP Security/NNP benefits/NNS ;/: to/TO consider/VB school/NN vouchers/NNS on/IN an/DT experimental/JJ basis/NN ;/: and/CC so/RB on/IN ./.
EACH/NNP ONE/CD OF/IN THESE/NNP IS/VBZ A/DT POLICY/NNP WELL/NNP WORTH/NNP CONSIDERING/NNP !/.
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Next/JJ time/NN you/PRP see/VBP Gore/NNP and/CC Bradley/NNP debate/NN ,/, try/VB Chatterbox/NNP 's/POS unique/JJ method/NN for/IN determining/VBG the/DT right/JJ positions/NNS on/IN the/DT issues/NNS :/: look/VB to/TO see/VB what/WP each/DT accuses/VBZ the/DT other/JJ of/IN secretly/RB wanting/VBG !/.
Then/RB say/VBP ,/, "/" Hey/NNP ,/, sue/VB me/PRP ,/, I/PRP want/VBP that/IN ,/, too/RB !/.
"/" YOU/PRP WON/VBP 'T/NN BE/VB SORRY/NNP !/.
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Void/NNP where/WRB prohibited/VBN by/IN law/NN ./.
Movies/NNP
Two/CD Girls/NNP and/CC a/DT Guy/NNP (/( Fox/NNP Searchlight/NNP Pictures/NNP )/) ./.
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's/POS performance/NN in/IN director/NN James/NNP Toback/NNP 's/POS comedy/NN ,/, critics/NNS deem/VBP Two/CD Girls/NNP bathetic/JJ ./.
Downey/NNP plays/VBZ an/DT actor/NN who/WP 's/VBZ two-timing/JJ two/CD beautiful/JJ women/NNS ,/, played/VBN by/IN Heather/NNP Graham/NNP and/CC Natalie/NNP Gregson/NNP Wagner/NNP ./.
Critics/NNS find/VBP the/DT women/NNS 's/POS continued/VBD attraction/NN to/TO him/PRP implausible/JJ and/CC object/VBP to/TO the/DT film/NN 's/POS lugubrious/JJ dialogue/NN about/IN the/DT futility/NN of/IN love/NN ./.
Downey/NNP 's/POS character/NN ,/, a/DT self-destructive/JJ liar/NN ,/, reminds/VBZ critics/NNS of/IN Downey/NNP himself--a/JJ recovering/VBG heroin/NN addict/NN ./.
He/PRP "/" has/VBZ clearly/RB had/VBD a/DT lot/NN of/IN practice/NN trying/VBG to/TO explain/VB the/DT unexplainable/JJ in/IN 12/CD -/: step/NN groups/NNS "/" (/( David/NNP Edelstein/NNP ,/, Slate/NNP )/) ./.
(/( Click/NNP here/RB for/IN the/DT official/JJ site/NN ./.
)/)
Sliding/NNP Doors/NNP (/( Miramax/NNP )/) ./.
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"/" The/DT film/NN is/VBZ credited/VBN with/IN a/DT clever/JJ conceit/NN (/( it/PRP weaves/VBZ together/RB two/CD versions/NNS of/IN a/DT British/NNP PR/NNP agent/NN 's/POS life/NN )/) but/CC is/VBZ said/VBN to/TO suffer/VB from/IN simplistic/JJ characters/NNS ,/, windy/NN dialogue/NN ,/, and/CC a/DT facile/NN moral/JJ message/NN (/( life/NN is/VBZ predestined/JJ )/) ./.
(/( Edelstein/NNP reviews/VBZ the/DT film/NN in/IN Slate/NNP ./.
Miramax/NNP plugs/NNS it/PRP here/RB ./.
)/)
Books/NNS
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Most/JJS critics/NNS say/VBP the/DT Outerbridge/NNP Reach/NNP author/NN 's/POS meditation/NN on/IN religious/JJ fervor/NN ,/, set/VBN in/IN the/DT Holy/NNP Land/NNP ,/, comes/VBZ up/RB short/JJ ./.
Stone/NNP 's/POS thriller/NN about/IN the/DT sojourns/NNS of/IN a/DT half-/NN Jewish/JJ ,/, half-/NN Catholic/NNP journalist/NN in/IN Jerusalem/NNP 's/POS Old/NNP City/NNP is/VBZ said/VBN to/TO cut/VB to/TO the/DT heart/NN of/IN zealotry/NN ./.
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Other/JJ Powers/NNP :/: The/DT Age/NNP of/IN Suffrage/NNP ,/, Spiritualism/NNP ,/, and/CC the/DT Scandalous/NNP Victoria/NNP Woodhull/NNP ,/, by/IN Barbara/NNP Goldsmith/NNP (/( Knopf/NNP )/) ;/: Notorious/NNP Victoria/NNP :/: The/DT Life/NNP of/IN Victoria/NNP Woodhull/NNP ,/, Uncensored/NNP ,/, by/IN Mary/NNP Gabriel/NNP (/( Algonquin/NNP )/) ./.
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Goldsmith/NNP 's/POS biography/NN is/VBZ deemed/VBN novelistic/JJ but/CC sensationalist/NN ,/, Gabriel/NNP 's/POS scholarly/JJ but/CC dry/JJ ./.
Still/RB unsure/JJ of/IN her/PRP$ significance/NN ,/, critics/NNS declare/VBP Woodhull/NNP "/" America/NNP 's/POS most/RBS bizarre/JJ feminist/JJ "/" (/( Francine/NNP Du/NNP Plessix/NNP Gray/NNP ,/, The/DT New/NNP Yorker/NNP )/) ./.
Television/NNP
Merlin/NNP (/( NBC/NNP ;/: April/NNP 26/CD and/CC 27/CD ,/, 9/CD p/NN ./.
m/NN ./.
ET/NNP &slash;/NN PT/NNP )/) ./.
One/CD of/IN the/DT costliest/JJS made-for-/JJ TV/NN movies--a/JJ telling/VBG of/IN the/DT King/NNP Arthur/NNP legend/NN from/IN the/DT wizard/NN 's/POS perspective--is/JJ judged/VBN one/CD of/IN the/DT best/JJS ./.
It/PRP "/" deserves/VBZ to/TO be/VB shown/VBN annually/RB ,/, "/" says/VBZ Entertainment/NNP Weekly/NNP 's/POS Ken/NNP Tucker/NNP ./.
NBC/NNP 's/POS $/$ 30/CD million/CD expenditure/NN is/VBZ said/VBN to/TO have/VB paid/VBN off/RP ,/, with/IN realistic/JJ special/JJ effects/NNS (/( fire-breathing/JJ dragons/NNS ,/, a/DT talking/VBG horse/NN more/RBR convincing/JJ than/IN Mr/NNP ./.
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Critics/NNS are/VBP relieved/VBN Merlin/NNP has/VBZ none/NN of/IN the/DT campiness/NNS endemic/JJ to/TO medieval/NN TV/NN dramas/NN ./.
(/( NBC/NNP plugs/NNS its/PRP$ "/" television/NN event/NN "/" here/RB ./.
)/)
Art/NNP
"/" Alexander/NNP Calder/NNP :/: 1898/CD -/: 1976/CD "/" (/( National/NNP Gallery/NNP of/IN Art/NNP ,/, Washington/NNP ,/, D/NNP ./.
C/NNP ./.
)/) ./.
A/DT retrospective/NN rescues/VBZ the/DT American/JJ sculptor/NN from/IN his/PRP$ reputation/NN as/IN the/DT unsubstantial/NN "/" user-friendly/JJ modernist/JJ "/" (/( Roberta/NNP Smith/NNP ,/, the/DT New/NNP York/NNP Times/NNP )/) ./.
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His/PRP$ own/JJ innovations--especially/JJ the/DT mobile--are/JJ credited/VBN with/IN influencing/VBG other/JJ major/JJ sculptors/NNS ,/, including/VBG Picasso/NNP and/CC David/NNP Smith/NNP ./.
Critics/NNS chalk/NN up/RB Calder/NNP 's/POS previous/JJ low/JJ standing/NN to/TO the/DT abundance/NN of/IN sculptures/NNS he/PRP made/VBD in/IN the/NNP '/POS 60/CD s/VBZ for/IN corporate/JJ plazas/NNS ,/, which/WDT are/VBP labeled/VBN "/" mostly/RB boring/JJ "/" (/( Robert/NNP Hughes/NNP ,/, Time/NNP )/) ./.
(/( Click/NNP here/RB for/IN the/DT National/NNP Gallery/NNP site/NN ./.
)/)
Opera/NNP
Kirov/NNP Opera/NNP (/( Metropolitan/NNP Opera/NNP ,/, New/NNP York/NNP City/NNP )/) ./.
Critics/NNS applaud/VBP the/DT St/NNP ./.
Petersburg-based/NNP company/NN 's/POS 18/CD day/NN stint/NN in/IN New/NNP York/NNP ./.
"/" Just/RB long/RB enough/RB to/TO leave/VB the/DT American/JJ opera/NN world/NN with/IN a/DT welcome/JJ legacy/NN of/IN Russianization/NNP ,/, "/" says/VBZ Newsday/NNP 's/POS Justin/NNP Davidson/NNP ./.
A/DT spate/NN of/IN profiles/NNS heaps/NNS praise/VBP on/IN the/DT flamboyant/JJ conductor/NN Valery/NNP Gergiev/NNP ,/, who/WP saved/VBD the/DT Kirov/NNP financially/RB as/IN Russia/NNP went/VBD capitalist/JJ ./.
Critics/NNS focus/VBP on/IN Gergiev/NNP 's/POS promotion/NN of/IN lesser-known/JJ works/NNS by/IN Russian/JJ composers/NNS and/CC on/IN his/PRP$ unusual/JJ arrangements/NNS ./.
While/IN "/" the/DT great/JJ orchestras/NNS are/VBP all/DT sounding/VBG pretty/RB much/JJ alike/RB ,/, the/DT Kirov/NNP has/VBZ a/DT character/NN all/DT its/PRP$ own/JJ "/" (/( Matthew/NNP Gurewitsch/NNP ,/, the/DT New/NNP York/NNP Times/NNP )/) ./.
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Movie/NNP -/: -/: Object/NNP of/IN My/PRP$ Affection/NNP ;/:
Movie/NNP -/: -/: Chinese/JJ Box/NNP ;/:
Television/NNP -/: -/: Seinfeld/NNP (/( NBC/NNP )/) ;/:
Book/NNP -/: -/: Bitch/NNP :/: In/IN Praise/NNP of/IN Difficult/NNP Women/NNP ,/, by/IN Elizabeth/NNP Wurtzel/NNP ;/:
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Art/NNP -/: -/: "/" Shadows/NNP of/IN a/DT Hand/NNP :/: The/DT Drawings/NNP of/IN Victor/NNP Hugo/NNP ./.
"/"
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Television/NNP -/: -/: Brave/NNP New/NNP World/NNP (/( NBC/NNP )/) ;/:
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Book/NNP -/: -/: Quarantine/NNP ,/, by/IN Jim/NNP Crace/NNP ;/:
Theater/NNP -/: -/: Wait/VB Until/IN Dark/JJ ./.
April/NNP 8/CD :/:
Movie/NNP -/: -/: Lost/VBD in/IN Space/NNP ;/:
Movie/NNP -/: -/: The/DT Butcher/NNP Boy/NNP ;/:
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Television/NNP -/: -/: Push/VBP (/( ABC/NNP )/) ;/:
Television/NNP -/: -/: Frontline/NNP :/: From/IN Jesus/NNP to/TO Christ--/NNP The/DT First/CD Christians/NNS (/( PBS/NNP )/) ;/:
Book/NNP -/: -/: An/DT Instance/NNP of/IN the/DT Fingerpost/NNP ,/, by/IN Iain/NNP Pears/NNP ;/:
Book/NNP -/: -/: Cavedweller/NNP ,/, by/IN Dorothy/NNP Allison/NNP ./.
April/NNP 1/CD :/:
Movie/NNP -/: -/: Grease/NN ;/:
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Television/NNP -/: -/: From/IN the/DT Earth/NNP to/TO the/DT Moon/NNP (/( HBO/NNP )/) ;/:
Television/NNP -/: -/: Teletubbies/NNP (/( PBS/NNP )/) ;/:
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O/NNP ./.
Wilson/NNP ;/:
Fashion/NNP -/: -/: Fall/NN Lines/NNPS ./.
-/: -/: Franklin/NNP Foer/NNP
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It/PRP is/VBZ time/NN to/TO decide/VB ./.
Should/MD the/DT Senate/NNP convict/VB President/NNP Clinton/NNP and/CC expel/VB him/PRP from/IN office/NN ?/.
My/PRP$ answer/NN ,/, after/IN months/NNS of/IN indecision/NN ,/, is/VBZ a/DT strong/JJ "/" Yes/UH !/.
"/"
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But/CC that/WDT required/VBD the/DT concurrence/NN of/IN the/DT vice/NN president/NN ,/, which/WDT would/MD surely/RB not/RB be/VB forthcoming/JJ ./.
I/PRP had/VBD also/RB thought/VBN that/IN Clinton/NNP might/MD save/VB us/PRP a/DT lot/NN of/IN soul-searching/JJ by/IN resigning/VBG ,/, but/CC apparently/RB he/PRP will/MD not/RB ./.
At/IN some/DT times/NNS I/PRP thought/VBD that/DT censure/NN or/CC rebuke/NN might/MD do/VB as/IN punishment/NN and/CC expression/NN of/IN indignation/NN ./.
I/PRP can/MD say/VB exactly/RB when/WRB I/PRP came/VBD to/TO the/DT conclusion/NN that/IN Clinton/NNP had/VBD to/TO be/VB removed/VBN ./.
It/PRP was/VBD the/DT morning/NN of/IN Dec/NNP ./.
15/CD ,/, 1998/CD ./.
That/DT was/VBD two/CD days/NNS before/IN the/DT House/NNP of/IN Representatives/NNPS was/VBD to/TO start/VB action/NN on/IN impeaching/VBG him/PRP ./.
It/PRP was/VBD also/RB one/CD day/NN before/IN he/PRP gave/VBD orders/NNS to/TO bomb/VB Iraq/NNP ./.
I/PRP got/VBD out/IN of/IN bed/NN that/DT morning/NN ,/, took/VBD in/IN the/DT papers/NNS ,/, and/CC scanned/JJ the/DT first/JJ page/NN ./.
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And/CC I/PRP suddenly/RB thought/VBD ,/, "/" Is/VBZ this/DT the/DT man/NN I/PRP want/VBP representing/VBG the/DT righteousness/NNS of/IN America/NNP in/IN a/DT land/NN sacred/JJ to/TO billions/NNS of/IN Jews/NNPS ,/, Christians/NNS ,/, and/CC Moslems/NNPS ?/.
"/" Then/RB I/PRP asked/VBD whether/IN I/PRP wanted/VBD him/PRP to/TO represent/VB us/PRP anywhere/RB ./.
Do/VBP we/PRP want/VB him/PRP laying/VBG the/DT wreath/NN at/IN the/DT Tomb/NNP of/IN the/DT Unknown/JJ Soldier/NNP ,/, comforting/JJ our/PRP$ mourners/NNS ,/, saluting/VBG our/PRP$ heroes/NNS ?/.
Do/VBP I/PRP want/VB to/TO see/VB his/PRP$ "/" sincere/JJ "/" face/NN on/IN television/NN every/DT day/NN ?/.
No/DT ,/, decidedly/RB no/UH !/.
No/DT ,/, even/RB more/RBR decidedly/RB no/DT ,/, after/IN the/DT bombing/NN of/IN Iraq/NNP ./.
I/PRP do/VBP n't/RB know/VB whether/IN he/PRP decided/VBD to/TO bomb/VB Iraq/NNP in/IN order/NN to/TO divert/VB us/PRP from/IN the/DT forthcoming/JJ impeachment/NN debate/NN ./.
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Terminating/NNP the/DT action/NN in/IN Iraq/NNP without/IN any/DT conclusive/JJ results/NNS only/RB a/DT few/JJ hours/NNS after/IN the/DT House/NNP voted/VBD for/IN impeachment/NN strengthened/VBD that/DT belief/NN ./.
He/PRP had/VBD started/VBN the/DT bombing/NN just/RB in/IN time/NN to/TO give/VB his/PRP$ supporters/NNS the/DT refuge/NN of/IN arguing/VBG that/IN to/TO impeach/NN the/DT commander/NN in/IN chief/JJ while/IN our/PRP$ troops/NNS were/VBD in/IN harm/NN 's/POS way/NN would/MD be/VB unpatriotic/JJ ./.
He/PRP had/VBD stopped/VBN the/DT bombing/NN as/RB soon/RB as/IN that/DT argument/NN became/VBD useless/JJ ./.
That/DT is/VBZ an/DT abuse/NN of/IN power/NN !/.
The/DT whole/JJ episode/NN shows/VBZ how/WRB unfit/JJ he/PRP is/VBZ to/TO be/VB president/NN ./.
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I/PRP want/VBP something/NN more/RBR practical/JJ ./.
I/PRP want/VBP him/PRP off/IN our/PRP$ screen/NN ./.
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But/CC I/PRP was/VBD always/RB "/" cool/VB "/" about/IN it/PRP ./.
I/PRP have/VBP not/RB been/VBN a/DT deep-dyed/JJ Clinton/NNP hater/NN ./.
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He/PRP is/VBZ prone/JJ to/TO foolish/JJ mistakes/NNS ./.
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Does/VBZ his/PRP$ behavior/NN add/VB up/IN to/TO grounds/NNS for/IN removal/NN from/IN office/NN ?/.
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1913/CD :/: Congress/NNP Creates/VBZ IRS/NNP "/" To/TO Unite/NNP Nation/NNP Against/IN Common/NNP Enemy/NNP "/"
1914/CD :/: Panama/NNP Canal/NNP Opens/NNP New/NNP Era/NNP of/IN Global/NNP Trade/NNP in/IN Panama/NNP Hats/NNP
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1921/CD :/: Humane/NNP Loophole/NNP in/IN Immigration/NNP Quotas/NNP Lets/NNP Some/DT Foreigners/NNS Enter/VB U/NNP ./.
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1933/CD :/: New/NNP Deal/NNP ,/, Same/JJ Deck/NNP
1933/CD :/: First/CD Woman/NNP Cabinet/NNP Member/NNP ,/, Frances/NNP Perkins/NNP ,/, Celebrates/NNP by/IN Getting/VBG Coffee/NNP for/IN Other/NNP Cabinet/NNP Members/NNPS
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1935/CD :/: National/NNP Labor/NNP Relations/NNPS Act/NNP Recognizes/NNP Workers/NNPS '/POS Right/RB To/TO Be/VB Fired/NNP Collectively/RB
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"/" Say/VB Industry/NNP Leaders/NNP
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1942/CD :/: French/NNP Resistance/NNP Waiters/NNP Bravely/NNP Refuse/NNP to/TO Refill/NNP Nazi/JJ Officers/NNS '/POS Coffee/NNP Cups/NNP
1943/CD :/: Oklahoma/NNP !/.
Admitted/NNP to/TO Union/NNP ;/: Sprightly/NNP Musical/JJ To/TO Replace/NNP Boring/NNP Actual/JJ State/NNP
1944/CD :/: Allied/NNP Soldiers/NNS Hear/NNP of/IN Nude/NNP French/NNP Sunbathing/NNP ,/, Storm/NN Normandy/NNP Beaches/NNP
1945/CD :/: Stalin/NNP "/" Genuinely/NNP Touched/NNP "/" by/IN Gift/NNP of/IN Eastern/NNP Europe/NNP at/IN Potsdam/NNP Surprise/NNP Party/NNP
1947/CD :/: FAA/NNP Charges/NNS Drunken/NNP UFO/NNP Pilot/NN in/IN Roswell/NNP Crash/NNP
1948/CD :/: Truman/NNP Defeats/NNP Dewey/NNP ;/: Huey/NNP and/CC Louie/NNP Have/VBP Yet/RB To/TO Concede/NNP
1950/CD :/: U/NNP ./.
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1954/CD :/: Some/DT TV/NNP Couples/NNP May/NNP Be/VB Sleeping/NNP Together/RB ,/, Say/VB Insiders/NNS
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1956/CD :/: Thousands/NNS of/IN Innocent/JJ Soviet/NNP Corpses/NNP Thrilled/NNP by/IN Posthumous/NNP Rehabilitation/NNP
1958/CD :/: First/CD Hospice/NNP Allows/NNP Patients/NNPS To/TO Die/VB in/IN Homelike/NNP Setting--/NNP Surrounded/VBN by/IN Greedy/NNP ,/, Hateful/NNP Relatives/NNP
1959/CD :/: Congressional/NNP Quiz/NNP Show/NNP Investigators/NNS Stunned/VBN by/IN Revelation/NNP That/DT Not/RB Everything/NN on/IN TV/NN Is/VBZ Real/JJ
1960/CD :/: U-/NNP 2/CD Shot/NNP Down/IN Over/IN U/NNP ./.
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1962/CD :/: Thousands/NNS of/IN Innocent/JJ Trees/NNP Die/VBP To/TO Make/VB Silent/NNP Spring/NNP a/DT Best/JJS Seller/NNP
1963/CD :/: JFK/NNP Accidentally/NNP Struck/NNP Down/IN by/IN Flying/NNP Zapruder/NNP Lens/NNP Cap/NNP
1964/CD :/: Rockefellers/NNP ,/, Kennedys/NNP Conscientiously/NNP Object/NNP to/TO War/NNP on/IN Poverty/NN
1966/CD :/: Marshall/NNP McLuhan/NNP Caught/NNP Reading/VBG
1966/CD :/: Robert/NNP McNamara/NNP Commended/NNP by/IN PTA/NNP for/IN Applying/VBG New/NNP Math/NNP to/TO U/NNP ./.
S/NNP ./.
Casualty/NNP Figures/NNS
1968/CD :/: Martin/NNP Luther/NNP King/NNP Jr/NNP ./.
,/, RFK/NNP Assassinated/NNP Separately/RB but/RB Equally/RB
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1968/CD :/: Nonproliferation/NNP Treaty/NNP Strictly/RB Limits/NNP Nuclear/NNP Weapons/NNP to/TO Nations/NNPS That/DT Can/MD Afford/NNP Them/NNP
1969/CD :/: Teddy/NNP Kennedy/NNP Charged/NNP With/IN "/" Leaving/VBG the/DT Scene/NNP of/IN a/DT Successful/JJ Cover-/NNP Up/IN "/"
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Embassy/NNP in/IN Iran/NNP Under/IN New/NNP Management/NNP
1981/CD :/: MTV/NNP Brings/NNP Western/JJ Civilization/NN to/TO Official/NNP Halt/NNP
1981/CD :/: Reagan/NNP Shot/NNP En/NNP Route/NNP to/TO NRA/NNP Fund-/NNP Raiser/NNP
1981/CD :/: Sandra/NNP Day/NNP O/NNP '/POS Connor/NNP Receives/NNP Congratulatory/NNP Pat/NNP on/IN the/DT Behind/IN From/IN Fellow/NNP Justices/NNPS
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1989/CD :/: Chinese/JJ Authorities/NNP Kick/NNP Off/IN "/" Keep/VB Tiananmen/NNP Square/NNP Clean/NNP "/" Week/NNP With/IN Special/JJ Tank/NNP Sweepers/NNP
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"/" Pleads/NNP Extraterrestrial/NNP
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1998/CD :/: Visa/NNP To/TO Assume/VB National/NNP Debt/NNP for/IN 5/CD ./.
9/CD percent/NN ,/, No/DT Annual/JJ Fee/NN
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Please/VB send/VB your/PRP$ nominations/NNS to/TO 100/CD TopHeds/NNP @/IN slate/NN ./.
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But/CC van/NN Gogh/NNP was/VBD not/RB in/IN his/PRP$ "/" right/JJ mind/NN ./.
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A/DT connection/NN between/IN mania/NN and/CC artistic/JJ achievement/NN has/VBZ been/VBN known/VBN since/IN ancient/JJ times/NNS ./.
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But/CC New/NNP York/NNP Mets/NNP pitcher/NN Pete/NNP Harnisch/NNP made/VBD headlines/NNS this/DT year/NN when/WRB he/PRP became/VBD disabled/JJ because/IN of/IN unspecified/JJ depression/NN ./.
And/CC Dr/NNP ./.
Richard/NNP Wyatt/NNP ,/, a/DT psychiatrist/NN who/WP has/VBZ worked/VBN with/IN athletes/NNS ,/, says/VBZ there/EX are/VBP many/JJ other/JJ cases/NNS ./.
In/IN 1988/CD Tyson/NNP told/VBD an/DT ABC/NNP television/NN audience/NN that/IN he/PRP had/VBD had/VBD a/DT psychiatric/JJ illness/NN all/DT his/PRP$ life/NN ,/, that/IN he/PRP 'd/MD discussed/VBN manic/JJ depression/NN with/IN his/PRP$ psychiatrist/NN ,/, and/CC that/IN this/DT illness/NN caused/VBD him/PRP to/TO do/VB things/NNS he/PRP would/MD normally/RB never/RB do/VB ./.
Tyson/NNP 's/POS former/JJ wife/NN ,/, actress/NN Robin/NNP Givens/NNP ,/, said/VBD point-blank/JJ in/IN the/DT same/JJ joint/JJ interview/NN ,/, "/" Mike/NNP is/VBZ a/DT manic-depressive/NN ./.
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Tyson/NNP 's/POS well-publicized/JJ actions/NNS over/IN the/DT years/NNS are/VBP consistent/JJ with/IN a/DT manic-depressive/NN illness/NN ./.
Tyson/NNP confessed/VBD to/TO David/NNP Remnick/NNP of/IN The/DT New/NNP Yorker/NNP ,/, "/" There/EX 's/VBZ no/DT doubt/NN about/IN it/PRP ;/: I/PRP 'm/VBP a/DT wild/JJ man/NN ./.
"/" According/VBG to/TO Remnick/NNP ,/, Tyson/NNP 's/POS former/JJ trainer/NN Teddy/NNP Atlas/NNP says/VBZ ,/, "/" [/( Tyson/NNP 's/POS ]/) like/IN a/DT double/JJ feature/NN now/RB ,/, like/IN you/PRP 're/VBP getting/VBG Heidi/NNP and/CC Godzilla/NNP at/IN the/DT same/JJ time/NN ./.
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Manic/NNP depression/NN is/VBZ not/RB rooted/VBN in/IN a/DT Freudian/NNP childhood/NN trauma/NN ./.
It/PRP 's/VBZ a/DT genetically/RB determined/VBN ,/, chronic/JJ ,/, and/CC incurable/JJ disease/NN that/WDT affects/VBZ about/IN 1/CD percent/NN of/IN the/DT adult/NN population--striking/JJ people/NNS hardest/JJS in/IN their/PRP$ 30/CD s/VBZ ./.
The/DT symptoms/NNS often/RB can/MD be/VB contained/VBN by/IN medication/NN ./.
Without/IN medication/NN ,/, people/NNS suffering/VBG from/IN manic/JJ depression/NN face/NN poor/JJ outcomes/NNS ./.
Some/DT studies/NNS report/VBP that/IN 20/CD percent/NN of/IN untreated/JJ sufferers/NNS commit/VBP suicide/NN ,/, making/VBG untreated/JJ manic/JJ depression/NN as/RB lethal/JJ as/IN many/JJ forms/NNS of/IN cancer/NN and/CC heart/NN disease/NN ./.
The/DT disease/NN also/RB worsens/NNS over/IN time/NN ,/, with/IN both/DT mania/NN and/CC depression/NN becoming/VBG more/RBR pronounced/JJ and/CC less/RBR responsive/JJ to/TO medication/NN ./.
Victims/NNP are/VBP especially/RB prone/JJ to/TO drug/NN and/CC alcohol/NN abuse/NN ,/, with/IN all/PDT the/DT attendant/NN complications/NNS ./.
Would/MD it/PRP make/VB a/DT difference/NN if/IN Tyson/NNP were/VBD not/RB just/RB a/DT chump/NN who/WP chomped/JJ on/IN the/DT ear/NN of/IN a/DT champ/NN ,/, but/CC were/VBD suffering/VBG from/IN an/DT often/RB fatal/JJ disease/NN that/WDT can/MD be/VB effectively/RB treated/VBN ?/.
It/PRP would/MD ./.
Tyson/NNP faces/VBZ a/DT Hobson/NNP 's/POS choice/NN :/: he/PRP could/MD seek/VB treatment/NN that/WDT could/MD diminish/VB his/PRP$ boxing/VBG skills/NNS or/CC avoid/VB treatment/NN and/CC become/VB sicker/NN ./.
Treatment/NNP requires/VBZ daily/JJ doses/NNS of/IN lithium/NN (/( or/CC other/JJ mood-stabilizing/JJ drugs/NNS )/) ./.
The/DT effect/NN on/IN his/PRP$ athletic/JJ performance/NN might/MD be/VB severe/JJ ./.
The/DT medication--by/JJ design--diminishes/JJ many/JJ of/IN the/DT qualities/NNS that/WDT helped/VBD Tyson/NNP to/TO reach/VB the/DT top/NN of/IN his/PRP$ game/NN ,/, including/VBG feelings/NNS of/IN increased/VBN energy/NN ,/, invulnerability/NN ,/, elation/NN ,/, exhilaration/NN ,/, inflated/VBN self-esteem/NN ,/, hostility/NN ,/, and/CC violence/NN ./.
Tyson/NNP acknowledged/VBD the/DT risk/NN in/IN 1988/CD when/WRB he/PRP said/VBD ,/, "/" I/PRP 'm/VBP not/RB taking/VBG any/DT medicine/NN because/IN I/PRP feel/VBP medicine/NN 's/POS going/VBG to/TO change/VB me/PRP ./.
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For/IN some/DT patients/NNS ,/, lithium/NN also/RB has/VBZ undesirable/JJ side/NN effects/NNS ./.
Wyatt/NNP found/VBD that/IN some/DT athletes/NNS experienced/VBD tremors/NNS and/CC reacted/VBD more/RBR slowly/RB physically/RB and/CC mentally/RB ,/, while/IN others/NNS improved/VBD their/PRP$ performance/NN under/IN drug/NN maintenance/NN ./.
Going/VBG off/IN lithium/NN to/TO prepare/VB for/IN a/DT bout/NN is/VBZ not/RB a/DT way/NN out/IN of/IN this/DT dilemma/NN ,/, since/IN in/IN many/JJ cases/NNS lithium/NN is/VBZ not/RB as/IN effective/JJ the/DT second/JJ time/NN around/RP ./.
All/DT athletes/NNS are/VBP required/VBN to/TO pass/VB physicals/NNS to/TO ensure/VB that/IN they/PRP do/VBP not/RB place/VB themselves/PRP or/CC other/JJ participants/NNS at/IN risk/NN ./.
A/DT boxer/NN cannot/NN fight/NN with/IN a/DT heart/NN condition/NN or/CC dementia/NN ./.
So/RB why/WRB should/MD a/DT boxer/NN with/IN manic-depressive/NN illness--and/JJ a/DT history/NN of/IN egregious/JJ conduct/NN consistent/JJ with/IN the/DT disease--be/JJ licensed/VBN to/TO fight/VB without/IN medical/JJ clearance/NN ?/.
Then/RB there/EX 's/VBZ the/DT public/NN 's/POS infatuation/NN with/IN train/NN wrecks/NNS ./.
We/PRP anticipate/VBP accidents/NNS at/IN stock/NN car/NN races/NNS ./.
We/PRP go/VBP to/TO the/DT "/" fights/NNS "/" and/CC a/DT hockey/NN game/NN breaks/NNS out/RP ./.
We/PRP egg/NN on/IN Dennis/NNP Rodman/NNP ,/, watching/VBG him/PRP parade/NN like/IN a/DT peacock/NN and/CC break/VB down/RB in/IN tears/NNS on/IN national/JJ TV/NN ./.
We/PRP goad/NN baseball/NN player/NN Albert/NNP Belle/NNP so/RB much/JJ that/IN All-/NNP Star-game/NNP manager/NN Joe/NNP Torre/NNP must/MD confine/NN him/PRP to/TO the/DT dugout/NN ./.
NBA/NNP forward/RB Dennis/NNP Scott/NNP makes/VBZ headlines/NNS for/IN uncharacteristic/JJ rants/NNS ./.
The/DT press/NN and/CC public/JJ love/NN it/PRP ./.
Meanwhile/RB ,/, the/DT adulation/NN feeds/VBZ a/DT sense/NN of/IN invincibility--especially/JJ if/IN the/DT athlete/NN already/RB happens/VBZ to/TO suffer/VB from/IN manic/JJ depression/NN ./.
After/IN a/DT crash/NN ,/, the/DT crowd/NN 's/POS silence/NN feeds/VBZ an/DT athlete/NN 's/POS paranoia/NN ,/, depression/NN ,/, and/CC despair/NN ./.
Tyson/NNP 's/POS choice/NN is/VBZ whether/IN to/TO save/VB his/PRP$ life/NN or/CC save/VB his/PRP$ career/NN ./.
The/DT choice/NN for/IN others/NNS is/VBZ whether/IN to/TO force/VB him/PRP to/TO make/VB the/DT right/JJ choice/NN ,/, or/CC to/TO continue/VB deriving/VBG profit/NN and/CC entertainment/NN from/IN his/PRP$ illness/NN ./.
So/RB far/RB ,/, there/EX have/VBP been/VBN three/CD distinct/JJ phases/NNS to/TO Al/NNP Gore/NNP 's/POS campaign/NN ./.
In/IN the/DT first/JJ phase/NN ,/, which/WDT lasted/VBD until/IN early/JJ autumn/NN ,/, Gore/NNP high-handedly/JJ ignored/VBD the/DT fellow/NN running/VBG against/IN him/PRP in/IN the/DT Democratic/JJ primaries/NNS ./.
In/IN the/DT second/JJ phase/NN ,/, which/WDT lasted/VBD until/IN mid-/NN November/NNP ,/, Gore/NNP shook/VBD up/RP his/PRP$ staff/NN ,/, welcomed/VBD Bill/NNP Bradley/NNP 's/POS exciting/JJ challenge/NN ,/, and/CC began/VBD responding/VBG to/TO it/PRP as/IN a/DT vigorous/JJ competitor/NN ./.
Unfortunately/RB ,/, Gore/NNP 's/POS campaign/NN has/VBZ now/RB entered/VBN a/DT third/JJ ,/, much/RB more/RBR aggressive/JJ phase/NN ,/, in/IN which/WDT he/PRP nips/NNS too/RB eagerly/RB at/IN Bradley/NNP 's/POS ankles/NNS and/CC attempts/NNS to/TO bury/VB his/PRP$ rival/JJ under/IN a/DT mountain/NN of/IN inconsistent/JJ and/CC often/RB spurious/JJ charges/NNS ./.
In/IN recent/JJ days/NNS ,/, Gore/NNP has/VBZ passed/VBN up/RP no/DT opportunity/NN to/TO whack/VB Bradley/NNP ./.
He/PRP has/VBZ criticized/VBD him/PRP over/IN the/DT cost/NN of/IN his/PRP$ health-care/NN plan/NN ,/, its/PRP$ consequences/NNS for/IN a/DT variety/NN of/IN different/JJ minority/NN groups/NNS ,/, for/IN his/PRP$ past/JJ positions/NNS on/IN Social/NNP Security/NNP ,/, for/IN his/PRP$ lack/NN of/IN a/DT position/NN on/IN Medicare/NNP ,/, and/CC even/RB for/IN not/RB saying/VBG whether/IN he/PRP would/MD reappoint/NN Alan/NNP Greenspan--a/NNP decision/NN that/WDT will/MD belong/VB to/TO the/DT current/JJ president/NN ,/, not/RB the/DT next/JJ one/CD ./.
As/IN my/PRP$ colleague/NN Will/MD Saletan/NNP recently/RB argued/VBD in/IN a/DT "/" Frame/NNP Game/NNP "/" column/NN ,/, there/EX 's/VBZ nothing/NN wrong/JJ with/IN negative/JJ campaigning/NN per/IN se/FW ./.
But/CC if/IN some/DT of/IN Gore/NNP 's/POS criticisms/NNS of/IN Bradley/NNP are/VBP fair/JJ ,/, others/NNS are/VBP totally/RB unfair/JJ ,/, and/CC all/DT are/VBP part/NN of/IN a/DT transparent/JJ effort/NN to/TO keep/VB his/PRP$ opponent/NN on/IN the/DT defensive/NN ./.
It/PRP 's/VBZ obnoxious/JJ political/JJ behavior/NN ./.
So/RB why/WRB is/VBZ Gore/NNP baiting/VBG Bradley/NNP like/IN a/DT schoolyard/NN bully/NN ?/.
You/PRP can/MD get/VB a/DT better/JJR sense/NN of/IN what/WP Gore/NNP is/VBZ doing/VBG by/IN looking/VBG closely/RB at/IN one/CD of/IN his/PRP$ latest/JJS onslaughts/NNS ,/, over/IN the/DT largely/RB phony/JJ issue/NN of/IN whether/IN Bradley/NNP intends/VBZ to/TO raise/VB taxes/NNS ./.
Last/JJ week/NN ,/, Bradley/NNP sat/VBD down/RB for/IN an/DT interview/NN with/IN the/DT Washington/NNP Post/NNP ./.
Asked/VBN what/WP he/PRP would/MD do/VB if/IN his/PRP$ health-care/NN plan/NN required/VBD a/DT tax/NN increase/NN ,/, Bradley/NNP quite/RB reasonably/RB responded/VBD that/IN he/PRP does/VBZ n't/RB believe/VB it/PRP will/MD require/VB a/DT tax/NN increase/NN ,/, but/CC that/IN if/IN it/PRP does/VBZ ,/, his/PRP$ options/NNS would/MD include/VB cutting/VBG other/JJ spending/NN or/CC raising/VBG taxes/NNS ,/, and/CC that/IN he/PRP would/MD make/VB a/DT judgment/NN at/IN the/DT time/NN ./.
He/PRP was/VBD doing/VBG what/WP any/DT wise/JJ politician/NN does/VBZ ,/, which/WDT is/VBZ refusing/VBG to/TO indulge/VB a/DT hypothetical/JJ question--though/JJ even/RB his/PRP$ non-answer/JJ was/VBD more/JJR than/IN he/PRP should/MD have/VB said/VBN ./.
Bradley/NNP 's/POS response/NN looked/VBD like/IN a/DT juicy/JJ patch/NN of/IN exposed/VBN flesh/NN for/IN his/PRP$ crazed/JJ pit/NN bull/NN of/IN a/DT rival/NN ./.
"/" In/IN today/NN 's/POS Washington/NNP Post/NNP ,/, Senator/NNP Bradley/NNP stated/VBD he/PRP would/MD be/VB willing/JJ to/TO raise/VB taxes/NNS to/TO pay/VB for/IN his/PRP$ trillion-dollar/JJ health-care/NN plan/NN ,/, "/" said/VBD a/DT press/NN release/NN sent/VBD out/IN by/IN the/DT Gore/NNP campaign/NN on/IN Dec/NNP ./.
3/CD ./.
"/" That/DT might/MD be/VB his/PRP$ worst/JJS idea/NN yet/RB ./.
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Gore/NNP 's/POS criticism/NN of/IN Bradley/NNP 's/POS comments/NNS was/VBD unfair/JJ ./.
Though/IN various/JJ analyses/NNS have/VBP suggested/VBN that/IN Bradley/NNP 's/POS health-care/NN plan/NN may/MD require/VB more/JJR funding/NN than/IN Bradley/NNP has/VBZ yet/RB acknowledged/VBN in/IN order/NN to/TO be/VB effective/JJ ,/, Bradley/NNP has/VBZ offered/VBN a/DT plausible/JJ plan/NN to/TO pay/VB for/IN his/PRP$ proposal/NN out/IN of/IN projected/VBN budget/NN surpluses/NNS ./.
And/CC in/IN his/PRP$ interview/NN with/IN the/DT Post/NNP ,/, Bradley/NNP did/VBD n't/RB put/VB forward/RB raising/VBG taxes/NNS as/RB an/DT "/" idea/NN ./.
"/" He/PRP said/VBD that/IN because/IN he/PRP could/MD n't/RB predict/VB what/WP would/MD happen/VB to/TO the/DT economy/NN ,/, it/PRP would/MD n't/RB be/VB prudent/JJ to/TO rule/VB out/IN raising/VBG taxes/NNS in/IN the/DT future/NN categorically/RB ./.
Bradley/NNP 's/POS campaign/NN answered/VBD Gore/NNP 's/POS tax-raising/JJ charge/NN by/IN pointing/VBG out/RP that/IN Bradley/NNP and/CC Gore/NNP have/VBP essentially/RB the/DT same/JJ position/NN on/IN future/JJ tax/NN increases/NNS ./.
Neither/DT thinks/VBZ raising/VBG taxes/NNS will/MD be/VB necessary/JJ to/TO pay/VB for/IN their/PRP$ own/JJ various/JJ initiatives/NNS ,/, including/VBG health-care/NN reforms/NNS ./.
Nor/CC has/VBZ either/CC of/IN them/PRP made/VBD a/DT read-my-lips/JJ pledge/NN not/RB to/TO raise/VB taxes/NNS under/IN any/DT circumstances/NNS (/( and/CC indeed/RB ,/, Gore/NNP ,/, campaigning/NN in/IN Washington/NNP ,/, D/NNP ./.
C/NNP ./.
,/, specifically/RB declined/VBD to/TO make/VB such/PDT a/DT pledge/NN today/NN )/) ./.
In/IN fact/NN ,/, Bradley/NNP 's/POS campaign/NN might/MD have/VB gone/VBN much/JJ further/RB in/IN pointing/VBG out/RP the/DT disingenuousness/NNS of/IN Gore/NNP 's/POS attack/NN ./.
Having/VBG campaigned/VBN with/IN Bill/NNP Clinton/NNP on/IN a/DT middle-class/NN tax/NN cut/NN in/IN 1992/CD ,/, Gore/NNP reversed/VBD himself/PRP and/CC supported/VBD a/DT (/( necessary/JJ )/) tax/NN increase/NN in/IN 1993/CD ./.
Moreover/RB ,/, Gore/NNP has/VBZ supported/VBN tax/NN increases/NNS on/IN tobacco/NN as/RB recently/RB as/IN this/DT year/NN ./.
Also/RB ,/, it/PRP just/RB seems/VBZ crazy/JJ for/IN Democrats/NNPS to/TO start/VB demanding/VBG "/" no/DT new/JJ taxes/NNS "/" pledges/NNS from/IN other/JJ Democrats/NNPS ./.
Then/RB again/RB ,/, Republican/JJ candidates/NNS are/VBP now/RB charging/VBG each/DT other/JJ with/IN endangering/VBG Social/NNP Security/NNP ,/, which/WDT suggests/VBZ that/IN each/DT party/NN has/VBZ to/TO some/DT extent/NN been/VBN brainwashed/JJ by/IN the/DT other/JJ 's/POS propaganda/NN ./.
Bradley/NNP 's/POS mild/JJ rebuttal/NN provided/VBD an/DT opportunity/NN for/IN Gore/NNP to/TO slam/VBP him/PRP even/RB harder/RBR ./.
"/" Bill/NNP Bradley/NNP 's/POS zigs/NNS and/CC zags/NNS over/IN the/DT past/JJ few/JJ weeks/NNS raise/VBP questions/NNS about/IN his/PRP$ steadiness/NN as/IN a/DT possible/JJ steward/NN of/IN the/DT American/JJ economy/NN ,/, "/" Gore/NNP spokesman/NN Chris/NNP Lehane/NNP said/VBD in/IN his/PRP$ next/JJ release/NN ,/, dated/VBN Dec/NNP ./.
6/CD ./.
"/" One/CD day/NN he/PRP says/VBZ he/PRP 'll/MD consider/VB new/JJ taxes/NNS to/TO pay/VB for/IN his/PRP$ flawed/VBN ,/, trillion-dollar/JJ health-care/NN plan/NN ./.
The/DT next/JJ day/NN he/PRP says/VBZ he/PRP did/VBD n't/RB really/RB mean/VB it/PRP ./.
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These/DT are/VBP confusing/JJ enough/JJ messages/NNS from/IN Candidate/NNP Bradley/NNP ./.
Just/RB think/VBP what/WP those/DT statements/NNS would/MD do/VB to/TO the/DT markets/NNS if/IN they/PRP came/VBD from/IN a/DT President/NNP ./.
"/" And/CC in/IN a/DT subsequent/JJ press/NN release/NN issued/VBD the/DT same/JJ day/NN ,/, entitled/VBN "/" Can/MD We/PRP Trust/NNP Bill/NNP Bradley/NNP To/TO Keep/VB the/DT Economy/NNP Strong/JJ ?/.
"/" Lehane/NNP added/VBD :/: "/" Within/IN the/DT past/JJ few/JJ weeks/NNS ,/, Bradley/NNP 's/POS statements/NNS raise/VBP questions/NNS as/IN to/TO whether/IN or/CC not/RB he/PRP has/VBZ the/DT vision/NN and/CC the/DT experience/NN to/TO keep/VB the/DT economy/NN strong/JJ ./.
"/" Gore/NNP repeated/VBD these/DT charges/NNS in/IN person/NN at/IN an/DT appearance/NN yesterday/NN at/IN New/NNP York/NNP University/NNP Law/NNP School/NNP ,/, where/WRB he/PRP received/VBD an/DT endorsement/NN from/IN former/JJ Treasury/NNP Secretary/NNP Robert/NNP Rubin/NNP ./.
Gore/NNP accused/VBD Bradley/NNP of/IN "/" proposing/VBG "/" a/DT tax/NN increase/NN and/CC described/VBD Bradley/NNP 's/POS and/CC Bush/NNP 's/POS approaches/NNS to/TO the/DT economy/NN as/IN "/" if/IN it/PRP ai/VBP n't/RB broke/VBD ,/, let/VB 's/POS break/VB it/PRP ./.
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The/DT unfairness/NNS of/IN Gore/NNP 's/POS accusations/NNS escalates/NNS in/IN response/NN to/TO Bradley/NNP 's/POS attempts/NNS to/TO defend/VB himself/PRP ./.
Whether/IN Bradley/NNP 's/POS position/NN on/IN tax/NN increases/NNS is/VBZ reasonable/JJ or/CC not/RB ,/, he/PRP clearly/RB has/VBZ n't/RB zigzagged/JJ on/IN the/DT subject/NN ./.
He/PRP 's/VBZ been/VBN entirely/RB consistent/JJ ./.
But/CC a/DT near-universal/JJ assumption/NN in/IN politics/NNS says/VBZ that/IN a/DT candidate/NN has/VBZ to/TO respond/VB to/TO charges/NNS made/VBN by/IN serious/JJ opponents/NNS ,/, lest/IN those/DT charges/NNS be/VB generally/RB accepted/VBN as/IN true/JJ ./.
So/RB Bradley/NNP once/RB again/RB answered/VBN Gore/NNP 's/POS accusation/NN ,/, this/DT time/NN by/IN getting/VBG two/CD supporters/NNS with/IN credibility/NN on/IN economic/JJ issues--former/JJ Fed/NNP Chairman/NNP Paul/NNP Volcker/NNP and/CC Henry/NNP Kaufman--to/NNP issue/NN a/DT statement/NN defending/VBG him/PRP ./.
This/DT prompted/VBD the/DT Gore/NNP campaign/NN to/TO put/VB out/IN yet/RB another/DT release/NN accusing/VBG Bradley/NNP of/IN stonewalling/VBG and/CC ,/, somewhat/RB bizarrely/RB ,/, of/IN "/" name-calling/NN ./.
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Gore/NNP seems/VBZ to/TO be/VB assuming/VBG that/IN if/IN Bradley/NNP has/VBZ to/TO spend/VB his/PRP$ time/NN answering/VBG such/JJ charges/NNS ,/, he/PRP wo/MD n't/RB be/VB able/JJ to/TO get/VB his/PRP$ "/" positive/JJ "/" message/NN out/RP ./.
But/CC Gore/NNP 's/POS stratagem/NN is/VBZ even/RB more/RBR diabolical/JJ than/IN that/DT ./.
As/IN one/CD Gore/NNP aide/NN explained/VBD to/TO me/PRP ,/, the/DT pepper-spray/JJ of/IN criticism/NN leaves/VBZ Bradley/NNP with/IN a/DT Hobson/NNP 's/POS choice/NN ./.
Either/CC he/PRP ignores/VBZ it/PRP ,/, in/IN which/WDT case/NN the/DT charges/NNS damage/VBP him/PRP ,/, or/CC he/PRP responds/VBZ in/IN kind/NN ,/, in/IN which/WDT case/NN he/PRP diminishes/VBZ his/PRP$ carefully/RB cultivated/VBN reputation/NN for/IN high-mindedness/NN ./.
Once/RB Bradley/NNP descends/VBZ from/IN his/PRP$ pedestal/NN and/CC begins/VBZ trading/NN insults/NNS with/IN Gore/NNP ,/, he/PRP loses/VBZ his/PRP$ aura/NN of/IN saintliness/NNS and/CC becomes/VBZ just/RB another/DT scrapping/VBG politician/NN ./.
I/PRP do/VBP n't/RB think/VB Bradley/NNP has/VBZ quite/RB figured/VBN out/IN how/WRB to/TO deal/VB with/IN this/DT dilemma/NN ./.
His/PRP$ press/NN secretary/NN ,/, Eric/NNP Hauser/NNP ,/, told/VBD me/PRP that/IN Gore/NNP 's/POS assault/NN "/" is/VBZ not/RB changing/VBG our/PRP$ strategy/NN ./.
It/PRP is/VBZ not/RB changing/VBG the/DT dynamics/NNS of/IN the/DT race/NN ./.
"/" Bradley/NNP himself/PRP told/VBD the/DT Post/NNP that/IN he/PRP is/VBZ intent/NN on/IN running/VBG a/DT positive/JJ campaign/NN and/CC that/IN he/PRP intends/VBZ to/TO shoot/VB back/RB only/RB when/WRB Gore/NNP hits/NNS him/PRP with/IN something/NN "/" outrageous/JJ ./.
"/" What/WP Bradley/NNP does/VBZ n't/RB seem/VB to/TO have/VB banked/JJ on/IN is/VBZ Gore/NNP 's/POS accusing/VBG him/PRP of/IN something/NN outrageous/JJ every/DT few/JJ hours/NNS ./.
The/DT word/NN "/" Enough/JJ ,/, "/" splashed/VBD across/IN the/DT front/JJ page/NN of/IN the/DT Algerian/NNP government/NN newspaper/NN El/NNP Moudjahid/NNP ,/, referred/VBD not/RB ,/, as/IN one/PRP might/MD have/VB expected/VBN ,/, to/TO the/DT continuing/VBG massacres/NNS by/IN Islamic/NNP extremists/NNS ,/, which/WDT are/VBP reported/VBN to/TO have/VB claimed/VBN at/IN least/JJS 600/CD dead/JJ since/IN the/DT holy/JJ month/NN of/IN Ramadan/NNP began/VBD Dec/NNP ./.
30/CD ,/, but/CC to/TO the/DT agitation/NN the/DT killings/NNS have/VBP provoked/VBN in/IN western/JJ Europe/NNP and/CC the/DT United/NNP States/NNPS ./.
"/" Only/RB Paris/NNP has/VBZ no/DT Algeria/NNP plan/NN ,/, "/" ran/VBD a/DT headline/NN in/IN Germany/NNP 's/POS Die/VBP Welt/NNP over/IN a/DT story/NN about/IN France/NNP 's/POS fear/NN of/IN offending/VBG its/PRP$ former/JJ North/NNP African/JJ colony/NN ./.
Everyone/NN else/RB was/VBD urging/VBG Algeria/NNP to/TO agree/VB to/TO an/DT international/JJ commission/NN of/IN inquiry/NN ,/, an/DT offer/NN that/IN it/PRP angrily/RB rejected/VBD ./.
El/NNP Moudjahid/NNP suggested/VBD that/IN the/DT countries/NNS trying/VBG to/TO meddle/VB in/IN Algerian/NNP affairs/NNS "/" begin/VB by/IN worrying/VBG about/IN the/DT terrorists/NNS they/PRP harbour/NN and/CC protect/VB in/IN their/PRP$ own/JJ territories/NNS in/IN the/DT name/NN of/IN the/DT right/NN of/IN asylum/NN and/CC the/DT rights/NNS of/IN man/NN ./.
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The/DT Vatican/NNP 's/POS official/JJ newspaper/NN ,/, L/NNP '/POS Osservatore/NNP Romano/NNP (/( ignoring/VBG the/DT murder/NN of/IN a/DT gentleman-in-waiting/JJ to/TO the/DT pope/NN ,/, which/WDT was/VBD given/VBN big/JJ play/NN in/IN all/DT other/JJ European/JJ newspapers/NNS because/IN of/IN its/PRP$ apparent/JJ homosexual/JJ overtones/NNS )/) ,/, called/VBN for/IN "/" a/DT clear/JJ and/CC decisive/JJ intervention/NN "/" in/IN Algeria/NNP to/TO stop/VB the/DT massacres/NNS from/IN sliding/VBG into/IN "/" genocide/NN ./.
"/" Most/JJS of/IN the/DT press/NN in/IN the/DT Arab/JJ world/NN remained/VBD silent/JJ on/IN the/DT subject/NN ,/, an/DT exception/NN being/VBG the/DT Saudi/NNP daily/JJ Al-/NNP Jazirah/NNP ,/, which/WDT appealed/VBD to/TO Algiers/NNP "/" to/TO accept/VB the/DT offers/NNS of/IN Arab/JJ countries/NNS and/CC to/TO co-operate/JJ with/IN them/PRP to/TO study/VB ways/NNS of/IN pursuing/VBG the/DT authors/NNS of/IN these/DT terrorist/JJ crimes/NNS ./.
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On/IN the/DT subject/NN of/IN terrorist/JJ crimes/NNS ,/, the/DT Daily/NNP Telegraph/NNP of/IN London/NNP carried/VBD an/DT op-ed/JJ feature/NN by/IN former/JJ Washington/NNP correspondent/NN and/CC veteran/NN conspiracy/NN theorist/NN Ambrose/NNP Evans-/NNP Pritchard/NNP (/( whose/WP$ Secret/NNP Life/NNP of/IN Bill/NNP Clinton/NNP :/: The/DT Unreported/JJ Stories/NNP was/VBD reviewed/VBN in/IN Slate/NNP )/) under/IN the/DT headline/NN "/" The/DT Oklahoma/NNP Bomb/NNP :/: has/VBZ justice/NN been/VBN done/VBN ?/.
"/" It/PRP claimed/VBD that/IN the/DT Justice/NNP Department/NNP and/CC the/DT FBI/NNP had/VBD deliberately/RB covered/VBN up/RP the/DT fact/NN that/IN the/DT bombing/NN had/VBD been/VBN a/DT broad/JJ conspiracy/NN ,/, involving/VBG several/JJ other/JJ people/NNS ,/, in/IN order--for/JJ unexplained/JJ reasons--to/JJ put/NN all/PDT the/DT blame/NN for/IN it/PRP on/IN Terry/NNP Nichols/NNP and/CC Tim/NNP McVeigh/NNP ./.
In/IN an/DT editorial/NN opposite/JJ this/DT piece/NN ,/, the/DT conservative/JJ Daily/NNP Telegraph/NNP noted/VBD that/IN even/RB the/DT meltdown/NN of/IN the/DT Asian/JJ financial/JJ system/NN had/VBD failed/VBN to/TO stem/VB the/DT fall/NN in/IN the/DT price/NN of/IN gold/NN ,/, and/CC said/VBD :/: "/" The/DT insatiable/JJ demand/NN for/IN dollars/NNS ,/, and/CC for/IN dollar/NN instruments/NNS backed/VBN by/IN Washington/NNP ,/, is/VBZ a/DT defining/VBG vote/NN of/IN confidence/NN in/IN the/DT American/JJ political/JJ economy/NN ./.
"/" "/" The/DT US/NNP economy/NN now/RB rules/VBZ supreme/NN ,/, vindicating/VBG the/DT chaotic/JJ dynamism/NN of/IN American/JJ culture/NN ,/, so/RB much/RB better/RBR suited/VBN to/TO the/DT technologies/NNS of/IN the/DT 1990/CD s/VBZ than/IN the/DT dirigiste/NN and/CC over-regulated/JJ system/NN of/IN Japan/NNP ,/, "/" it/PRP added/VBD ./.
"/" But/CC some/DT of/IN the/DT credit/NN ,/, at/IN least/JJS ,/, must/MD go/VB to/TO Alan/NNP Greenspan/NNP ,/, who/WP has/VBZ re-asserted/JJ the/DT primacy/NN of/IN the/DT US/NNP Federal/NNP Reserve/NNP ,/, which/WDT he/PRP chairs/VBZ ,/, by/IN pursuing/VBG a/DT monetary/JJ policy/NN of/IN near-perfect/JJ calibration/NN for/IN the/DT past/JJ decade/NN ./.
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Across/IN the/DT English/NNP Channel/NNP ,/, the/DT influential/JJ Le/NNP Monde/NNP said/VBD that/DT nothing/NN seemed/VBD able/JJ to/TO stop/VB "/" the/DT financial/JJ torment/VB of/IN Asia/NNP ,/, "/" which/WDT was/VBD now/RB poised/VBN to/TO claim/VB China/NNP as/IN its/PRP$ next/JJ victim/NN unless/IN there/EX was/VBD a/DT "/" rapid/JJ and/CC collective/JJ reaction/NN "/" by/IN the/DT international/JJ community/NN ./.
"/" Like/IN the/DT Titanic/NNP ,/, Asia/NNP seems/VBZ to/TO be/VB sinking/VBG inexorably/RB into/IN crisis/NN ,/, "/" its/PRP$ alarmist/NN editorial/NN continued/VBD ./.
"/" There/EX is/VBZ a/DT vicious/JJ circle/NN from/IN which/WDT one/PRP can/MD see/VB no/DT way/NN out/RP ./.
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Titanic/NNP -/: -/: James/NNP Cameron/NNP 's/POS $/$ 200/CD -/: million/CD movie/NN ,/, that/IN is--opened/JJ in/IN continental/JJ Europe/NNP this/DT week/NN to/TO rave/VB reviews/NNS ,/, with/IN Le/NNP Monde/NNP describing/VBG it/PRP (/( under/IN the/DT headline/NN "/" The/DT world/NN 's/POS most/RBS beautiful/JJ melodrama/NN between/IN Belfast/NNP and/CC New/NNP York/NNP "/" )/) as/IN one/CD of/IN "/" the/DT masterpieces/NNS of/IN the/DT 1990/CD s/VBZ ./.
"/" Germany/NNP 's/POS Die/VBP Welt/NNP was/VBD equally/RB enthusiastic/JJ and/CC commented/VBD ,/, "/" This/DT Titanic/NNP is/VBZ unsinkable/JJ ./.
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Warm/JJ praise/NN was/VBD bestowed/VBN by/IN the/DT left-leaning/JJ Paris/NNP newspaper/NN Libération/NNP on/IN the/DT often/RB derided/VBN paintings/NNS by/IN Sir/NNP Winston/NNP Churchill/NNP ,/, of/IN which/WDT the/DT auction/NN house/NN Sotheby/NNP 's/POS staged/VBD an/DT exhibition/NN in/IN London/NNP this/DT week/NN ./.
"/" The/DT old/JJ lion/NN had/VBD some/DT paw/NN ,/, "/" it/PRP said/VBD ./.
"/" Without/IN going/VBG as/RB far/RB as/IN the/DT Times/NNP [/( of/IN London/NNP ]/) ,/, which/WDT likened/VBD some/DT of/IN his/PRP$ paintings/NNS to/TO Monet/NNP on/IN a/DT bad/JJ day/NN ,/, the/DT exhibition/NN shows/VBZ the/DT work/NN of/IN a/DT real/JJ artist/NN ,/, "/" Libération/NNP added/VBD ./.
The/DT press/NN in/IN Britain/NNP agreed/VBD that/IN Churchill/NNP had/VBD anyway/RB far/RB outstripped/VBD Adolf/NNP Hitler/NNP in/IN artistic/JJ talent/NN ./.
The/DT most/RBS widely/RB published/VBN photograph/NN across/IN western/JJ Europe/NNP was/VBD of/IN Mohammed/NNP al/NN Fayed/NNP ,/, the/DT Egyptian/JJ owner/NN of/IN the/DT London/NNP department/NN store/NN Harrods/NNP (/( and/CC now-never-to-be/JJ father-in-law/NN of/IN Princess/NNP Diana/NNP )/) ,/, holding/VBG on/IN his/PRP$ head/NN a/DT diamond/NN and/CC platinum/NN coronet/NN that/WDT had/VBD been/VBN reduced/VBN in/IN the/DT Harrods/NNP sale/NN from/IN $/$ 400/CD ,/, 000/CD to/TO just/RB under/IN $/$ 300/CD ,/, 000/CD ./.
He/PRP was/VBD standing/VBG in/IN at/IN the/DT opening/NN of/IN the/DT sale/NN for/IN the/DT actress/NN and/CC singer/NN Cher/NNP ,/, who/WP had/VBD pulled/VBN out/IN after/IN the/DT death/NN of/IN her/PRP$ former/JJ husband/NN and/CC stage/NN partner/NN Sonny/NNP Bono/NNP ./.
(/( Click/NNP here/RB for/IN the/DT spin/NN on/IN Bono/NNP 's/POS fatal/JJ skiing/NN accident/NN ./.
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Culturebox/NNP ca/MD n't/RB think/VB of/IN a/DT relationship/NN more/RBR appalling/JJ than/IN the/DT benign/JJ bond/NN alleged/VBN to/TO exist/VB between/IN mentor/NN and/CC prot/NN ,/, g/SYM ,/, ./.
How/WRB humiliating/JJ for/IN the/DT supplicant/NN ,/, to/TO grovel/NN before/IN the/DT living/VBG proof/NN of/IN his/PRP$ own/JJ inadequacy/NN !/.
How/WRB nervewracking/VBG for/IN his/PRP$ benefactor/NN ,/, that/IN soon/RB he/PRP 'll/MD be/VB forced/VBN to/TO compete/VB with/IN the/DT poor/JJ resentful/JJ bastard/NN !/.
Why/WRB ,/, one/CD wonders/VBZ ,/, do/VBP n't/RB more/JJR prot/NN ,/, g/SYM ,/, s/VBZ grow/VB up/IN to/TO become/VB character/NN assassins/NNS ?/.
The/DT short/JJ answer/NN is/VBZ ,/, they/PRP do/VBP ./.
One/CD of/IN the/DT great/JJ examples/NNS of/IN prot/NN ,/, g/SYM ,/, ingratitude/NN is/VBZ Ernest/NNP Hemingway/NNP ,/, whose/WP$ second/JJ book/NN ,/, The/DT Torrents/NNP of/IN Spring/NNP ,/, was/VBD a/DT vicious/JJ parody/NN of/IN his/PRP$ unusually/RB indulgent/NN mentor/NN ,/, Sherwood/NNP Anderson/NNP ./.
(/( Hemingway/NNP dashed/VBD it/PRP off/RP in/IN ten/CD days/NNS before/IN submitting/VBG it/PRP to/TO his/PRP$ publisher/NN ;/: he/PRP was/VBD deliberately/RB trying/VBG to/TO break/VB his/PRP$ multi-book/JJ contract/NN ./.
)/) Philip/NNP Roth/NNP 's/POS portrait/NN of/IN E/NNP ./.
I/PRP ./.
Lonoff/NNP ,/, a/DT ./.
k/NN ./.
a/DT ./.
Bernard/NNP Malamud/NNP ,/, in/IN The/DT Ghost/NN Writer/NNP ,/, involves/VBZ a/DT subtler/NN form/NN of/IN backstabbing/VBG :/: the/DT unkind/NN portrait/NN masquerading/VBG as/IN homage/NN ./.
(/( See/VB Note/VB 1/CD below/IN to/TO see/VB what/WP Culturebox/NNP means/VBZ ./.
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But/CC where/WRB mentor-murder/JJ really/RB thrives/VBZ is/VBZ in/IN the/DT somewhat/RB less/JJR elevated/VBD genre/NN of/IN literary/JJ memoir/NN ./.
Brendan/NNP Gill/NNP 's/POS Here/RB at/IN the/DT New/NNP Yorker/NNP is/VBZ the/DT most/RBS delightful/JJ example/NN that/WDT comes/VBZ to/TO Culturebox/NNP 's/POS mind/NN ./.
Damning/NNP with/IN faint/JJ praise/NN and/CC exceptionally/RB witty/JJ prose/NN ,/, Gill/NNP skewers/NNS both/DT Harold/NNP Ross/NNP (/( "/" As/IN for/IN manners/NNS ,/, Ross/NNP might/MD truly/RB be/VB said/VBN not/RB to/TO have/VB had/VBN any/DT "/" )/) and/CC William/NNP Shawn/NNP (/( "/" Shawn/NNP ,/, by/IN contrast/NN ,/, might/MD be/VB a/DT revenant/NN from/IN some/DT small/JJ eighteenth-century/JJ court/NN "/" )/) ./.
Less/RBR amusing/JJ ,/, but/CC more/RBR typical/JJ ,/, is/VBZ an/DT 1983/CD essay/NN by/IN James/NNP Atlas/NNP in/IN The/DT Atlantic/NNP Monthly/JJ ,/, in/IN which/WDT he/PRP offers/VBZ up/RP the/DT spectacle/NN of/IN himself/PRP cringing/VBG at/IN the/DT feet/NNS of/IN the/DT New/NNP York/NNP intellectuals/NNS who/WP helped/VBD him/PRP with/IN his/PRP$ biography/NN of/IN poet/NN Delmore/NNP Schwartz--and/NNP equally/RB nasty/JJ portraits/NNS of/IN the/DT intellectuals/NNS themselves/PRP ./.
(/( See/VB Note/VB 2/CD for/IN a/DT typical/JJ exchange/NN between/IN Atlas/NNP and/CC Alfred/NNP Kazin/NNP ./.
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Then/RB there/EX 's/VBZ Paul/NNP Theroux/NNP ,/, whose/WP$ book/NN on/IN his/PRP$ former/JJ mentor/NN V/NNP ./.
S/NNP ./.
Naipaul/NNP is/VBZ excerpted/JJ in/IN this/DT week/NN 's/POS New/NNP Yorker/NNP ./.
Never/RB before/IN has/VBZ Culturebox/NNP encountered/VBN such/JJ dizzying/JJ heights/NNS of/IN disingenousness--the/JJ prot/NN ,/, g/SYM ,/, pretending/VBG to/TO be/VB taken/VBN in/IN by/IN the/DT mentor/NN ,/, while/IN storing/VBG up/RP anecdotes/NNS that/WDT prove/VBP his/PRP$ foulness/NNS ./.
The/DT pinnacle/NN of/IN disingenousness/NNS is/VBZ n't/RB Theroux/NNP 's/POS ,/, though--it/JJ 's/VBZ the/DT New/NNP Yorker/NNP 's/POS headline/NN :/: "/" The/DT Enigma/NNP of/IN Friendship/NNP ./.
"/" As/IN if/IN !/.
This/DT is/VBZ not/RB a/DT nuanced/JJ exploration/NN of/IN the/DT mysterious/JJ bonds/NNS that/WDT form/NN between/IN writers/NNS ./.
The/DT portrait/NN may/MD well/RB be/VB accurate--/JJ Naipaul/NNP is/VBZ not/RB a/DT writer/NN with/IN a/DT reputation/NN for/IN warmheartedness--but/JJ all/DT that/WDT can/MD be/VB concluded/VBN from/IN the/DT exercise/NN is/VBZ that/IN ,/, at/IN best/JJS ,/, one/CD monster/NN deserved/VBD the/DT other/JJ ./.
(/( See/VB Note/VB 3/CD for/IN a/DT choice/NN passage/NN ./.
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It/PRP was/VBD while/IN contemplating/VBG further/JJ instances/NNS of/IN mentor-murder/JJ in/IN this/DT issue/NN of/IN the/DT New/NNP Yorker/NNP -/: -/: see/VB the/DT "/" Talk/NN of/IN the/DT Town/NNP "/" 's/POS paeans/NNS to/TO the/DT departing/VBG Tina/NNP Brown/NNP ,/, particularly/RB Anthony/NNP Lane/NNP 's/POS meditation/NN upon/IN her/PRP$ query/NN ,/, "/" Is/VBZ Housman/NNP hot/JJ ?/.
"/" (/( Note/VB 4/LS )/) -/: -/: that/IN Culturebox/NNP was/VBD moved/VBN to/TO invent/VB a/DT subgenre/NN ,/, spiterature/NN ./.
It/PRP rhymes/VBZ with/IN literature/NN :/: literature/NN as/IN spit/NN ,/, composed/VBN in/IN spite/NN ./.
Readers/NNS are/VBP hereby/NN invited/VBN to/TO submit/VB suggestions/NNS to/TO culturebox/NN @/IN slate/NN ./.
com/NN for/IN the/DT most/RBS spiteful/JJ work/NN of/IN spiterature/NN they/PRP 've/VBP ever/RB encountered/VBN ./.
A/DT warning/NN ,/, however/RB :/: Should/MD your/PRP$ suggestions/NNS turn/VB out/RP to/TO be/VB superior/JJ to/TO Culturebox/NNP 's/POS ,/, she/PRP might/MD well/RB be/VB forced/VBN to/TO write/VB an/DT expose/VB in/IN which/WDT you/PRP are/VBP roundly/RB damned/RB with/IN her/PRP$ faint/JJ praise/NN ./.
Note/VB 1/CD :/: Here/RB 's/POS Nathan/NNP Zuckerman/NNP on/IN his/PRP$ hero/NN ,/, who/WP ca/MD n't/RB stop/VB fussing/VBG with/IN a/DT malfunctioning/VBG record-player/JJ arm/NN :/:
This/DT ,/, I/PRP realized/VBD ,/, is/VBZ the/DT excruciating/VBG scrupulosity/NN ,/, the/DT same/JJ maddening/VBG ,/, meticulous/JJ attention/NN to/TO every/DT last/JJ detail/NN that/WDT makes/VBZ you/PRP great/JJ ,/, that/WDT keeps/VBZ you/PRP going/VBG and/CC got/VBD you/PRP through/IN and/CC now/RB is/VBZ dragging/VBG you/PRP down/RB ./.
Standing/VBG with/IN E/NNP ./.
I/PRP ./.
Lonoff/NNP over/IN the/DT disobedient/NN arm/NN of/IN his/PRP$ record/NN player/NN ,/, I/PRP understood/VBD the/DT celebrated/JJ phenomenon/NN for/IN the/DT first/JJ time/NN :/: a/DT man/NN ,/, his/PRP$ destiny/NN ,/, and/CC his/PRP$ work-all/JJ one/CD ./.
What/WP a/DT terrible/JJ triumph/NN !/.
Note/VB 2/CD :/: Here/RB 's/POS Atlas/NNP on/IN Kazin/NNP :/:
"/" You/PRP know/VBP what/WP I/PRP do/VBP n't/RB get/VB about/IN you/PRP ?/.
"/" Kazin/NNP was/VBD studying/VBG me/PRP intently/RB ./.
"/" You/PRP do/VBP n't/RB stand/VB up/RP for/IN yourself/PRP ./.
I/PRP 've/VBP read/VBN your/PRP$ reviews/NNS ./.
You/PRP say/VBP whatever/WDT you/PRP want/VBP in/IN print/NN ,/, you/PRP take/VBP on/IN this/DT big/JJ book/NN ,/, and/CC then/RB you/PRP sit/VBP here/RB like/IN a/DT schoolboy/NN in/IN the/DT principal/NN 's/POS office/NN ./.
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"/" It/PRP 's/VBZ hard/JJ ,/, "/" I/PRP murmured/JJ ./.
"/" You/PRP bully/NN me/PRP ./.
"/" The/DT more/JJR annoyed/VBD he/PRP got/VBD ,/, the/DT more/JJR unnerved/VBD I/PRP was/VBD ./.
Cowed/NNP by/IN his/PRP$ intensity/NN ,/, I/PRP was/VBD afraid/JJ to/TO open/VB my/PRP$ mouth/NN ./.
My/PRP$ way/NN was/VBD to/TO creep/NN up/RP ,/, toss/VB in/IN a/DT grenade--/JJ "/" Delmore/NNP considered/VBD you/PRP a/DT serious/JJ menace/NN to/TO criticism/NN "/" -/: -/: then/RB melt/VB away/RB before/IN he/PRP could/MD get/VB off/IN a/DT shot/NN ./.
But/CC Kazin/NNP liked/VBD to/TO argue/VB ;/: it/PRP was/VBD a/DT way/NN of/IN working/VBG off/RP grievances/NNS ,/, improving/VBG one/CD 's/POS mental/JJ circulation/NN ./.
For/IN him/PRP ,/, rudeness/NNS was/VBD to/TO conversation/NN what/WP polemic/JJ was/VBD to/TO journalism--a/JJ style/NN ,/, a/DT genre/NN ,/, an/DT expressive/JJ mode/NN ./.
Note/VB 3/CD :/: Here/RB 's/POS Theroux/NNP on/IN Naipaul/NNP :/:
The/DT whites/NNS he/PRP had/VBD met/VBN in/IN Uganda/NNP ,/, he/PRP said/VBD ,/, drank/NN too/RB much/JJ ./.
They/PRP were/VBD intellectually/RB dead/JJ ./.
They/PRP were/VBD common/JJ ./.
They/PRP were/VBD inferior/JJ ./.
"/" Infies/NNP "/" was/VBD his/PRP$ name/NN for/IN them/PRP ./.
"/" Listen/VB to/TO the/DT infy/NN ,/, "/" he/PRP said/VBD while/IN an/DT expatriate/NN held/VBN forth/RB in/IN the/DT Senior/NNP Common/NNP Room/NNP ./.
I/PRP had/VBD never/RB met/VBN anyone/NN so/RB certain/JJ ,/, so/RB intense/JJ ,/, so/RB observant/NN ,/, so/RB impatient/JJ ,/, so/RB intelligent/JJ ./.
He/PRP was/VBD stimulating/VBG and/CC tiring/VBG to/TO be/VB with/IN ,/, like/IN a/DT brilliant/JJ ,/, demanding/VBG child-needy/JJ ,/, exhausting/JJ ,/, funny/JJ ./.
Note/VB 4/CD :/: Here/RB 's/POS Lane/NNP on/IN Brown/NNP :/:
There/EX were/VBD innumerable/JJ occasions/NNS on/IN which/WDT Tina/NNP was/VBD right/NN ,/, and/CC obviously/RB right/NN ;/: but/CC I/PRP had/VBD a/DT fondness/NN for/IN those/DT times/NNS when/WRB she/PRP was/VBD right/NN while/IN seeming/JJ to/TO be/VB wrong/JJ ,/, or/CC when/WRB she/PRP went/VBD via/IN wrongness/NNS to/TO get/VB to/TO the/DT right/JJ stuff/NN ./.
Critics/NNS claimed/VBD to/TO discern/VB superfluous/JJ gloss/VBP ,/, but/CC what/WP she/PRP did/VBD was/VBD to/TO apply/VB the/DT invigorating/VBG rhetoric/NN of/IN of/IN gloss/VBP to/TO the/DT supposedly/RB unglamorous/JJ ,/, and/CC thereby/RB encourage/VB reades/NNS to/TO try/VB what/WP they/PRP might/MD otherwise/RB disdain/VB ;/: only/RB thus/RB can/MD I/PRP account/VBP for/IN her/PRP$ kindly/RB tolerance/NN of/IN my/PRP$ grimmer/NN taste/NN ./.
-/: -/: Judith/NNP Shulevitz/NNP
Senate/NNP hearings/NNS on/IN the/DT campaign-finance/JJ scandal/NN opened/VBD ./.
Committee/NNP Chairman/NNP Sen/NNP ./.
Fred/NNP Thompson/NNP ,/, R-T/NNP enn/NN ./.
,/, announced/VBD that/IN he/PRP had/VBD evidence/NN of/IN a/DT Chinese/JJ plot/NN to/TO infiltrate/VB the/DT United/NNP States/NNPS ,/, but/CC could/MD n't/RB say/VB more/JJR because/IN the/DT evidence/NN is/VBZ top/JJ secret/NN ./.
Ranking/NNP Democrat/NNP John/NNP Glenn/NNP ,/, D-O/NNP hio/NN ,/, indirectly/RB accused/VBN Thompson/NNP of/IN McCarthyism/NNP and/CC upstaged/JJ him/PRP by/IN announcing/VBG an/DT offer/NN from/IN John/NNP Huang/NNP to/TO testify/VB in/IN exchange/NN for/IN partial/JJ immunity/NN ./.
Republicans/NNS worried/VBD that/IN an/DT immunity/NN grant/NN might/MD let/VB Huang/NNP off/IN the/DT hook/NN ,/, à/NN la/FW Ollie/NNP North/NNP ./.
Hours/NNS later/RB ,/, Republicans/NNPS (/( including/VBG Rep/NNP ./.
Dan/NNP Burton/NNP ,/, the/DT chairman/NN of/IN the/DT House/NNP committee/NN investigating/VBG the/DT scandal/NN )/) toasted/VBD North/NNP at/IN a/DT gala/NN in/IN his/PRP$ honor/NN ./.
The/DT early/JJ line/NN is/VBZ that/IN the/DT hearings/NNS are/VBP n't/RB catching/VBG fire/NN ./.
For/IN Slate/NNP 's/POS take/NN ,/, see/VB Jacob/NNP Weisberg/NNP 's/POS "/" Dispatch/NNP ./.
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Doctors/NNS reported/VBD that/DT fenfluramine/NN and/CC phentermine/NN ,/, a/DT popular/JJ diet/NN pill/NN combination/NN ,/, may/MD cause/VB severe/JJ heart-valve/JJ disease/NN ./.
The/DT story/NN is/VBZ all/DT over/JJ front/JJ pages/NNS and/CC the/DT TV/NN news/NN because/IN the/DT pills/NNS are/VBP prescribed/VBN about/RB 20/CD million/CD times/NNS a/DT year/NN ./.
The/DT Food/NNP and/CC Drug/NNP Administration/NNP is/VBZ sending/VBG warnings/NNS to/TO thousands/NNS of/IN doctors/NNS ./.
The/DT news/NN cycle/NN on/IN drug/NN scares/VBZ has/VBZ become/VBN so/RB fast/RB that/IN the/DT backlash/NN (/( accusing/VBG the/DT new/JJ report/NN of/IN over-hyping/JJ the/DT heart-disease/JJ link/NN and/CC ignoring/VBG the/DT benefits/NNS of/IN reduced/VBN obesity/NN )/) is/VBZ already/RB underway/NN ./.
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NASA/NNP landed/VBD a/DT robot/NN on/IN Mars/NNP and/CC began/VBD exploring/VBG the/DT surface/NN ./.
Scientists/NNS are/VBP steering/VBG the/DT 2/CD -/: foot-long/JJ ,/, 23/CD -/: pound/NN robot/NN by/IN remote/JJ control/NN (/( from/IN 119/CD million/CD miles/NNS away/RB )/) and/CC downloading/VBG the/DT video/NN and/CC geological/JJ data/NNS it/PRP collects/VBZ ./.
Evidence/NN of/IN ancient/JJ flood/NN water/NN (/( which/WDT might/MD now/RB be/VB frozen/VBN at/IN the/DT poles/NNS or/CC beneath/IN the/DT planet/NN 's/POS surface/NN )/) and/CC signs/NNS of/IN repeated/VBN melting/VBG and/CC crystallization/NN of/IN the/DT planet/NN 's/POS crust/NN indicate/VBP that/IN Mars/NNP is/VBZ much/RB more/RBR like/IN Earth/NNP than/IN was/VBD previously/RB thought/VBN ./.
The/DT mission/NN 's/POS official/NN Web/NNP site/NN has/VBZ reportedly/RB surpassed/VBN 150/CD million/CD hits/NNS in/IN five/CD days/NNS ,/, making/VBG it/PRP the/DT busiest/JJS site/NN in/IN the/DT history/NN of/IN the/DT Web/NNP ./.
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Cambodia/NNP 's/POS second/JJ prime/JJ minister/NN staged/VBD a/DT successful/JJ coup/NN against/IN the/DT country/NN 's/POS first/JJ prime/JJ minister/NN ./.
The/DT victors/NNS began/VBD looting/VBG ,/, and/CC hunting/NN down/RP the/DT new/JJ leader/NN 's/POS political/JJ rivals/NNS ,/, one/CD of/IN whom/WP has/VBZ already/RB been/VBN executed/VBN ./.
Analysts/NNS foresee/VBP two/CD possible/JJ outcomes/NNS :/: brutal/JJ tyranny/NN (/( the/DT optimistic/JJ scenario/NN )/) or/CC bloody/JJ civil/JJ war/NN ./.
This/DT follows/VBZ Cambodia/NNP 's/POS history/NN of/IN :/: 1/LS )/) massive/JJ genocide/NN ;/: 2/LS )/) a/DT decade-long/JJ civil/JJ war/NN ;/: and/CC 3/LS )/) billions/NNS of/IN dollars/NNS in/IN foreign/JJ aid/NN to/TO restore/VB democracy/NN ,/, which/WDT now/RB seem/VBP to/TO have/VB been/VBN wasted/VBN ./.
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Boxing/NNP regulators/NNS revoked/VBN Mike/NNP Tyson/NNP 's/POS license/NN to/TO fight/VB and/CC fined/VBD him/PRP $/$ 3/CD million/CD for/IN biting/VBG off/IN part/NN of/IN Evander/NNP Holyfield/NNP 's/POS ear/NN ./.
Tyson/NNP can/MD apply/VB for/IN reinstatement/NN in/IN a/DT year/NN ./.
Optimists/NNP called/VBD the/DT penalty/NN stiff/JJ and/CC predicted/VBD that/IN it/PRP would/MD restore/VB some/DT standard/NN of/IN decency/NN to/TO the/DT sport/NN ./.
Pessimists/NNP pointed/VBD out/RP that/IN Tyson/NNP gets/VBZ to/TO keep/VB $/$ 27/CD million/CD he/PRP earned/VBD from/IN the/DT fight/NN and/CC can/MD take/VB his/PRP$ services/NNS overseas/RB ./.
Fans/NNS rated/VBD the/DT bite/NN the/DT most/RBS disgusting/JJ offense/NN in/IN the/DT history/NN of/IN sports/NNS ./.
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Mexico/NNP 's/POS ruling/VBG party/NN lost/VBD control/NN of/IN the/DT national/JJ assembly/NN for/IN the/DT first/JJ time/NN in/IN 68/CD years/NNS ./.
It/PRP was/VBD the/DT longest-reigning/JJ political/JJ party/NN in/IN the/DT world/NN ./.
Reasons/NNS for/IN the/DT defeat/NN :/: 1/LS )/) Voters/NNS were/VBD sick/JJ of/IN the/DT country/NN 's/POS lousy/JJ economy/NN ;/: 2/LS )/) they/PRP were/VBD sick/JJ of/IN the/DT ruling/VBG party/NN 's/POS tradition/NN of/IN rigging/VBG elections/NNS ;/: and/CC 3/LS )/) this/DT time/NN ,/, the/DT ruling/VBG party/NN neglected/VBN to/TO rig/NN the/DT election/NN ./.
President/NNP Ernesto/NNP Zedillo/NNP executed/VBD one/CD of/IN history/NN 's/POS most/RBS impressive/JJ post-election/JJ spin/NN jobs/NNS ,/, portraying/VBG his/PRP$ party/NN 's/POS defeat/NN as/IN proof/NN of/IN the/DT climate/NN of/IN freedom/NN and/CC democracy/NN he/PRP has/VBZ fostered/VBN ./.
Now/RB that/IN the/DT party/NN has/VBZ lost/VBN its/PRP$ grip/NN ,/, analysts/NNS foresee/VBP a/DT wave/NN of/IN opportunistic/JJ defections/NNS by/IN politicians/NNS ,/, as/IN happened/VBN to/TO Southern/NNP Democrats/NNPS in/IN the/DT United/NNP States/NNPS ./.
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Sports/NNS news/NN :/: Cleveland/NNP Indians/NNPS catcher/NN Sandy/NNP Alomar/NNP Jr/NNP ./.
won/VBD baseball/NN 's/POS All-/NNP Star/NNP Game/NNP for/IN the/DT American/NNP League/NNP with/IN a/DT two-run/JJ ,/, seventh-inning/JJ home/NN run/NN in/IN his/PRP$ team/NN 's/POS ballpark/NN ./.
Martina/NNP Hingis/NNP and/CC Pete/NNP Sampras/NNP won/VBD the/DT women/NNS 's/POS and/CC men/NNS 's/POS tennis/NN championships/NNS at/IN Wimbledon/NNP ./.
Sportswriters/NNP lionized/JJ Hingis/NNP as/IN a/DT Wunderkind/NNP (/( she/PRP 's/VBZ 16/CD ,/, the/DT youngest/JJS Wimbledon/NNP champ/NN in/IN a/DT century/NN )/) and/CC Sampras/NNP as/IN arguably/RB the/DT greatest/JJS player/NN ever/RB (/( he/PRP 's/VBZ on/IN track/NN to/TO shatter/NN the/DT record/NN for/IN men/NNS 's/POS grand/JJ slam/VBP titles/NNS )/) ./.
Women/NNP 's/POS runner-up/JJ Jana/NNP Novotna/NNP choked/VBD away/RB a/DT third-set/JJ lead/NN in/IN the/DT finals/NNS for/IN the/DT second/JJ time/NN but/CC managed/VBN (/( unlike/IN last/JJ time/NN )/) not/RB to/TO cry/VB on/IN the/DT shoulder/NN of/IN the/DT Duchess/NNP of/IN Kent/NNP ./.
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Miscellany/NNP :/: NATO/NNP formally/RB admitted/VBD Poland/NNP ,/, Hungary/NNP ,/, and/CC the/DT Czech/NNP Republic/NNP ./.
The/DT United/NNP States/NNPS successfully/RB pressured/JJ its/PRP$ allies/NNS to/TO postpone/VB a/DT similar/JJ decision/NN on/IN Romania/NNP and/CC Slovenia/NNP until/IN 1999/CD ./.
The/DT investigation/NN of/IN Michael/NNP Kennedy/NNP 's/POS alleged/VBN affair/NN with/IN his/PRP$ kids/NNS '/POS teen-age/JJ baby/NN sitter/NN is/VBZ being/VBG dropped/VBN because/IN the/DT baby/NN sitter/NN wo/MD n't/RB cooperate/VB ./.
Hawaiian/JJ legislators/NNS decided/VBD to/TO give/VB domestic-partnership/JJ benefits/NNS to/TO gay/JJ couples/NNS instead/RB of/IN letting/VBG them/PRP marry/VB ./.
Lockheed/NNP Martin/NNP announced/VBD its/PRP$ purchase/NN of/IN Northrop/NNP Grumman/NNP ,/, completing/VBG the/DT defense/NN industry/NN 's/POS consolidation/NN into/IN two/CD camps/NNS (/( Lockheed/NNP vs/NNS ./.
Boeing/NNP )/) ./.
The/DT British/JJ company/NN that/IN recently/RB won/VBD fame/NN for/IN cloning/VBG a/DT sheep/NN is/VBZ reportedly/RB on/IN the/DT verge/NN of/IN deriving/VBG human/JJ blood/NN plasma/NN from/IN sheep/NN and/CC cows/NNS ./.
A/DT new/JJ scientific/JJ report/NN claims/NNS that/WDT puberty/NN begins/VBZ as/RB early/RB as/IN the/DT age/NN of/IN 6/CD ./.
A/DT woman/NN in/IN North/NNP Carolina/NNP was/VBD charged/VBN with/IN murdering/VBG her/PRP$ son/NN by/IN whacking/VBG him/PRP with/IN a/DT computer/NN keyboard/NN ./.
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The/DT British/JJ finally/RB relinquished/VBN Hong/NNP Kong/NNP to/TO China/NNP ./.
Thousands/NNS of/IN U/NNP ./.
S/NNP ./.
journalists/NNS found/VBD excuses/NNS to/TO spend/VB the/DT week/NN there/RB ,/, playing/VBG up/RP the/DT possibilities/NNS of/IN political/JJ confrontation/NN and/CC violence/NN (/( China/NNP oafishly/RB sent/VBD thousands/NNS of/IN troops/NNS to/TO show/VB everyone/NN who/WP 's/VBZ the/DT boss/NN )/) before/IN conceding/VBG that/DT nothing/NN was/VBD going/VBG to/TO happen/VB ./.
Poorest/JJS excuse/NN for/IN a/DT reporter/NN 's/POS travel/NN expenses/NNS :/: "/" Hong/NNP Kong/NNP Ponders/NNP Meaning/NNP of/IN Record/NNP Rainfall/NNP "/" (/( Los/NNP Angeles/NNP Times/NNP )/) ./.
Pundits/NNP agreed/VBD that/DT capitalism/NN will/MD continue/VB to/TO flourish/VB there/RB even/RB if/IN democracy/NN does/VBZ n't/RB :/: The/DT New/NNP York/NNP Times/NNP '/POS Tom/NNP Friedman/NNP noted/VBD that/IN replicas/NNS of/IN the/DT "/" Goddess/NNP of/IN Democracy/NNP "/" (/( erected/VBD in/IN 1989/CD by/IN protesters/NNS in/IN Tiananmen/NNP Square/NNP )/) ,/, which/WDT were/VBD being/VBG peddled/VBN by/IN Hong/NNP Kong/NNP demonstrators/NNS ,/, were/VBD "/" Made/VBN in/IN China/NNP ./.
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Jimmy/NNP Stewart/NNP ,/, Robert/NNP Mitchum/NNP ,/, and/CC Charles/NNP Kuralt/NNP died/VBD ./.
Hollywood/NNP pundits/NNS contrasted/VBD Stewart/NNP (/( the/DT idealistic/JJ gentleman/NN )/) with/IN Mitchum/NNP (/( the/DT hard-living/JJ rogue/NN )/) and/CC juxtaposed/JJ both/DT of/IN them--/JJ "/" the/DT last/NN of/IN the/DT giants/NNS of/IN Hollywood/NNP 's/POS golden/JJ era/NN ,/, "/" said/VBD the/DT Los/NNP Angeles/NNP Times--/NNP with/IN today/NN 's/POS mediocre/JJ movie/NN stars/NNS ./.
Cultural/JJ commentators/NNS paired/VBN Stewart/NNP with/IN Kuralt/NNP as/IN champions/NNS of/IN virtue/NN and/CC the/DT common/JJ man/NN ./.
Television/NN journalists/NNS ceaselessly/RB glorified/JJ Kuralt/NNP 's/POS television/NN journalism/NN ./.
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Thousands/NNS of/IN demonstrators/NNS mobbed/JJ Seattle/NNP this/DT week/NN to/TO protest/VB the/DT Third/NNP Ministerial/NNP Conference/NNP of/IN the/DT World/NNP Trade/NNP Organization/NNP ./.
They/PRP argued/VBD that/IN the/DT WTO/NNP ,/, a/DT 135/CD -/: nation/NN club/NN in/IN which/WDT membership/NN is/VBZ voluntary/JJ but/CC "/" free/JJ trade/NN "/" rules/NNS are/VBP mandatory/JJ ,/, threatens/VBZ to/TO dissolve/VB human/JJ rights/NNS ,/, labor/NN laws/NNS ,/, and/CC health/NN and/CC environmental/JJ protections/NNS in/IN the/DT acid/NN of/IN global/JJ capitalism/NN ./.
Tuesday/NNP and/CC Wednesday/NNP ,/, President/NNP Clinton/NNP and/CC WTO/NNP Director-/NNP General/NNP Michael/NNP Moore/NNP fired/VBD back/RB ./.
The/DT WTO/NNP 's/POS advocates/NNS ,/, belatedly/RB realizing/VBG that/IN it/PRP has/VBZ become/VBN a/DT political/JJ target/NN ,/, are/VBP beginning/VBG to/TO counter/VB the/DT principal/JJ spins/VBZ against/IN the/DT organization/NN ./.
1/LS ./.
Whether/IN to/TO trade/VB vs/NNS ./.
how/WRB to/TO trade/VB ./.
The/DT protesters/NNS want/VBP us/PRP to/TO ask/VB first/JJ what/WP political/JJ terms/NNS of/IN trade/NN are/VBP being/VBG offered/VBN ,/, and/CC then/RB to/TO decide/VB ,/, based/VBN on/IN how/WRB good/JJ or/CC bad/JJ those/DT terms/NNS are/VBP ,/, whether/IN or/CC not/RB to/TO trade/VB ./.
By/IN this/DT logic/NN ,/, because/IN the/DT WTO/NNP does/VBZ n't/RB include/VB labor/NN and/CC environmental/JJ regulations/NNS in/IN its/PRP$ trade/NN rules/NNS (/( thereby/RB undermining/VBG such/JJ regulations/NNS in/IN many/JJ countries/NNS ,/, according/VBG to/TO the/DT protesters/NNS )/) ,/, the/DT WTO/NNP should/MD be/VB suspended/VBN ./.
"/" Until/IN the/DT WTO/NNP addresses/NNS these/DT important/JJ issues/NNS ,/, there/EX will/MD be/VB no/DT support/NN for/IN a/DT major/JJ new/JJ round/NN of/IN trade/NN negotiations/NNS ,/, "/" declared/VBD AFL-CIO/NNP President/NNP John/NNP Sweeney/NNP several/JJ days/NNS before/IN the/DT Seattle/NNP meeting/NN ./.
"/" Hey/NNP ,/, hey/UH ,/, ho/NN ,/, ho/NN ,/, the/DT WTO/NNP has/VBZ got/VBN to/TO go/VB ,/, "/" protesters/NNS chanted/VBD in/IN the/DT streets/NNS ./.
In/IN a/DT New/NNP York/NNP Times/NNP ad/NN ,/, a/DT coalition/NN of/IN environmentalists/NNS said/VBD "/" public/JJ interest/NN groups/NNS …/NN want/VBP the/DT WTO/NNP to/TO stop/VB in/IN its/PRP$ tracks/NNS ./.
…/NN Many/JJ feel/VBP the/DT WTO/NNP can/MD never/RB be/VB democratically/RB reformed/VBN ./.
"/"
Clinton/NNP wants/VBZ to/TO reverse/VB these/DT two/CD questions/NNS ./.
He/PRP wants/VBZ us/PRP to/TO ask/VB first/JJ whether/IN trading/NN is/VBZ generally/RB good/JJ or/CC bad/JJ ,/, and/CC then--only/JJ after/IN we/PRP 've/VBP agreed/VBN that/IN it/PRP 's/VBZ good--to/JJ begin/VB discussing/VBG on/IN what/WP political/JJ terms/NNS we/PRP should/MD trade/VB ./.
"/" We/PRP are/VBP going/VBG to/TO have/VB to/TO listen/VB to/TO people/NNS who/WP have/VBP legitimate/JJ economic/JJ concerns/NNS ,/, legitimate/JJ environmental/JJ concerns/NNS ,/, legitimate/JJ labor/NN concerns/NNS ,/, "/" Clinton/NNP conceded/VBD in/IN a/DT speech/NN in/IN Seattle/NNP Wednesday/NNP ./.
But/CC first/NN ,/, said/VBD Clinton/NNP ,/, "/" Everybody/NN has/VBZ to/TO decide/VB :/: Do/VBP you/PRP think/VB we/PRP are/VBP better/JJR off/RP or/CC worse/JJR off/RP with/IN an/DT increasingly/RB integrated/VBN global/JJ economy/NN ,/, where/WRB productive/JJ Americans/NNPS have/VBP a/DT chance/NN to/TO sell/VB their/PRP$ goods/NNS and/CC services/NNS and/CC skills/NNS around/IN the/DT world/NN ?/.
I/PRP think/VBP we/PRP 're/VBP better/JJR off/RP ./.
That/DT 's/VBZ the/DT number/NN one/CD core/NN decision/NN we/PRP ought/MD to/TO make/VB up/RP our/PRP$ mind/NN as/IN a/DT country/NN we/PRP agree/VBP about/IN ./.
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2/LS ./.
What/WP is/VBZ capitalism/NN destroying/VBG ?/.
The/DT protesters/NNS contrast/VBP global/JJ capitalism/NN with/IN enlightened/JJ national/JJ laws/NNS ./.
According/VBG to/TO the/DT environmentalists/NNS '/POS ad/NN ,/, the/DT WTO/NNP ,/, by/IN promoting/VBG and/CC mandating/VBG unfettered/JJ trade/NN ,/, is/VBZ destroying/VBG "/" standards/NNS for/IN safety/NN ,/, health/NN and/CC the/DT environment/NN "/" in/IN "/" nations/NNS …/NN that/WDT try/VBP to/TO protect/VB the/DT safety/NN of/IN their/PRP$ food/NN ,/, their/PRP$ jobs/NNS ,/, small/JJ businesses/NNS or/CC Nature/NNP ./.
"/" The/DT AFL-CIO/NNP says/VBZ the/DT WTO/NNP should/MD be/VB reined/JJ in/IN to/TO preserve/VB "/" workers/NNS '/POS rights/NNS "/" and/CC to/TO "/" protect/VB the/DT ability/NN of/IN governments/NNS ,/, at/IN all/DT levels/NNS ,/, to/TO use/VB their/PRP$ purchasing/VBG power/NN to/TO reinforce/VB their/PRP$ values/NNS and/CC standards/NNS ./.
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The/DT WTO/NNP and/CC its/PRP$ defenders/NNS argue/VBP that/IN the/DT regimes/NNS and/CC laws/NNS mowed/JJ down/RB by/IN global/JJ capitalism/NN are/VBP more/RBR often/RB corrupt/JJ than/IN enlightened--in/JJ short/JJ ,/, that/DT capitalism/NN is/VBZ an/DT improvement/NN ./.
Clinton/NNP says/VBZ the/DT WTO/NNP fosters/NNS respect/NN for/IN the/DT "/" rule/NN of/IN law/NN ,/, "/" which/WDT weeds/NNS out/IN corruption/NN and/CC discourages/VBZ war/NN ./.
Francis/NNP Fukuyama/NNP ,/, writing/VBG in/IN the/DT Wall/NNP Street/NNP Journal/NNP ,/, says/VBZ poor/JJ people/NNS around/IN the/DT world/NN are/VBP dominated/VBN by/IN "/" local/JJ companies/NNS …/NN interlocked/JJ with/IN local/JJ political/JJ elites/NNS in/IN a/DT web/NN of/IN cronyism/NN and/CC corruption/NN ./.
Globalization/NNP in/IN the/DT form/NN of/IN foreign/JJ direct/JJ investment/NN by/IN multinational/JJ corporations/NNS not/RB only/RB creates/VBZ employment/NN but/CC directly/RB threatens/VBZ these/DT local/JJ elites/NNS by/IN exposing/VBG them/PRP to/TO competition/NN ./.
"/"
Addressing/VBG the/DT WTO/NNP conference/NN Tuesday/NNP ,/, Moore/NNP argued/VBD that/IN global/JJ capitalism/NN has/VBZ replaced/VBN not/RB Marxist/JJ utopia/NN but/CC warped/JJ Marxist/JJ totalitarianism/NN and/CC aggression/NN ./.
Free/JJ trade/NN "/" tore/VBD down/RP the/DT walls/NNS of/IN economic/JJ and/CC political/JJ oppression/NN ,/, "/" said/VBD Moore/NNP ./.
"/" Our/PRP$ parents/NNS learnt/NN from/IN the/DT great/JJ depression/NN ,/, made/VBN deeper/JJR and/CC more/RBR lethal/JJ by/IN rising/VBG trade/NN barriers/NNS from/IN which/WDT came/VBD the/DT twin/JJ tyrannies/NNS of/IN our/PRP$ age/NN ,/, fascism/NN and/CC Marxism/NNP ,/, thus/RB war/NN ;/: hot/JJ and/CC cold/JJ ./.
They/PRP swore/VBD it/PRP would/MD not/RB happen/VB again/RB ,/, and/CC they/PRP created/VBD an/DT international/JJ architecture/NN which/WDT included/VBD the/DT UN/NNP ,/, IMF/NNP ,/, World/NNP Bank/NNP ,/, and/CC the/DT GATT/NNP ,/, now/RB the/DT WTO/NNP ,/, to/TO achieve/VB that/IN peaceful/JJ purpose/NN ./.
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3/LS ./.
Does/VBZ the/DT WTO/NNP permit/NN problems/NNS or/CC solutions/NNS ?/.
The/DT protesters/NNS say/VBP the/DT WTO/NNP is/VBZ bad/JJ because/IN it/PRP permits/VBZ oppressive/JJ and/CC environmentally/RB destructive/JJ practices/NNS and/CC ,/, by/IN liberating/JJ greed/NN ,/, promotes/VBZ these/DT practices/NNS ./.
By/IN focusing/VBG on/IN the/DT free/JJ flow/NN of/IN capital/NN ,/, WTO/NNP leaders/NNS "/" are/VBP not/RB supporting/VBG human/JJ rights/NNS and/CC workers/NNS '/POS rights/NNS ,/, "/" said/VBD a/DT union/NN official/NN in/IN Seattle/NNP ./.
Clinton/NNP sees/VBZ it/PRP the/DT other/JJ way/NN around/IN :/: The/DT WTO/NNP is/VBZ good/JJ because/IN it/PRP permits/VBZ discussion/NN of/IN these/DT practices/NNS ./.
"/" It/PRP is/VBZ not/RB wrong/JJ for/IN the/DT United/NNP States/NNPS to/TO say/VB we/PRP do/VBP n't/RB believe/VB in/IN child/NN labor/NN ,/, or/CC forced/VBD labor/NN ,/, or/CC the/DT oppression/NN of/IN our/PRP$ brothers/NNS and/CC sisters/NNS who/WP work/VBP for/IN a/DT living/VBG around/IN the/DT world--and/JJ [/( that/DT ]/) we/PRP do/VBP n't/RB believe/VB that/IN growing/VBG the/DT economy/NN requires/VBZ us/PRP to/TO undermine/VB the/DT environment/NN ,/, "/" said/VBD Clinton/NNP ./.
But/CC to/TO make/VB those/DT arguments/NNS and/CC resolve/VB those/DT issues/NNS with/IN other/JJ nations/NNS effectively/RB ,/, said/VBD Clinton/NNP ,/, "/" You/PRP have/VBP to/TO have/VB some/DT system/NN to/TO resolve/VB them/PRP ./.
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4/LS ./.
Opening/NN the/DT WTO/NNP vs/NNS ./.
opening/VBG world/NN trade/NN ./.
Sweeney/NNP blasts/NNS "/" trade/NN accords/NNS negotiated/VBN behind/IN closed/VBD doors/NNS "/" and/CC demands/NNS that/IN the/DT WTO/NNP become/VBD "/" open/JJ "/" and/CC "/" accountable/JJ ./.
"/" The/DT environmentalists/NNS call/VBP the/DT WTO/NNP an/DT "/" invisible/JJ government/NN "/" that/IN "/" was/VBD elected/VBN by/IN no-one/JJ "/" and/CC "/" operates/VBZ in/IN secrecy/NN ./.
"/" Moore/NNP replies/VBZ that/IN the/DT WTO/NNP is/VBZ democratic--/JJ "/" Ministers/NNP are/VBP here/RB because/IN their/PRP$ people/NNS decided/VBD so/RB ./.
Our/PRP$ agreements/NNS must/MD be/VB agreed/VBN by/IN Parliaments/NNP "/" -/: -/: but/CC Clinton/NNP goes/VBZ further/RB ./.
He/PRP frames/NNS the/DT issue/NN of/IN openness/NN more/RBR broadly/RB ,/, arguing/VBG that/IN the/DT WTO/NNP has/VBZ made/VBN trade/NN decisions/NNS more/RBR accountable/JJ and/CC more/RBR universally/RB beneficial/JJ than/IN they/PRP used/VBD to/TO be/VB ./.
"/" We/PRP do/VBP have/VBP to/TO open/VB the/DT WTO/NNP and/CC the/DT world/NN trading/NN system/NN to/TO greater/JJR public/JJ scrutiny/NN and/CC to/TO greater/JJR public/JJ participation/NN ,/, "/" says/VBZ Clinton/NNP ./.
But/CC "/" what/WP we/PRP came/VBD here/RB to/TO the/DT WTO/NNP meeting/NN in/IN Seattle/NNP to/TO do/VB "/" is/VBZ "/" to/TO open/JJ markets/NNS and/CC expand/VB opportunities/NNS ./.
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5/LS ./.
Stability/NNP vs/NNS ./.
progress/NN ./.
The/DT protesters/NNS focus/VBP on/IN "/" stability/NN "/" and/CC worry/VBP that/IN unfettered/JJ trade/NN will/MD demolish/VB it/PRP ./.
Thanks/NNS to/TO world/NN capital/NN flow/NN ,/, says/VBZ Sweeney/NNP ,/, "/" financial/JJ collapses/NNS have/VBP grown/VBN more/RBR severe/JJ and/CC more/RBR frequent/JJ ./.
"/" But/CC what/WP the/DT protesters/NNS call/VBP stability/NN ,/, Moore/NNP calls/VBZ stagnation/NN :/: "/" The/DT least-developed/JJ countries/NNS are/VBP not/RB threatened/VBN by/IN globalization/NN ./.
They/PRP are/VBP threatened/VBN by/IN de-globalization/JJ ,/, falling/VBG outside/IN of/IN the/DT world/NN economy/NN and/CC slipping/VBG ever/RB further/RB behind/IN ./.
"/" Clinton/NNP portrays/VBZ the/DT instability/NN of/IN big/JJ industrial/JJ shifts--for/JJ example/NN ,/, the/DT loss/NN of/IN American/JJ jobs/NNS in/IN steel/NN and/CC the/DT simultaneous/JJ creation/NN of/IN American/JJ jobs/NNS in/IN software--as/JJ a/DT transition/NN to/TO a/DT world/NN in/IN which/WDT "/" everybody/NN can/MD do/VB what/WP they/PRP do/VBP best/JJS ./.
"/" To/TO mitigate/VB that/DT instability/NN ,/, he/PRP promises/VBZ to/TO give/VB people/NNS "/" time/NN and/CC support/NN and/CC investment/NN to/TO make/VB the/DT transitions/NNS into/IN the/DT new/JJ economy/NN ./.
"/"
Human/JJ nature/NN puts/VBZ Clinton/NNP at/IN a/DT disadvantage/NN in/IN this/DT debate/NN ./.
Most/JJS people/NNS would/MD rather/RB keep/VB what/WP they/PRP have/VBP than/IN risk/NN it/PRP for/IN a/DT hypothetical/JJ payoff/NN ./.
And/CC while/IN the/DT costs/NNS of/IN unrestricted/JJ trade/NN tend/VBP to/TO be/VB visible/JJ because/IN they/PRP 're/VBP nearby/JJ and/CC concentrated/VBN (/( e/SYM ./.
g/SYM ./.
,/, the/DT closure/NN of/IN a/DT local/JJ factory/NN )/) ,/, the/DT benefits/NNS tend/VBP to/TO be/VB invisible/JJ because/IN they/PRP 're/VBP faraway/JJ or/CC diffuse/NN (/( e/SYM ./.
g/SYM ./.
,/, lower/JJR prices/NNS at/IN the/DT grocery/NN store/NN or/CC higher/JJR wages/NNS in/IN Latin/NNP America/NNP )/) ./.
"/" The/DT people/NNS that/WDT are/VBP going/VBG to/TO win/VB will/MD always/RB be/VB somewhat/RB uncertain/JJ of/IN their/PRP$ gain/NN ,/, whereas/IN the/DT people/NNS who/WP will/MD lose/VB are/VBP absolutely/RB sure/JJ of/IN what/WP they/PRP are/VBP going/VBG to/TO lose/VB ,/, "/" says/VBZ Clinton/NNP ./.
Therefore/RB ,/, embracing/VBG free/JJ trade/NN "/" will/MD require/VB …/NN imagination/NN and/CC trust/NN and/CC humility/NN and/CC flexibility/NN ./.
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6/CD ./.
Bully/NNP or/CC protector/NN ?/.
Former/NNP WTO/NNP Director-/NNP General/NNP Renato/NNP Ruggiero/NNP once/RB called/VBD the/DT WTO/NNP a/DT "/" new/JJ constitution/NN for/IN a/DT single/JJ global/JJ economy/NN ,/, "/" and/CC protesters/NNS have/VBP seized/VBN on/IN this/DT somewhat/RB presumptuous/JJ self-characterization/JJ to/TO portray/VB the/DT WTO/NNP as/IN a/DT police/NN state/NN designed/VBN by/IN rich/JJ nations/NNS to/TO facilitate/VB the/DT exploitation/NN of/IN poor/JJ ones/NNS ./.
"/" Unlike/IN other/JJ global/JJ bodies/NNS (/( including/VBG the/DT UN/NNP )/) ,/, the/DT WTO/NNP enjoys/VBZ unique/JJ enforcement/NN powers/NNS ,/, "/" the/DT environmentalists/NNS warn/VBP in/IN their/PRP$ ad/NN ./.
"/" Offending/NNP countries/NNS must/MD conform/VB with/IN WTO/NNP rules/NNS ,/, or/CC face/VB harsh/JJ sanctions/NNS ./.
"/"
Moore/NNP sees/VBZ these/DT governmental/JJ analogies/NNS in/IN a/DT different/JJ light/NN ./.
He/PRP thinks/VBZ the/DT WTO/NNP 's/POS constitution/NN and/CC police/NN powers/NNS will/MD protect/VB poor/JJ countries/NNS ,/, not/RB exploit/VB them/PRP ./.
"/" Developing/VBG countries/NNS need/VBP a/DT secure/VB and/CC stable/JJ world/NN trading/NN system/NN ,/, "/" he/PRP says/VBZ ./.
"/" They/PRP need/VBP more/JJR openness/NN ,/, not/RB less/JJR ./.
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I/PRP see/VBP interdependence/NN as/IN a/DT guarantor/NN of/IN our/PRP$ sovereignty/NN and/CC safety/NN ./.
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7/CD ./.
Imports/NNS vs/NNS ./.
exports/NNS ./.
Some/DT goods/NNS are/VBP produced/VBN more/RBR cheaply/RB in/IN the/DT United/NNP States/NNPS than/IN abroad/RB ./.
Others/NNS are/VBP produced/VBN more/RBR cheaply/RB abroad/RB than/IN here/RB ./.
Unrestricted/NNP trade/NN will/MD help/VB U/NNP ./.
S/NNP ./.
industries/NNS in/IN the/DT first/JJ category/NN but/CC will/MD wipe/VB out/RP those/DT in/IN the/DT second/JJ category/NN ./.
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S/NNP ./.
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"/" So/RB America/NNP exported/VBD $/$ 353/CD million/CD worth/NN of/IN apples/NNS last/JJ year/NN ./.
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And/CC the/DT key/NN to/TO reassuring/JJ Americans/NNPS about/IN the/DT WTO/NNP is/VBZ to/TO talk/VB about/IN the/DT apples/NNS ./.
GET/VB "/" INTERNATIONAL/NNP PAPERS/NNS "/" BY/NNP E-MAIL/NNP !/.
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J/NNP ./.
Heinz/NNP Co/NNP ./.
,/, Tony/NNP O/NNP '/POS Reilly/NNP ,/, appeared/VBD to/TO discount/VB the/DT possibility/NN of/IN failure/NN from/IN the/DT start/NN ./.
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"/" "/" Please/VB make/VB it/PRP work/VBP ,/, "/" begged/VBN the/DT liberal/JJ Guardian/NNP in/IN its/PRP$ front-page/JJ headline/NN ,/, saying/VBG in/IN its/PRP$ editorial/NN that/IN while/IN failure/NN was/VBD a/DT possibility/NN ,/, so/RB also/RB was/VBD success/NN ./.
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"/" For/IN this/DT was/VBD a/DT blessed/VBN Good/NNP Friday/NNP ./.
"/" The/DT Financial/NNP Times/NNP said/VBD ,/, "/" [/( W/NNP ]/) hat/NN has/VBZ been/VBN achieved/VBN is/VBZ a/DT great/JJ new/JJ opportunity/NN ,/, but/CC it/PRP is/VBZ only/RB that/DT ./.
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S/NNP ./.
Sen/NNP ./.
George/NNP Mitchell/NNP ./.
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Continental/JJ newspapers/NNS ,/, too/RB ,/, emphasized/VBD the/DT problems/NNS ./.
"/" The/DT Irish/JJ peace/NN remains/VBZ to/TO be/VB built/VBN ,/, "/" said/VBD the/DT conservative/JJ Paris/NNP daily/JJ Le/NNP Figaro/NNP over/IN its/PRP$ main/JJ front-page/JJ story/NN ./.
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"/" it/PRP asked/VBD ./.
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Katha/NNP ,/,
Oh/UH ,/, God/NNP ./.
We/PRP 're/VBP agreeing/VBG again/RB ./.
Since/IN when/WRB was/VBD sport/NN a/DT crucial/JJ civic/JJ virtue/NN ?/.
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You/PRP 're/VBP right/NN about/IN stadiums/NNS as/RB well/RB ./.
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So/RB ./.
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how/WRB about/IN those/DT Skins/NNP ?/.
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(/( I/NN wo/MD n't/RB bore/VBD you/PRP with/IN an/DT appreciation/NN of/IN a/DT five-day/JJ cricket/NN match/NN )/) ./.
But/CC in/IN general/JJ ,/, these/DT are/VBP definitely/RB what/WP Mr/NNP ./.
Mill/NNP would/MD have/VB called/VBN lower/JJR pleasures/NNS ./.
And/CC we/PRP need/VBP to/TO do/VB a/DT better/JJR job/NN of/IN keeping/VBG them/PRP in/IN their/PRP$ place/NN ./.
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But/CC they/PRP were/VBD n't/RB the/DT only/RB male/JJ role/NN models/NNS ./.
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But/CC are/VBP you/PRP as/IN interested/JJ in/IN the/DT business/NN pages/NNS as/IN I/PRP am/VBP ?/.
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What/WP 's/VBZ the/DT connection/NN ?/.
Send/VB your/PRP$ answer/NN by/IN noon/NN ET/NNP Thursday/NNP to/TO newsquiz/NN @/IN slate/NN ./.
com/NN ./.
Tuesday/NNP 's/POS Question/NNP (/( No/UH ./.
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"/" -/: -/: Jennifer/NNP "/" Damned/NNP One-/NNP Note/VB Media/NNP !/.
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Egalitarian/NNP Utopia/NNP Answer/NNP
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Well/RB ,/, maybe/RB ./.
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eHost/NN ./.
com/NN &slash;/NN domain/NN _/NN reg/NN &slash;/NN index/NN ./.
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m/NN ./.
Pacific/JJ time/NN (/( 8/CD p/NN ./.
m/NN ./.
Eastern/JJ time/NN )/) ./.
The/DT one/CD exception/NN is/VBZ the/DT weekend/NN edition/NN ./.
This/DT is/VBZ the/DT edition/NN with/IN the/DT most/RBS new/JJ and/CC updated/VBN material/NN ./.
It/PRP is/VBZ usually/RB available/JJ on/IN the/DT Web/NNP by/IN 2/CD p/NN ./.
m/NN ./.
Friday/NNP afternoon/NN ,/, Eastern/NNP time/NN ./.
The/DT weekly/JJ e-mail/JJ delivery/NN should/MD arrive/VB Friday/NNP afternoon/NN as/RB well/RB ./.
(/( You/PRP can/MD also/RB download/NN this/DT same/JJ file/NN ,/, which/WDT is/VBZ formatted/JJ for/IN easy/JJ print-out/JJ ,/, directly/RB from/IN the/DT Web/NNP ./.
)/)
Our/PRP$ No/UH ./.
1/LS concern/NN last/JJ week/NN was/VBD trying/VBG to/TO keep/VB Bill/NNP Gates/NNP from/IN finding/VBG out/IN about/IN these/DT problems/NNS we/PRP were/VBD having/VBG ,/, since/IN Microsoft/NNP is/VBZ a/DT company/NN where/WRB nothing/NN ever/RB goes/VBZ wrong/JJ ./.
(/( Our/PRP$ No/UH ./.
2/LS concern/NN ,/, of/IN course/NN ,/, was/VBD you/PRP ,/, the/DT customer/NN ./.
)/) At/IN an/DT emergency/NN staff/NN meeting/NN ,/, we/PRP considered/VBD our/PRP$ options/NNS ./.
Young/NNP Plotz/NNP had/VBD a/DT three-word/JJ suggestion/NN that/WDT does/VBZ n't/RB bear/VB repeating/VBG ./.
Foer/NNP and/CC Gore/NNP offered/VBD to/TO distract/VB Gates/NNP with/IN their/PRP$ vaudeville/NN act/NN while/IN Sobel/NNP and/CC Hohlt/NNP snuck/NN the/DT pages/NNS into/IN his/PRP$ browser/NN cache/NN ./.
Finally/RB ,/, though/RB ,/, we/PRP decided/VBD to/TO tell/VB him/PRP the/DT truth/NN ./.
He/PRP took/VBD it/PRP pretty/RB well/RB ./.
"/" That/DT 's/VBZ OK/JJ ,/, "/" he/PRP said/VBD ./.
"/" I/PRP 'm/VBP still/RB busy/JJ looking/VBG at/IN Investor/NNP ./.
"/"
Satan/NNP or/CC Sunshine/NNP ?/.
In/IN her/PRP$ dispatches/NNS last/JJ week/NN from/IN the/DT inauguration/NN ,/, Karenna/NNP Gore/NNP invited/VBD Slate/NNP readers/NNS to/TO help/VB her/PRP$ choose/VB a/DT Secret/NNP Service/NNP code/NN name/NN superior/JJ to/TO the/DT one/CD she/PRP regrets/VBZ having/VBG chosen/VBN four/CD years/NNS ago/RB :/: Smurfette/NNP ./.
It/PRP must/MD have/VB two/CD syllables/NNS and/CC begin/VB with/IN S/NNP ,/, for/IN some/DT reason/NN ./.
Among/IN reader/NN suggestions/NNS (/( in/IN "/" The/DT Fray/NNP "/" )/) ,/, Gore/NNP reports/NNS ,/, "/" Sultry/NNP ,/, Sexy/NNP ,/, and/CC Sassy/NNP seem/VBP superior/JJ to/TO Schoolmarm/NNP ,/, Shapeless/NNP ,/, and/CC Schnauzer/NNP ./.
"/" Other/JJ nominees/NNS :/: Sandstorm/NNP ,/, Seraph/NNP ,/, Scylla/NNP (/( "/" Fends/NNP off/RP sailors/NNS ,/, "/" a/DT reader/NN points/NNS out/IN )/) ./.
Scrounger/NNP ,/, Shameless/NNP ,/, Snorer/NNP ,/, Slimfast/NNP ,/, and/CC Spoiler/NNP did/VBD not/RB appeal/VB ,/, and/CC Stripper/NNP and/CC Stoner/NNP were/VBD positively/RB alarming/JJ ./.
Bottom/NNP line/NN :/: She/PRP is/VBZ still/RB looking/VBG ./.
Top/NNP Draft/NNP Choice/NNP
We/PRP 're/VBP pleased/VBN to/TO announce/VB that/IN Michael/NNP Lewis/NNP will/MD be/VB joining/VBG Slate/NNP as/IN a/DT regular/JJ contributor/NN ./.
Michael/NNP is/VBZ the/DT author/NN of/IN Liar/NNP 's/POS Poker/NNP ,/, the/DT best-selling/JJS memoir/NN of/IN life/NN as/IN an/DT investment/NN banker/NN in/IN the/DT 1980/CD s/VBZ ./.
Losers/NNP ,/, an/DT expanded/VBN version/NN of/IN his/PRP$ coverage/NN of/IN the/DT 1996/CD presidential/JJ campaign/NN ,/, will/MD be/VB published/VBN this/DT spring/NN by/IN Knopf/NNP ./.
He/PRP also/RB writes/VBZ a/DT monthly/JJ column/NN for/IN the/DT New/NNP York/NNP Times/NNP Sunday/NNP Magazine/NNP ./.
Look/VB for/IN Michael/NNP 's/POS regular/JJ contributions/NNS starting/VBG in/IN April/NNP ,/, with/IN occasional/JJ appetizers/NNS before/IN then/RB ./.
-/: -/: Michael/NNP Kinsley/NNP
Economist/NNP ,/, April/NNP 24/CD
(/( posted/VBD Saturday/NNP ,/, April/NNP 24/CD ,/, 1999/CD )/)
The/DT cover/NN editorial/NN warns/VBZ NATO/NNP to/TO do/VB some/DT birthday/NN soul-searching/JJ ./.
The/DT alliance/NN must/MD establish/VB an/DT international/JJ protectorate/NN in/IN Kosovo/NNP that/IN guarantees/NNS refugees/NNS the/DT right/NN of/IN return/NN ,/, and/CC it/PRP must/MD reassure/VB a/DT wary/JJ world/NN that/IN it/PRP will/MD not/RB make/VB a/DT habit/NN of/IN waging/VBG war/NN on/IN sovereign/JJ nations/NNS ./.
Failure/NN could/MD mean/VB "/" terminal/NN decline/NN ./.
"/" ./.
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A/DT long/JJ ,/, fascinating/JJ survey/NN of/IN NATO/NNP says/VBZ the/DT narrow/JJ interests/NNS of/IN some/DT European/JJ members/NNS conflict/VBP with/IN America/NNP 's/POS "/" broader/JJR vision/NN "/" and/CC wonders/VBZ whether/IN members/NNS '/POS conflicting/JJ positions/NNS on/IN Iraq/NNP ,/, Iran/NNP ,/, and/CC Israel/NNP could/MD strain/VB the/DT alliance/NN in/IN the/DT future/NN ./.
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An/DT article/NN describes/VBZ a/DT kid-run/JJ Florida/NNP anti-smoking/JJ campaign/NN ./.
One/CD billboard/NN features/VBZ a/DT bikini-clad/JJ tobacco/NN executive/NN ,/, poolside/NN with/IN cigarette/NN and/CC black/JJ socks/NNS ./.
The/DT campaign/NN is/VBZ demonstrably/RB successful/JJ ,/, but/CC the/DT governor/NN wants/VBZ to/TO slash/VB its/PRP$ budget/NN ./.
New/NNP Republic/NNP ,/, May/NNP 10/CD
(/( posted/VBD Friday/NNP ,/, April/NNP 23/CD ,/, 1999/CD )/)
The/DT cover/NN story/NN ,/, "/" Milosevic/NNP 's/POS Willing/JJ Executioners/NNP ,/, "/" says/VBZ that/IN Serbs/NNP actively/RB support/NN the/DT ethnic/JJ cleansing/NN of/IN Kosovo/NNP and/CC the/DT murder/NN of/IN Muslims/NNPS ./.
Serbs/NNP honestly/RB believe/VBP themselves/PRP to/TO be/VB victims/NNS ./.
Milosevic/NNP did/VBD not/RB need/VB to/TO push/VB them/PRP into/IN violence/NN ./.
The/DT piece/NN is/VBZ full/JJ of/IN chilling/JJ anecdotes/NNS about/IN Serbs/NNP '/POS "/" gratuitous/JJ sadism/NN "/" and/CC indifference/NN to/TO Kosovar/NNP suffering/VBG ./.
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An/DT article/NN slams/NNS CNN/NNP for/IN acting/VBG as/IN a/DT conduit/NN for/IN Serb/NNP propaganda/NN ./.
Rather/RB than/IN try/VB to/TO subvert/VB or/CC oppose/VBP Belgrade/NNP 's/POS censorship/NN ,/, CNN/NNP has/VBZ happily/RB accepted/VBN it/PRP in/IN exchange/NN for/IN "/" access/NN ./.
"/"
New/NNP York/NNP Times/NNP Magazine/NNP ,/, April/NNP 25/CD
(/( posted/VBD Thursday/NNP ,/, April/NNP 22/CD ,/, 1999/CD )/)
The/DT cover/NN story/NN deplores/VBZ the/DT Americanization/NNP of/IN Israeli/JJ politics/NNS ./.
The/DT American/JJ political/JJ consultants/NNS hired/VBN by/IN the/DT leading/VBG candidates/NNS for/IN prime/JJ minister--/JJ Arthur/NNP Finkelstein/NNP for/IN Benjamin/NNP Netanyahu/NNP ,/, James/NNP Carville/NNP and/CC others/NNS for/IN Ehud/NNP Barak--have/NNP brought/VBD sound/NN bites/VBZ ,/, attack/NN ads/NNS ,/, and/CC wedge/NN issues/NNS to/TO the/DT campaign/NN ./.
Sadly/RB ,/, this/DT has/VBZ removed/VBN all/PDT the/DT substance/NN from/IN Israeli/JJ politics/NNS and/CC left/VBD it/PRP just/RB as/RB vapid/NN as/IN the/DT American/JJ system/NN ./.
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A/DT profile/NN of/IN Montenegrin/NNP President/NNP Milo/NNP Djukanovic/NNP calls/VBZ him/PRP the/DT West/NNP 's/POS best/JJS hope/VBP for/IN Yugoslavia/NNP ./.
Once/RB a/DT Milosevic/NNP stooge/NN ,/, he/PRP has/VBZ become/VBN an/DT anti-/NN Milosevic/NNP ,/, free-market/JJ democrat/NN ./.
Problem/NNP :/: Milosevic/NNP may/MD take/VB the/DT opportunity/NN provided/VBN by/IN the/DT NATO/NNP bombing/NN to/TO depose/NN Djukanovic/NNP and/CC install/VB a/DT more/JJR subservient/NN leader/NN ./.
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A/DT feature/NN marvels/NNS at/IN military/JJ food/NN ,/, which/WDT now/RB includes/VBZ a/DT barbecue/NN chicken/NN sandwich/NN that/WDT lasts/VBZ three/CD years/NNS without/IN spoiling/VBG and/CC airdrop/NN rations/NNS that/IN "/" flutter/NN ,/, rather/RB than/IN plummet/VB ,/, down/RB to/TO earth/NN ,/, lest/IN they/PRP take/VBP anyone/NN out/IN in/IN the/DT process/NN ./.
"/" Next/JJ step/NN :/: "/" a/DT transdermal/NN nutrient/NN delivery/NN system/NN "/" -/: -/: that/DT is/VBZ ,/, a/DT food/NN patch/NN ./.
Time/NNP and/CC Newsweek/NNP ,/, April/NNP 26/CD
(/( posted/VBD Tuesday/NNP ,/, April/NNP 20/CD ,/, 1999/CD )/)
Time/NNP 's/POS cover/NN depicts/VBZ soldiers/NNS in/IN the/DT spring/NN 's/POS most/RBS anticipated/VBN war--in/JJ other/JJ words/NNS ,/, actors/NNS from/IN Star/NNP Wars/NNS :/: The/DT Phantom/NNP Menace/NNP ./.
Time/NNP gushes/VBZ over/IN the/DT "/" fresh/JJ ,/, handsome/JJ ,/, grand/JJ "/" new/JJ movie/NN and/CC publishes/VBZ a/DT fold-out/JJ guide/NN to/TO its/PRP$ new/JJ characters/NNS and/CC techno-military/JJ toys/NNS ./.
Bill/NNP Moyers/NNP interviews/NNS George/NNP Lucas/NNP about/IN the/DT series/NN '/" "/" true/JJ theology/NN ./.
"/" (/( Moyers/NNP :/: "/" In/IN authentic/JJ religion/NN ,/, does/VBZ n't/RB it/PRP take/VBP Kierkegaard/NNP 's/POS leap/NN of/IN faith/NN ?/.
"/" Lucas/NNP :/: "/" Yes/UH ./.
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that/WDT is/VBZ what/WP '/POS Use/NN the/DT Force/NNP '/POS is/VBZ ./.
"/" )/)
The/DT real/JJ war/NN in/IN Kosovo/NNP is/VBZ featured/VBN inside/IN ,/, as/IN it/PRP is/VBZ in/IN Newsweek/NNP ./.
Time/NNP berates/NNS NATO/NNP for/IN its/PRP$ self-congratulatory/JJ and/CC ill-timed/JJ birthday/NN celebrations/NNS ./.
Newsweek/NNP berates/NNS NATO/NNP for/IN its/PRP$ obfuscation/NN of/IN civilian/JJ casualties/NNS ./.
Time/NN dusts/NNS off/RP NATO/NNP Commander/NNP Gen/NNP ./.
Wesley/NNP Clark/NNP 's/POS 1975/CD thesis/NN ,/, which/WDT doubted/VBD the/DT "/" coercive/JJ effects/NNS ./.
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of/IN air/NN attacks/NNS ./.
"/" Robert/NNP McNamara/NNP tells/VBZ Newsweek/NNP that/IN "/" it/PRP is/VBZ totally/RB inappropriate/JJ for/IN an/DT ex-/NN Secretary/NNP of/IN Defense/NNP ,/, in/IN the/DT middle/NN of/IN a/DT war/NN ./.
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in/IN which/WDT there/EX are/VBP great/JJ difficulties/NNS ahead/RB ./.
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to/TO be/VB talking/VBG about/IN mistakes/NNS ./.
"/" He/PRP then/RB blames/VBZ military/JJ leaders/NNS for/IN overestimating/VBG the/DT effectiveness/NN of/IN bombing/NN ./.
Newsweek/NNP 's/POS cover/NN story/NN argues/VBZ that/IN North/NNP America/NNP was/VBD first/RB peopled/VBN by/IN "/" a/DT Rainbow/NNP Coalition/NNP of/IN ethnic/JJ types/NNS ,/, "/" not/RB just/RB the/DT Bering/NNP Strait-crossing/NNP Asians/NNPS commonly/RB depicted/VBN in/IN history/NN textbooks/NNS ./.
New/JJ evidence/NN suggests/VBZ that/IN Asians/NNPS migrated/JJ from/IN the/DT Pacific/NNP Rim/NNP in/IN canoes/NNS and/CC that/IN Europeans/NNPS followed/VBD the/DT frozen/VBN shoreline/NN to/TO the/DT East/NNP Coast/NNP ./.
An/DT expert/NN predicts/VBZ that/IN the/DT research/NN could/MD relegate/NN today/NN 's/POS Native/NNP Americans/NNPS to/TO "/" just/RB another/DT Ellis/NNP Island/NNP group/NN "/" and/CC threaten/VB their/PRP$ hard-won/JJ legal/JJ rights/NNS ./.
Time/NN reports/NNS on/IN new/JJ research/NN showing/VBG that/IN at/IN least/JJS 450/CD animal/NN species--including/JJ giraffes/NNS ,/, goats/NNS ,/, and/CC dolphins--become/JJ sexually/RB aroused/VBN through/IN homosexual/JJ rubbing/VBG ,/, entwining/VBG ,/, and/CC kissing/VBG ./.
Dissenting/NNP researchers/NNS question/VBP whether/IN close/JJ genital/JJ contact/NN is/VBZ really/RB sex/NN ./.
The/DT piece/NN does/VBZ not/RB include/VB reaction/NN from/IN the/DT White/NNP House/NNP or/CC Kenneth/NNP Starr/NNP ./.
U/NNP ./.
S/NNP ./.
News/NNP &/CC World/NNP Report/NNP ,/, April/NNP 26/CD
(/( posted/VBD Tuesday/NNP ,/, April/NNP 20/CD ,/, 1999/CD )/)
The/DT cover/NN story/NN frets/VBZ about/IN widespread/JJ hearing/NN loss/NN ./.
Noisy/NNP appliances/NNS will/MD soon/RB sport/NN warning/NN labels/NNS ,/, and/CC earplugs/NNS and/CC earmuffs/NNS will/MD become/VB ubiquitous/JJ ./.
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The/DT magazine/NN reports/NNS that/IN earlier/RBR this/DT month/NN U/NNP ./.
S/NNP ./.
officials/NNS met/VBD secretly/RB with/IN Kosovo/NNP Liberation/NNP Army/NNP rebels/NNS but/CC decided/VBD not/RB to/TO arm/VB them/PRP ./.
A/DT story/NN says/VBZ that/DT half/PDT the/DT Kosovar/NNP refugees/NNS are/VBP children/NNS under/IN the/DT age/NN of/IN 15/CD ./.
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A/DT piece/NN says/VBZ that/IN Christian/NNP colleges/NNS and/CC universities/NNS have/VBP fueled/VBN an/DT enrollment/NN boom/NN with/IN deep/JJ tuition/NN discounts/NNS and/CC open/JJ enrollment/NN policies/NNS ./.
(/( "/" It/PRP 's/VBZ against/IN our/PRP$ Christian/NNP perspective/NN to/TO be/VB elitist/NN or/CC exclusionary/JJ ,/, "/" explains/VBZ one/CD administrator/NN ./.
)/)
The/DT New/NNP Yorker/NNP ,/, April/NNP 26/CD and/CC May/NNP 3/CD
(/( posted/VBD Tuesday/NNP ,/, April/NNP 20/CD ,/, 1999/CD )/)
The/DT magazine/NN devotes/VBZ a/DT double/JJ issue/NN to/TO money/NN ./.
One/CD piece/NN chronicles/VBZ the/DT frenetic/JJ days/NNS of/IN Mary/NNP Meeker/NNP ,/, the/DT investment/NN banker/NN who/WP orchestrated/VBD stock/NN offerings/NNS for/IN Netscape/NNP ,/, Priceline/NNP ,/, and/CC America/NNP Online/NNP ./.
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A/DT writer/NN who/WP once/RB worked/VBD in/IN a/DT sweatshop/NN defends/VBZ them/PRP ./.
Conditions/NNP are/VBP n't/RB as/RB bad/JJ as/IN union/NN protests/NNS indicate/VBP ,/, and/CC immigrant/JJ laborers/NNS grouse/NN only/RB about/IN losing/VBG work/NN to/TO cheaper/JJR factories/NNS abroad/RB ./.
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An/DT author/NN gripes/NNS about/IN how/WRB tough/JJ it/PRP was/VBD to/TO grow/VB up/RP rich/JJ ./.
She/PRP does/VBZ n't/RB even/RB know/VB how/WRB much/JJ is/VBZ in/IN her/PRP$ trust/NN fund/NN ./.
Weekly/NNP Standard/NNP ,/, April/NNP 26/CD
(/( posted/VBD Tuesday/NNP ,/, April/NNP 20/CD ,/, 1999/CD )/)
A/DT piece/NN opines/NNS that/IN Richard/NNP Holbrooke/NNP ,/, not/RB Madeleine/NNP Albright/NNP ,/, is/VBZ responsible/JJ for/IN U/NNP ./.
S/NNP ./.
underestimation/NN of/IN Milosevic/NNP 's/POS obstinacy/NN ./.
Holbrooke/NNP is/VBZ adding/VBG a/DT dark/JJ afterword/NN to/TO new/JJ editions/NNS of/IN his/PRP$ book/NN on/IN Balkans/NNP diplomacy/NN ./.
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The/DT cover/NN story/NN charts/VBZ America/NNP 's/POS "/" struggle/NN to/TO rediscover/VB a/DT compelling/JJ patriotic/JJ language/NN "/" and/CC exults/NNS in/IN the/DT "/" new/JJ ,/, crunchier/JJR "/" patriotism/NN embodied/VBN by/IN John/NNP McCain/NNP ./.
The/DT Nation/NNP ,/, May/NNP 3/CD
(/( posted/VBD Tuesday/NNP ,/, April/NNP 20/CD ,/, 1999/CD )/)
The/DT cover/NN story/NN charts/NNS Michael/NNP Milken/NNP 's/POS attempt/NN to/TO become/VB "/" the/DT Sam/NNP Walton/NNP of/IN gray/JJ matter/NN "/" by/IN acquiring/VBG a/DT "/" cradle/NN to/TO grave/JJ "/" series/NN of/IN education/NN businesses/NNS ,/, from/IN preschools/NNS to/TO vocational/NN training/NN firms/NNS ./.
The/DT piece/NN chides/VBZ Milken/NNP for/IN failing/VBG to/TO include/VB critical/JJ assessments/NNS of/IN the/NNP '/POS 80/CD s/VBZ junk/NN bond/NN markets/NNS in/IN his/PRP$ textbooks/NNS ./.
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The/DT magazine/NN publishes/VBZ an/DT anti-voucher/JJ screed/NN by/IN Ron/NNP Unz/NNP ,/, the/DT conservative/JJ activist/NN behind/IN California/NNP 's/POS ban/NN on/IN bilingual/JJ education/NN ./.
Unz/NNP writes/VBZ that/IN public/JJ schools/NNS are/VBP vital/JJ to/TO social/JJ cohesion/NN and/CC proposes/VBZ an/DT ideological/JJ truce/NN on/IN the/DT issue/NN :/: If/IN the/DT left/NN will/MD acknowledge/VB that/IN its/PRP$ efforts/NNS to/TO reform/VB public/JJ schools/NNS have/VBP failed/VBN ,/, the/DT right/NN will/MD stop/VB pushing/VBG "/" to/TO turn/VB our/PRP$ public/JJ schools/NNS over/IN to/TO ideological/JJ zealots/NNS or/CC the/DT marketing/NN division/NN from/IN Nike/NNP ./.
"/"
Movies/NNP
American/NNP Pie/NNP (/( Universal/NNP Pictures/NNP )/) ./.
Mixed/VBN reviews/NNS but/CC a/DT boffo/NN box-office/NN turnout/NN for/IN this/DT teen/JJ sex/NN comedy/NN about/IN four/CD high-school/NN seniors/NNS determined/VBN to/TO lose/VB their/PRP$ virginity/NN ./.
Critics/NNS take/VBP one/CD of/IN two/CD positions/NNS ./.
1/LS )/) The/DT gross-out/JJ scenes/NNS (/( one/CD youth/NN shtups/NNS an/DT apple/NN pie/NN ;/: another/DT drinks/NNS a/DT beer/NN laced/VBN with/IN semen/NN )/) are/VBP just/RB "/" sucker/NN bait/NN to/TO entice/VB teenage/JJ audiences/NNS into/IN the/DT tent/NN to/TO see/VB a/DT movie/NN that/WDT is/VBZ as/IN sweet/JJ and/CC sincere/JJ at/IN heart/NN as/IN anything/NN Mickey/NNP Rooney/NNP and/CC Judy/NNP Garland/NNP ever/RB experienced/VBD "/" (/( Kenneth/NNP Turan/NNP ,/, the/DT Los/NNP Angeles/NNP Times/NNP )/) ./.
2/LS )/) Grossness/NNP is/VBZ the/DT film/NN 's/POS essence/NN :/: "/" [/( D/NNP ]/) irty/NN jokes/NNS are/VBP inserted/VBN at/IN regular/JJ intervals/NNS like/IN pop/NN songs/NNS to/TO perk/JJ up/RP the/DT action/NN ./.
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an/DT upper-middle-class/JJ Porky/NNP 's/POS ,/, American/NNP Pie/NNP is/VBZ unable/JJ to/TO transcend/NN its/PRP$ own/JJ dirty/JJ mind/NN ./.
Among/IN this/DT year/NN 's/POS bumper/NN crop/NN of/IN teenage/JJ movies/NNS ,/, it/PRP is/VBZ the/DT shallowest/NN and/CC most/JJS prurient/NN "/" (/( Stephen/NNP Holden/NNP ,/, the/DT New/NNP York/NNP Times/NNP )/) ./.
The/DT most/RBS positive/JJ take/NN comes/VBZ from/IN the/DT Washington/NNP Post/NNP 's/POS Michael/NNP O/NNP '/POS Sullivan/NNP ,/, who/WP writes/VBZ that/IN it/PRP 's/VBZ a/DT "/" warped/JJ ,/, hysterical/JJ and--believe/JJ it/PRP or/CC not--sweet/JJ little/JJ gem/NN of/IN a/DT movie/NN ./.
"/" (/( Click/NNP to/TO read/VB David/NNP Edelstein/NNP 's/POS review/NN in/IN Slate/NNP and/CC here/RB to/TO see/VB the/DT trailer/NN that/WDT includes/VBZ footage/NN of/IN the/DT teen-pastry/JJ union/NN ./.
)/)
Arlington/NNP Road/NNP (/( Sony/NNP Screen/NNP Gems/NNP )/) ./.
Most/JJS critics/NNS are/VBP unimpressed/JJ by/IN this/DT thriller/NN starring/VBG Jeff/NNP Bridges/NNPS as/IN a/DT professor/NN who/WP becomes/VBZ convinced/VBN that/IN his/PRP$ new/JJ neighbor/NN ,/, played/VBN by/IN Tim/NNP Robbins/NNP ,/, is/VBZ a/DT domestic/JJ terrorist/NN ./.
Roger/NNP Ebert/NNP (/( the/DT Chicago/NNP Sun-/NNP Times/NNP )/) speaks/VBZ for/IN most/JJS critics/NNS when/WRB he/PRP complains/VBZ that/IN the/DT film/NN "/" begins/VBZ well/RB and/CC makes/VBZ good/JJ points/NNS ,/, but/CC it/PRP flies/VBZ off/RP the/DT rails/NNS in/IN the/DT last/JJ 30/CD minutes/NNS ./.
The/DT climax/NN is/VBZ so/RB implausible/JJ we/PRP stop/VBP caring/VBG and/CC start/VB scratching/VBG our/PRP$ heads/NNS ./.
"/" The/DT New/NNP York/NNP Times/NNP '/POS Janet/NNP Maslin/NNP departs/NNS from/IN the/DT pack/NN ,/, calling/VBG the/DT film/NN a/DT "/" crackerjack/NN thriller/NN ./.
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well/RB paced/VBN and/CC cleverly/RB constructed/VBN ./.
"/" (/( Click/NNP here/RB to/TO watch/VB the/DT trailer/NN ./.
)/)
Books/NNS
True/JJ at/IN First/CD Light/NNP ,/, by/IN Ernest/NNP Hemingway/NNP ,/, edited/JJ by/IN Patrick/NNP Hemingway/NNP (/( Scribner/NNP )/) ./.
Critics/NNS heap/NN scorn/NN on/IN this/DT edited/JJ version/NN of/IN an/DT unfinished/JJ "/" fictional/JJ memoir/NN "/" left/VBN behind/IN by/IN Hemingway/NNP and/CC crucify/NN the/DT writer/NN 's/POS children/NNS for/IN their/PRP$ now/RB routine/JJ desecration/NN of/IN their/PRP$ father/NN 's/POS reputation/NN (/( see/VB the/DT line/NN of/IN furniture/NN ,/, eyeglasses/NNS ,/, and/CC shotguns/NNS licensed/VBN by/IN Hemingway/NNP Ltd/NNP ./.
)/) ./.
The/DT prose/NN in/IN this/DT "/" literary/JJ violation/NN "/" reads/VBZ "/" like/IN a/DT parody/NN of/IN Hemingway/NNP "/" (/( Deirdre/NNP Donahue/NNP ,/, USA/NNP Today/NNP )/) ./.
It/PRP "/" reflects/VBZ a/DT marvelous/JJ writer/NN 's/POS disastrous/JJ loss/NN of/IN talent/NN "/" (/( Kenneth/NNP S/NNP ./.
Lynn/NNP ,/, National/NNP Review/NNP )/) ;/: a/DT "/" sad/JJ ,/, bloated/JJ ,/, inert/NN so-called/JJ book/NN "/" (/( L/NNP ./.
S/NNP ./.
Klepp/NNP ,/, Entertainment/NNP Weekly/NNP )/) ./.
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I/PRP would/MD respectfully/RB suggest/VB that/IN this/DT makes/VBZ him/PRP much/RB more/JJR of/IN a/DT socialist/NN than/IN his/PRP$ Republican/JJ critics/NNS ./.
-/: -/: Stephen/NNP J/NNP ./.
Konig/NNP
Master/NNP of/IN Deceit/NNP
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She/PRP recognizes/VBZ that/IN Chambers/NNP '/POS Witness/NNP is/VBZ "/" one/CD of/IN the/DT great/JJ American/JJ autobiographies/NNS ,/, "/" even/RB a/DT "/" masterpiece/NN ,/, "/" yet/RB still/RB regards/VBZ it/PRP as/IN "/" torrential/NN "/" and/CC "/" lurid/NN ./.
"/" She/PRP notes/VBZ Chambers/NNP '/POS "/" susceptibility/NN to/TO ridicule/NN and/CC parody/NN ,/, "/" and/CC concludes/VBZ that/IN "/" he/PRP was/VBD a/DT pulp-fiction/JJ Dostoyevsky/NNP ,/, an/DT author/NN he/PRP admired/VBD above/IN all/DT others/NNS ./.
"/"
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She/PRP implies/VBZ that/IN he/PRP was/VBD ridiculous/JJ for/IN admiring/VBG Dostoyevsky/NNP ./.
Finally/RB ,/, and/CC worst/JJS of/IN all/DT ,/, Douglas/NNP prides/NNS herself/PRP for/IN being/VBG able/JJ to/TO "/" believe/VBP ./.
./.
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Chambers/NNP '/POS testimony/NN against/IN Hiss/NNP without/IN accepting/VBG his/PRP$ interpretation/NN of/IN the/DT Soviet-/NNP American/JJ confrontation/NN ./.
"/" She/PRP faults/NNS the/DT biographer/NN ,/, Tanenhaus/NNP ,/, for/IN sharing/VBG his/PRP$ subject/JJ 's/POS viewpoint/NN and/CC not/RB doubting/VBG "/" the/DT Soviets/NNPS '/POS more/JJR or/CC less/RBR total/JJ culpability/NN for/IN the/DT long/JJ disaster/NN we/PRP call/VBP the/DT Cold/NNP War/NNP ./.
"/" She/PRP recommends/VBZ that/IN Tanenhaus/NNP should/MD read/VB some/DT revisionist/NN works/VBZ that/DT challenge/NN such/JJ an/DT assumption/NN ./.
But/CC what/WP is/VBZ her/PRP$ assumption/NN ?/.
That/DT there/EX was/VBD a/DT chance/NN for/IN meaningful/JJ cooperation/NN with/IN the/DT Soviet/JJ dictatorship/NN ?/.
That/DT its/PRP$ recruitment/NN of/IN Alger/NNP Hiss/NNP ,/, a/DT top/JJ official/NN present/JJ at/IN the/DT Yalta/NNP conference/NN (/( which/WDT set/VBD the/DT conditions/NNS for/IN the/DT Cold/NNP War/NNP by/IN selling/VBG out/RP Eastern/NNP Europe/NNP )/) and/CC an/DT architect/NN of/IN the/DT United/NNP Nations/NNPS (/( which/WDT granted/VBD independent/JJ votes/NNS to/TO Soviet/JJ subject/JJ states/NNS of/IN Eastern/NNP Europe/NNP )/) ,/, was/VBD an/DT exception/NN ,/, or/CC a/DT trifle/RB ?/.
That/DT the/DT Communists/NNPS in/IN America/NNP were/VBD really/RB grand/JJ old/JJ troopers/NNS with/IN a/DT different/JJ vision/NN of/IN the/DT future/NN ?/.
She/PRP should/MD take/VB time/NN from/IN reading/NN revisionist/NN works/VBZ to/TO look/VB at/IN the/DT revelations/NNS of/IN the/DT VENONA/NNP files/NNS ,/, those/DT hundreds/NNS of/IN intercepted/VBN telegrams/NNS from/IN Soviet/JJ agents/NNS in/IN America/NNP that/WDT reveal/VBP the/DT tip/NN of/IN an/DT enormous/JJ iceberg/NN of/IN espionage/NN and/CC subversion/NN ./.
She/PRP characterizes/VBZ Chambers/NNP as/IN a/DT Dostoyevskian/NNP figure/NN ,/, "/" trying/VBG to/TO break/VB what/WP he/PRP saw/VBD as/IN the/NNP '/POS invincible/JJ ignorance/NN '/" of/IN a/DT nation/NN blinded/JJ to/TO the/DT '/POS crisis/NN of/IN history/NN '/" by/IN its/PRP$ prosperity/NN and/CC misguided/JJ generous-mindedness/JJ ./.
"/" Here/RB she/PRP is/VBZ right/NN :/: The/DT ignorance/NN does/VBZ indeed/RB appear/VB to/TO be/VB invincible/JJ ./.
-/: -/: Gary/NNP Kern/NNP
In/IN Defense/NNP of/IN Alexis/NNP
Jacob/NNP Weisberg/NNP 's/POS article/NN "/" Washington/NNP Swingers/NNP "/" was/VBD both/DT inaccurate/JJ and/CC unfair/JJ when/WRB it/PRP comes/VBZ to/TO Alexis/NNP Herman/NNP ,/, President/NNP Clinton/NNP 's/POS nominee/NN to/TO be/VB secretary/NN of/IN labor/NN ./.
Let/VB 's/PRP start/VB with/IN a/DT simple/JJ ,/, central/JJ factual/JJ error/NN in/IN the/DT first/JJ substantive/JJ paragraph/NN about/IN Alexis/NNP :/: "/" After/IN she/PRP left/VBD the/DT Labor/NNP Department/NNP ,/, she/PRP set/VBD up/RP a/DT firm/NN to/TO advise/VB companies/NNS on/IN how/WRB to/TO comply/VB with/IN those/DT [/( affirmative-action/NN ]/) regulations/NNS ./.
"/" Baloney/NNP ./.
That/DT was/VBD not/RB why/WRB she/PRP set/VBD up/RP her/PRP$ business/NN ./.
She/PRP set/VBD up/RP her/PRP$ firm/NN to/TO provide/VB advice/NN to/TO corporations/NNS ,/, local/JJ governments/NNS ,/, and/CC nonprofits/NNS on/IN dozens/NNS of/IN aspects/NNS of/IN labor/NN and/CC marketing/NN issues/NNS ./.
She/PRP started/VBD this/DT business/NN to/TO see/VB if/IN she/PRP could/MD make/VB some/DT money/NN by/IN making/VBG the/DT workplace/NN work/NN better/RBR ./.
This/DT was/VBD what/WP she/PRP was/VBD trained/VBN to/TO do/VB ,/, and/CC what/WP she/PRP was/VBD accomplished/VBN at/IN ./.
Remember/VB ,/, this/DT was/VBD at/IN the/DT dawn/NN of/IN the/DT Reagan/NNP era/NN ./.
We/PRP of/IN the/DT policy-wonk/JJ elite/NN were/VBD all/DT a-titter/JJ about/IN the/DT theory/NN of/IN federalism/NN ,/, public-private/JJ partnership/NN pablum/NN was/VBD first/JJ beginning/NN to/TO gurgle/NN from/IN the/DT mouth/NN of/IN a/DT Massachusetts/NNP governor/NN ,/, and/CC every/DT program/NN to/TO help/VB black/JJ kids/NNS get/VBP jobs/NNS with/IN federal/JJ help/NN was/VBD being/VBG axed/JJ ./.
So/RB Alexis/NNP hit/VBD the/DT road/NN ,/, trying/VBG to/TO help/VB localities/NNS figure/VBP out/IN how/WRB to/TO get/VB the/DT most/JJS out/IN of/IN what/WP was/VBD left/VBN and/CC trying/VBG to/TO help/VB corporations/NNS make/VB more/JJR progress/NN on/IN hiring/VBG minorities/NNS and/CC marketing/NN to/TO African-/NNP Americans/NNPS ./.
Her/PRP$ first/JJ ,/, most/RBS lucrative/JJ ,/, and/CC longest-standing/JJ client/NN was/VBD Procter/NNP &/CC Gamble--a/NNP contact/NN she/PRP had/VBD made/VBN before/IN she/PRP ever/RB entered/VBD government/NN ./.
But/CC wait--that/JJ 's/POS not/RB the/DT half/NN of/IN the/DT misleading/JJ errors/NNS in/IN Weisberg/NNP 's/POS paragraph/NN ./.
His/PRP$ accusation/NN by/IN innuendo/NN when/WRB it/PRP comes/VBZ to/TO the/DT Rev/NNP ./.
Jackson/NNP needs/VBZ to/TO be/VB spelled/VBN out/RP ./.
He/PRP implies/VBZ Alexis/NNP funneled/VBN money/NN to/TO Jesse/NNP Jackson/NNP when/WRB she/PRP was/VBD at/IN Labor/NNP ,/, in/IN exchange/NN for/IN being/VBG the/DT beneficiary/NN of/IN Jackson/NNP 's/POS largess/NN when/WRB she/PRP went/VBD to/TO the/DT private/JJ sector/NN ./.
Weisberg/NNP further/JJ implies/VBZ that/IN there/EX 's/VBZ something/NN wrong/JJ with/IN Jackson/NNP 's/POS Operation/NN Push/VBP negotiating/VBG agreements/NNS with/IN corporations/NNS that/WDT included/VBD monitoring/VBG arrangements/NNS ./.
Most/JJS of/IN Alexis/NNP '/POS business/NN did/VBD not/RB involve/VB any/DT relationship/NN with/IN Operation/NN Push/VBP ./.
But/CC some/DT contracts/NNS did/VBD ,/, and/CC here/RB is/VBZ how/WRB they/PRP worked/VBD ./.
Jackson/NNP and/CC others/NNS spotted/VBD in/IN the/DT early/JJ 1980/CD s/VBZ that/IN there/EX were/VBD no/DT white-collar/JJ minority/NN employees/NNS in/IN lots/NNS of/IN major/JJ companies/NNS ,/, and/CC no/DT black/JJ franchises/NNS in/IN major/JJ franchise/NN businesses/NNS ./.
The/DT companies/NNS realized/VBD they/PRP had/VBD to/TO do/VB better/JJR or/CC face/NN marketplace/NN consequences/NNS ,/, so/IN they/PRP set/VBD out/IN to/TO hire/VB more/JJR minorities/NNS ./.
They/PRP then/RB turned/VBD to/TO Alexis/NNP for/IN help--sometimes/JJ at/IN Jackson/NNP 's/POS suggestion/NN ,/, sometimes/RB because/IN other/JJ companies/NNS had/VBD recommended/VBN her/PRP$ firm/NN ./.
Her/PRP$ work/NN ended/VBD up/RP delivering/VBG radical/JJ reductions/NNS in/IN turnover/NN ,/, and/CC that/WDT made/VBD them/PRP more/JJR money/NN ,/, provided/VBN revenue/NN for/IN Alexis/NNP '/POS business/NN ,/, and/CC opened/VBD doors/NNS for/IN women/NNS and/CC minorities/NNS ./.
Now/RB we/PRP get/VBP to/TO the/DT "/" appearance/NN of/IN impropriety/NN "/" card/NN ./.
Market/NNP Square/NNP :/: Alexis/NNP ,/, as/IN a/DT private/JJ businessperson/NN ,/, provides/VBZ valuable/JJ help/NN to/TO a/DT developer/NN ./.
He/PRP gives/VBZ her/PRP$ an/DT ownership/NN stake/NN ./.
Weisberg/NNP agrees/VBZ nothing/NN is/VBZ illegal/JJ ,/, but/CC he/PRP elliptically/RB implies/VBZ there/EX 's/VBZ a/DT problem/NN ./.
He/PRP implies/VBZ that/IN Herman/NNP later/RB helped/VBD Herb/NNP Miller--even/NNP though/IN there/EX is/VBZ no/DT evidence/NN of/IN it/PRP ./.
He/PRP then/RB adds/VBZ in/IN a/DT passing/VBG shot/NN at/IN Vernon/NNP Jordan--as/NNP if/IN Vernon/NNP needs/VBZ Alexis/NNP '/POS help/NN ./.
Alexis/NNP should/MD be/VB and/CC is/VBZ proud/JJ of/IN her/PRP$ career/NN before/IN and/CC after/IN the/DT Labor/NNP Department/NNP ./.
Apparently/RB with/IN little/JJ or/CC no/DT knowledge/NN of/IN it/PRP ,/, Weisberg/NNP chose/VBD to/TO believe/VB the/DT smug/JJ ,/, cynical/JJ view--odd/JJ that/IN he/PRP did/VBD n't/RB bother/VB to/TO check/VB with/IN her/PRP$ clients/NNS ./.
He/PRP may/MD dislike/VB anyone/NN who/WP goes/VBZ from/IN government/NN to/TO business/NN and/CC back/RB ,/, but/CC to/TO make/VB it/PRP sound/VBP like/IN Alexis/NNP is/VBZ at/IN the/DT head/NN of/IN the/DT class/NN for/IN likely/JJ wrongdoing/NN is/VBZ unsupportable/JJ ./.
This/DT woman/NN has/VBZ 20/CD years/NNS of/IN real/JJ experience/NN making/VBG progress/NN on/IN the/DT critical/JJ problem/NN of/IN diversity/NN in/IN the/DT workplace/NN ,/, but/CC Weisberg/NNP and/CC others/NNS are/VBP making/VBG her/PRP$ sound/NN as/IN if/IN she/PRP 's/VBZ been/VBN a/DT product/NN of/IN Washington/NNP ,/, D/NNP ./.
C/NNP ./.
,/, all/PDT the/DT time/NN ./.
That/DT is/VBZ unfair/JJ and/CC harms/VBZ her/PRP$ ability/NN to/TO help/VB us/PRP all/DT later/RB ./.
When/WRB she/PRP talks/VBZ about/IN teaching/NN kids/NNS the/DT "/" culture/NN of/IN work/NN ,/, "/" she/PRP is/VBZ n't/RB speaking/VBG dry/JJ corporate/JJ prose/NN ,/, nor/CC is/VBZ she/PRP speaking/VBG the/DT fashion-sensitive/JJ policy/NN prose/NN ./.
She/PRP 's/VBZ speaking/VBG with/IN some/DT actual/JJ experience/NN ./.
Alexis/NNP deserves/VBZ full/JJ and/CC fair/NN reporting/NN and/CC an/DT open/JJ hearing/NN ./.
The/DT Senate/NNP committee/NN needs/VBZ to/TO do/VB its/PRP$ job/NN and/CC get/VB these/DT issues/NNS into/IN a/DT forum/NN where/WRB the/DT nominee/NN can/MD respond/VB ,/, rather/RB than/IN leeching/VBG them/PRP through/IN repeated/VBN ,/, incorrect/JJ media/NNS stories/NNS ./.
Weisberg/NNP needs/VBZ to/TO do/VB his/PRP$ and/CC get/VB a/DT full/JJ picture/NN of/IN a/DT person/NN before/IN he/PRP chooses/VBZ to/TO dismiss/VB her/PRP$ life/NN 's/POS work/NN as/IN a/DT trip/NN through/IN the/DT revolving/JJ door/NN ./.
-/: -/: Mark/NNP Steitz/NNP
Address/NNP your/PRP$ e-mail/JJ to/TO the/DT editors/NNS to/TO letters/NNS @/IN slate/NN ./.
com/NN ./.
Vala/NNP ,/, what/WP 's/VBZ the/DT winter/NN like/IN at/IN Velia/NNP ?/.
Tell/VB me/PRP about/IN the/DT climate/NN at/IN Salerno/NNP ./.
What/WP are/VBP the/DT people/NNS like/IN ?/.
Are/VBP there/EX good/JJ roads/NNS ?/.
Musa/NNP ,/, my/PRP$ doctor/NN ,/, has/VBZ seen/VBN to/TO it/PRP that/IN Baiae/NNP 's/POS Absolutely/RB out/IN of/IN the/DT question/NN for/IN me/PRP And/CC furthermore/RB he/PRP 's/VBZ seen/VBN to/TO it/PRP that/IN I/PRP 'm/VBP Extremely/NNP unpopular/JJ there/RB ,/, now/RB that/IN he/PRP makes/VBZ me/PRP Pour/NNP ice/NN water/NN over/IN myself/PRP in/IN the/DT middle/NN of/IN winter/NN ./.
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So/IN I/PRP have/VBP to/TO change/VB my/PRP$ route/NN and/CC drive/NN right/NN past/JJ The/DT old/JJ familiar/JJ places/NNS ./.
"/" Where/WRB are/VBP you/PRP going/VBG ?/.
This/DT is/VBZ n't/RB the/DT way/NN to/TO Baiae/NNP or/CC to/TO Cumas/NNP "/" -/: That/DT 's/VBZ what/WP the/DT rider/NN 's/POS going/VBG to/TO say/VB to/TO his/PRP$ horse/NN ,/, Angrily/NNP trying/VBG to/TO make/VB him/PRP go/VB the/DT old/JJ way/NN ,/, But/CC the/DT horse/NN has/VBZ the/DT bit/NN in/IN his/PRP$ mouth/NN and/CC wo/MD n't/RB be/VB turned/VBN ./.
Tell/VB me/PRP ,/, what/WP town/NN down/RB there/EX is/VBZ the/DT best/JJS for/IN food/NN ?/.
Do/VBP they/PRP have/VB fresh/JJ water/NN there/RB ,/, flowing/VBG from/IN springs/VBZ The/DT whole/JJ year/NN round/NN ,/, or/CC do/VBP they/PRP have/VBP to/TO use/VB
Rainwater/NNP collected/VBD in/IN tanks/NNS and/CC saved/VBN for/IN the/DT purpose/NN ?/.
No/DT point/NN in/IN even/RB asking/VBG about/IN the/DT wine/NN ./.
At/IN home/NN I/PRP 'm/VBP used/VBN to/TO putting/VBG up/RP with/IN whatever/WDT ;/: But/CC when/WRB I/PRP go/VBP away/RB I/PRP want/VBP to/TO have/VB Something/NN a/DT whole/JJ lot/NN nicer/JJR ,/, smooth/JJ and/CC mellow/JJ ,/, Infusing/NNP hopefulness/NNS into/IN the/DT heart/NN and/CC veins/NNS ,/, Good/JJ for/IN banishing/VBG care/NN and/CC promoting/VBG a/DT flow/NN Of/IN eloquence/NN to/TO make/VB some/DT lady/NN think/VBP That/DT I/PRP 'm/VBP still/RB young/JJ when/WRB it/PRP 's/VBZ perfectly/RB clear/JJ I/PRP 'm/VBP not/RB ./.
Which/WDT town/NN down/RB there/EX is/VBZ better/JJR for/IN serving/VBG rabbit/NN ,/, Which/WDT for/IN wild/JJ boar/NN ,/, which/WDT one/CD is/VBZ better/JJR for/IN fish/NN ,/, So/IN I/PRP 'll/MD come/VB back/RB home/NN as/RB fat/JJ as/IN a/DT Phaeacian/NNP ?/.
Write/NNP me/PRP a/DT letter/NN ;/: you/PRP 're/VBP my/PRP$ authority/NN ./.
Maenius/NNP with/IN great/JJ spirit/NN squandered/VBN all/PDT The/DT inheritance/NN he/PRP had/VBD from/IN his/PRP$ father/NN and/CC mother/NN ,/, And/CC so/RB became/VBD an/DT extra/JJ man/NN and/CC sponger/NN ,/, A/DT parasite/NN with/IN no/DT fixed/VBN place/NN of/IN his/PRP$ own/JJ ,/, Who/WP when/WRB he/PRP needed/VBD a/DT dinner/NN would/MD gladly/RB dine/NN out/IN On/IN vicious/JJ scandal/NN he/PRP spread/VBD with/IN impartial/JJ justice/NN About/IN both/DT friend/NN and/CC foe/NN ./.
And/CC when/WRB he/PRP was/VBD n't/RB Able/NNP to/TO wangle/NN an/DT invitation/NN he/PRP lived/VBD On/IN dishes/NNS of/IN cheap/JJ gray/JJ lamb/NN ,/, inveighing/VBG against/IN Gluttons/NNP and/CC prodigals/NNS ,/, saying/VBG they/PRP ought/MD to/TO be/VB branded/JJ ./.
But/CC when/WRB he/PRP ate/VBD well/RB he/PRP ate/VBD it/PRP all/DT up/RB and/CC said/VBD ,/, "/" My/PRP$ heavens/NNS ,/, this/DT ragout/NN of/IN quail/NN is/VBZ simply/RB delicious/JJ ./.
"/"
I/PRP 'm/VBP just/RB like/IN that/DT ./.
When/WRB there/EX is/VBZ n't/RB a/DT lot/NN to/TO be/VB had/VBN ,/, I/PRP 'm/VBP very/RB good/JJ at/IN praising/VBG moderation/NN ;/: But/CC when/WRB there/EX 's/VBZ something/NN better/JJR and/CC richer/JJR offered/JJ ,/, Why/WRB then/RB I/PRP 'm/VBP very/RB good/JJ at/IN praising/VBG how/WRB You/PRP rich/JJ men/NNS live/VBP and/CC dine/NN in/IN your/PRP$ splendid/JJ houses/NNS ./.
One/CD of/IN my/PRP$ persistent/JJ fantasies/NNS used/VBN to/TO be/VB of/IN sitting/VBG at/IN a/DT sidewalk/NN table/NN at/IN a/DT cafe/NN in/IN Paris/NNP ./.
I/PRP would/MD be/VB writing/VBG with/IN my/PRP$ pen/NN (/( la/FW plume/NN de/IN ma/NN tante/NN )/) in/IN a/DT notebook/NN (/( un/NN cahier/NN )/) while/IN smoking/VBG a/DT Gauloise/NNP ./.
I/PRP would/MD not/RB be/VB writing/VBG economics/NNS ./.
One/CD cannot/NN write/VB economics/NNS while/IN sitting/VBG at/IN a/DT sidewalk/NN cafe/NN ./.
Maybe/RB that/WDT is/VBZ why/WRB there/EX have/VBP been/VBN so/RB few/JJ distinguished/VBD French/JJ economists/NNS ./.
I/PRP would/MD be/VB writing/VBG a/DT novel/NN ,/, or/CC perhaps/RB poetry/NN ,/, or/CC even/RB a/DT philosophical/JJ treatise/NN ./.
But/CC I/PRP would/MD frequently/RB raise/VB my/PRP$ eyes/NNS to/TO watch/VB the/DT girls/NNS (/( les/FW filles/NNS )/) go/VB by/IN ./.
I/PRP no/RB longer/RB have/VBP that/DT fantasy/NN ./.
I/PRP do/VBP ,/, however/RB ,/, eat/VB from/IN time/NN to/TO time/NN at/IN an/DT outdoor/JJ table/NN in/IN front/NN of/IN a/DT small/JJ restaurant/NN on/IN the/DT street/NN leading/VBG to/TO the/DT Kennedy/NNP Center/NNP ./.
I/PRP do/VBP n't/RB try/VB to/TO write/VB there/RB ./.
I/PRP ca/MD n't/RB write/VB with/IN la/FW plume/NN de/IN ma/NN tante/NN ./.
I/PRP am/VBP addicted/VBN to/TO the/DT word/NN processor/NN ./.
I/PRP suppose/VBP I/PRP could/MD use/VB a/DT laptop/NN computer/NN ./.
But/CC that/DT mechanism/NN would/MD destroy/VB the/DT romantic/JJ illusion/NN ./.
Instead/RB ,/, I/PRP watch/VBP the/DT passers-by/NNS ./.
I/PRP am/VBP not/RB concentrating/VBG on/IN the/DT girls/NNS ./.
I/PRP am/VBP concentrating/VBG on/IN the/DT married/VBN couples/NNS ./.
How/WRB do/VBP I/PRP know/VBP that/IN those/DT men/NNS and/CC women/NNS walking/VBG two-by-two/JJ up/IN to/TO the/DT Kennedy/NNP Center/NNP are/VBP married/VBN to/TO each/DT other/JJ ?/.
Well/RB ,/, 75/CD percent/NN of/IN all/DT men/NNS between/IN the/DT ages/NNS of/IN 30/CD and/CC 75/CD are/VBP married/VBN ,/, so/RB if/IN you/PRP see/VBP a/DT man/NN in/IN that/DT age/NN group/NN walking/VBG with/IN a/DT woman/NN to/TO the/DT Kennedy/NNP Center--which/NNP is/VBZ not/RB exactly/RB Club/NNP Med--it/NNP 's/VBZ a/DT good/JJ bet/NN that/IN the/DT two/CD are/VBP married/VBN ,/, and/CC almost/RB certainly/RB to/TO each/DT other/JJ ./.
I/PRP look/VBP particularly/RB at/IN the/DT women/NNS in/IN those/DT couples/NNS ./.
They/PRP are/VBP not/RB glamorous/JJ ./.
There/EX are/VBP no/DT Marlene/NNP Dietrichs/NNP ,/, Marilyn/NNP Monroes/NNP ,/, or/CC Vivien/NNP Leighs/NNP among/IN them/PRP ./.
(/( It/PRP is/VBZ a/DT sign/NN of/IN my/PRP$ age/NN that/IN I/PRP ca/MD n't/RB think/VB of/IN the/DT name/NN of/IN a/DT single/JJ living/NN glamorous/JJ movie/NN actress/NN ./.
)/) Some/DT of/IN them/PRP are/VBP pretty/RB ,/, but/CC many/JJ would/MD be/VB considered/VBN plain/JJ ./.
Since/IN they/PRP are/VBP on/IN their/PRP$ way/NN to/TO the/DT Kennedy/NNP Center/NNP ,/, presumably/RB to/TO attend/VB a/DT play/NN ,/, an/DT opera/NN ,/, or/CC a/DT concert/NN ,/, one/PRP may/MD assume/VB that/IN they/PRP are/VBP somewhat/RB above/IN average/JJ in/IN cultural/JJ literacy/NN ./.
But/CC in/IN other/JJ respects/VBZ one/PRP must/MD assume/VB that/IN they/PRP are/VBP ,/, like/IN most/JJS people/NNS ,/, average/JJ ./.
But/CC to/TO the/DT man/NN whose/WP$ hand/NN or/CC arm/VB she/PRP is/VBZ holding/VBG ,/, she/PRP is/VBZ not/RB "/" average/JJ ./.
"/" She/PRP is/VBZ the/DT whole/JJ world/NN to/TO him/PRP ./.
They/PRP may/MD argue/VB occasionally/RB ,/, or/CC even/RB frequently/RB ./.
He/PRP may/MD have/VB an/DT eye/NN for/IN the/DT cute/JJ intern/NN in/IN his/PRP$ office/NN ./.
But/CC that/DT is/VBZ superficial/JJ ./.
Fundamentally/RB ,/, she/PRP is/VBZ the/DT most/RBS valuable/JJ thing/NN in/IN his/PRP$ life/NN ./.
Genesis/NNP says/VBZ ,/, "/" And/CC the/DT Lord/NNP God/NNP said/VBD :/: '/POS It/PRP is/VBZ not/RB good/JJ that/IN the/DT man/NN should/MD be/VB alone/RB ;/: I/PRP will/MD make/VB him/PRP a/DT help/NN meet/VB for/IN him/PRP ./.
'/POS "/" And/CC so/RB ,/, "/" made/VBN He/PRP a/DT woman/NN ./.
"/" It/PRP does/VBZ n't/RB say/VB that/IN He/PRP made/VBD a/DT pretty/JJ woman/NN ,/, or/CC a/DT witty/JJ woman/NN ,/, or/CC an/DT any-kind-of-adjective/JJ woman/NN ./.
He/PRP made/VBD the/DT basic/JJ woman/NN ./.
Why/WRB is/VBZ this/DT basic/JJ woman/NN so/RB valuable/JJ to/TO the/DT man/NN whose/WP$ hand/NN or/CC arm/VB she/PRP is/VBZ holding/VBG as/IN I/PRP see/VBP them/PRP making/VBG their/PRP$ way/NN up/IN to/TO the/DT Kennedy/NNP Center/NNP ?/.
I/PRP think/VBP there/EX are/VBP three/CD simple/JJ things/NNS ./.
First/LS ,/, she/PRP is/VBZ a/DT warm/JJ body/NN in/IN bed/NN ./.
I/PRP do/VBP n't/RB refer/VB to/TO their/PRP$ sexual/JJ activity/NN ./.
That/DT is/VBZ important/JJ but/CC too/RB varied/VBD for/IN me/PRP to/TO generalize/VB about/IN ./.
I/PRP refer/VBP to/TO something/NN that/WDT is/VBZ ,/, if/IN possible/JJ ,/, even/RB more/RBR primitive/JJ ./.
It/PRP is/VBZ human/JJ contact/NN ./.
A/DT baby/NN crying/VBG in/IN its/PRP$ crib/NN does/VBZ n't/RB want/VB conversation/NN or/CC a/DT gold/NN ring/NN ./.
He/PRP wants/VBZ to/TO be/VB picked/VBN up/RB ,/, held/VBN ,/, and/CC patted/JJ ./.
Adults/NNS need/NN that/IN physical/JJ contact/NN also/RB ./.
They/PRP need/VBP to/TO cuddle/NN together/RB for/IN warmth/NN and/CC comfort/NN in/IN an/DT indifferent/JJ or/CC cold/JJ world/NN ./.
At/IN least/JJS ,/, they/PRP need/VBP to/TO be/VB able/JJ to/TO do/VB that/DT ./.
The/DT plain/JJ woman/NN and/CC plain/JJ man/NN I/PRP am/VBP watching/VBG do/VBP that/DT for/IN each/DT other/JJ ./.
But/CC conversation/NN is/VBZ also/RB important/JJ ./.
These/DT couples/NNS may/MD have/VB been/VBN talking/VBG to/TO each/DT other/JJ for/IN 30/CD years/NNS or/CC more/JJR ./.
You/PRP might/MD think/VB they/PRP have/VB nothing/NN left/VBN to/TO say/VB ./.
But/CC still/RB they/PRP can/MD talk/VB to/TO each/DT other/JJ in/IN ways/NNS that/IN they/PRP cannot/NN talk/NN to/TO anyone/NN else/RB ./.
He/PRP can/MD tell/VB her/PRP of/IN something/NN good/JJ he/PRP has/VBZ done/VBN ,/, or/CC something/NN good/JJ that/WDT has/VBZ happened/VBN to/TO him/PRP ,/, without/IN fearing/VBG that/IN she/PRP will/MD think/VB he/PRP is/VBZ bragging/NN ./.
He/PRP can/MD tell/VB her/PRP of/IN something/NN bad/JJ that/WDT has/VBZ happened/VBN without/IN fearing/VBG that/IN she/PRP will/MD think/VB he/PRP is/VBZ complaining/VBG ./.
He/PRP can/MD tell/VB her/PRP of/IN the/DT most/RBS trivial/JJ thing/NN without/IN fearing/VBG that/IN she/PRP will/MD think/VB he/PRP is/VBZ bothering/VBG her/PRP ./.
He/PRP can/MD count/VB on/IN her/PRP$ interest/NN and/CC understanding/NN ./.
The/DT primary/JJ purpose/NN of/IN this/DT conversation/NN is/VBZ not/RB to/TO convey/VB any/DT specific/JJ information/NN ./.
Its/PRP$ primary/JJ purpose/NN is/VBZ to/TO say/VB ,/, "/" I/PRP am/VBP here/RB and/CC I/PRP know/VBP that/IN you/PRP are/VBP here/RB ./.
"/"
Third/NNP ,/, the/DT woman/NN serves/VBZ the/DT man/NN 's/POS need/NN to/TO be/VB needed/VBN ./.
If/IN no/DT one/CD needs/VBZ you/PRP ,/, what/WP good/JJ are/VBP you/PRP ,/, and/CC what/WP are/VBP you/PRP here/RB for/RP ?/.
Other/JJ people--employers/JJ ,/, students/NNS ,/, readers--may/JJ say/VBP that/IN they/PRP need/VBP you/PRP ./.
But/CC it/PRP is/VBZ n't/RB true/JJ ./.
In/IN all/DT such/JJ relationships/NNS you/PRP are/VBP replaceable/JJ at/IN some/DT price/NN ./.
But/CC to/TO this/DT woman/NN you/PRP are/VBP not/RB replaceable/JJ at/IN any/DT price/NN ./.
And/CC that/DT gives/VBZ you/PRP the/DT self-esteem/NN to/TO go/VB out/IN and/CC meet/VB the/DT world/NN every/DT day/NN ./.
So/IN this/DT "/" ordinary/JJ "/" woman--one/JJ like/IN about/RB 50/CD million/CD others/NNS in/IN America--has/NNP this/DT great/JJ value/NN to/TO this/DT man/NN she/PRP is/VBZ going/VBG to/TO the/DT theater/NN with/IN ./.
He/PRP surely/RB does/VBZ not/RB make/VB a/DT calculation--does/JJ n't/RB mark/VB her/PRP to/TO market/VB ./.
He/PRP probably/RB never/RB says/VBZ how/WRB much/JJ he/PRP values/VBZ her/PRP$ ,/, to/TO himself/PRP or/CC to/TO her/PRP ./.
But/CC he/PRP acts/VBZ as/IN if/IN he/PRP knows/VBZ it/PRP ./.
Isee/NNP that/IN I/PRP have/VBP written/VBN these/DT views/NNS entirely/RB from/IN the/DT point/NN of/IN view/NN of/IN the/DT man/NN ./.
That/DT is/VBZ only/RB natural/JJ for/IN me/PRP ./.
But/CC I/PRP do/VBP n't/RB for/IN a/DT minute/NN think/NN that/IN the/DT relationship/NN I/PRP have/VBP been/VBN trying/VBG to/TO describe/VB is/VBZ one-sided/JJ ./.
On/IN the/DT contrary/NN ,/, I/PRP am/VBP sure/JJ it/PRP is/VBZ reciprocal/JJ ./.
I/PRP can/MD hear/VB you/PRP saying/VBG :/: "/" How/WRB do/VBP you/PRP know/VBP all/PDT this/DT ?/.
You/PRP are/VBP only/RB an/DT economist/NN ,/, practitioner/NN of/IN the/DT dismal/JJ science/NN ./.
You/PRP are/VBP n't/RB Ann/NNP Landers/NNP ./.
"/" That/DT is/VBZ all/DT true/JJ ./.
But/CC my/PRP$ wife/NN and/CC I/PRP walked/VBD up/RB that/DT hill/NN to/TO the/DT Kennedy/NNP Center/NNP many/JJ times/NNS ./.
"/" Frame/NNP Game/NNP "/" is/VBZ an/DT occasional/JJ Slate/NNP department/NN based/VBN on/IN the/DT premise/NN that/IN who/WP wins/VBZ in/IN Washington/NNP is/VBZ often/RB determined/VBN by/IN how/WRB the/DT issue/NN is/VBZ framed/VBN ./.
The/DT author/NN neither/DT endorses/VBZ nor/CC condemns/VBZ any/DT of/IN the/DT views/NNS expressed/VBD ,/, however/RB laudatory/NN or/CC repellent/JJ ./.
The/DT 25/CD th/NN anniversary/NN of/IN Roe/NNP vs/NNS ./.
Wade/NNP has/VBZ arrived/VBN ,/, and/CC activists/NNS on/IN both/DT sides/NNS are/VBP eager/JJ to/TO tell/VB you/PRP what/WP the/DT debate/NN is/VBZ all/DT about/IN ./.
It/PRP 's/VBZ about/IN 25/CD years/NNS of/IN struggling/VBG to/TO protect/VB babies/NNS ,/, say/VBP the/DT pro-lifers/JJ ./.
It/PRP 's/VBZ about/IN 25/CD years/NNS of/IN defending/VBG reproductive/JJ freedom/NN ,/, say/VBP the/DT pro-choicers/JJ ./.
Actually/RB ,/, the/DT debate/NN has/VBZ been/VBN about/IN persuading/VBG you/PRP what/WP it/PRP 's/VBZ about/IN ./.
Most/JJS of/IN us/PRP are/VBP ambivalent/JJ ./.
For/IN example/NN ,/, we/PRP may/MD agree/VB with/IN pro-lifers/JJ that/DT abortion/NN is/VBZ wrong/JJ while/IN agreeing/VBG with/IN pro-choicers/JJ that/IN people/NNS are/VBP entitled/VBN to/TO make/VB their/PRP$ own/JJ reproductive/JJ decisions/NNS ./.
Where/WRB we/PRP ultimately/RB come/VBP down/RB on/IN the/DT issue--and/JJ how/WRB the/DT political/JJ war/NN turns/VBZ out--depends/JJ on/IN which/WDT group/NN can/MD get/VB us/PRP to/TO focus/VB on/IN the/DT viewpoint/NN we/PRP share/VBP with/IN them/PRP ./.
This/DT debate/NN revolves/VBZ around/IN three/CD fundamental/JJ axes/NNS ./.
1/LS Realism/NNP vs/NNS ./.
idealism/NN :/: This/DT axis/NNS dominated/VBD the/DT debate/NN in/IN the/DT 1970/CD s/VBZ ./.
Several/JJ lines/NNS of/IN argument/NN hinge/VB on/IN it/PRP ./.
Legal/JJ pragmatism/NN vs/NNS ./.
legal/JJ moralism/NN :/: Pro-lifers/NNP regard/NN the/DT law/NN as/IN a/DT moral/JJ teacher/NN ./.
Roe/NNP infuriates/NNS them/PRP in/IN part/NN because/IN they/PRP think/VBP it/PRP teaches/VBZ kids/NNS that/WDT abortion/NN is/VBZ OK/JJ ./.
Conversely/RB ,/, they/PRP think/VBP that/IN an/DT abortion/NN ban/NN ,/, even/RB if/IN it/PRP ca/MD n't/RB be/VB enforced/VBN ,/, will/MD teach/VB kids/NNS that/WDT abortion/NN is/VBZ wrong/JJ ./.
Unfortunately/RB for/IN them/PRP ,/, the/DT past/JJ 25/CD years/NNS have/VBP destroyed/VBN the/DT public/NN 's/POS faith/NN that/DT government/NN can/MD do/VB much/RB of/IN anything/NN ,/, let/VB alone/RB improve/VB our/PRP$ morals/NNS by/IN passing/VBG laws/NNS ./.
Nixon/NNP resigned/VBD a/DT year/NN after/IN Roe/NNP ./.
Then/RB Carter/NNP screwed/VBD things/NNS up/RB ./.
Then/RB Reagan/NNP persuaded/VBD the/DT country/NN that/IN the/DT government/NN always/RB screws/NNS things/NNS up/RB ./.
Now/RB we/PRP 're/VBP more/RBR susceptible/JJ to/TO the/DT pro-choice/JJ argument/NN that/IN banning/VBG abortions/NNS would/MD just/RB divert/VB them/PRP to/TO the/DT black/JJ market/NN ./.
Illegal/NNP abortions/NNS vs/NNS ./.
legal/JJ abortions/NNS :/: When/WRB abortion/NN was/VBD illegal/JJ ,/, pro-choicers/JJ focused/VBN national/JJ attention/NN on/IN the/DT gore/VB and/CC repugnance/NN of/IN coat/NN hangers/NNS and/CC back/RB alleys/NNS ./.
After/IN Roe/NNP ,/, pro-lifers/JJ turned/VBD our/PRP$ attention/NN to/TO the/DT gore/VB and/CC repugnance/NN of/IN many/JJ legal/JJ abortions/NNS ./.
The/DT longer/JJR abortion/NN remains/VBZ legal/JJ ,/, the/DT more/JJR people/NNS read/VBP about/IN casual/JJ abortions/NNS ,/, the/DT more/JJR they/PRP forget/VBP how/WRB gory/NN and/CC repugnant/NN abortion/NN was/VBD when/WRB it/PRP was/VBD illegal/JJ ./.
That/DT 's/VBZ why/WRB pro-choicers/JJ constantly/RB moan/VB that/IN Roe/NNP is/VBZ in/IN jeopardy/NN and/CC that/DT abortion/NN will/MD soon/RB be/VB banned/VBN again/RB ./.
To/TO gain/VB the/DT upper/JJ hand/NN ,/, each/DT side/NN needs/VBZ to/TO convince/VB you/PRP that/IN the/DT other/JJ side/NN has/VBZ the/DT upper/JJ hand/NN ./.
Traditionalism/NNP vs/NNS ./.
radicalism/NN :/: Pro-lifers/NNP equate/VB the/DT American/JJ way/NN with/IN traditional/JJ ideas/NNS ,/, threatened/VBN by/IN relativism/NN ./.
Pro-choicers/NNP equate/VB the/DT American/JJ way/NN with/IN pluralism/NN ,/, threatened/VBN by/IN radical/JJ fundamentalism/NN ./.
Pro-lifers/NNP had/VBD the/DT better/JJR of/IN this/DT argument/NN in/IN the/DT late/JJ 1960/CD s/VBZ and/CC 1970/CD s/VBZ ,/, because/IN pro-choicers/JJ got/VBD mixed/VBN up/RB with/IN the/DT sexual/JJ revolution/NN and/CC the/DT anti-war/JJ movement/NN ./.
Spiro/NNP Agnew/NNP called/VBD Democrats/NNPS the/DT party/NN of/IN "/" acid/NN ,/, amnesty/NN ,/, and/CC abortion/NN ./.
"/" As/IN Roe/NNP took/VBD root/NN ,/, however/RB ,/, pro-choicers/JJ became/VBD defenders/NNS of/IN the/DT status/NN quo/NN ,/, and/CC pro-lifers/JJ resorted/JJ to/TO protest-movement/JJ tactics/NNS such/JJ as/IN civil/JJ disobedience/NN ./.
Nowadays/NNP ,/, pro-choicers/JJ call/NN pro-lifers/JJ "/" radicals/NNS ./.
"/" The/DT association/NN of/IN abortion/NN rights/NNS with/IN tradition/NN and/CC national/JJ stability/NN helped/VBD persuade/VB the/DT Supreme/NNP Court/NNP to/TO reaffirm/VB Roe/NNP in/IN 1992/CD ./.
Capitalism/NN vs/NNS ./.
socialism/NN :/: Most/JJS pro-choicers/JJ make/NN an/DT economically/RB rational/JJ argument/NN ./.
A/DT woman/NN 's/POS inability/NN to/TO spare/VB the/DT time/NN or/CC the/DT money/NN to/TO raise/VB a/DT child/NN properly/RB is/VBZ an/DT acceptable/JJ reason/NN for/IN aborting/VBG her/PRP$ pregnancy/NN ./.
Such/JJ practical/JJ logic/NN helped/VBD draw/VB mainstream/NN civic/JJ organizations/NNS into/IN the/DT pre-/NN Roe/NNP movement/NN to/TO relax/VB abortion/NN laws/NNS ./.
By/IN contrast/NN ,/, many/JJ pro-lifers/JJ insist/VBP that/DT society/NN protect/VB and/CC sustain/VB life/NN at/IN any/DT cost/NN ./.
They/PRP apply/VBP this/DT argument/NN to/TO neonatal/NN hospital/NN care/NN ,/, lifelong/JJ disabilities/NNS ,/, and/CC assisted/VBN suicide/NN ,/, as/RB well/RB as/IN to/TO abortion/NN ./.
Absorbing/NNP this/DT pro-life/JJ socialism/NN is/VBZ a/DT long-term/JJ problem/NN for/IN Republicans/NNPS ./.
Technology/NN vs/NNS ./.
self-restraint/JJ :/: Pro-choicers/NNP count/NN on/IN technology/NN to/TO prevent/VB unwanted/JJ consequences/NNS of/IN sex/NN ./.
Pro-lifers/NNP reply/VB that/IN self-restraint/JJ is/VBZ the/DT only/RB effective/JJ solution/NN ./.
This/DT debate/NN began/VBD with/IN birth/NN control/NN in/IN the/DT late/JJ 1960/CD s/VBZ (/( George/NNP Bush/NNP earned/VBD the/DT nickname/NN "/" Rubbers/NNP "/" for/IN sponsoring/VBG family/NN planning/NN legislation/NN )/) and/CC continued/VBD through/IN abortion/NN in/IN the/DT 1970/CD s/VBZ to/TO AIDS/NNP in/IN the/DT 1980/CD s/VBZ ./.
Today/NN ,/, pro-choicers/JJ advertise/VB drugs/NNS such/JJ as/IN RU-/NNP 486/CD ,/, Norplant/NNP ,/, and/CC Ovral/NNP as/IN solutions/NNS to/TO the/DT abortion/NN problem/NN ,/, while/IN pro-lifers/JJ depict/VB abortion/NN as/IN a/DT culture/NN of/IN callousness/NNS that/IN drugs/NNS can/MD only/RB obscure/VB ./.
2/LS Woman/NNP vs/NNS ./.
fetus/NN :/: In/IN the/DT 1980/CD s/VBZ ,/, the/DT focus/NN of/IN the/DT abortion/NN controversy/NN shifted/VBN to/TO the/DT relative/JJ rights/NNS of/IN the/DT prospective/JJ mother/NN and/CC her/PRP$ potential/JJ offspring/NN ./.
Zoom-out/NNP vs/NNS ./.
zoom-in/JJ :/: Ever/RB since/IN Roe/NNP ,/, pro-life/JJ posters/NNS and/CC pamphlets/NNS have/VBP depicted/VBN isolated/VBN fetuses/NNS ./.
The/DT public-relations/NNS masterstroke/NN of/IN the/DT 1980/CD s/VBZ ,/, a/DT pro-life/JJ film/NN called/VBD The/DT Silent/NNP Scream/NNP ,/, featured/VBN ultrasound/NN pictures/NNS of/IN the/DT dismemberment/NN of/IN a/DT fetus/NN ./.
In/IN the/DT 1990/CD s/VBZ ,/, pro-lifers/JJ have/VBP used/VBN fetal/JJ diagrams/NNS to/TO illustrate/VB the/DT horror/NN of/IN "/" partial/JJ birth/NN "/" abortions/NNS ./.
Pro-choicers/NNP point/NN out/IN that/IN these/DT close-up/NN images/NNS literally/RB cut/VBP the/DT fetus/NN 's/POS context--the/JJ woman--out/JJ of/IN the/DT picture/NN ./.
They/PRP offer/VBP alternative/NN pictures--in/JJ the/DT "/" partial/JJ birth/NN "/" debate/NN ,/, for/IN example/NN ,/, they/PRP used/VBD a/DT photo/NN of/IN a/DT woman/NN who/WP had/VBD gone/VBN through/IN the/DT procedure/NN ,/, surrounded/VBN by/IN her/PRP$ husband/NN and/CC kids--to/JJ emphasize/VB the/DT woman/NN 's/POS humanity/NN and/CC obscure/VB the/DT fetus/NN ./.
Equality/NNP vs/NNS ./.
motherhood/NN :/: In/IN the/DT 1970/CD s/VBZ ,/, pro-choicers/JJ attached/VBD the/DT abortion/NN issue/NN to/TO the/DT emerging/VBG feminist/JJ movement/NN ./.
In/IN the/DT 1980/CD s/VBZ ,/, this/DT combination/NN proved/VBD doubly/RB vulnerable/JJ to/TO the/DT New/NNP Right/RB 's/POS critique/NN :/: Women/NNP 's/POS careers/NNS bore/VBD the/DT bloodstains/NNS of/IN abortions/NNS ./.
Today/NN ,/, feminism/NN remains/VBZ a/DT bad/JJ word/NN ,/, but/CC Republicans/NNPS have/VBP adjusted/VBN their/PRP$ philosophy/NN of/IN motherhood/NN to/TO accommodate/VB women/NNS 's/POS political/JJ power/NN (/( hence/RB their/PRP$ attention/NN to/TO "/" soccer/NN moms/NNS "/" )/) ./.
Accordingly/RB ,/, when/WRB pro-lifers/JJ advocate/NN measures/NNS that/WDT would/MD make/VB clinics/NNS give/VB women/NNS information/NN designed/VBN to/TO dissuade/VB them/PRP from/IN having/VBG an/DT abortion/NN ,/, they/PRP call/VBP these/DT measures/NNS "/" women/NNS 's/POS right/NN to/TO know/VB "/" bills/NNS ./.
Conversely/RB ,/, pro-choicers/JJ accept/VB the/DT culture/NN of/IN motherhood/NN and/CC accuse/VBP pro-lifers/JJ of/IN defiling/VBG it/PRP by/IN forcing/VBG women/NNS to/TO bear/VB the/DT offspring/NN not/RB of/IN their/PRP$ husbands/NNS but/CC of/IN their/PRP$ rapists/NNS ./.
Persecution/NNP vs/NNS ./.
civil/JJ rights/NNS :/: Many/JJ women/NNS who/WP seek/VBP Medicaid-funded/NNP abortions/NNS are/VBP black/JJ or/CC Hispanic/JJ ./.
From/IN this/DT ,/, pro-choicers/JJ conclude/VB that/IN restrictions/NNS on/IN Medicaid-funded/NNP abortions/NNS are/VBP racist/JJ because/IN they/PRP target/VBP black/JJ and/CC Hispanic/JJ women/NNS ./.
Conversely/RB ,/, pro-lifers/JJ argue/VBP that/IN pro-choicers/JJ are/VBP racists/NNS because/IN they/PRP use/VBP Medicaid/NNP ,/, and/CC abortion/NN ,/, to/TO exterminate/NN black/JJ and/CC Hispanic/JJ fetuses/NNS ./.
Pro-choicers/NNP defend/VB the/DT right/NN to/TO abortion/NN as/IN an/DT extension/NN of/IN the/DT "/" civil/JJ rights/NNS "/" granted/VBN to/TO blacks/NNS and/CC women/NNS ./.
Pro-lifers/NNP reply/VB that/IN "/" civil/JJ rights/NNS "/" should/MD be/VB extended/VBN not/RB to/TO women/NNS seeking/VBG abortions/NNS but/CC to/TO their/PRP$ fetuses/NNS ,/, "/" the/DT most/RBS defenseless/JJ members/NNS of/IN the/DT human/JJ family/NN ./.
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Slope/NNP vs/NNS ./.
slope/NN :/: Much/JJ of/IN the/DT debate/NN turns/VBZ on/IN which/WDT issues/NNS are/VBP associated/VBN with/IN abortion/NN ./.
Roe/NNP was/VBD based/VBN in/IN part/NN on/IN Griswold/NNP vs/NNS ./.
Connecticut/NNP ,/, a/DT 1965/CD Supreme/NNP Court/NNP decision/NN that/WDT upheld/VBD the/DT right/NN to/TO use/VB contraceptives/NNS ./.
By/IN arguing/VBG for/IN abortion/NN rights/NNS in/IN the/DT context/NN of/IN birth/NN control/NN ,/, pro-choicers/JJ persuaded/VBD the/DT court/NN to/TO treat/VB it/PRP as/IN a/DT sexual-privacy/JJ issue/NN ./.
In/IN subsequent/JJ cases/NNS ,/, they/PRP have/VBP argued/VBN that/IN anti-pregnancy/JJ measures/NNS (/( such/JJ as/IN high/JJ postcoital/NN doses/NNS of/IN birth-control/JJ pills/NNS )/) blur/VB the/DT distinction/NN between/IN birth/NN control/NN and/CC abortion/NN ./.
This/DT raises/VBZ the/DT specter/NN of/IN a/DT slippery/JJ slope/NN toward/IN regulating/VBG sex/NN ./.
Recognizing/NNP this/DT trap/NN ,/, the/DT National/NNP Right/RB to/TO Life/NNP Committee/NNP refuses/VBZ to/TO talk/VB about/IN birth/NN control/NN ./.
Pro-lifers/NNP focus/VB instead/RB on/IN the/DT "/" partial/JJ birth/NN "/" procedure/NN and/CC discuss/VB abortion/NN in/IN the/DT context/NN of/IN "/" life/NN "/" issues/NNS such/JJ as/IN assisted/VBN suicide/NN ./.
This/DT raises/VBZ the/DT specter/NN of/IN a/DT slippery/JJ slope/NN toward/IN decriminalizing/VBG murder/NN ./.
Murderer/NNP vs/NNS ./.
murder/NN :/: Half/NN of/IN all/DT Americans/NNPS say/VBP that/IN killing/VBG a/DT fetus/NN is/VBZ murder/NN ,/, but/CC few/JJ regard/NN the/DT woman/NN who/WP participates/VBZ in/IN the/DT killing/VBG as/IN a/DT murderer/NN ./.
In/IN Roe/NNP ,/, the/DT Supreme/NNP Court/NNP skewered/JJ Texas/NNP for/IN enshrining/VBG this/DT contradiction/NN in/IN law/NN ./.
Nevertheless/RB ,/, each/DT camp/NN continues/VBZ to/TO exploit/VB one/CD end/NN of/IN the/DT paradox/NN while/IN ignoring/VBG the/DT other/JJ ./.
In/IN a/DT 1988/CD presidential/JJ debate/NN ,/, George/NNP Bush/NNP portrayed/VBD the/DT fetus/NN as/IN a/DT human/JJ life/NN but/CC said/VBD he/PRP had/VBD n't/RB "/" sorted/VBN out/RP the/DT penalties/NNS "/" for/IN taking/VBG it/PRP ./.
His/PRP$ pro-choice/JJ opponent/NN ,/, Michael/NNP Dukakis/NNP ,/, ignored/VBD the/DT question/NN of/IN the/DT fetus/NN 's/POS humanity/NN and/CC instead/RB accused/VBN Bush/NNP of/IN threatening/VBG to/TO treat/VB women/NNS like/IN criminals/NNS for/IN choosing/VBG abortion/NN ./.
3/LS Who/WP decides/VBZ vs/NNS ./.
what/WP 's/VBZ done/VBN :/: While/IN the/DT other/JJ lines/NNS of/IN argument/NN continue/VB ,/, in/IN recent/JJ years/NNS the/DT question/NN of/IN whose/WP$ judgment/NN should/MD count/VB in/IN the/DT abortion/NN decision/NN has/VBZ come/VBN to/TO the/DT fore/NN ./.
Medicine/NN vs/NNS ./.
morality/NN :/: Roe/NNP struck/VBD down/RP abortion/NN laws/NNS in/IN part/NN on/IN the/DT grounds/NNS that/IN they/PRP interfered/VBD with/IN doctors/NNS '/POS professional/JJ judgment/NN ./.
This/DT scientific/JJ veneer/NN neatly/RB obscured/VBD the/DT ethical/JJ dimension/NN of/IN abortion/NN decisions/NNS ./.
Over/IN the/DT years/NNS ,/, pro-choicers/JJ have/VBP continued/VBN to/TO invoke/VB medical/JJ expertise/NN ,/, particularly/RB by/IN rigging/VBG polls/NNS to/TO ask/VB whether/IN "/" a/DT woman/NN and/CC her/PRP$ doctor/NN "/" (/( as/IN opposed/VBN to/TO a/DT woman/NN alone/RB )/) should/MD be/VB entrusted/VBN with/IN the/DT abortion/NN decision/NN ./.
Pro-lifers/NNP ,/, seeking/VBG to/TO reassert/VB the/DT priority/NN of/IN morality/NN over/IN medicine/NN ,/, always/RB describe/VB physicians/NNS who/WP terminate/VB pregnancies/NNS as/IN "/" abortionists/NNS ,/, "/" not/RB "/" doctors/NNS ./.
"/" They/PRP also/RB dismiss/VBP "/" medical/JJ "/" allowances/NNS for/IN late-term/JJ abortions/NNS ,/, such/JJ as/IN "/" mental/JJ health/NN ,/, "/" as/IN pseudoscientific/JJ loopholes/NNS that/WDT let/VBP doctors/NNS authorize/VB abortions/NNS for/IN any/DT reason/NN ./.
The/DT medicine/NN &slash;/NN morality/NN argument/NN has/VBZ become/VBN central/JJ to/TO several/JJ battles/NNS of/IN the/DT 1990/CD s/VBZ ./.
Pro-lifers/NNP have/VBP driven/VBN abortion/NN out/IN of/IN mainstream/NN medical/JJ facilities/NNS and/CC into/IN specialized/JJ ,/, stigmatized/JJ clinics/NNS ./.
But/CC in/IN 1993/CD ,/, pro-choicers/JJ won/VBD passage/NN of/IN a/DT federal/JJ law/NN protecting/VBG clinics/NNS from/IN obstruction/NN ,/, on/IN the/DT reasoning/NN that/IN they/PRP 're/VBP legal/JJ medical/JJ facilities/NNS ./.
In/IN 1994/CD ,/, pro-choicers/JJ tried/VBD to/TO insulate/VB abortion/NN from/IN moral/JJ challenge/NN by/IN enveloping/VBG it/PRP in/IN the/DT Clinton/NNP health-care/NN plan/NN ,/, but/CC pro-lifers/JJ thwarted/VBN them/PRP ./.
In/IN the/DT "/" partial/JJ birth/NN "/" debate/NN ,/, faced/VBN with/IN embarrassing/JJ data/NNS about/IN the/DT nature/NN of/IN late-term/JJ abortions/NNS and/CC the/DT reasons/NNS for/IN them/PRP ,/, pro-choicers/JJ again/RB are/VBP falling/VBG back/RB on/IN the/DT argument/NN that/IN doctors/NNS know/VBP best/JJS ./.
Families/NNS vs/NNS ./.
government/NN :/: Beginning/VBG in/IN the/DT late/JJ 1980/CD s/VBZ ,/, the/DT National/NNP Abortion/NNP Rights/NNP Action/NNP League/NNP executed/VBD the/DT most/RBS important/JJ framing/NN maneuver/NN of/IN the/DT post-/NN Roe/NNP era/NN ./.
Guided/NNP by/IN pollster/NN Harrison/NNP Hickman/NNP ,/, NARAL/NNP used/VBD ads/NNS ,/, candidate/NN manuals/NNS ,/, and/CC other/JJ media/NNS to/TO disseminate/VB a/DT new/JJ message/NN :/: "/" Who/WP decides/VBZ ?/.
"/" This/DT message/NN changed/VBD the/DT focus/NN of/IN the/DT abortion/NN debate/NN from/IN the/DT morality/NN of/IN the/DT choice/NN (/( e/SYM ./.
g/SYM ./.
,/, how/WRB late/RB into/IN a/DT pregnancy/NN abortions/NNS should/MD be/VB allowed/VBN ,/, and/CC for/IN which/WDT reasons/NNS )/) to/TO the/DT identity/NN of/IN the/DT chooser/NN ./.
Whereas/IN the/DT medical-expertise/JJ argument/NN is/VBZ defensively/RB neutral/JJ ,/, the/DT "/" who/WP decides/VBZ "/" question/NN is/VBZ aggressively/RB political/JJ ./.
By/IN rhetorically/RB stacking/VBG their/PRP$ side/NN of/IN the/DT question/NN (/( to/TO include/VB husbands/NNS ,/, doctors/NNS ,/, and/CC clergymen/NN ,/, along/IN with/IN women/NNS )/) and/CC defining/VBG the/DT other/JJ side/NN as/IN "/" the/DT government/NN ,/, "/" pro-choicers/JJ have/VBP won/VBN the/DT sympathy/NN of/IN voters/NNS who/WP dislike/VBP big/JJ government/NN more/JJR than/IN they/PRP dislike/VBP abortion/NN ./.
Throughout/IN the/DT 1990/CD s/VBZ ,/, this/DT message/NN has/VBZ deterred/VBD pro-life/JJ politicians/NNS from/IN trying/VBG to/TO ban/VB abortion/NN ./.
The/DT "/" partial/JJ birth/NN "/" abortion/NN ban/NN ,/, on/IN which/WDT Congress/NNP will/MD soon/RB vote/VB again/RB ,/, represents/VBZ a/DT shrewd/JJ countermaneuver/NN by/IN pro-lifers/JJ to/TO push/VB the/DT abortion/NN debate/NN away/RB from/IN "/" who/WP decides/VBZ "/" and/CC back/RB toward/IN "/" what/WP 's/VBZ done/VBN ,/, "/" toward/IN the/DT humanity/NN of/IN the/DT fetus/NN and/CC the/DT repugnance/NN of/IN legal/JJ abortion/NN ./.
Pro-choicers/NNP call/NN the/DT ban/NN a/DT cynical/JJ ploy/NN designed/VBN to/TO regain/VB political/JJ advantage/NN ,/, not/RB to/TO prevent/VB abortions/NNS ./.
But/CC is/VBZ it/PRP any/DT more/RBR cynical/JJ than/IN liberal/JJ pro-choicers/JJ campaigning/NN against/IN big/JJ government/NN ?/.
The/DT 25/CD years/NNS of/IN debate/NN since/IN Roe/NNP have/VBP settled/VBN only/RB one/CD thing/NN :/: An/DT issue/NN that/WDT 's/VBZ supposed/VBN to/TO be/VB all/DT about/JJ principle/NN has/VBZ become/VBN all/DT about/JJ positioning/NN ./.
A/DT letter/NN writer/NN once/RB accused/VBD The/DT [/( Toronto/NNP ]/) Globe/NNP and/CC Mail/NNP ,/, Canada/NNP 's/POS newspaper/NN of/IN record/NN ,/, of/IN setting/VBG a/DT new/JJ record/NN for/IN splitting/NN an/DT infinitive/JJ ./.
A/DT front-page/JJ article/NN ended/VBD in/IN the/DT phrase/NN ,/, Premier/NNP Peterson/NNP said/VBD that/IN in/IN order/NN to/TO after/IN which/WDT the/DT notice/NN SEE/VBP P/NN ./.
A/DT 16/CD was/VBD inserted/VBN ,/, and/CC on/IN page/NN A/DT 16/CD the/DT sentence/NN was/VBD indeed/RB completed/VBN as/IN promised/VBN :/: balance/NN the/DT budget/NN ,/, expectations/NNS would/MD have/VB to/TO be/VB lowered/VBN ./.
That/DT is/VBZ some/DT split/NN !/.
However/RB ,/, writing/VBG letters/NNS to/TO editors/NNS to/TO complain/VB about/IN split/NN infinitives/NNS is/VBZ child/NN 's/POS play/NN for/IN the/DT truly/RB obsessed/JJ ./.
As/IN a/DT self-confessed/JJ obsessive/JJ when/WRB it/PRP comes/VBZ to/TO newspapers/NNS '/POS errors/NNS ,/, my/PRP$ own/JJ pet/NN peeve—/NN which/WDT all/PDT the/DT North/JJ American/JJ news/NN services/NNS and/CC most/JJS of/IN its/PRP$ major/JJ news/NN magazines/NNS seem/VBP to/TO be/VB guilty/JJ of—is/NNS leaving/VBG diacritical/JJ marks/NNS off/RP foreign/JJ words/NNS ./.
To/TO their/PRP$ credit/NN ,/, British/JJ news/NN services/NNS (/( e/SYM ./.
g/SYM ./.
,/, Reuters/NNP )/) and/CC publications/NNS like/IN the/DT Observer/NNP ,/, Guardian/NNP ,/, and/CC Economist/NNP ,/, are/VBP usually/RB quite/RB careful/JJ to/TO get/VB it/PRP right/JJ ./.
Sometimes/RB these/DT omissions/NNS are/VBP genuinely/RB trivial/JJ ./.
Montreal/NNP is/VBZ quite/RB acceptable/JJ ;/: Montréal/NNP would/MD be/VB pretentious/JJ except/IN perhaps/RB in/IN Canada/NNP ./.
But/CC sometimes/RB they/PRP are/VBP not/RB trivial/JJ at/IN all/DT ,/, because/IN a/DT diacritical/JJ mark/NN can/MD change/VB the/DT pronunciation/NN ,/, the/DT spelling/VBG and/CC therefore/RB even/RB the/DT meaning/NN of/IN a/DT word/NN ./.
In/IN general/JJ ,/, diacritical/JJ marks/NNS are/VBP all/PDT those/DT little/JJ jots/NNS and/CC tittles/NNS that/WDT appear/VBP over/RB ,/, under/RB ,/, and/CC even/RB through/IN various/JJ letters/NNS ./.
We/PRP do/VBP n't/RB have/VB many/JJ in/IN English/NNP ;/: the/DT only/RB common/JJ one/CD I/PRP can/MD think/VB of/IN offhand/NN is/VBZ the/DT diaeresis/NNS (/( as/IN in/IN the/DT two/CD dots/NNS over/IN naïve/NN )/) ./.
where/WRB it/PRP indicates/VBZ that/IN two/CD vowels/NNS side/VBP by/IN side/NN are/VBP not/RB a/DT diphthong/NN but/CC separate/JJ ,/, distinct/JJ vowels/NNS ./.
Israël/NNP is/VBZ an/DT example/NN which/WDT is/VBZ not/RB seen/VBN much/JJ any/DT more/JJR ;/: Zaïre/NNP is/VBZ seen/VBN occasionally/RB ;/: Haïti/NNP is/VBZ common/JJ in/IN French/JJ ,/, where/WRB it/PRP is/VBZ pronounced/VBN as/IN three/CD syllables/NNS ,/, but/CC the/DT English/NNP standard/JJ seems/VBZ to/TO be/VB Haiti/NNP (/( two/CD syllables/NNS )/) ./.
The/DT New/NNP Yorker/NNP still/RB insists/VBZ on/IN coöperate/NN ./.
Related/NNP to/TO diacritical/JJ marks/NNS are/VBP two/CD constructs/NNS ,/, the/DT ligature/NN ,/, which/WDT is/VBZ a/DT character/NN resulting/VBG from/IN tying/VBG together/RB two/CD or/CC more/RBR standard/JJ letters/NNS ,/, and/CC the/DT digraph/NN ,/, which/WDT is/VBZ a/DT special/JJ case/NN of/IN the/DT ligature/NN ./.
The/DT term/NN ligature/NN is/VBZ usually/RB reserved/VBN for/IN printer/NN 's/POS conventions/NNS (/( that/WDT is/VBZ ,/, where/WRB combinations/NNS like/IN fi/NN ,/, ffi/NN ,/, fl/NN ,/, and/CC ffl/NN are/VBP linked/VBN together/RB to/TO form/VB a/DT single/JJ character/NN )/) ,/, whereas/IN the/DT digraph/NN ./.
while/IN graphically/RB tying/VBG together/RB two/CD characters/NNS ,/, actually/RB represents/VBZ two/CD diphthongs/NNS which/WDT were/VBD common/JJ in/IN Latin/NNP :/: after/IN the/DT invention/NN of/IN printing/NN ,/, the/DT Latin/NNP &slash;/NN Romance/NNP ae/NN became/VBD æ/NN ,/, and/CC oe/NN became/VBD œ/NN ./.
These/DT are/VBP almost/RB never/RB seen/VBN in/IN the/DT US/NNP today/NN ,/, but/CC they/PRP are/VBP still/RB occasionally/RB encountered/VBD in/IN British/JJ and/CC other/JJ varieties/NNS of/IN English/NNP influenced/VBN by/IN British/JJ practice/NN ,/, although/IN it/PRP is/VBZ usually/RB the/DT unligated/JJ form/NN that/IN one/CD encounters/VBZ ,/, not/RB the/DT digraphs/NNS ./.
The/DT most/RBS common/JJ example/NN used/VBN to/TO be/VB US/NNP encyclopedia/NN vs/NNS ./.
traditional/JJ non-/NN US/NNP encyclopaedia/NN (/( encyclopædia/NN )/) ./.
However/RB ,/, as/IN even/RB the/DT British/JJ spell/NN this/DT word/NN the/DT US/NNP way/NN now/RB ,/, the/DT best/JJS examples/NNS of/IN current/JJ US/NNP &slash;/NN non-/NN US/NNP dichotomies/NNS in/IN the/DT use/NN of/IN the/DT digraphs/NNS can/MD be/VB gleaned/VBN from/IN the/DT world/NN of/IN medicine/NN and/CC science/NN ,/, as/IN in/IN gynœcology/NN &slash;/NN gynecology/NN ,/, hœmatology/NN &slash;/NN hematology/NN ,/, œsophagus/JJ &slash;/NN esophagus/JJ ,/, œstrogen/NN &slash;/NN estrogen/NN ,/, cœsium/NN &slash;/NN cesium/NN ,/, œdema/NN &slash;/NN edema/NN ,/, œstrus/JJ &slash;/NN estrus/JJ ,/, pœdiatrics/NNS &slash;/NN pediatrics/NNS ./.
In/IN Canada/NNP ,/, one/CD rarely/RB encounters/VBZ in/IN common/JJ usage/NN the/DT British/JJ spellings/NNS listed/VBN ,/, but/CC ,/, while/IN they/PRP continue/VBP to/TO be/VB widely/RB used/VBN by/IN medical/JJ professionals/NNS ,/, even/RB that/DT practice/NN has/VBZ come/VBN under/IN US/NNP influence/NN ./.
Diacritical/NNP marks/NNS can/MD be/VB broken/VBN down/RB into/IN two/CD types/NNS :/: accents/NNS ,/, which/WDT affect/VBP ,/, roughly/RB speaking/VBG ,/, pronunciation/NN only/RB ;/: and/CC umlauts/NNS ,/, which/WDT affect/VBP spelling/VBG as/RB well/RB as/IN pronunciation/NN ./.
As/IN already/RB mentioned/VBN ,/, English/NNP is/VBZ relatively/RB sterile/JJ when/WRB it/PRP comes/VBZ to/TO diacritical/JJ marks/NNS ;/: true/JJ gold/NN can/MD best/JJS be/VB struck/VBN in/IN foreign/JJ fields/NNS ,/, where/WRB the/DT accent/NN grave/JJ ,/, accent/NN aigu/NN ,/, and/CC the/DT circonflexe/NN ./.
The/DT two/CD accents/NNS are/VBP used/VBN in/IN French/JJ to/TO change/VB the/DT value/NN of/IN e/SYM ,/, which/WDT is/VBZ the/DT most/RBS common/JJ vowel/NN in/IN French/JJ (/( as/IN in/IN English/NNP )/) and/CC which/WDT comes/VBZ in/IN as/IN many/JJ varieties/NNS as/IN Campbell/NNP 's/POS soup—hence/NN the/DT need/NN for/IN some/DT kind/NN of/IN regulation/NN by/IN diacritical/JJ marks/NNS ./.
The/DT circonflexe/NN ,/, on/IN the/DT other/JJ hand/NN ,/, is/VBZ really/RB a/DT sign/NN of/IN orthography/NN ,/, not/RB pronunciation/NN ,/, being/VBG a/DT reminder/NN of/IN a/DT dropped/VBN s—it/NN is/VBZ usually/RB there/RB for/IN historical/JJ reasons/NNS but/CC connoting/VBG a/DT reason/NN which/WDT has/VBZ long/RB since/IN ceased/VBD to/TO make/VB sense/NN and/CC which/WDT modern/JJ French/JJ speakers/NNS have/VBP probably/RB been/VBN blithely/RB unaware/JJ of/IN ./.
Thus/RB the/DT French/JJ île/NN reminds/VBZ us/PRP that/IN the/DT word/NN was/VBD once/RB spelled/VBN isle/NN ,/, from/IN Latin/NNP insula/NN ;/: the/DT name/NN of/IN the/DT eight/CD month/NN ,/, Août/NNP ,/, reminds/VBZ us/PRP that/IN it/PRP came/VBD from/IN the/DT Latin/NNP augustus/JJ ;/: and/CC être/NN betrays/NNS its/PRP$ origins/NNS as/IN Latin/NNP esse/NN with/IN the/DT same/JJ orthographical/JJ scar/NN ./.
German/JJ has/VBZ no/DT pure/JJ accents/NNS that/IN I/PRP can/MD think/VB of/IN (/( other/JJ than/IN the/DT occasional/JJ diaeresis/NNS in/IN foreign/JJ proper/JJ nouns/NNS ,/, such/JJ as/IN Israël/NNP )/) ,/, but/CC it/PRP has/VBZ one/CD very/RB common/JJ ligature/NN and/CC ,/, of/IN course/NN ,/, the/DT umlaut/NN which/WDT is/VBZ much/JJ like/IN a/DT digraph—in/NN fact/NN ,/, these/DT characters/NNS are/VBP essential/JJ to/TO proper/JJ spelling/NN ,/, and/CC it/PRP is/VBZ for/IN that/DT reason/NN that/IN a/DT dropped/VBN umlaut/NN may/MD be/VB seen/VBN as/IN an/DT offense/NN ./.
The/DT common/JJ ligature/NN in/IN German/JJ orthography/NN is/VBZ the/DT esszet/NN (/( β/NN ,/, β/NN )/) and/CC there/EX are/VBP three/CD vowels/NNS which/WDT can/MD take/VB the/DT umlaut/NN (/( ä/NN ,/, ö/NN ,/, and/CC ü/NN )/) ./.
The/DT esszet/NN (/( pronounced/VBN ess-tset/JJ )/) was/VBD formed/VBN when/WRB mediæval/NN (/( for/IN US/NNP read/VBD medieval/NN )/) humanists/NNS got/VBD carried/VBN away/RB and/CC tried/VBD to/TO force/VB German/JJ into/IN the/DT Græco-/NNP Latin/NNP mould/NN of/IN grammar/NN and/CC spelling/VBG (/( a/DT disease/NN that/DT spread/NN to/TO the/DT British/NNP Isles/NNP ,/, too/RB )/) ./.
In/IN Greek/JJ ,/, the/DT sigma/NN that/WDT is/VBZ written/VBN in/IN the/DT middle/NN of/IN a/DT word/NN (/( σ/NN ,/, called/VBN medial/NN sigma/NN )/) is/VBZ different/JJ from/IN the/DT sigma/NN at/IN the/DT end/NN of/IN a/DT word/NN (/( ς/NN ,/, called/VBD final/JJ ,/, or/CC terminal/NN sigma/NN )/) ./.
In/IN mediæval/NN Latin/NNP the/DT two/CD s/VBZ 's/POS were/VBD also/RB differentiated/JJ :/: ∫/NN was/VBD the/DT medial/NN s/VBZ ,/, and/CC s/VBZ the/DT terminal/NN s/VBZ ./.
This/DT convention/NN persisted/VBD until/IN recently/RB ./.
In/IN microfilms/NNS of/IN the/DT 1881/CD Canadian/JJ census/NN ,/, I/PRP have/VBP come/VBN across/IN names/NNS like/IN Agne/NNP ∫/NN s/VBZ ,/, who/WP was/VBD sometimes/RB noted/VBN as/IN being/VBG a/DT dre/NN ∫/NN smaker/NN ./.
In/IN German/JJ ,/, this/DT double-s/JJ ,/, ∫/NN s/VBZ ,/, eventually/RB evolved/VBD into/IN β/NN ./.
The/DT diphthongs/NNS ae/NN ,/, oe/NN ,/, and/CC ue/NN appear/VBP so/RB often/RB in/IN German/JJ that/IN mediæval/NN scribes/NNS started/VBD writing/VBG the/DT e/SYM above/IN the/DT first/JJ vowel/NN ,/, something/NN like/IN this/DT :/: \/NN ?/.
\/NN ./.
As/IN they/PRP were/VBD writing/VBG with/IN flat-pointed/JJ pens/NNS ,/, which/WDT tended/VBD to/TO emphasize/VB the/DT vertical/JJ strokes/NNS (/( especially/RB in/IN Fraktur/NNP ,/, the/DT so-called/JJ gothie/NN script/NN of/IN old/JJ German/JJ )/) the/DT little/RB superior/JJ e/SYM came/VBD to/TO be/VB represented/VBN by/IN two/CD short/JJ ,/, vertical/JJ strokes/NNS ,/, which/WDT then/RB became/VBD two/CD square/JJ dots/NNS ./.
Then/RB ,/, when/WRB Germany/NNP adopted/VBD Latin/NNP letters/NNS during/IN the/DT pre-/NN World/NNP War/NNP II/NNP era/NN ,/, they/PRP became/VBD two/CD round/NN dots/NNS ./.
I/PRP have/VBP always/RB thought/VBN that/IN the/DT ü/NN was/VBD a/DT perky/JJ little/JJ character—draw/NN a/DT circle/NN around/IN it/PRP and/CC you/PRP get/VBP that/IN ubiquitous/JJ Californianism/NNP ,/, \/NN ?/.
\/NN ./.
The/DT convention/NN in/IN English/NNP is/VBZ to/TO transcribe/VBP the/DT umlaut—to/NN restore/VB ,/, as/IN it/PRP were/VBD ,/, the/DT lost/VBD e/SYM ./.
Hence/RB ,/, the/DT Hanseatic/NNP port/NN of/IN Lübeck/NNP is/VBZ properly/RB Luebeck/NNP in/IN English/NNP Similarly/RB ,/, the/DT esszet/NN should/MD be/VB transcribed/JJ as/IN ss/NNS ,/, never/RB as/IN B/NNP ,/, which/WDT I/PRP see/VBP often/RB ./.
The/DT Scandinavian/JJ languages/NNS also/RB have/VBP characters/NNS similar/JJ to/TO the/DT German/JJ umlauts/NNS :/: besides/IN the/DT ä/NN and/CC ö/NN (/( Swedish/JJ )/) ,/, Norwegian/JJ and/CC Danish/JJ have/VBP œ/NN (/( a/DT +/NN e/SYM as/IN in/IN English/NNP )/) ,/, Norwegian/JJ and/CC Danish/JJ also/RB have/VBP θ/NN (/( o/NN +/NN e/SYM )/) and/CC all/DT three/CD use/NN a/DT (/( a/DT +/NN a/DT )/) ./.
The/DT rules/NNS for/IN transcription/NN are/VBP similar/JJ to/TO those/DT for/IN German/JJ words/NNS :/: Alborg/NNP =/SYM Aalborg/NNP ;/: Kθbenhavn/NNP =/SYM Koebenhavn/NNP (/( of/IN course/NN ,/, in/IN this/DT case/NN there/EX 's/VBZ a/DT perfectly/RB acceptable/JJ English/NNP equivalent/NN ,/, Copenhagen/NNP )/) ./.
As/IN an/DT interesting/JJ aside/RB ,/, German/JJ alphabetizes/NNS words/NNS as/IN if/IN the/DT umlauts/NNS were/VBD transcribed/JJ (/( so/IN Köln/NNP would/MD come/VB before/IN Kohl/NNP ,/, for/IN instance/NN )/) ,/, but/CC the/DT Scandinavian/JJ languages/NNS treat/VBP their/PRP$ umlauts/NNS as/IN trans-z/JJ characters/NNS (/( so/RB in/IN Swedish/JJ phone/NN books/NNS ,/, Ödlund/NN would/MD come/VB after/IN Zetterström/NNP )/) ./.
Umlauts/NNP are/VBP not/RB simply/RB accents/NNS ,/, however/RB :/: they/PRP are/VBP fundamental/JJ to/TO the/DT spelling/NN of/IN a/DT word/NN and/CC should/MD always/RB be/VB transcribed/JJ as/IN ae/NN &slash;/NN oe/NN &slash;/NN ue/NN (/( or/CC aa/NN in/IN the/DT case/NN of/IN the/DT Scandinavian/JJ a/DT )/) in/IN character/NN sets/NNS that/WDT do/VBP not/RB provide/VB umlauts/NNS ./.
In/IN any/DT case/NN ,/, many/JJ German/JJ and/CC Scandinavian/JJ place/NN names/NNS have/VBP English/NNP equivalents/NNS :/: Munich/NNP for/IN München/NNP ,/, Cologne/NNP for/IN Köln/NNP ,/, the/DT aforementioned/JJ Copenhagen/NNP for/IN Kθbenhavn/NNP ,/, Gothenburg/NNP for/IN Göteborg/NNP ,/, and/CC so/RB on/IN ./.
However/RB ,/, I/PRP recently/RB read/VBP an/DT Associated/NNP Press/NNP account/NN of/IN a/DT neo-/NN Nazi/JJ demonstration/NN in/IN a/DT place/NN called/VBD Nurnberg/NNP ./.
The/DT problem/NN here/RB is/VBZ that/IN this/DT is/VBZ neither/DT fish/NN nor/CC fowl/NN ./.
It/PRP is/VBZ not/RB the/DT correct/JJ English/NNP name/NN for/IN this/DT city/NN ,/, which/WDT is/VBZ Nuremberg/NNP ,/, and/CC it/PRP is/VBZ not/RB the/DT correct/JJ German/JJ name/NN ,/, which/WDT is/VBZ Nürnberg/NNP ,/, or/CC Nuernberg/NNP ./.
One/CD strongly/RB suspects/VBZ that/IN the/DT writer/NN simply/RB did/VBD not/RB know/VB the/DT English/NNP name/NN for/IN Nürnberg/NNP ./.
Yet/RB more/JJR confirming/VBG evidence/NN to/TO the/DT pessimists/NNS amongst/IN us/PRP who/WP lament/NN the/DT deterioriation/NN of/IN standards/NNS by/IN the/DT users/NNS and/CC abusers/NNS of/IN the/DT Mother/NNP Tongue/NNP ,/, especially/RB cis-/NN Atlantic/NNP journalists/NNS ./.
If/IN there/EX are/VBP any/DT questions/NNS ,/, comments/NNS ,/, that/WDT arise/VBP from/IN any/DT edition/NN of/IN this/DT newsletter/NN ,/, please/VB feel/VBP free/JJ to/TO contact/VB me/PRP (/( Ron/NNP Shaw/NNP )/) at—/NN ./.
I/PRP 'm/VBP also/RB open/JJ to/TO suggestive/JJ topics/NNS for/IN next/JJ trimester/NN 's/POS edition/NN ./.
[/NN From/IN a/DT newsletter/NN ,/, Total/NNP Quality/NNP Management/NNP ,/, published/VBN by/IN OAO/NNP Corporation/NNP ,/, ./.
Submitted/NNP by/IN ./.
]/NN
The/DT Oxford/NNP Companion/NNP to/TO the/DT English/NNP Language/NNP (/( OCEL/NNP )/) is/VBZ missing/VBG an/DT s/VBZ at/IN the/DT end/NN of/IN its/PRP$ title/NN ,/, for/IN it/PRP has/VBZ headings/NNS for/IN more/JJR than/IN four/CD hundred/CD varieties/NNS of/IN our/PRP$ multivaried/JJ mother/NN tongue—/NN Australian/NNP English/NNP ,/, Singapore/NNP English/NNP ,/, Indian/NNP English/NNP ,/, Black/NNP Vernacular/NNP English/NNP ,/, etc/FW ./.
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k/NN ./.
a/DT ./.
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As/IN Jack/NNP Rawlins/NNP said/VBD ,/, ./.
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Some/DT of/IN these/DT are/VBP ./.
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Vance/NNP has/VBZ achieved/VBN something/NN extraordinary/JJ :/: the/DT invention/NN of/IN nearly/RB 1700/CD interesting/JJ new/JJ words/NNS ,/, a/DT number/NN sufficient/JJ to/TO justify/VB his/PRP$ own/JJ dictionary/JJ ./.
In/IN contrast/NN ,/, the/DT Burroughs/NNP Dictionary/NNP and/CC The/DT Dune/NNP Encyclopedia/NNP include/VBP many/JJ characters/NNS and/CC places/NNS and/CC are/VBP thus/RB actually/RB concordances/NNS or/CC encyclopedias/NNS rather/RB than/IN true/JJ dictionaries/NNS ./.
And/CC Vance/NNP is/VBZ still/RB busily/RB ,/, incorrigibly/RB at/IN work/NN ./.
Most/JJS neologisms/NNS remain/VBP in/IN their/PRP$ literary/JJ greenhouses/NNS ,/, to/TO be/VB enjoyed/VBN only/RB by/IN visitors/NNS ./.
But/CC some/DT have/VBP escaped/VBN and/CC spread/NN like/IN weeds/NNS to/TO become/VB part/NN of/IN the/DT language/NN :/: Heinlein/NNP 's/POS grok/NN ,/, for/IN example/NN ./.
How/WRB many/JJ of/IN Vance/NNP 's/POS coinings/NNS will/MD infiltrate/VB our/PRP$ daily/JJ gab/NN ?/.
Will/MD we/PRP send/VB our/PRP$ enemies/NNS skirkling/VBG ,/, or/CC drink/VB skull-busters/JJ at/IN the/DT corner/NN bar/NN ?/.
Will/MD our/PRP$ windows/NNS be/VB made/VBN of/IN translux/NN ?/.
In/IN The/DT Languages/NNP of/IN Pao/NNP ,/, Vance/NNP explored/JJ the/DT notion/NN of/IN using/VBG created/VBN languages/NNS as/IN instruments/NNS of/IN social/JJ engineering/NN ./.
Let/VB us/PRP hope/VBP that/IN his/PRP$ whimsical/JJ words—/NN Whimsicant—are/NNP already/RB doing/VBG just/RB that/DT ./.
Child/NNP Safety/NNP Prevention/NNP Program/NNP Offers/NNP Little/NNP Sisters/NNP Sound/NNP Strategies/NNS ./.
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Submitted/NNP by/IN ./.
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William/NNP Weld/NNP and/CC others/NNS ?/.
[/NN From/IN the/DT Boston/NNP Globe/NNP ,/, ,/, front-page/JJ article/NN by/IN Don/NNP Aucoin/NNP (/( who/WP ought/MD to/TO be/VB made/VBN to/TO stand/VB in/IN the/DT corner/NN )/) ./.
Submitted/NNP by/IN ./.
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John/NNP ,/, I/PRP told/VBD her/PRP ./.
Well/RB ,/, now/RB ,/, John/NNP ./.
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I/PRP then/RB explained/VBD to/TO her/PRP that/IN it/PRP is/VBZ not/RB so/RB much/RB the/DT first-naming/JJ itself/PRP that/IN some/DT of/IN us/PRP older/JJR citizens/NNS do/VBP not/RB like/IN but/CC the/DT doing/VBG it/PRP in/IN a/DT casual/JJ way/NN by/IN people/NNS we/PRP do/VBP not/RB know/VB ./.
I/PRP told/VBD her/PRP that/IN people/NNS who/WP know/VBP me/PRP call/VBP me/PRP Jock/NNP ./.
I/PRP have/VBP carried/VBN that/DT label/NN from/IN the/DT first/JJ week/NN of/IN my/PRP$ life/NN ./.
I/PRP was/VBD born/VBN in/IN Winnipeg/NNP General/NNP Hospital/NNP ./.
My/PRP$ mother/NN was/VBD Canadian/JJ by/IN birth/NN ;/: my/PRP$ father/NN an/DT immigrant/JJ from/IN Scotland/NNP ./.
Nurses/NNP in/IN the/DT hospital/NN teased/VBN him/PRP about/IN his/PRP$ accent/NN and/CC began/VBD referring/VBG to/TO me/PRP as/IN wee/NN Jock/NNP ./.
My/PRP$ mother/NN 's/POS relatives/NNS picked/VBD it/PRP up/RP and/CC I/PRP have/VBP lived/VBN with/IN it/PRP ever/RB since/IN ./.
When/WRB I/PRP was/VBD in/IN high/JJ school/NN some/DT of/IN my/PRP$ friends/NNS took/VBD delight/NN in/IN referring/VBG to/TO me/PRP as/IN an/DT athletic/JJ supporter/NN ./.
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Dr/NNP ./.
Wayne/NNP W/NNP ./.
Dyer/NNP ,/, one/CD of/IN the/DT better-selling/JJ gurus/NNS in/IN pop/NN psychology/NN a/DT few/JJ years/NNS ago/RB ,/, gave/VBD this/DT advice/NN in/IN his/PRP$ book/NN ,/, Pulling/NNP Your/PRP$ Own/JJ Strings/NNP :/: Always/RB deal/NN with/IN people/NNS on/IN a/DT first/JJ name/NN basis/NN unless/IN they/PRP make/VBP it/PRP clear/JJ that/IN they/PRP need/VBP to/TO be/VB addressed/VBN in/IN some/DT other/JJ way/NN ./.
Why/WRB did/VBD he/PRP use/VBP the/DT word/NN need/NN with/IN respect/NN to/TO those/DT of/IN us/PRP who/WP prefer/VBP not/RB be/VB called/VBN by/IN our/PRP$ first/JJ names/NNS by/IN people/NNS who/WP do/VBP not/RB know/VB us/PRP at/IN all/DT well/RB ?/.
I/PRP read/VBP somewhere/RB that/IN a/DT girl/NN was/VBD given/VBN the/DT name/NN Camery/NNP because/IN her/PRP$ uncle/NN had/VBD served/VBN in/IN the/DT Queen/NNP 's/POS Own/NNP Cameron/NNP Highlanders/NNP ,/, a/DT regiment/NN in/IN the/DT British/JJ army/NN ./.
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I/PRP was/VBD skeptical/JJ of/IN that/DT ./.
So/IN to/TO three/CD or/CC four/CD dictionaries/NNS ./.
No/DT mention/NN ./.
That/DT writer/NN ,/, I/PRP knew/VBD ,/, liked/VBD to/TO do/VB a/DT little/RB leg-pulling/JJ in/IN his/PRP$ writings/NNS ./.
Then/RB I/PRP went/VBD to/TO the/DT big/JJ Oxford/NNP :/: camery/NN is/VBZ an/DT obsolete/JJ word/NN and/CC the/DT writer/NN had/VBD simply/RB quoted/VBN that/IN dictionary/JJ 's/POS definition/NN ./.
Now/RB I/PRP worry/VBP a/DT little/JJ about/IN my/PRP$ car/NN ,/, a/DT splendid/JJ secondhand/NN Toyota/NNP Camry/NNP ./.
H/NNP ./.
L/NNP ./.
Mencken/NNP ,/, in/IN one/CD of/IN his/PRP$ more/RBR crotchety/JJ moods/NNS ,/, said/VBD this/DT :/: The/DT first/JJ Rotarian/NNP was/VBD the/DT first/JJ man/NN to/TO call/VB John/NNP the/DT Baptist/NNP Jack/NNP ./.
On/IN the/DT other/JJ hand/NN ,/, an/DT English/NNP university/NN teacher/NN said/VBD this/DT about/IN John/NNP Milton/NNP :/: I/PRP would/MD venture/VB to/TO assert/VB that/IN no/DT human/JJ being/NN ever/RB called/VBD him/PRP Johnnie/NNP ./.
In/IN the/DT USA/NNP an/DT actor/NN who/WP appears/VBZ in/IN two/CD roles/NNS in/IN a/DT play/NN is/VBZ given/VBN as/IN his/PRP$ name/NN for/IN the/DT second/JJ one/CD ,/, George/NNP Spelvin/NNP ./.
An/DT actress/NN is/VBZ Georgina/NNP ./.
I/PRP understand/VBP that/IN in/IN England/NNP he/PRP is/VBZ Walter/NNP Plinge/NNP ./.
I/PRP do/VBP not/RB know/VB what/WP name/NN they/PRP give/VBP to/TO a/DT woman/NN ./.
P/NN ./.
G/NNP ./.
Wodehouse/NNP has/VBZ delighted/VBN many/JJ readers/NNS with/IN the/DT names/NNS he/PRP gave/VBD to/TO characters/NNS in/IN his/PRP$ wonderful/JJ humorous/JJ novels/NNS :/: Jeeves/NNP and/CC Bertie/NNP Wooster/NNP ,/, Pongo/NNP Thistleton/NNP ,/, and/CC many/JJ others/NNS ./.
About/IN the/DT naming/NN of/IN characters/NNS he/PRP said/VBD this/DT :/: Odd/NNP how/WRB important/JJ story/NN names/NNS are/VBP ./.
It/PRP always/RB takes/VBZ me/PRP about/IN as/IN long/JJ toget/NN them/PRP to/TO my/PRP$ satisfaction/NN as/IN it/PRP does/VBZ to/TO write/VB the/DT novel/NN ./.
Many/JJ years/NNS ago/RB I/PRP found/VBD in/IN an/DT abandoned/VBN farmhouse/NN a/DT copy/NN of/IN a/DT 1912/CD issue/NN of/IN The/DT Presbyterian/NNP ,/, a/DT periodical/JJ published/VBN in/IN Toronto/NNP and/CC devoted/VBN to/TO spiritual/NN uplift/NN and/CC the/DT sale/NN of/IN patent/NN medicines/NNS and/CC trusses/NNS ./.
In/IN it/PRP the/DT editor/NN commented/VBD briefly/NN on/IN a/DT recently/RB published/VBN pamphlet/NN written/VBN by/IN Bernard/NNP Shaw/NNP ,/, On/IN Going/VBG to/TO Church/NNP ./.
He/PRP gently/RB castigated/VBN Shaw/NNP for/IN indulging/VBG in/IN one/CD of/IN the/DT modish/JJ foibles/NNS of/IN the/DT day/NN by/IN calling/VBG himself/PRP G/NNP ./.
Bernard/NNP Shaw/NNP rather/RB than/IN use/NN ,/, in/IN the/DT good/JJ old/JJ Irish/JJ manner/NN ,/, George/NNP B/NNP ./.
Shaw/NNP ./.
Then/RB he/PRP suggested/VBD to/TO his/PRP$ fellow/NN ministers/NNS that/IN J/NNP ./.
Melchizedec/NNP Smith/NNP looks/VBZ more/RBR impressive/JJ than/IN either/DT John/NNP M/NNP ./.
Smith/NNP or/CC J/NNP ./.
M/NNP ./.
Smith/NNP ./.
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They/PRP said/VBD that/IN if/IN you/PRP use/VBP John/NNP J/NNP ./.
Doe/NNP you/PRP probably/RB are/VBP a/DT very/RB conventional/JJ person/NN ./.
A/DT simple/JJ John/NNP Doe/NNP suggests/VBZ that/IN you/PRP are/VBP rather/RB outspoken/JJ ,/, an/DT assertive/JJ loner/NN ./.
(/( Bernard/NNP Shaw/NNP was/VBD the/DT playwright/NN 's/POS usual/JJ byline/NN ./.
)/) John/NNP James/NNP Doe/NNP tends/VBZ to/TO be/VB rather/RB proud/JJ ,/, and/CC he/PRP likes/VBZ to/TO stand/VB in/IN the/DT limelight/NN ./.
J/NNP ./.
Doe/NNP ,/, on/IN the/DT other/JJ hand/NN ,/, is/VBZ likely/JJ to/TO be/VB excessively/RB modest/JJ ./.
J/NNP ./.
J/NNP ./.
Cyberspeak/NNP is/VBZ ubiquitous/JJ ./.
Many/JJ cyberwords/NNS ,/, for/IN example/NN ,/, download/NN ,/, laptop/NN ,/, and/CC modern/JJ are/VBP euphonious/JJ ,/, enriching/VBG the/DT language/NN ./.
They/PRP are/VBP not/RB loanwords/NNS ,/, but/CC here/RB in/IN their/PRP$ own/JJ right/JJ ./.
Other/JJ terminologies/NNS ,/, especially/RB that/IN of/IN metrication/NN ,/, are/VBP cuckoos/NNS in/IN the/DT nest/NN ./.
In/IN turfing/VBG out/RP the/DT venerable/JJ words/NNS ,/, they/PRP deprive/VB the/DT language/NN of/IN colour/NN and/CC warmth/NN
Arnold/NNP Bennett/NNP said/VBD that/IN any/DT change/NN ,/, albeit/IN for/IN the/DT better/JJR ,/, is/VBZ always/RB accompanied/VBN by/IN drawbacks/NNS and/CC discomforts/NNS ./.
One/CD regrets/VBZ the/DT inevitable/JJ parting/NN with/IN words/NNS that/WDT have/VBP served/VBN us/PRP since/IN Anglo-/NNP Saxon/NNP times/NNS and/CC were/VBD here/RB before/IN King/NNP Alfred/NNP ./.
Many/RB arrived/VBD with/IN William/NNP the/DT Conqueror/NNP ./.
Others/NNS were/VBD absorbed/VBN in/IN Shakespeare/NNP 's/POS time/NN ,/, often/RB from/IN the/DT great/JJ literatures/NNS of/IN Greece/NNP and/CC Rome/NNP ./.
Soldiers/NNS ,/, sailors/NNS ,/, and/CC traders/NNS brought/VBD home/NN idioms/NNS from/IN distant/JJ lands/NNS ./.
Some/DT words/NNS die/VBP and/CC are/VBP forgotten/VBN ,/, but/CC many/JJ of/IN those/DT which/WDT wrapped/VBD themselves/PRP about/IN us/PRP like/VBP comfy/NN old/JJ coats/NNS are/VBP stolen/VBN off/RP our/PRP$ backs/NNS ./.
I/PRP like/VBP that/DT ancient/JJ Saxon/NNP phrase/NN ,/, which/WDT calls/VBZ The/DT burial-ground/JJ God/NNP '/POS s-/NN Acre/NNP !/.
[/NN Longfellow/NNP :/: God/NNP '/POS s-/NN Acre/NNP ]/NN
Only/RB in/IN phrases/NNS like/IN God/NNP '/POS s-/NN Acre/NNP and/CC broadacre/NN does/VBZ acre/NN still/RB mean/VB a/DT field/NN of/IN sorts/NNS ./.
Correctly/NNP ,/, an/DT acre/NN is/VBZ a/DT measure/NN of/IN 4840/CD square/JJ yards/NNS of/IN land/NN ,/, whereas/IN Old/NNP English/NNP aecer/NN was/VBD the/DT field—a/NN piece/NN of/IN land/NN cleared/VBD for/IN ploughing/VBG or/CC grazing/NN ./.
An/DT acre/NN 's/POS precise/JJ definition/NN varied/VBD according/VBG to/TO time/NN and/CC place/NN ./.
A/DT farmer/NN was/VBD an/DT acreman/NN who/WP paid/VBD a/DT firma/NN ,/, or/CC fixed/VBD rent/NN ./.
Later/RB an/DT acre/NN was/VBD a/DT strip/NN of/IN open/JJ field/NN ,/, large/JJ enough/RB to/TO be/VB ploughed/JJ by/IN a/DT yoke/NN of/IN oxen/NN in/IN one/CD day/NN ./.
To/TO help/VB the/DT ploughman/NN measure/NN his/PRP$ 4840/CD square/JJ yards/NNS ,/, a/DT chain/NN 22/CD yards/NNS long/RB was/VBD laid/VBN along/IN the/DT field/NN 's/POS headland/NN ,/, showing/VBG the/DT width/NN to/TO be/VB ploughed/JJ ./.
From/IN here/RB he/PRP would/MD plough/NN furlongs/NNS (/( i/NNP ./.
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Come/VBN Sunday/NNP ,/, the/DT ploughman/NN might/MD mark/VB out/RP the/DT village/NN cricket/NN pitch/NN ,/, having/VBG borrowed/VBD the/DT farmer/NN 's/POS chain/NN :/: 22/CD yards/NNS exactly/RB ./.
Persons/NNP of/IN a/DT certain/JJ age/NN learned/VBN by/IN rote/JJ that/IN eight/CD furlongs/NNS make/VBP a/DT mile/NN ,/, and/CC since/IN the/DT 9/CD th/NN century/NN ,/, a/DT furlong/NN has/VBZ described/VBN an/DT eighth/JJ part/NN of/IN an/DT English/NNP mile/NN ,/, regardless/RB of/IN its/PRP$ agricultural/JJ definition/NN ./.
From/IN time/NN immemorial/NN we/PRP have/VBP used/VBN our/PRP$ bodies/NNS for/IN measuring—by/NN foot/NN ,/, for/IN example/NN ./.
An/DT ell/NN ,/, Anglo-/NNP Saxon/NNP eln/NN ,/, was/VBD a/DT rough/JJ reckoning/NN ,/, being/VBG the/DT distance/NN from/IN the/DT crook/NN of/IN the/DT arm/NN to/TO the/DT end/NN of/IN the/DT longest/JJS finger/NN ,/, the/DT elbow/NN being/VBG where/WRB the/DT bow/NN or/CC bend/VB occurred/VBD ./.
Bow/NNP is/VBZ from/IN an/DT old/JJ verb/NN ,/, bugan/NN to/TO bend/VB ,/, and/CC is/VBZ at/IN the/DT root/NN of/IN rainbow/NN ,/, bow/VB (/( tie/VB )/) ,/, and/CC bow/VB (/( and/CC arrow/NN )/) ./.
Using/VBG our/PRP$ fingers/NNS ,/, we/PRP counted/VBD in/IN tens/NNS ./.
Numbers/NNPS 11/CD and/CC 12/CD emphasize/VB this/DT finger-reckoning/JJ ./.
After/IN ten/CD sheep/NN had/VBD passed/VBD him/PRP ,/, the/DT shepherd/NN had/VBD used/VBN up/RP all/DT his/PRP$ fingers/NNS ./.
Many/JJ etymologists/NNS believe/VBP that/DT endleofon/NN is/VBZ the/DT Old/NNP English/NNP form/NN for/IN left/VBN after/IN ten/CD ,/, one/CD left/VBN over/IN ./.
Twelve/CD in/IN Old/NNP English/NNP was/VBD twa-lif/JJ or/CC twelf/NN ,/, when/WRB two/CD (/( more/JJR than/IN ten/CD )/) were/VBD left/VBN ./.
Twa-lif/NNP represents/VBZ the/DT elements/NNS in/IN two/CD and/CC leave/VB ./.
To/TO tell/VB meant/VBN to/TO count/VB (/( as/IN in/IN telling/VBG the/DT beads/NNS of/IN a/DT rosary/JJ )/) ;/: a/DT tale/NN was/VBD a/DT reckoning/NN ./.
In/IN L/NNP '/POS Allegro/NNP ,/, Milton/NNP writes/VBZ :/:
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In/IN telling/VBG his/PRP$ tale/NN ,/, every/DT shepherd/NN counted/VBD his/PRP$ sheep/NN as/IN they/PRP went/VBD past/JJ him/PRP ./.
We/PRP still/RB tell/VBP the/DT time/NN ./.
A/DT hand-span/JJ is/VBZ the/DT stretch/NN from/IN thumb/NN to/TO little/JJ finger/NN ./.
According/VBG to/TO Dr/NNP ./.
Johnson/NNP ,/, span/NN new/JJ was/VBD the/DT term/NN applied/VBN to/TO cloth/NN immediately/RB after/IN taking/VBG it/PRP off/RP the/DT spannans/NNS ,/, or/CC stretchers/NNS ./.
A/DT rod/NN ,/, pole/NN ,/, or/CC perch/NN was/VBD measured/VBN by/IN a/DT stick/NN ,/, the/DT Old/NNP English/NNP rodd/NN being/VBG 5/CD yards/NNS ./.
The/DT area/NN of/IN an/DT acre/NN was/VBD standardized/JJ by/IN Edward/NNP I/PRP as/IN being/VBG land/NN 40/CD rods/NNS long/RB by/IN 4/CD rods/NNS wide/JJ ./.
Yard/NNP (/( OE/NNP gyrd/NN ,/, geard/NN )/) is/VBZ of/IN superior/JJ stock/NN :/: the/DT earth/NN itself/PRP was/VBD middangeard/NN middleyard/NN ,/, being/VBG the/DT place/NN between/IN the/DT abode/NN of/IN the/DT gods/NNS and/CC the/DT abode/NN of/IN giants/NNS ./.
As/IN a/DT suffix/NN it/PRP survives/VBZ in/IN churchyard/NN ,/, dockyard/NN ,/, and/CC shipyard/NN ./.
Until/IN about/IN 1150/CD ,/, Old/NNP English/NNP time/NN was/VBD reckoned/VBN by/IN nights/NNS ,/, not/RB by/IN days/NNS ,/, for/IN the/DT Anglo-/NNP Saxon/NNP language/NN flourished/VBN in/IN lands/NNS where/WRB nights/NNS were/VBD long/JJ and/CC the/DT days/NNS fleeting/JJ periods/NNS of/IN light/NN ./.
The/DT light/NN of/IN learning/VBG ,/, notes/VBZ Simeon/NNP Potter/NNP in/IN Our/PRP$ Language/NNP ,/, shone/NN more/RBR brightly/RB in/IN Northumbria/NNP than/IN anywhere/RB else/RB in/IN Europe/NNP ./.
Northumbria/NNP was/VBD then/RB on/IN the/DT periphery/NN of/IN the/DT civilised/JJ world/NN ./.
Weary/NNP se/FW '/POS ennights/NNS ,/, nine/CD times/NNS nine/CD Shall/NNP he/PRP dwindle/NN ,/, peak/NN and/CC pine/VBP ./.
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In/IN the/DT Book/NNP of/IN Genesis/NNP too/RB ,/, evening/NN always/RB precedes/VBZ morning/NN :/: The/DT evening/NN and/CC the/DT morning/NN were/VBD the/DT first/JJ day/NN ./.
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A/DT certain/JJ drama/NN is/VBZ attached/VBN to/TO words/NNS prefixed/JJ by/IN night/NN -/: ./.
From/IN Old/NNP English/NNP galen/NN to/TO sing/VB comes/VBZ nightingale/NN ,/, simply/RB the/DT singer/NN by/IN night/NN ./.
Deadly/NNP nightshade/NN and/CC woody/NN nightshade/NN ,/, the/DT narcotic/JJ plants/NNS commonly/RB known/VBN as/IN belladonna/NN and/CC bittersweet/NN ,/, have/VBP their/PRP$ origins/NNS in/IN Old/NNP English/NNP nihtscada/NN ,/, niht/NN night/NN and/CC scada/NN shade/NN ./.
Old/NNP English/NNP mare/NN in/IN nightmare/NN means/VBZ demon/NN or/CC devil/NN ./.
Tennyson/NNP writes/VBZ of/IN the/DT black/JJ bat/NN ,/, night/NN ,/, Shakespeare/NNP of/IN the/DT foul/JJ womb/NN of/IN night/NN ./.
Better/NNP sleep/VB might/MD have/VB resulted/VBN from/IN taking/VBG a/DT nightcap/NN or/CC grog/NN (/( whiskey/NN preferred/VBN )/) before/IN bedtime/NN ,/, helped/VBD too/RB by/IN wearing/VBG a/DT night/NN cap/NN ./.
Small/JJ units/NNS of/IN time—/NN second/JJ ,/, minute/NN ,/, and/CC hour/NN —/NN are/VBP borrowed/VBN from/IN Latin/NNP secundus/JJ ,/, minuta/NN ,/, and/CC hora/NN ./.
Year/NN ,/, month/NN ,/, week/NN ,/, and/CC day/NN are/VBP Old/NNP English/NNP gear/NN ,/, monao/NN ,/, wice/NN ,/, and/CC daeg/NN ./.
Day/NNP has/VBZ poetical/JJ overtones/NNS ./.
The/DT daisy/NN flower/NN closes/VBZ its/PRP$ pink-tipped/JJ petals/NNS (/( lashes/NNS )/) ,/, and/CC goes/VBZ to/TO sleep/VB when/WRB the/DT sun/NN sets/NNS ./.
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Anglo-/NNP Saxon/NNP for/IN daisy/NN was/VBD daeges/NNS eage/NN day/NN 's/POS eye/NN ./.
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[/NN Luke/NNP i/NNP ,/, 78/CD ]/NN
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What/WP then/RB survives/VBZ ?/.
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(/( un/NN )/) original/JJ ,/, eccentric/JJ ,/, plain/JJ ,/, austere/JJ ,/, mediocre/JJ ,/, nondescript/JJ ./.
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civic/JJ ,/, religious/JJ ,/, pastel/NN ,/, mosaic/JJ ,/, landscape/NN ,/, prehistoric/JJ ./.
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affluent/JJ ,/, rich/JJ ,/, unique/JJ ,/, crucial/JJ ,/, key/JJ ,/, prime/JJ ,/, vital/JJ ,/, sensitive/JJ ,/, volatile/JJ ,/, enjoyable/JJ ,/, quiet/JJ ./.
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artefact/NN ,/, artefacts/NNS [/( sic/JJ ]/) ./.
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impressive/JJ ,/, authentic/JJ ./.
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priceless/JJ ,/, deathless/JJ ./.
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aboriginal/NN ,/, religious/JJ ,/, cultural/JJ eye/NN ,/, eyes/NNS ./.
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bluish/JJ ,/, (/( china-/NN )/) blue/JJ ,/, sea-blue/JJ ,/, brunet/NN ,/, almond/NN ,/, (/( liquid-/NN )/) brown/JJ ,/, ginger-brown/JJ ./.
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F/NN ./.
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Walter/NNP Redfern/NNP
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Most/JJS authorities/NNS in/IN these/DT matters/NNS [/( cf/NN ./.
Darwin/NNP Ortiz/NNP 's/POS Gambling/NNP Scams/NNP ,/, p/NN ./.
I/PRP have/VBP just/RB read/VB Mr/NNP ./.
William/NNP H/NNP ./.
Dougherty/NNP 's/POS EPISTOLA/NNP [/( XXII/NNP ,/, 2/CD ]/) on/IN the/DT subject/NN of/IN balagan/NN in/IN which/WDT he/PRP refers/VBZ to/TO a/DT previous/JJ contribution/NN by/IN Milton/NNP Horowitz/NNP ./.
Surely/RB ,/, the/DT vehicle/NN for/IN carrying/VBG the/DT Russian/JJ word/NN into/IN Modern/NNP Israeli/NNP Hebrew/NNP was/VBD Yiddish/JJ !/.
And/CC in/IN Yiddish/JJ ,/, balagan/NN means/VBZ mess/NN ,/, bedlam/NN ./.
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As/IN a/DT lover/NN of/IN Yiddish/JJ ,/, I/PRP hate/VBP to/TO see/VB its/PRP$ influence/NN ignored/VBN in/IN such/JJ a/DT lengthy/JJ etymological/JJ review/NN ./.
[/NN Undoubtedly/NNP ,/, Uriel/NNP Weinreich/NNP would/MD have/VB offered/VBN the/DT same/JJ remark/NN himself/PRP ,/, as/IN his/PRP$ Languages/NNP in/IN Contact/NN (/( 1953/CD )/) made/VBD the/DT point/NN many/JJ times/NNS over/IN ./.
—/NN Editor/NNP ./.
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Amen/UH ./.
And/CC I/PRP have/VBP an/DT additional/JJ example/NN of/IN what/WP he/PRP means/VBZ ./.
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The/DT implication/NN for/IN a/DT child/NN or/CC youth/NN ,/, quite/RB intentional/JJ I/PRP am/VBP sure/JJ ,/, was/VBD that/DT anybody/NN who/WP took/VBD drugs/NNS (/( dope/NN )/) was/VBD not/RB only/RB to/TO be/VB avoided/VBN ,/, but/CC also/RB feared/VBD ./.
To/TO this/DT day/NN I/PRP carry/VBP that/DT reaction/NN to/TO drug/NN users/NNS ./.
Today/NN the/DT use/NN of/IN narcotics/NNS is/VBZ commonly/RB referred/VBN to/TO as/IN doing/VBG drugs/NNS ,/, a/DT phrase/NN that/WDT seems/VBZ to/TO imply/VB a/DT harmless/JJ activity/NN such/JJ as/IN doing/VBG the/DT samba/NN ./.
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And/CC in/IN that/DT word/NN overdose/NN we/PRP have/VBP yet/RB another/DT euphemism/NN ,/, do/VBP n't/RB we/PRP ,/, as/IN if/IN there/EX were/VBD such/JJ a/DT thing/NN as/IN a/DT beneficent/NN normal/JJ dose/NN of/IN heroin/NN or/CC crack/VB ./.
As/IN Mr/NNP ./.
Briggs/NNP seems/VBZ to/TO be/VB saying/VBG ,/, ideas/NNS have/VBP consequences/NNS ,/, and/CC so/RB do/VBP the/DT words/NNS that/WDT express/VBP them/PRP ./.
On/IN another/DT subject/NN in/IN the/DT same/JJ issue/NN ,/, Ronald/NNP Mansbridge/NNP 's/VBZ The/DT Intrusive/NNP S/NNP reminded/VBD me/PRP of/IN another/DT intrusion/NN ,/, or/CC rather/RB a/DT transposition/NN ,/, that/IN I/PRP seem/VBP to/TO be/VB hearing/VBG more/JJR and/CC more/JJR these/DT days/NNS ./.
It/PRP happens/VBZ when/WRB a/DT speaker/NN wants/VBZ to/TO modify/VB the/DT adjective/NN another/DT ,/, and/CC comes/VBZ up/RB (/( turns/VBZ around/RP ?/.
)/) with/IN That/DT 's/VBZ a/DT whole/JJ another/DT subject/NN ./.
Words/NNPS are/VBP fun/NN if/IN we/PRP keep/VBP our/PRP$ tempers—and/NN as/RB long/RB as/IN we/PRP have/VBP VERBATIM/NNP ./.
An/DT EPISTOLA/NNP from/IN Jim/NNP M/NNP ./.
Pols/NNP [/( XXII/NNP ,/, 4/CD ]/) refers/VBZ to/TO the/DT article/NN in/IN XXII/NNP ,/, 1/CD by/IN Jerome/NNP Betts/NNP concerning/VBG names/NNS that/WDT match/VBP their/PRP$ possessors/NNS '/POS professions/NNS ./.
It/PRP has/VBZ triggered/VBN an/DT old/JJ memory/NN from/IN my/PRP$ high-school/NN days/NNS (/( almost/RB 70/CD years/NNS ago/RB )/) when/WRB a/DT teacher/NN cited/VBD ,/, as/RB presumably/RB authentic/JJ ,/, the/DT story/NN of/IN a/DT visitor/NN to/TO a/DT little/RB western/JJ town/NN who/WP noticed/VBD a/DT shingle/NN reading/VBG A/DT ./.
Swindler/NNP ,/, Attorney-at-/NNP Law/NNP ./.
The/DT visitor/NN pointed/VBD out/RP the/DT unfortunate/JJ conjunction/NN ,/, but/CC the/DT lawyer/NN simply/RB protested/VBD that/IN it/PRP was/VBD actually/RB his/PRP$ name/NN ./.
Suggested/NNP the/DT visitor/NN ,/, Why/WRB do/VBP n't/RB you/PRP at/IN least/JJS substitute/NN your/PRP$ whole/JJ first/JJ name/NN for/IN that/DT awful/JJ A/DT ?/.
The/DT lawyer/NN sadly/RB replied/VBD ,/, It/PRP 's/VBZ Adam/NNP ./.
In/IN A/DT Proper/JJ Look/NN at/IN Verbs/NNP [/( XXII/NNP ,/, 4/CD ,/, 4/CD ]/) ,/, Nigel/NNP Ross/NNP writes—accurately/RB so—of/NN the/DT pervasion/NN and/CC intrusion/NN of/IN proper/JJ verbs/NNS into/IN our/PRP$ language/NN alongside/IN proper/JJ nouns/NNS and/CC proper/JJ adjectives/NNS ./.
Being/VBG from/IN the/DT European/JJ side/NN of/IN VERBATIM/NNP readership/NN ,/, he/PRP may/MD not/RB be/VB aware/JJ of/IN the/DT California/NNP invasion/NN of/IN the/DT Pacific/NNP Northwest/NNP ./.
Thousands/NNS of/IN Californians/NNPS have/VBP relocated/VBN to/TO Washington/NNP and/CC Oregon/NNP for/IN personal/JJ or/CC job-related/JJ reasons/NNS ,/, and/CC many/JJ ,/, many/JJ Washingtonians/NNP and/CC Oregonians/NNP do/VBP not/RB like/IN it/PRP at/IN all/DT ./.
The/DT bumper/NN sticker/NN in/IN the/DT accompanying/VBG photo/NN uses/VBZ a/DT proper/JJ verb/NN to/TO reflect/VB that/IN prevalent/JJ Pacific/NNP Northwest/NNP opinion/NN concerning/VBG their/PRP$ new/JJ ,/, ex-/NN California/NNP neighbors/NNS ./.
In/IN response/NN to/TO Dr/NNP ./.
Murray/NNP Zimmerman/NNP 's/POS review/NN of/IN A/DT Sea/NNP of/IN Words/NNPS [/( XXII/NNP ,/, 4/CD ]/) ,/, I/PRP enclose/NN a/DT copy/NN of/IN The/DT Patrick/NNP O/NNP '/POS Brian/NNP Newsletter/NNP from/IN March/NNP 1994/CD containing/VBG an/DT explanation/NN of/IN the/DT word/NN marthambles/NNS :/:
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I/PRP have/VBP never/RB see/VB it/PRP anywhere/RB else/RB and/CC it/PRP has/VBZ escaped/VBN the/DT OED/NNP ./.
A/DT small/JJ correction/NN is/VBZ in/IN order/NN to/TO Daniel/NNP Temianka/NNP 's/POS Badges/NNP Redux/NNP [/( XXII/NNP ,/, 3/CD ,/, 13/CD ]/) :/: for/IN Joseph/NNP Wood/NNP Crutch/NNP read/VBD Krutch/NNP ./.
Bumpersticker/NNP seen/VBN the/DT other/JJ day/NN :/: Illiterate/NNP ?/.
Write/NNP for/IN help/NN ./.
If/IN my/PRP$ Ontario/NNP townsman/NN Mr/NNP ./.
Kurt/NNP Loeb/NNP was/VBD impressed/VBN with/IN the/DT licence/NN plate/NN 2/CD THMD/NNP [/( XXII/NNP ,/, 3/CD ]/) ,/, may/MD I/PRP suggest/VB that/IN he/PRP stroll/VBP over/IN to/TO Bathurst/NNP Street/NNP any/DT weekday/NN rush/NN hour/NN and/CC wait/VB for/IN 2/CD TH/NNP LES/NNP to/TO drive/VB by/IN ./.
Primary/JJ ,/, secondary/JJ ,/, and/CC (/( someday/RB ,/, St/NNP ./.
Apollonia/NNP forfend/NN ,/, mine/JJ own/JJ teeth/NNS should/MD fall/VB out/IN )/) tertiary/JJ appropriateness/NN is/VBZ his/PRP for/IN the/DT viewing/VBG ./.
Hilary/NNP Howard/NNP 's/POS article/NN [/( XXII/NNP ,/, 1/CD ]/) brings/VBZ up/RP the/DT song/NN A/DT Boy/NNP Named/VBN Sue/NNP ./.
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He/PRP named/VBD his/PRP$ daughter/NN Suzanne/NNP ,/, but/CC his/PRP$ son/NN was/VBD named/VBN Bill/NNP ./.
I/PRP also/RB knew/VBD a/DT girl/NN named/VBD Bill/NNP ./.
She/PRP was/VBD called/VBN Billie/NNP ,/, but/CC her/PRP$ given/VBN name/NN was/VBD Bill/NNP Lee/NNP ./.
Her/PRP$ father/NN 's/POS name/NN was/VBD Lee/NNP ,/, and/CC she/PRP was/VBD the/DT third/JJ daughter/NN and/CC last/JJ child/NN in/IN the/DT family/NN ,/, so/IN they/PRP must/MD have/VB given/VBN up/RP on/IN having/VBG a/DT boy/NN who/WP could/MD carry/VB on/IN the/DT father/NN 's/POS name/NN ./.
Marc/NNP A/DT ./.
Schindler/NNP 's/POS potentially/RB important/JJ piece/NN ,/, Elementary/NNP ,/, My/PRP$ Dear/RB Medeleev/NNP [/( XXII/NNP ,/, 4/CD ]/) is/VBZ unfortunately/RB marred/VBN by/IN some/DT bloopers/NNS ./.
Hydrogen/NNP is/VBZ a/DT name/NN of/IN Greek/JJ origin/NN ,/, not/RB Latin/NNP ./.
It/PRP is/VBZ called/VBN Wasserstoff/NNP in/IN German/JJ (/( not/RB Wasserstoffe/NNP )/) ./.
Kohlenstoff/NNP (/( not/RB Kohlstoffe/NNP )/) means/VBZ carbon/NN ,/, not/RB charcoal/NN (/( which/WDT is/VBZ Holzkohle/NNP )/) ./.
The/DT German/JJ for/IN oxygen/NN is/VBZ Sauerstoff/NNP (/( not/RB Sauerstoffe/NNP )/) and/CC for/IN nitrogen/NN Stickstoff/NNP (/( not/RB Stickstoffe/NNP )/) ./.
English/JJ nitrogen/NN comes/VBZ from/IN Greek/JJ nitron/NN (/( not/RB natron/NN )/) ./.
The/DT name/NN of/IN gallium/NN is/VBZ not/RB only/RB a/DT pun/NN on/IN the/DT name/NN of/IN its/PRP$ discoverer/NN ,/, Lecoq/NNP de/IN Boisbaudran/NNP ,/, but/CC a/DT patriotic/JJ tribute/NN to/TO his/PRP$ native/JJ country—/NN Latin/NNP Gallia/NNP ,/, Gaul/NNP ,/, France/NNP ./.
The/DT history/NN of/IN the/DT discovery/NN and/CC naming/NN of/IN the/DT lanthanides/NNS (/( the/DT fourteen/CD rare-earth/JJ elements/NNS with/IN atomic/JJ numbers/NNS 58/CD to/TO 71/CD in/IN Mendeleev/NNP 's/POS table/NN )/) is/VBZ fascinating/JJ ./.
In/IN 1788/CD the/DT mineral/NN ytterbite/NN (/( now/RB gadolinite/NN )/) was/VBD discovered/VBN near/IN the/DT Swedish/JJ village/NN (/( not/RB town/NN )/) of/IN Ytterby/NNP ./.
The/DT Finnish/JJ chemist/NN Gadolin/NNP isolated/VBD a/DT new/JJ earth/NN (/( metallic/JJ oxide/NN )/) there/RB in/IN 1794/CD and/CC called/VBD it/PRP yttria/NN ./.
In/IN 1803/CD the/DT Swedish/JJ chemist/NN Berzelius/NNP discovered/VBD another/DT earth/NN and/CC named/VBD it/PRP cerium/NN ,/, for/IN the/DT asteroid/NN (/( minor/JJ planet/NN )/) Ceres/NNP ./.
Take/VB just/RB yttria/NN ./.
In/IN 1843/CD the/DT Swedish/JJ chemist/NN Mosander/NNP analysed/JJ this/DT earth/NN into/IN yttrium/NN proper/JJ ,/, erbium/NN ,/, and/CC terbium/NN ,/, all/DT named/VBN for/IN Ytterby/NNP ./.
In/IN 1878/CD the/DT Swiss/JJ chemist/NN Marignac/NNP further/RBR isolated/VBD ytterbium/NN ,/, and/CC in/IN 1879/CD the/DT Swedish/JJ chemist/NN Cleve/NNP distinguished/VBD holmium/NN (/( named/VBN for/IN Stockholm/NNP )/) and/CC thulium/NN (/( from/IN Thule/NNP ,/, the/DT farthest/JJS land/NN known/VBN to/TO the/DT Greeks/NNPS )/) ./.
In/IN 1886/CD the/DT aforesaid/NN Lecoq/NNP de/IN Boisbaudran/NNP (/( who/WP had/VBD already/RB discovered/VBN gallium/NN in/IN 1875/CD )/) isolated/VBN dysprosium/NN (/( Greek/JJ for/IN difficult/JJ to/TO reach/VB )/) ./.
In/IN 1907/CD the/DT French/JJ chemist/NN Urbain/NNP separated/JJ lutetium/NN from/IN ytterbium/NN ,/, naming/VBG it/PRP for/IN his/PRP$ native/JJ Paris/NNP (/( Roman/NNP name/NN Lutetia/NNP )/) ./.
Cerium/NNP has/VBZ its/PRP$ own/JJ ,/, similar/JJ development/NN ,/, so/IN that/IN by/IN the/DT early/JJ 20/CD th/NN century/NN all/DT 14/CD lanthanides/NNS had/VBD been/VBN isolated/VBN ./.
(/( The/DT element/NN with/IN atomic/JJ number/NN 61/CD is/VBZ not/RB found/VBN naturally/RB ,/, and/CC this/DT number/NN was/VBD allocated/VBN to/TO promethium/NN ,/, when/WRB proof/NN of/IN its/PRP$ existence/NN was/VBD confirmed/VBN by/IN American/JJ chemists/NNS ,/, who/WP named/VBD it/PRP for/IN Prometheus/NNP ,/, in/IN Greek/JJ mythology/NN the/DT earliest/JJS teacher/NN and/CC benefactor/NN of/IN mankind/NN ./.
)/)
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They/PRP may/MD struggle/VB to/TO find/VB the/DT right/JJ word/NN and/CC ,/, if/IN they/PRP succeed/VBP ,/, may/MD mispronounce/NN it/PRP ./.
Such/JJ lapses/NNS ,/, surely/RB ,/, may/MD be/VB forgiven/VBN ./.
Charity/NN ,/, however/RB ,/, does/VBZ have/VB its/PRP$ limits/NNS and/CC cannot/NN be/VB stretched/VBN to/TO cover/VB the/DT following/VBG :/:
crooshible/JJ (/( crucible/NN )/) Coretta/NNP Scott/NNP King/NNP ,/, The/DT Jim/NNP Lehrer/NNP News/NNP Hour/NNP 19/CD February/NNP 1996/CD
debbicle/NN (/( débcle/NN )/) Economist/NNP Paul/NNP Solomon/NNP ,/, MacNeil/NNP &slash;/NN Lehrer/NNP 12/CD November/NNP 1994/CD
esculation/NN (/( escalation/NN )/) Indiana/NNP Rep/NNP ./.
Lee/NNP Hamilton/NNP ,/, MacNeil/NNP &slash;/NN Lehrer/NNP 5/CD &slash;/NN 31/CD &slash;/NN 95/CD
exasterbated/JJ (/( exacerbated/VBN )/) Military/NNP Historian/NNP Edward/NNP F/NNP ./.
Murphy/NNP ,/, All/DT Things/NNS Considered/VBN ,/, National/NNP Public/NNP Radio/NNP 14/CD April/NNP 1996/CD
heenious/JJ (/( heinous/JJ )/) Portland/NNP (/( Maine/NNP )/) Police/NN Chief/NNP Mike/NNP Chitwood/NNP ,/, NBC/NNP News/NNP 28/CD June/NNP 1996/CD
imbrigglio/NN (/( imbroglio/NN )/) Christian/NNP Coalition/NNP leader/NN Ralph/NNP Reed/NNP ,/, MacNeil/NNP &slash;/NN Lehrer/NNP 12/CD June/NNP 1995/CD
inniment/NN (/( imminent/JJ )/) —/NN Military/NNP Historian/NNP Edward/NNP F/NNP ./.
Murphy/NNP ,/, All/DT Things/NNS Considered/VBN ,/, National/NNP Public/NNP Radio/NNP 4/CD &slash;/NN 14/CD &slash;/NN 96/CD
leggislation/NN (/( legislation/NN )/) Eleanor/NNP Holmes/NNP Norton/NNP ,/, MacNeil/NNP &slash;/NN Lehrer/NNP 16/CD January/NNP 1995/CD
mischievious/JJ Massachusetts/NNP Senator/NNP John/NNP Kerry/NNP ,/, Mac/NNP Neil/NNP &slash;/NN Lehrer/NNP 27/CD April/NNP 95/CD
peripatretic/JJ (/( peripatetic/JJ )/) Alexander/NNP Haig/NNP ,/, MacNeil/NNP &slash;/NN Lehrer/NNP 19/CD December/NNP 1994/CD
preemptory/NN (/( either/CC peremptory/JJ or/CC preemptive/JJ ,/, the/DT context/NN did/VBD not/RB reveal/VB which/WDT )/) Alexander/NNP Haig/NNP ,/, MacNeil/NNP &slash;/NN Lehrer/NNP 19/CD December/NNP 1994/CD
un-be-noun-st/JJ (/( unbeknownst/JJ )/) Biologist/NNP John/NNP McChesney/NNP ,/, All/DT Things/NNS Considered/VBN ,/, National/NNP Public/NNP Radio/NNP 23/CD April/NNP 1995/CD
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After/IN all/DT ,/, the/DT speakers/NNS may/MD never/RB have/VB been/VBN taught/VBN the/DT basics/NNS of/IN their/PRP$ one/CD and/CC only/RB language/NN ,/, their/PRP$ mother/NN tongue/NN ./.
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Is/VBZ there/EX any/DT excuse/NN for/IN broadcasters/NNS who/WP read/VBP their/PRP$ scripts/NNS still/RB managing/VBG to/TO mangle/NN not/RB merely/RB the/DT foreign/JJ names/NNS which/WDT recur/NN daily/JJ but/CC even/RB everyday/JJ words/NNS like/IN nuclear/JJ ?/.
Consider/VB the/DT following/VBG :/:
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baffoonish/NN (/( buffoonish/NN )/) Portland/NNP (/( Maine/NNP )/) NBC/NNP News/NNP anchor/VB Cindy/NNP Williams/NNP 28/CD June/NNP 1996/CD
cause/VB celeb/NN (/( cause/VB célèbre/NN )/) former/JJ judge/NN and/CC ,/, during/IN the/DT O/NNP ./.
J/NNP ./.
Simpson/NNP trial/NN ,/, a/DT legal/JJ consultant/NN for/IN NBC/NNP Ira/NNP Reiner/NNP February/NNP or/CC March/NNP 1996/CD
coodigrah/NN (/( coup/NN de/IN grâce/NN )/) Ira/NNP Reiner/NNP NBC/NNP 19/CD June/NNP 1995/CD
epitats/NNS (/( epithets/NNS )/) NBC/NNP News/NNP reporter/NN David/NNP Bloom/NNP 29/CD July/NNP 1995/CD and/CC on/IN many/JJ occasions/NNS since/IN ;/: CBS/NNP 60/CD Minutes/NNPS reporter/NN Steve/NNP Croft/NNP 25/CD September/NNP 1994/CD
in-dicked-ment/JJ (/( indictment/NN )/) Lewiston/NNP (/( Maine/NNP )/) NBC/NNP News/NNP reporter/NN Ann/NNP Murray/NNP 6/CD June/NNP 1996/CD
noodging/VBG (/( nudging/VBG )/) All/DT Things/NNS Considered/VBN reporter/NN Terry/NNP Gross/NNP National/NNP Public/NNP Radio/NNP 25/CD May/NNP 1996/CD
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In/IN April/NNP 1996/CD ,/, a/DT political/JJ advertisement/NN on/IN television/NN used/VBD the/DT word/NN legislator/NN when/WRB the/DT context/NN made/VBD clear/JJ that/DT legislature/NN was/VBD intended/VBN ./.
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Again/RB and/CC again/RB one/CD hears/VBZ local/JJ and/CC national/JJ broadcasters/NNS according/VBG an/DT extra/JJ syllable/NN to/TO past/JJ participles/NNS as/IN if/IN the/DT words/NNS were/VBD back-formed/JJ from/IN adverbs/NNS ,/, e/SYM ./.
g/SYM ./.
,/, allegèd/NN ,/, assurèd/NN ,/, composèd/NN ,/, markèd/NN ,/, suffusèd/NN ,/, supposèd/NN ./.
NBC/NNP News/NNP anchor/VB ,/, Tom/NNP Brokaw/NNP ,/, who/WP regularly/RB says/VBZ bo/NN `/`` l/NN and/CC Clin/NNP `/`` on/IN ,/, recently/RB introduced/VBD a/DT report/NN on/IN brust/NN cancer/NN ./.
BBC/NNP has/VBZ its/PRP$ Pronunciation/NNP Unit/NNP which/WDT advises/VBZ on/IN usage/NN and/CC pronunciation/NN ./.
Australia/NNP has/VBZ had/VBN its/PRP$ watchdog/NN Standing/VBG Committee/NNP on/IN Spoken/NNP English/NNP ./.
Now/RB we/PRP learn/VBP [/( ANTIPODEAN/NNP ENGLISH/NNP ,/, XXII/NNP ,/, 4/CD ]/) that/IN SCOSE/NNP is/VBZ being/VBG disbanded/VBN ./.
I/PRP urge/VBP and/CC advise/VB its/PRP$ members/NNS to/TO listen/VB to/TO US/NNP broadcasters/NNS for/IN a/DT week/NN or/CC two/CD ./.
Listen/VB and/CC reconsider/VB your/PRP$ decision/NN ./.
How/WRB long/JJ is/VBZ it/PRP since/IN you/PRP turned/VBD round/NN and/CC gave/VBD someone/NN a/DT good/JJ earful/JJ ?/.
And/CC did/VBD he/PRP or/CC she/PRP turn/VBP round/NN and/CC give/VB as/RB good/JJ as/IN they/PRP got/VBD ?/.
You/PRP might/MD turn/VB round/NN to/TO me/PRP and/CC say/VB you/PRP do/VBP n't/RB know/VB what/WP I/PRP 'm/VBP on/IN about/IN ./.
In/IN which/WDT case/NN I/PRP am/VBP liable/JJ to/TO turn/VB round/NN to/TO you/PRP and/CC say/VB ,/, Of/IN course/NN you/PRP do/VBP ./.
Open/NNP your/PRP$ ears/NNS ./.
But/CC beware/VB ./.
You/PRP may/MD find/VB this/DT particular/JJ speech/NN habit/NN to/TO be/VB like/IN the/DT creaking/VBG tree/NN outside/IN the/DT window/NN :/: it/PRP was/VBD always/RB there/EX but/CC you/PRP never/RB heard/VBD it/PRP ./.
Once/RB you/PRP hear/VBP it/PRP you/PRP scarcely/RB hear/VBP anything/NN else/RB ./.
Why/WRB do/VBP we/PRP twist/VBP and/CC spin/VB before/IN we/PRP speak/VBP ?/.
Is/VBZ it/PRP a/DT ritual/NN ?/.
A/DT spell/NN to/TO ward/VB off/RP contradiction/NN ?/.
A/DT dance/NN of/IN selfjustification/NN ?/.
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A/DT turncoat/NN ,/, perhaps/RB ./.
She/PRP turned/VBD round/NN and/CC told/VBD me/PRP she/PRP always/RB knew/VBD I/PRP had/VBD the/DT dress/NN sense/NN of/IN a/DT bag-lady/JJ ./.
We/PRP might/MD term/VB this/DT Turning/NNP Round/NNP and/CC Offering/NNP Bare-faced/NNP Cheek/NNP ./.
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Consumer/NN grievances/NNS are/VBP particularly/RB rich/JJ in/IN these/DT audacious/JJ revolutions/NNS ./.
Retailers/NNS seem/VBP to/TO turn/VB round/NN wholesale/JJ on/IN their/PRP$ hapless/JJ customers/NNS with/IN outrageous/JJ demands/NNS ./.
The/DT Gas/NNP Board/NNP turned/VBD round/NN and/CC said/VBD I/PRP had/VBD to/TO pay/VB for/IN their/PRP$ cock-up/JJ ./.
This/DT is/VBZ called/VBN Turning/NNP Round/NNP and/CC Moving/VBG the/DT Goalposts/NNP ./.
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I/PRP turned/VBD round/NN and/CC told/VBD them/PRP I/PRP was/VBD n't/RB going/VBG to/TO take/VB it/PRP lying/VBG down/RB ./.
This/DT is/VBZ known/VBN as/IN Turning/NNP Round/NNP and/CC Standing/VBG One/CD 's/POS Ground/NNP ./.
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We/PRP have/VBP n't/RB got/VBN a/DT loonie/NN
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and/CC the/DT stupid/JJ G/NNP ./.
S/NNP ./.
T/NN ./.
Mulroney/NNP rhymes/VBZ with/IN loonie/NN ./.
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My/PRP$ admiration/NN for/IN the/DT French/JJ has/VBZ ,/, however/RB ,/, paled/VBD into/IN insignificance/NN since/IN I/PRP started/VBD learning/VBG to/TO count/VB money/NN in/IN Mina/NNP ,/, a/DT language/NN spoken/VBN in/IN Togo/NNP and/CC parts/NNS of/IN Benin/NNP and/CC Ghana/NNP ./.
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"/" Edo/NNP :/: Art/NNP in/IN Japan/NNP 1615/CD -/: 1868/CD ,/, "/" expertly/RB organized/VBN by/IN Robert/NNP T/NN ./.
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M/NNP ./.
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Y/NNP ./.
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Norplant/NNP counselors/NNS could/MD also/RB stress/VB the/DT benefits/NNS of/IN abstinence/NN ,/, while/IN presenting/VBG the/DT contraceptive/NN as/IN a/DT backup/NN safeguard/VB ./.
T/NN een-agers/JJ should/MD learn/VB about/IN sex/NN and/CC contraception/NN from/IN their/PRP$ parents/NNS ,/, not/RB the/DT government/NN ./.
A/DT parental-consent/JJ requirement/NN would/MD answer/VB this/DT objection/NN ./.
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But/CC if/IN they/PRP end/VBP up/RP deciding/VBG to/TO go/VB their/PRP$ own/JJ ways/NNS ,/, I/PRP 'd/MD rather/RB that/IN they/PRP have/VBP unrestricted/JJ access/NN to/TO Norplant/NNP than/IN that/IN they/PRP risk/VBP pregnancy/NN ./.
Would/MD a/DT Norplant/NNP program/NN be/VB thwarted/VBN by/IN the/DT fact/NN that/IN many/JJ poor/JJ teen-agers/NNS actually/RB want/VBP to/TO get/VB pregnant/JJ and/CC have/VBP a/DT child/NN ?/.
I/PRP do/VBP n't/RB think/VB so/RB ./.
First/LS ,/, there/RB are/VBP about/RB 3/CD million/CD unwanted/JJ pregnancies/NNS in/IN the/DT United/NNP States/NNPS every/DT year/NN ,/, half/NN of/IN which/WDT end/VBP in/IN abortion/NN ./.
Many/JJ of/IN these/DT involve/VB teen-agers/NNS and/CC women/NNS who/WP are/VBP (/( or/CC will/MD be/VB )/) on/IN welfare/NN ./.
Norplant/NNP could/MD stop/VB almost/RB all/PDT these/DT ./.
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And/CC even/RB if/IN such/JJ a/DT program/NN only/RB delayed/VBD pregnancies/NNS a/DT few/JJ years/NNS ,/, that/WDT would/MD be/VB a/DT very/RB good/JJ thing/NN ./.
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The/DT question/NN is/VBZ whether/IN a/DT Norplant/NNP incentive/NN program/NN might/MD do/VB some/DT good/NN ./.
There/EX 's/VBZ only/RB one/CD way/NN to/TO find/VB out/IN :/: Give/VB it/PRP a/DT try/NN ./.
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And/CC it/PRP just/RB might/MD help/VB ./.
Address/NNP your/PRP$ e-mail/JJ to/TO the/DT editors/NNS to/TO letters/NNS @/IN slate/NN ./.
com/NN ./.
Please/VB include/VBP your/PRP$ address/NN and/CC daytime/JJ phone/NN number/NN (/( for/IN confirmation/NN only/RB )/) ./.
Lighten/NNP Up/IN on/IN Linda/NNP
In/IN her/PRP$ July/NNP 6/CD entry/NN in/IN the/DT dialogue/NN "/" Linda/NNP Tripp/NNP :/: Victimized/NNP or/CC Vicious/NNP ,/, "/" Margaret/NNP Carlson/NNP writes/VBZ ,/, concerning/VBG Linda/NNP Tripp/NNP ,/, "/" I/PRP have/VBP to/TO stick/VB by/IN my/PRP$ observation/NN that/IN people/NNS ,/, for/IN better/JJR or/CC for/IN worse/JJR ,/, grow/VB into/IN their/PRP$ appearance/NN ,/, coming/VBG to/TO look/VB on/IN the/DT outside/JJ as/IN they/PRP feel/VBP on/IN the/DT inside/JJ ./.
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Imagine/VB if/IN Rush/NNP Limbaugh/NNP said/VBD something/NN like/IN that/DT regarding/VBG ,/, say/VB ,/, Hillary/NNP ?/.
-/: -/: Jim/NNP Howard/NNP
Tripp/NNP Trapped/NNP
It/PRP seems/VBZ that/IN most/JJS people/NNS view/VBP Linda/NNP Tripp/NNP (/( Linda/NNP Tripp/NNP :/: Victimized/NNP or/CC Vicious/NNP )/) as/IN some/DT kind/NN of/IN wicked/JJ stepmother/NN ,/, and/CC that/DT is/VBZ unfortunate/JJ ./.
Tripp/NNP is/VBZ justified/JJ in/IN worrying/VBG that/IN her/PRP$ job/NN and/CC reputation/NN were/VBD being/VBG threatened/VBN after/IN Clinton/NNP 's/POS lawyer/NN identified/VBD her/PRP as/IN someone/NN who/WP is/VBZ "/" not/RB to/TO be/VB believed/VBN ./.
"/" It/PRP would/MD be/VB very/RB easy/JJ for/IN me/PRP to/TO say/VB ,/, piously/RB ,/, that/IN I/PRP would/MD have/VB sacrificed/JJ my/PRP$ job/NN rather/RB than/IN make/VB the/DT recordings/NNS ,/, but/CC I/PRP am/VBP a/DT single/JJ 24/CD -/: year-old/JJ without/IN children/NNS ,/, and/CC I/PRP can/MD afford/VB to/TO take/VB a/DT more/RBR principled/JJ stance/NN ./.
Tripp/NNP has/VBZ not/RB only/RB herself/PRP to/TO think/VB about/IN when/WRB it/PRP comes/VBZ to/TO protecting/VBG her/PRP$ job/NN and/CC reputation/NN ,/, but/CC also/RB the/DT well-being/NN of/IN her/PRP$ children/NNS and/CC her/PRP$ ability/NN to/TO support/VB them/PRP ./.
What/WP would/MD people/NNS think/VB of/IN a/DT mother/NN who/WP sacrificed/JJ her/PRP$ own/JJ children/NNS in/IN order/NN to/TO protect/VB the/DT president/NN and/CC Monica/NNP ?/.
-/: -/: Damian/NNP M/NNP ./.
Schloming/NNP
Taping/NNP for/IN Trouble/NN
Please/VB ask/VB Jonah/NNP Goldberg/NNP (/( Linda/NNP Tripp/NNP :/: Victimized/NNP or/CC Vicious/NNP )/) to/TO explain/VB why/WRB he/PRP thinks/VBZ ,/, if/IN all/DT Tripp/NNP wanted/VBD to/TO do/VB was/VBD to/TO protect/VB her/PRP$ good/JJ name/NN ,/, she/PRP continued/VBD to/TO tape/VB Lewinsky/NNP long/RB after/IN she/PRP would/MD have/VB had/VBN enough/RB "/" evidence/NN "/" for/IN this/DT purpose/NN ./.
As/IN Carlson/NNP says/VBZ ,/, "/" A/NNP '/POS seeker/NN of/IN the/DT truth/NN ,/, '/" as/IN Tripp/NNP refers/VBZ to/TO herself/PRP ,/, might/MD at/IN best/JJS need/VB to/TO tape/VB one/CD conversation/NN and/CC hold/VB it/PRP in/IN reserve/NN for/IN that/DT dark/JJ moment/NN when/WRB her/PRP$ veracity/NN was/VBD challenged/VBN ./.
Instead/RB ,/, she/PRP taped/VBD 20/CD hours/NNS '/POS worth/JJ and/CC offered/VBD them/PRP up/RP gratuitously/RB ,/, to/TO get/VB the/DT ball/NN ,/, which/WDT was/VBD n't/RB moving/VBG much/JJ ,/, rolling/VBG ./.
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Why/WRB ,/, Jonah/NNP ?/.
-/: -/: Angus/NNP Maitland/NNP
Yates/NNP ?/.
Yikes/NNP !/.
As/IN one/CD of/IN the/DT constituents/NNS of/IN Sidney/NNP Yates/NNP ,/, the/DT topic/NN of/IN Jacob/NNP Weisberg/NNP 's/POS July/NNP 2/CD "/" Strange/NNP Bedfellow/NNP ,/, "/" I/PRP can/MD tell/VB you/PRP that/IN he/PRP has/VBZ been/VBN a/DT distant/JJ and/CC ineffective/JJ congressman/NN for/IN decades/NNS ./.
I/PRP say/VBP this/DT despite/IN the/DT fact/NN that/IN I/PRP agree/VBP with/IN Yates/NNP on/IN most/JJS political/JJ issues/NNS ./.
Not/RB surprisingly/RB ,/, Weisberg/NNP admits/VBZ his/PRP$ personal/JJ relationships/NNS with/IN Yates/NNP and/CC his/PRP$ staff/NN ./.
Yates/NNP has/VBZ done/VBN little/JJ for/IN the/DT economic/JJ development/NN of/IN our/PRP$ district/NN ./.
While/IN I/PRP admire/NN his/PRP$ championship/NN of/IN the/DT arts/NNS and/CC the/DT environment/NN ,/, these/DT do/VBP little/RB concrete/NN for/IN the/DT vast/JJ majority/NN of/IN constituents/NNS ./.
Yates/NNP is/VBZ the/DT only/JJ congressman/NN in/IN the/DT Illinois/NNP delegation/NN who/WP refuses/VBZ to/TO set/VB up/RP an/DT e-mail/JJ link/NN for/IN constituents/NNS ./.
How/WRB does/VBZ this/DT sit/VB with/IN a/DT Microsoft/NNP enterprise/NN ?/.
Yates/NNP refused/VBD to/TO step/VB aside/RB when/WRB he/PRP became/VBD obviously/RB physically/RB infirm/NN ./.
He/PRP misses/VBZ more/JJR votes/NNS than/IN all/DT but/CC a/DT handful/NN of/IN congressmen/NNS ./.
Yates/NNP maintains/VBZ little/JJ contact/NN with/IN his/PRP$ district/NN and/CC made/VBN only/RB token/JJ campaign/NN appearances/NNS ./.
He/PRP refused/VBD to/TO debate/VB his/PRP$ campaign/NN opponents/NNS ./.
Emperor/NNP Sid/NNP treated/VBD those/DT Democrats/NNPS who/WP dared/VBD to/TO oppose/VB him/PRP as/IN traitors/NNS and/CC thought/VBD of/IN himself/PRP as/IN congressman/NN by/IN divine/NN right/JJ ./.
Our/PRP$ district/NN will/MD now/RB be/VB vastly/RB better/JJR off/RP by/IN his/PRP$ replacement/NN by/IN a/DT person/NN 45/CD years/NNS his/PRP$ junior/JJ ./.
Yates/NNP has/VBZ personally/RB enriched/JJ himself/PRP at/IN the/DT expense/NN of/IN his/PRP$ constituents/NNS and/CC his/PRP$ retirement/NN is/VBZ welcome/JJ to/TO many/JJ ./.
Ironically/RB ,/, one/CD of/IN the/DT biggest/JJS news/NN splashes/NNS made/VBN by/IN Yates/NNP in/IN the/DT last/JJ decade/NN was/VBD when/WRB one/CD of/IN his/PRP$ staffers/NNS invoked/VBD Sid/NNP 's/POS clout/NN and/CC attempted/VBD to/TO set/VB up/RP dog-walking/JJ runs/NNS in/IN Rock/NNP Creek/NNP Park/NNP ./.
When/WRB this/DT hit/VBD the/DT newspapers/NNS ,/, out-of-touch/JJ Sid/NNP denied/VBD any/DT knowledge/NN of/IN the/DT aide/NN 's/POS activities/NNS ./.
What/WP an/DT embarrassment/NN ./.
-/: -/: Thomas/NNP A/DT ./.
Marshall/NNP
Phenomenology/NNP of/IN Spirits/NNS
As/IN a/DT member/NN of/IN that/DT clandestine/JJ group/NN of/IN German/JJ wine/NN lovers/NNS that/IN Fareed/NNP Zakaria/NNP describes/VBZ in/IN his/PRP$ June/NNP 30/CD "/" Wine/NNP 's/POS World/NNP ,/, "/" I/PRP feel/VBP obliged/VBN to/TO clarify/VB the/DT place/NN in/IN the/DT pantheon/NN of/IN winedom/NN of/IN one/CD of/IN the/DT figures/NNS mentioned/VBN in/IN Zakaria/NNP 's/POS hymn/NN ./.
I/PRP speak/VBP ,/, of/IN course/NN ,/, of/IN Hegel/NNP ./.
Whatever/WDT the/DT merits/NNS of/IN the/DT rather/RB severe/JJ idiom/NN in/IN which/WDT Hegel/NNP chose/VBD to/TO couch/NN his/PRP$ ideas/NNS ,/, he/PRP was/VBD nonetheless/RB a/DT member/NN in/IN good/JJ standing/NN in/IN the/DT wine/NN lovers/NNS '/POS circle/NN ./.
He/PRP grew/VBD up/RB in/IN a/DT wine/NN drinking/NN area/NN (/( Württemberg/NNP )/) ,/, and/CC he/PRP did/VBD a/DT stint/NN as/IN a/DT house/NN tutor/NN at/IN Frankfurt/NNP 's/POS most/JJS distinguished/VBN wine/NN merchant/NN ./.
In/IN fact/NN ,/, in/IN an/DT effort/NN to/TO lure/VB him/PRP into/IN taking/VBG the/DT job/NN ,/, his/PRP$ friend/NN Hölderlin/NNP even/RB promised/VBD him/PRP ,/, "/" you/PRP will/MD drink/VB very/RB good/JJ Rhine/NNP wine/NN or/CC French/JJ wine/NN at/IN the/DT table/NN ./.
"/" When/WRB he/PRP was/VBD writing/VBG his/PRP$ Phenomenology/NNP of/IN Spirit/NN ,/, despite/IN his/PRP$ very/RB meager/JJ income/NN at/IN the/DT time/NN ,/, he/PRP was/VBD ordering/VBG shipments/NNS of/IN Médoc/NNP and/CC Pontak/NNP (/( Haut-/NNP Brion/NNP )/) ./.
(/( See/VB where/WRB his/PRP$ priorities/NNS lay/VBP ./.
)/) When/WRB he/PRP became/VBD famous/JJ in/IN Berlin/NNP ,/, his/PRP$ tastes/NNS shifted/VBN slightly/RB to/TO Mosels/NNP (/( loved/VBD them/PRP )/) ,/, Rhine/NNP wines/NNS ,/, and/CC Cahors/NNP (/( lots/NNS of/IN it/PRP )/) ./.
He/PRP especially/RB loved/VBD the/DT 1811/CD vintage/NN of/IN "/" comet/NN "/" wines/NNS ,/, and/CC he/PRP and/CC Schleiermacher/NNP even/RB stopped/VBD quarreling/VBG for/IN a/DT while/NN after/IN Schleiermacher/NNP gave/VBD Hegel/NNP the/DT address/NN of/IN a/DT good/JJ Bordeaux/NNP merchant/NN !/.
Worldly/NNP in/IN his/PRP$ heart/NN ,/, he/PRP was/VBD also/RB not/RB averse/NN to/TO the/DT Italians/NNPS ,/, drinking/NN and/CC praising/VBG "/" Lacrima/NNP Christi/NNP "/" (/( red/JJ )/) as/IN he/PRP was/VBD writing/VBG a/DT Latin/NNP oration/NN on/IN the/DT Augsburg/NNP Confession/NNP ./.
When/WRB he/PRP was/VBD visiting/VBG Saxon/NNP Dresden/NNP at/IN the/DT height/NN of/IN the/DT Prussian/NNP reaction/NN in/IN the/DT 1820/CD s/VBZ ,/, he/PRP surprised/VBD his/PRP$ students/NNS sitting/VBG at/IN the/DT table/NN with/IN him/PRP by/IN ordering/VBG the/DT most/RBS expensive/JJ champagne/NN in/IN Europe/NNP ,/, Château/NNP Sillery/NNP ./.
With/IN none/NN of/IN the/DT students/NNS quite/RB understanding/NN just/RB what/WP called/VBD for/IN such/JJ a/DT lavish/JJ outlay/NN on/IN the/DT old/JJ fellow/NN 's/POS part/NN ,/, he/PRP astonished/JJ them/PRP even/RB more/JJR by/IN raising/VBG his/PRP$ glass/NN and/CC toasting/VBG July/NNP 14/CD and/CC the/DT storming/VBG of/IN the/DT Bastille/NNP ./.
So/RB on/IN July/NNP 14/CD ,/, instead/RB of/IN champagne/NN ,/, a/DT crisp/JJ Riesling/NNP might/MD be/VB the/DT way/NN for/IN us/PRP German/JJ wine/NN lovers/NNS to/TO toast/NN that/IN venerated/JJ French/JJ holiday/NN ./.
We/PRP can/MD celebrate/VB Hegel/NNP and/CC the/DT revolution/NN at/IN the/DT same/JJ time/NN ./.
And/CC indulge/VB our/PRP$ secret/JJ taste/NN ./.
-/: -/: Terry/NNP Pinkard/NNP Professor/NNP of/IN philosophyGeorgetown/NN UniversityWashington/NNP
Bedrock/NNP Blues/NNP
As/RB much/JJ as/IN I/PRP enjoy/VBP Scott/NNP Shuger/NNP 's/POS daily/JJ analysis/NN of/IN "/" Today/NN 's/POS Papers/NNP ,/, "/" from/IN time/NN to/TO time/NN he/PRP gets/VBZ the/DT facts/NNS just/RB plain/JJ wrong/NN ./.
Usually/RB it/PRP 's/VBZ in/IN the/DT last/JJ paragraph/NN ,/, and/CC it/PRP 's/VBZ usually/RB some/DT flippant/JJ remark/NN that/WDT would/MD be/VB witty/JJ if/IN it/PRP were/VBD only/RB true/JJ ./.
In/IN the/DT July/NNP 2/CD Today/NN 's/POS Papers/NNP ,/, Shuger/NNP wrote/VBD :/:
[/NN Clinton/NNP ]/) told/VBD families/NNS there/RB that/DT home/NN ownership/NN is/VBZ an/DT investment/NN in/IN society/NN ,/, the/DT bedrock/NN of/IN middle-class/NN life/NN ./.
Wonder/NN if/IN the/DT Times/NNP had/VBD trouble/NN resisting/VBG the/DT observation/NN that/IN it/PRP 's/VBZ an/DT investment/JJ Clinton/NNP 's/POS never/RB made/VBN ,/, a/DT bedrock/NN he/PRP 's/VBZ never/RB stood/VBD on/IN ./.
I/PRP quote/VBP from/IN Page/NNP 151/CD of/IN Meredith/NNP Oakley/NNP 's/POS biography/NN On/IN the/DT Make/VB :/: The/DT Rise/NN of/IN Bill/NNP Clinton/NNP :/:
Hillary/NNP ,/, three/CD months/NNS shy/JJ of/IN her/PRP$ twenty-eighth/JJ birthday/NN ,/, returned/VBD to/TO Fayetteville/NNP ./.
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inclined/VBN to/TO accept/VB the/DT twenty-nine-year-old/JJ Clinton/NNP 's/POS marriage/NN proposal/NN ./.
Any/DT remaining/VBG reluctance/NN was/VBD dashed/VBN when/WRB he/PRP greeted/VBD her/PRP$ return/NN with/IN the/DT news/NN that/IN he/PRP had/VBD purchased/VBN a/DT small/JJ brick/NN and/CC stonework/NN house/NN she/PRP had/VBD admired/VBN ./.
This/DT oft-reported/JJ account/NN of/IN Clinton/NNP 's/POS marriage/NN proposal/NN is/VBZ well/RB known/VBN ./.
Too/RB bad/JJ Shuger/NNP felt/VBD the/DT need/NN to/TO be/VB witty--but/JJ wrong/NN ./.
Guess/NNP he/PRP was/VBD just/RB following/VBG Clinton/NNP 's/POS Fifth/NNP Law/NNP of/IN Politics/NNS (/( Page/NNP 146/CD )/) -/: -/: "/" Under/IN enough/JJ pressure/NN ,/, most/RBS people--but/JJ not/RB everybody--will/JJ stretch/NN the/DT truth/NN on/IN you/PRP ./.
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-/: -/: Kari/NNP Chisholm/NNP Portland/NNP ,/, Ore/NNP ./.
The/DT Delicate/NNP Art/NNP of/IN Profanity/NNP
I/PRP was/VBD just/RB reading/VBG this/DT fascinating/JJ and/CC well-written/JJ article/NN (/( "/" Flame/NNP Posies/NNP ,/, "/" July/NNP 3/LS )/) about/IN the/DT New/NNP York/NNP Times/NNP and/CC the/DT Washington/NNP Post/NNP and/CC admiring/VBG the/DT balls/NNS of/IN a/DT publication/NN that/WDT ran/VBD the/DT headline/NN "/" Who/WP gives/VBZ a/DT f/SYM */NN */NN */NN about/IN the/DT yen/NN ?/.
"/" last/JJ week/NN and/CC had/VBD already/RB used/VBN the/DT phrase/NN "/" holy/JJ shit/NN "/" upward/RB of/IN five/CD times/NNS in/IN the/DT opening/NN paragraphs/NNS ,/, when/WRB I/PRP happened/VBD upon/IN this/DT sentence/NN :/: "/" Later/RB that/DT year/NN ,/, the/DT paper/NN spread/VBD its/PRP$ legs/NNS for/IN the/DT theory/NN that/IN TWA/NNP Flight/NNP 800/CD was/VBD downed/VBD by/IN foul/JJ play/NN ,/, based/VBN on/IN the/DT discovery/NN of/IN '/POS PETN/NNP '/POS residues/NNS in/IN the/DT wreckage/NN ./.
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I/PRP am/VBP ,/, personally/RB ,/, a/DT big/JJ fan/NN of/IN the/DT well-chosen/JJ off-color/JJ remark/NN ./.
"/" Screw/NNP you/PRP ,/, "/" "/" kiss/NNS my/PRP$ ass/NNS ,/, "/" "/" fuck/NN me/PRP "/" -/: -/: these/DT are/VBP all/DT phrases/NNS that/WDT have/VBP levels/NNS of/IN meaning/VBG that/WDT have/VBP nothing/NN to/TO do/VB with/IN the/DT physical/JJ acts/NNS they/PRP describe/VBP ./.
(/( See/VB Donnie/NNP Brasco/NNP and/CC "/" fuggedaboudit/NN ./.
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The/DT AFI/NNP Cannon/NNP
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Have/VBP you/PRP now/RB ?/.
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They/PRP were/VBD all/DT sort/NN of/IN nervous/JJ because/IN you/PRP 're/VBP a/DT celebrity/NN writer/NN ./.
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Am/NNP I/PRP right/RB so/RB far/RB ?/.
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You/PRP do/VBP n't/RB really/RB know/VB what/WP you/PRP 're/VBP talking/VBG about/IN ,/, do/VBP you/PRP ?/.
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And/CC not/RB really/RB important/JJ ,/, true/JJ ?/.
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You/PRP 're/VBP a/DT stylist/NN ./.
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Carroll/NNP Cisco/NNP Systems/NNPS
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Hughey/NNP Jr/NNP ./.
San/NNP Diego/NNP
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These/DT laws/NNS vary/VBP by/IN state/NN ./.
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What/WP happens/VBZ to/TO joint/JJ property/NN ?/.
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"/"
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W/NNP ./.
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georgebushbites/NNS ./.
com/NN ,/, www/NN ./.
georgebushblows/NNS ./.
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bushbites/NNS ./.
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Wells/NNP
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RE/NNP :/:
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Everybody/NN leads/VBZ with/IN the/DT Monica-related/NNP maneuverings/NNS taking/VBG place/NN on/IN Capitol/NNP Hill/NNP ./.
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This/DT has/VBZ ,/, report/NN the/DT papers/NNS ,/, encouraged/VBN Democrats/NNPS to/TO seek/VB a/DT compromise/NN outcome/NN short/JJ of/IN impeachment--say/JJ ,/, having/VBG Clinton/NNP testify/VB before/IN the/DT House/NNP Judiciary/NNP Committee/NNP with/IN a/DT guarantee/NN that/IN he/PRP would/MD n't/RB be/VB removed/VBN from/IN office/NN ,/, although/IN perhaps/RB censured/VBD and/CC &slash;/NN or/CC fined/VBN ./.
The/DT Washington/NNP Post/NNP reports/NNS that/IN former/JJ White/NNP House/NNP counsel--and/JJ Washington/NNP Wise/NNP Man--/NNP Lloyd/NNP Cutler/NNP has/VBZ been/VBN working/VBG the/DT Hill/NNP for/IN a/DT censure/NN deal/NN as/IN an/DT unofficial/JJ Clinton/NNP rep/NN ./.
But/CC Judiciary/NNP chairman/NN Henry/NNP Hyde/NNP is/VBZ quoted/VBN by/IN USA/NNP Today/NNP and/CC the/DT New/NNP York/NNP Times/NNP saying/VBG that/DT talk/NN of/IN such/JJ a/DT deal/NN is/VBZ "/" very/RB premature/JJ ./.
"/" Hyde/NNP expects/VBZ a/DT committee/NN vote/NN recommending/VBG impeachment/NN hearings/NNS to/TO come/VB in/IN early/JJ October/NNP ,/, with/IN the/DT hearings/NNS beginning/VBG after/IN the/DT November/NNP election/NN ./.
The/DT NYT/NNP explains/VBZ the/DT politics/NNS of/IN that/DT schedule/NN :/: it/PRP would/MD allow/VB Republicans/NNPS to/TO avoid/VB looking/VBG too/RB soft/JJ or/CC too/RB hard/RB on/IN the/DT president/NN before/IN the/DT elections/NNS ,/, while/IN still/RB forcing/VBG Democrats/NNPS to/TO cast/VB a/DT pre-election/JJ vote/NN on/IN Clinton/NNP 's/POS fate/NN ./.
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"/" Ultimately/RB ,/, we/PRP just/RB got/VBD the/DT sex/NN ,/, "/" a/DT presidential/JJ advisor/NN is/VBZ quoted/VBN in/IN the/DT LAT/NNP ./.
Exhibit/NN A/DT of/IN something/NN in/IN evidence/NN but/CC not/RB in/IN the/DT report/NN is/VBZ Lewinsky/NNP 's/POS statement/NN to/TO the/DT grand/JJ jury/NN that/IN "/" no/DT one/CD ever/RB asked/VBD me/PRP to/TO lie/VB and/CC I/PRP was/VBD never/RB promised/VBN a/DT job/NN for/IN my/PRP$ silence/NN ./.
"/" The/DT LAT/NNP notes/NNS ,/, referring/VBG to/TO the/DT Starr/NNP office/NN 's/POS response/NN ,/, that/IN when/WRB this/DT statement/NN was/VBD paraphrased/JJ in/IN the/DT report/NN the/DT modifier/NN "/" explicitly/RB "/" was/VBD added/VBN ./.
The/DT WP/NNP notes/NNS that/IN the/DT Starr/NNP office/NN sarcastically/RB observed/VBD that/IN the/DT Clinton/NNP team/NN now/RB appears/VBZ to/TO find/VB Lewinsky/NNP credible/JJ on/IN some/DT topics/NNS but/CC not/RB others/NNS ./.
The/DT papers/NNS report/VBP that/IN at/IN a/DT White/NNP House/NNP East/NNP Room/NNP reception/NN ,/, Nelson/NNP Mandela/NNP said/VBD that/IN South/NNP Africa/NNP ,/, Africa/NNP and/CC the/DT entire/JJ world/NN supported/VBD Bill/NNP Clinton/NNP ./.
It/PRP was/VBD ,/, notes/VBZ the/DT NYT/NNP ,/, "/" the/DT kind/NN of/IN emotional/JJ endorsement/NN that/IN Clinton/NNP has/VBZ trouble/NN getting/VBG these/DT days/NNS from/IN members/NNS of/IN his/PRP$ own/JJ party/NN ./.
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The/DT Wall/NNP Street/NNP Journal/NNP reports/NNS that/IN China/NNP has/VBZ banned/VBN a/DT kind/NN of/IN foreign/JJ joint/JJ venture/NN that/WDT was/VBD the/DT principal/JJ way/NN such/JJ telecommunications/NNS firms/NNS as/IN Sprint/NNP had/VBD begun/VBN gaining/VBG entry/NN into/IN Chinese/JJ markets/NNS ./.
The/DT move/NN is/VBZ the/DT latest/JJS in/IN a/DT series/NN of/IN protectionist/JJ steps/NNS that/WDT are/VBP worsening/VBG the/DT business/NN climate/NN for/IN U/NNP ./.
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companies/NNS and/CC widening/VBG the/DT U/NNP ./.
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-/: China/NNP trade/NN gap/NN ./.
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A/DT WP/NNP story/NN says/VBZ that/DT trade/NN is/VBZ quickly/RB becoming/VBG the/DT biggest/JJS issue/NN between/IN the/DT U/NNP ./.
S/NNP ./.
and/CC China/NNP ./.
According/VBG to/TO U/NNP ./.
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stats/NNS ,/, the/DT U/NNP ./.
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deficit/NN with/IN China/NNP is/VBZ second/JJ only/RB to/TO the/DT one/CD with/IN Japan/NNP ./.
China/NNP says/VBZ U/NNP ./.
S/NNP statistics/NNS are/VBP exaggerated/JJ ./.
The/DT big/JJ leverage/NN the/DT U/NNP ./.
S/NNP ./.
has/VBZ to/TO remedy/VB the/DT problem/NN is/VBZ ,/, according/VBG to/TO the/DT Post/NNP ,/, that--especially/JJ with/IN other/JJ Asian/JJ markets/NNS in/IN such/JJ disarray--/JJ America/NNP is/VBZ China/NNP 's/POS most/RBS important/JJ export/NN market/NN ./.
Although/IN the/DT NYT/NNP 's/POS off-lead/JJ reports/NNS that/IN any/DT U/NNP ./.
S/NNP ./.
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A/DT front-page/JJ NYT/NNP story/NN shows/VBZ that/IN private/JJ and/CC suburban/JJ school/NN parents/NNS still/RB lead/VBP the/DT way/NN in/IN fighting/VBG against/IN threats/NNS to/TO their/PRP$ children/NNS so/RB slight/JJ as/IN to/TO be/VB all/DT but/CC invisible/JJ to/TO ordinary/JJ folk/NN ./.
The/DT latest/JJS bogeyman/NN :/: peanut/NN butter/NN allergies/NNS ./.
A/DT number/NN of/IN elite/NN schools/NNS in/IN the/DT New/NNP York/NNP area/NN ,/, the/DT paper/NN reports/NNS ,/, have/VBP declared/VBN peanut-free/JJ cafeterias/NNS ./.
Others/NNS serve/VBP peanut/NN butter/NN sandwiches/NNS only/RB in/IN a/DT special/JJ designated/VBN area/NN ./.
Some/DT schools/NNS have/VBP stored/VBN syringes/NNS of/IN antidote/NN around/IN their/PRP$ buildings/NNS ./.
And/CC thought/VBD is/VBZ being/VBG given/VBN to/TO providing/VBG separate/JJ instructional/JJ materials/NNS to/TO peanut-allergic/JJ children/NNS ./.
One/CD lawyer/NN who/WP represents/VBZ many/JJ New/NNP York/NNP private/JJ schools/NNS is/VBZ concerned/VBN ,/, says/VBZ the/DT paper/NN ,/, that/IN peanut/NN allergies/NNS might/MD qualify/VB as/IN a/DT disability/NN that/WDT must/MD be/VB accommodated/VBN under/IN the/DT American/NNP with/IN Disabilities/NNPS Act/NNP ./.
The/DT NYC/NNP public/JJ schools/NNS have/VBP done/VBN none/NN of/IN these/DT things/NNS ,/, largely/RB because/IN no/DT one/CD has/VBZ complained/VBN ./.
(/( Although/IN peanuts/NNS are/VBP not/RB served/VBN because/IN they/PRP are/VBP deemed/VBN a/DT choking/VBG hazard/NN ./.
)/) The/DT Times/NNP notes/NNS that/IN according/VBG to/TO the/DT Center/NNP of/IN Disease/NNP Control/NNP ,/, from/IN 1979/CD through/IN 1995/CD ,/, there/EX were/VBD but/CC 88/CD deaths/NNS nationwide/JJ from/IN all/DT forms/NNS of/IN food/NN allergy/NN combined/VBN ./.
The/DT Washington/NNP Post/NNP leads/VBZ with/IN President/NNP Clinton/NNP 's/POS decision/NN to/TO hold/VB his/PRP$ nose/NN and/CC sign/VB a/DT $/$ 268/CD billion/CD spending/NN bill/NN for/IN the/DT Pentagon/NNP ,/, a/DT story/NN fronted/JJ by/IN the/DT New/NNP York/NNP Times/NNP and/CC put/VBD atop/IN the/DT Wall/NNP Street/NNP Journal/NNP 's/POS "/" Worldwide/NNP "/" box/NN ./.
Clinton/NNP compromised/VBN with/IN the/DT GOP/NNP because/IN it/PRP was/VBD unclear/JJ whether/IN congressional/JJ Democrats/NNPS could/MD have/VB sustained/VBN a/DT veto/NN and/CC because/IN the/DT president/NN wants/VBZ to/TO focus/VB on/IN other/JJ budget/NN issues/NNS ,/, like/IN the/DT Republicans/NNPS '/POS push/NN for/IN a/DT 1/CD ./.
4/CD percent/NN across-the-board/JJ spending/NN cut/NN ./.
(/( For/IN a/DT budget/NN primer/NN ,/, click/NN here/RB ./.
)/) USA/NNP Today/NNP leads/VBZ with/IN Pat/NNP Buchanan/NNP 's/POS decision/NN to/TO officially/RB leave/VB the/DT GOP/NNP for/IN the/DT Reform/NNP Party--a/NNP story/NN reefered/JJ by/IN the/DT Los/NNP Angeles/NNP Times/NNP and/CC fronted/JJ by/IN the/DT Post/NNP and/CC NYT/NNP ,/, where/WRB it/PRP 's/VBZ the/DT top/JJ non-local/JJ lead/NN ./.
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Most/JJS travel/NN was/VBD eastbound/NN ,/, from/IN the/DT Gaza/NNP Strip/NNP to/TO the/DT West/NNP Bank/NNP (/( where/WRB there/EX are/VBP more/JJR jobs/NNS and/CC where/WRB it/PRP is/VBZ easier/JJR to/TO sneak/VBP into/IN Israel/NNP )/) ./.
"/" The/DT young/JJ men/NNS aboard/IN [/( a/DT bus/NN leaving/VBG Gaza/NNP ]/) ,/, with/IN duffel/NN bags/NNS and/CC packed/VBN falafel/NN lunches/NNS ,/, sang/VBD Egyptian/JJ pop/NN songs/NNS ,/, clapped/JJ ,/, and/CC celebrated/JJ ,/, "/" writes/VBZ the/DT LAT/NNP 's/POS correspondent/NN ,/, who/WP notes/VBZ the/DT condescension/NN many/JJ West/NNP Bank/NNP Palestinians/NNPS have/VBP for/IN their/PRP$ poorer/JJR ,/, more/RBR socially/RB conservative/JJ Gazan/NNP compatriots/NNS ./.
Buchanan/NNP ,/, a/DT former/JJ speechwriter/NN for/IN Barry/NNP Goldwater/NNP ,/, Richard/NNP Nixon/NNP ,/, and/CC Ronald/NNP Reagan/NNP ,/, urged/VBD his/PRP$ supporters/NNS to/TO "/" save/VB our/PRP$ republic/NN before/IN she/PRP disappears/VBZ into/IN the/DT godless/JJ New/NNP World/NNP Order/NNP that/IN the/DT elites/NNS are/VBP constructing/VBG in/IN a/DT betrayal/NN of/IN everything/NN for/IN which/WDT our/PRP$ Founding/VBG Fathers/NNS lived/VBD ,/, fought/VBD and/CC died/VBD ./.
"/" The/DT Post/NNP and/CC LAT/NNP note/NN that/IN George/NNP W/NNP ./.
Bush/NNP criticized/VBD Buchanan/NNP for/IN the/DT first/JJ time/NN after/IN the/DT announcement/NN ./.
Pat/NNP Choate/NNP ,/, a/DT former/JJ Reform/NNP Party/NNP vice/NN presidential/JJ nominee/NN and/CC a/DT Buchanan/NNP supporter/NN ,/, said/VBD he/PRP hopes/VBZ to/TO schedule/VB a/DT "/" series/NN of/IN debates/NNS "/" between/IN Buchanan/NNP and/CC likely/JJ rival/JJ Donald/NNP Trump/NNP ./.
Choate/NNP tells/VBZ the/DT LAT/NNP that/IN Ross/NNP Perot/NNP has/VBZ decided/VBN not/RB to/TO run/VB ,/, but/CC the/DT Post/NNP still/RB speculates/NNS that/IN Perot/NNP might/MD jump/VB in/IN ./.
A/DT smart/JJ opinion/NN piece/NN in/IN the/DT Journal/NNP argues/VBZ that/IN Buchanan/NNP is/VBZ not/RB an/DT American/JJ populist/JJ so/RB much/JJ as/IN a/DT pre-war/JJ ,/, European-style/NNP Christian/NNP Socialist/NNP like/IN Karl/NNP Lueger/NNP ,/, Vienna/NNP 's/POS turn-of-the-century/JJ mayor/NN ./.
Lueger/NNP was/VBD a/DT tribune/NN of/IN the/DT lower/JJR middle/JJ class/NN and/CC an/DT anti-/NN Marxist--but/NNP also/RB an/DT anti-capitalist/JJ ,/, an/DT anti-liberal/JJ ,/, and/CC a/DT mild/JJ anti-/NN Semite/NNP ./.
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A/DT new/JJ USAT/NNP -/: CNN-Gallup/NNP poll/NN shows/VBZ Al/NNP Gore/NNP trailing/VBG Bush/NNP by/IN nine/CD points/NNS ,/, 52/CD to/TO 43/CD -/: -/: a/DT big/JJ improvement/NN over/IN Gore/NNP 's/POS 16/CD -/: point/NN deficit/NN earlier/RBR this/DT month/NN ./.
Gore/NNP also/RB leads/VBZ Bradley/NNP 57/CD to/TO 32/CD ,/, compared/VBN with/IN 51/CD to/TO 32/CD two/CD weeks/NNS ago/RB (/( although/IN Bradley/NNP still/RB leads/VBZ in/IN New/NNP Hampshire/NNP and/CC New/NNP York/NNP )/) ./.
Buchanan/NNP lags/VBZ at/IN 5/CD percent/NN ./.
A/DT Newsweek/NNP poll--cited/JJ in/IN a/DT separate/JJ Post/NNP story/NN on/IN Bush/NNP 's/POS first/JJ campaign/NN commercials--also/JJ puts/VBZ the/DT vice/NN president/NN just/RB 9/CD points/NNS in/IN back/RB of/IN Bush/NNP ,/, 49/CD to/TO 40/CD ./.
Every/DT paper/NN fronts/NNS the/DT death/NN of/IN golfing/NN champion/NN Payne/NNP Stewart/NNP in/IN a/DT bizarre/JJ corporate/JJ jet/NN crash/NN ./.
En/NNP route/NN from/IN Florida/NNP to/TO Texas/NNP ,/, the/DT Learjet/NNP apparently/RB lost/VBD cabin/NN pressure/NN ,/, at/IN which/WDT point/VBP radio/NN contact/NN ceased/VBD ./.
Air/NNP Force/NNP F-/NNP 16/CD s/VBZ tracking/VBG the/DT plane/NN could/MD only/RB watch/VB as/IN it/PRP flew/VBD on/IN autopilot/NN for/IN over/IN 1/CD ,/, 000/CD miles/NNS ,/, ran/VBD out/IN of/IN fuel/NN ,/, and/CC plunged/VBD into/IN a/DT South/NNP Dakota/NNP swamp/VB ./.
The/DT LAT/NNP says/VBZ a/DT loss/NN of/IN pressure/NN at/IN 39/CD ,/, 000/CD feet/NNS would/MD drop/VB cabin/NN temperature/NN to/TO below/IN zero/CD (/( Fahrenheit/NN or/CC Celsius/NNP ?/.
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(/( The/DT Post/NNP says/VBZ one/CD to/TO two/CD minutes/NNS until/IN loss/NN of/IN consciousness--at/JJ 30/CD ,/, 000/CD feet--and/JJ the/DT NYT/NNP says/VBZ the/DT loss/NN of/IN cabin/NN pressure/NN could/MD have/VB been/VBN gradual/JJ and/CC therefore/RB virtually/RB unnoticeable/JJ ./.
)/) The/DT Journal/NNP says/VBZ the/DT crash/NN may/MD "/" throw/VB a/DT spotlight/NN on/IN the/DT widening/NN popularity/NN of/IN corporate/JJ jets/NNS ,/, "/" but/CC the/DT same/JJ article/NN notes/NNS that/IN private/JJ plane/NN crashes/NNS have/VBP actually/RB decreased/VBN over/IN the/DT last/JJ five/CD years/NNS ./.
All/DT the/DT papers/NNS front/NN the/DT death/NN of/IN Sen/NNP ./.
John/NNP Chafee/NNP ,/, R-R/NNP ./.
I/PRP ./.
,/, at/IN 77/CD from/IN heart/NN failure/NN ./.
Chafee/NNP was/VBD a/DT centrist/JJ deal-maker/JJ ,/, a/DT champion/NN of/IN health/NN care/NN and/CC the/DT environment/NN ostracized/JJ by/IN an/DT increasingly/RB conservative/JJ GOP/NNP and/CC an/DT increasingly/RB partisan/JJ Senate/NNP ./.
The/DT Post/NNP runs/VBZ a/DT first-rate/JJ analysis/NN of/IN yesterday/NN 's/POS 20/CD percent/NN drop/NN in/IN IBM/NNP 's/POS share/NN price/NN ./.
Alan/NNP Sloan/NNP ,/, Newsweek/NNP 's/POS Wall/NNP Street/NNP correspondent/NN ,/, notes/NNS that/WDT yesterday/NN 's/POS plunge/NN came/VBD after/IN Big/NNP Blue/NNP announced/VBD that/IN its/PRP$ mainframe/NN computer/NN sales/NNS would/MD be/VB soft/JJ for/IN the/DT next/JJ six/CD months/NNS ./.
Sloan/NNP argues/VBZ that/IN stock/NN analysts/NNS could/MD have/VB predicted/VBN this/DT sales/NNS drop-off/NN with/IN a/DT few/JJ phone/NN calls/NNS to/TO mainframe/NN buyers/NNS ./.
Yet/RB a/DT database/NN search/NN of/IN 22/CD IBM/NNP stock/NN analysts/NNS shows/VBZ that/IN only/RB one/CD had/VBD downgraded/VBN IBM/NNP stock/NN prior/RB to/TO the/DT announcement/NN ./.
After/IN the/DT announcement/NN and/CC stock/NN plunge/NN ,/, four/CD of/IN them/PRP downgraded/VBD ./.
"/" This/DT is/VBZ what/WP rural/JJ types/NNS call/VBP locking/VBG the/DT barn/NN door/NN after/IN the/DT horse/NN has/VBZ been/VBN stolen/VBN ,/, "/" he/PRP observes/VBZ ./.
(/( For/IN Moneybox/NNP 's/POS take/NN on/IN the/DT IBM/NNP sell-off/NN ,/, click/NN here/RB ./.
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"/" Safe/NNP investments/NNS in/IN Russia/NNP are/VBP as/RB rare/JJ as/IN flamingos/NNS in/IN Siberia/NNP ,/, "/" the/DT authors/NNS write/VBP ./.
"/" Most/JJS [/( Russian/JJ ]/) people/NNS think/VBP that/IN the/DT only/RB smart/JJ thing/NN to/TO do/VB with/IN their/PRP$ money/NN is/VBZ to/TO ./.
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The/DT NYT/NNP examines/VBZ the/DT gentrification/NN of/IN Freehold/NNP ,/, N/NNP ./.
J/NNP ./.
Once/RB a/DT tight-knit/JJ but/CC downtrodden/JJ blue-collar/JJ community/NN ,/, the/DT hometown/NN of/IN Bruce/NNP Springsteen/NNP has/VBZ become/VBN a/DT wealthy/JJ ,/, yuppified/JJ commercial/JJ district/NN ,/, with/IN lots/NNS of/IN jobs/NNS ,/, high/JJ taxes/NNS ,/, and/CC a/DT fleet/NN of/IN SUVs/NNP ./.
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It/PRP is/VBZ in/IN every/DT cell/NN 's/POS cytoplasm/NN ./.
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The/DT Los/NNP Angeles/NNP Times/NNP goes/VBZ with/IN Janet/NNP Reno/NNP 's/POS testimony/NN before/IN the/DT House/NNP Judiciary/NNP Committee/NNP about/IN her/PRP$ Clinton/NNP fund-raising/JJ probe/NN ./.
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British/NNP Telecommunications/NNP ,/, which/WDT had/VBD previously/RB reached/VBN an/DT agreement/NN with/IN MCI/NNP to/TO take/VB over/IN the/DT company/NN for/IN $/$ 19/CD billion/CD in/IN cash/NN and/CC stock/NN ,/, might/MD make/VB it/PRP a/DT three-way/JJ bidding/NN war/NN ,/, although/IN the/DT papers/NNS suggest/VBP the/DT British/JJ concern/NN will/MD drop/VB out/RP ./.
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Indeed/RB ,/, the/DT Times/NNP quotes/NNS one/CD lawyer/NN who/WP says/VBZ Justice/NNP will/MD "/" give/VB this/DT thing/NN a/DT very/RB ,/, very/RB hard/JJ look/NN "/" precisely/RB because/IN the/DT deal/NN would/MD produce/VB a/DT company/NN like/IN the/DT old/JJ AT/NNP &/CC T/NN in/IN its/PRP$ scope/NN ./.
The/DT WP/NNP sees/VBZ the/DT possibility/NN here/RB of/IN "/" a/DT 1980/CD s-style/JJ hostile/JJ takeover/NN battle/NN ./.
"/" The/DT WSJ/NNP also/RB sees/VBZ a/DT return/NN to/TO wild/JJ action/NN ,/, possibly/RB to/TO include/VB one/CD of/IN the/DT Baby/NNP Bells/NNP jumping/VBG in/IN with/IN a/DT bid/NN ./.
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But/CC they/PRP vary/VBP in/IN what/WP aspect/NN of/IN her/PRP$ remarks/NNS they/PRP stress/VBP ./.
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The/DT LAT/NNP says/VBZ the/DT tapes/NNS show/VBP Clinton/NNP conferring/VBG easily/RB ,/, at/IN times/NNS on/IN a/DT first-name/JJ basis/NN ,/, "/" with/IN some/DT of/IN the/DT most/RBS notorious/JJ figures/NNS of/IN the/DT 1996/CD campaign/NN ./.
"/" The/DT papers/NNS note/VBP that/IN in/IN this/DT batch/NN of/IN videos/NNS ,/, the/DT President/NNP can/MD be/VB seen/VBN in/IN friendly/JJ banter/NN ,/, not/RB just/RB with/IN John/NNP Huang/NNP and/CC his/PRP$ boss/NN James/NNP Riady/NNP ,/, but/CC also/RB with/IN Yah/NNP Lin/NNP Trie/NNP ,/, and/CC the/DT recently/RB convicted/VBN Teamster/NNP fund-raiser/NN Martin/NNP Davis/NNP ./.
In/IN his/PRP$ NYT/NNP op-ed/JJ column/NN ,/, Thomas/NNP Friedman/NNP explains/VBZ how/WRB it/PRP can/MD be/VB that/IN Benjamin/NNP Netanyahu/NNP 's/POS popularity/NN is/VBZ up/RB since/IN Israel/NNP 's/POS bungled/VBN attempt/NN to/TO assassinate/VB a/DT top/JJ Hamas/NNP operative/NN ./.
"/" The/DT silent/JJ majority/NN in/IN Israel/NNP stopped/VBD caring/VBG a/DT long/JJ time/NN ago/RB about/IN Nablus/NNP or/CC Hebron/NNP or/CC Gaza/NNP or/CC a/DT Palestinian/JJ state/NN ./.
As/RB far/RB as/IN the/DT Israeli/JJ silent/JJ majority/NN is/VBZ concerned/VBN ,/, the/DT Palestinians/NNPS can/MD have/VB them/PRP all/DT ./.
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Netanyahu/NNP will/MD turn/VB the/DT Israeli/JJ silent/JJ majority/NN against/IN him/PRP ./.
"/" That/DT fear/NN of/IN suicide/NN terrorism/NN ,/, says/VBZ Friedman/NNP ,/, is/VBZ "/" the/DT most/RBS important/JJ political/JJ fact/NN in/IN Israel/NNP today/NN ./.
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6/CD billion/CD ./.
When/WRB GTE/NNP spends/VBZ that/DT kind/NN of/IN money/NN ,/, it/PRP knows/VBZ what/WP it/PRP 's/VBZ getting/VBG ./.
New/NNP Republic/NNP ,/, May/NNP 24/CD
The/DT cover/NN story/NN questions/NNS Sen/NNP ./.
John/NNP McCain/NNP 's/POS beatification/NN by/IN the/DT press/NN ./.
His/PRP$ oft-recounted/JJ experiences/NNS in/IN Vietnam/NNP and/CC well-publicized/JJ stances/NNS for/IN campaign/NN finance/NN reform/NN and/CC against/IN tobacco/NN make/NN him/PRP seem/VBP noble/JJ ,/, rugged/JJ ,/, and/CC enlightened/JJ ./.
But/CC the/DT media/NNS have/VBP ignored/VBN his/PRP$ unsavory/JJ side/NN ,/, which/WDT includes/VBZ skirt-chasing/JJ and/CC fervent/JJ social/JJ conservatism/NN (/( "/" he/PRP 's/VBZ a/DT thousand/CD percent/NN anti-gay/JJ ,/, "/" says/VBZ Rep/NNP ./.
Barney/NNP Frank/NNP ,/, D-M/NNP ass/NNS ./.
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A/DT story/NN gauges/VBZ the/DT intellectual/JJ heft/NN of/IN the/DT presidential/JJ candidates/NNS '/POS platforms/NNS ./.
Too-vague/NNP Bradley/NNP touts/VBZ "/" lofty/JJ ideas/NNS but/CC no/DT proposals/NNS ,/, "/" too-specific/JJ Gore/NNP hawks/NNS "/" a/DT profusion/NN of/IN proposals/NNS that/IN obscure/JJ his/PRP$ big/JJ goals/NNS ,/, "/" and/CC too-vague/JJ ,/, too-unspecific/JJ Bush/NNP has/VBZ n't/RB shared/VBN "/" either/CC goal/NN or/CC proposal/NN ./.
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"/" The/DT administration/NN has/VBZ brushed/VBN off/RP the/DT charges/NNS with/IN the/DT same/JJ deft/NN techniques--the/JJ dodge/VBP ,/, the/DT denial/NN ,/, and/CC the/DT claim/NN of/IN irrelevancy--that/JJ characterized/VBN its/PRP$ handling/NN of/IN Flytrap/NNP ./.
Economist/NNP ,/, May/NNP 8/CD
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Milosevic/NNP is/VBZ despicable/JJ ,/, but/CC his/PRP$ removal/NN would/MD further/RB destabilize/VB Yugoslavia/NNP ./.
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The/DT magazine/NN lauds/NNS a/DT recent/JJ crop/NN of/IN video/NN games/NNS that/WDT emphasize/VBP strategy/NN and/CC good/JJ judgment/NN over/IN violent/JJ combat/NN ./.
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New/NNP York/NNP Times/NNP Magazine/NNP ,/, May/NNP 9/CD
The/DT cover/NN story/NN profiles/NNS prodigal/JJ mogul/NN Mike/NNP Ovitz/NNP ./.
After/IN trying/VBG his/PRP$ hand/NN at/IN Disney/NNP ,/, philanthropy/NN ,/, Broadway/NNP ,/, and/CC professional/JJ sports/NNS ,/, he/PRP is/VBZ returning/VBG to/TO the/DT pinnacle/NN of/IN the/DT Hollywood/NNP hierarchy/NN through/IN his/PRP$ new/JJ Artists/NNP Management/NNP Group/NNP ,/, which/WDT purports/VBZ to/TO give/VB clients/NNS more/JJR control/NN of/IN their/PRP$ "/" product/NN ./.
"/" The/DT piece/NN retreads/NNS his/PRP$ feud/NN with/IN his/PRP$ former/JJ company/NN ,/, Creative/NNP Artists/NNP Agency/NNP ./.
Ovitz/NNP is/VBZ sure/JJ to/TO make/VB tons/NNS of/IN money/NN and/CC infuriate/VB his/PRP$ former/JJ colleagues/NNS ,/, but/CC there/EX is/VBZ no/DT guarantee/NN that/IN this/DT will/MD satisfy/VB his/PRP$ gargantuan/JJ appetite/NN for/IN power/NN ./.
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A/DT piece/NN trails/VBZ Vice/NNP President/NNP Al/NNP Gore/NNP on/IN his/PRP$ quest/NN to/TO raise/VB $/$ 55/CD million/CD by/IN the/DT 2000/CD convention/NN ./.
Gore/NNP has/VBZ been/VBN tending/VBG his/PRP$ network/NN of/IN money/NN men/NNS all/DT his/PRP$ political/JJ life/NN ,/, but/CC his/PRP$ focus/NN on/IN fund/NN raising/VBG might/MD overshadow/NN his/PRP$ campaign/NN message/NN ./.
(/( Evidence/NN that/IN this/DT is/VBZ already/RB happening/VBG :/: articles/NNS like/IN this/DT one/CD ./.
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Vanity/NNP Fair/NNP ,/, June/NNP 1999/CD
A/DT profile/NN asks/VBZ if/IN hedge/NN fund/NN manager/NN and/CC journalist/NN Jim/NNP Cramer/NNP is/VBZ a/DT financial/JJ wizard/NN or/CC just/RB an/DT attention-happy/JJ blowhard/NN ./.
From/IN a/DT journalist/NN :/: "/" He/PRP really/RB knows/VBZ what/WP he/PRP 's/VBZ talking/VBG about/IN ./.
"/" From/IN an/DT investment/NN banker/NN :/: He/PRP 's/VBZ "/" a/DT very/RB ,/, very/RB good/JJ self-promoter/JJ "/" and/CC "/" entertainment/NN "/" only/RB ./.
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The/DT magazine/NN excerpts/NNS a/DT new/JJ oral/JJ biography/NN of/IN the/DT members/NNS of/IN Monty/NNP Python/NNP 's/POS Flying/NNP Circus/NNP ./.
Eric/NNP Idle/JJ expresses/VBZ relief/NN that/IN the/DT all-male/JJ troupe/NN had/VBD "/" no/DT girls/NNS to/TO sulk/NN or/CC feel/VBP left/VBN out/IN ,/, "/" while/IN John/NNP Cleese/NNP admits/VBZ that/IN they/PRP almost/RB called/VBD the/DT show/NN Bunn/NNP Wackett/NNP Buzzard/NNP Stubble/NNP and/CC Boot/NNP ./.
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The/DT cover/NN story/NN lambastes/VBZ journalists/NNS for/IN pawing/VBG through/IN Julia/NNP Robert/NNP 's/POS personal/JJ life/NN ,/, but/CC reveals/VBZ her/PRP$ shoe/NN size/NN ,/, bra/NN size/NN ,/, and/CC romantic/JJ history/NN anyway/RB ./.
The/DT Nation/NNP ,/, May/NNP 17/CD
Katha/NNP Pollitt/NNP announces/VBZ her/PRP$ resignation/NN from/IN the/DT magazine/NN 's/POS masthead/NN ,/, though/IN she/PRP will/MD continue/VB to/TO write/VB her/PRP$ column/NN ./.
She/PRP was/VBD chagrined/JJ at/IN The/DT Nation/NNP 's/POS recent/JJ publication/NN of/IN a/DT column/NN by/IN conservative/JJ education/NN activist/NN Ron/NNP Unz/NNP arguing/VBG that/IN liberal/JJ education/NN reform/NN has/VBZ been/VBN an/DT unmitigated/JJ failure/NN ./.
(/( See/VB a/DT previous/JJ for/IN details/NNS )/) ./.
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The/DT cover/NN story/NN asserts/VBZ that/IN Kenneth/NNP Starr/NNP 's/POS indictment/NN of/IN Julie/NNP Hiatt/NNP Steele/NNP is/VBZ based/VBN on/IN unbelievable/JJ assertions/NNS by/IN Kathleen/NNP Willey/NNP ,/, who/WP "/" choreographed/JJ "/" her/PRP$ allegations/NNS to/TO make/VB them/PRP more/JJR "/" marketable/JJ ./.
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A/DT piece/NN profiles/NNS new/JJ for-profit/JJ prisons/NNS specializing/VBG in/IN geriatric/JJ felons/NNS and/CC worries/NNS that/IN they/PRP will/MD cut/VB services/NNS to/TO bolster/VB profits/NNS ./.
ARTnews/NNP ,/, May/NNP 1999/CD
Yet/RB another/DT best-of-century/JJ list/NN :/: the/DT 25/CD most/RBS influential/JJ artists/NNS ./.
The/DT magazine/NN 's/POS panel/NN makes/VBZ mostly/RB predictable/JJ choices/NNS ,/, including/VBG sculptor/NN Constantin/NNP Brancusi/NNP ,/, Surrealist/NNP Salvador/NNP Dalí/NNP ,/, Abstract/NNP Expressionist/NNP Willem/NNP de/IN Kooning/NNP ,/, architect/NN Le/NNP Corbusier/NNP ,/, Neoplasticist/NNP Piet/NNP Mondrian/NNP ,/, photographer/NN Man/NNP Ray/NNP ,/, Impressionist/JJ Claude/NNP Monet/NNP ,/, and/CC "/" probably/RB the/DT most/RBS influential/JJ "/" Henri/NNP Matisse/NNP ./.
The/DT unusual/JJ picks/NNS include/VBP Robert/NNP Smithson/NNP and/CC Donald/NNP Judd/NNP ./.
Surprising/NNP omissions/NNS :/: Mark/NNP Rothko/NNP and/CC Alexander/NNP Calder/NNP ./.
Time/NNP and/CC Newsweek/NNP ,/, May/NNP 10/CD
The/DT newsweeklies/NNS '/POS cover/NN packages/NNS pander/NN to/TO anxious/JJ parents/NNS ./.
Newsweek/NNP shows/VBZ them/PRP "/" the/DT secret/JJ life/NN of/IN teens/NNS ,/, "/" while/IN Time/NNP tells/VBZ them/PRP how/WRB to/TO protect/VB Web-surfing/NNP kids/NNS from/IN online/NN perils/NNS ./.
Newsweek/NNP 's/POS paranoid/JJ cover/NN package/NN (/( "/" it/PRP 's/VBZ Lord/NNP of/IN the/DT Flies/NNP on/IN a/DT vast/JJ scale/NN "/" )/) urges/VBZ early/JJ childhood/NN intervention/NN for/IN difficult/JJ toddlers/NNS and/CC "/" zero/CD tolerance/NN for/IN bullies/VBZ ./.
"/" Time/NNP 's/POS cover/NN instructs/VBZ parents/NNS to/TO check/VB the/DT ratings/NNS listed/VBN on/IN video/NN game/NN boxes/NNS ,/, block/VB offensive/JJ content/NN on/IN their/PRP$ computers/NNS ,/, and/CC click/NN the/DT "/" history/NN "/" button/NN on/IN their/PRP$ browser/NN to/TO see/VB where/WRB their/PRP$ kids/NNS have/VBP been/VBN ./.
A/DT handy/JJ foldout/NN "/" quality/NN meter/NN "/" rates/NNS games/NNS and/CC Internet/NN sites/NNS ./.
(/( Any/DT 12/CD -/: year-old/JJ could/MD predict/VB the/DT results/NNS :/: educational/JJ software/NN gets/VBZ a/DT "/" wholesome/JJ "/" ;/: sex/NN and/CC hate/VBP sites/NNS are/VBP "/" gruesome/JJ ./.
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Tipper/NNP Gore/NNP beseeches/NNS Time/NNP readers/NNS to/TO attend/VB to/TO youngsters/NNS '/POS mental/JJ health/NN (/( "/" If/IN we/PRP knew/VBD a/DT child/NN had/VBD a/DT broken/VBN arm/NN ,/, we/PRP would/MD take/VB that/DT child/NN to/TO an/DT emergency/NN room/NN ./.
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Time/NN reports/NNS that/IN lawyers/NNS are/VBP already/RB cozying/VBG up/RP to/TO the/DT parents/NNS of/IN slain/VBN Columbine/NNP High/NNP students/NNS ./.
Possible/JJ litigation/NN targets/NNS :/: the/DT killers/NNS '/POS parents/NNS and/CC the/DT local/JJ police/NN ./.
Parents/NNS of/IN the/DT children/NNS killed/VBN in/IN West/NNP Paducah/NNP ,/, Ky/NNP ./.
,/, have/VBP already/RB filed/VBN suit/NN against/IN the/DT producers/NNS of/IN The/DT Basketball/NNP Diaries/NNP ,/, the/DT film/NN said/VBD to/TO have/VB inspired/VBN the/DT rampage/NN there/RB ./.
U/NNP ./.
S/NNP ./.
News/NNP &/CC World/NNP Report/NNP ,/, May/NNP 10/CD
An/DT article/NN asserts/VBZ that/IN Yugoslav/NNP President/NNP Slobodan/NNP Milosevic/NNP ,/, supported/VBN by/IN a/DT network/NN of/IN student/NN volunteers/NNS ,/, is/VBZ winning/VBG an/DT Internet/NN propaganda/NN war/NN ./.
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In/IN contrast/NN ,/, a/DT Pentagon/NNP official/NN says/VBZ that/IN American/JJ anti-/NN Serb/NNP radio/NN programming/NN reaches/VBZ "/" an/DT area/NN the/DT size/NN of/IN my/PRP$ desk/NN ./.
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S/NNP ./.
News/NNP becomes/VBZ the/DT latest/JJS publication/NN to/TO warn/VB about/IN the/DT declining/VBG effectiveness/NN of/IN antibiotics/NNS ./.
Some/DT are/VBP prescribed/VBN so/RB heavily/RB that/IN bacteria/NNS are/VBP growing/VBG resistant/JJ to/TO them/PRP ./.
Children/NNP ,/, more/RBR susceptible/JJ to/TO microbes/NNS than/IN adults/NNS ,/, are/VBP in/IN the/DT most/JJS danger/NN ./.
The/DT New/NNP Yorker/NNP ,/, May/NNP 10/CD
A/DT piece/NN describes/VBZ how/WRB the/DT dog/NN genome/NN is/VBZ being/VBG combed/VBN for/IN clues/NNS about/IN human/JJ genetic/JJ diseases/NNS ./.
Because/IN dogs/NNS are/VBP deliberately/RB inbred/JJ ,/, genetic/JJ diseases/NNS are/VBP easier/JJR to/TO isolate/VB and/CC track/VB ./.
One/CD researcher--aided/JJ by/IN a/DT team/NN of/IN 27/CD sleepy/JJ Doberman/NNP pinschers--has/JJ already/RB targeted/VBD the/DT gene/NN for/IN narcolepsy/NN ./.
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An/DT article/NN profiles/NNS J/NNP ./.
S/NNP ./.
G/NNP ./.
Boggs/NNP ,/, an/DT artist/NN whose/WP$ medium/NN is/VBZ counterfeited/JJ money/NN ./.
Boggs/NNP creates/VBZ exquisite/JJ mockups/NNS of/IN real/JJ bills/NNS and/CC convinces/VBZ his/PRP$ patrons/NNS to/TO use/VB them/PRP as/IN real/JJ cash/NN ./.
He/PRP claims/VBZ to/TO have/VB "/" spent/VBN "/" upward/RB of/IN $/$ 1/CD million/CD in/IN drawn/VBN money/NN ./.
He/PRP has/VBZ been/VBN exonerated/VBN on/IN counterfeiting/VBG charges/NNS in/IN Britain/NNP ,/, Australia/NNP ,/, and/CC the/DT United/NNP States/NNPS ./.
Weekly/NNP Standard/NNP ,/, May/NNP 10/CD
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Her/PRP$ death/NN is/VBZ called/VBN a/DT divinely/RB ordained/VBN act/NN ,/, intended/VBN to/TO inspire/VB others/NNS to/TO spread/VB the/DT gospel/NN ./.
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A/DT piece/NN lauds/NNS Al/NNP Gore/NNP 's/POS response/NN to/TO the/DT Littleton/NNP shooting/VBG ./.
He/PRP has/VBZ become/VBN a/DT "/" born-again/JJ Hollywood/NNP basher/NN "/" and/CC was/VBD the/DT only/RB presidential/JJ candidate/NN to/TO deliver/VB a/DT compelling/JJ moral/JJ response/NN to/TO the/DT shooting/VBG ./.
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An/DT article/NN reminds/VBZ readers/NNS that/IN the/DT next/JJ president/NN will/MD likely/RB fill/VB three/CD Supreme/NNP Court/NNP seats/NNS ./.
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An/DT editorial/NN berates/NNS congressional/JJ Republicans/NNPS for/IN last/JJ week/NN 's/POS "/" deeply/RB irresponsible/JJ "/" isolationist/NN votes/NNS on/IN Kosovo/NNP ./.
"/" I/PRP mean/VBP ,/, really/RB ,/, it/PRP seem/VBP like/IN everybody/NN and/CC they/PRP momma/NN done/VBN had/VBD something/NN to/TO say/VB on/IN the/DT subject/NN !/.
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,/, school/NN board/NN ./.
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L/NNP ./.
Dillard/NNP 's/POS Black/NNP English/NNP (/( 1973/CD )/) ./.
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The/DT central/JJ pedagogical/JJ problems/NNS (/( low/JJ achievement/NN by/IN large/JJ numbers/NNS of/IN black/JJ students/NNS ,/, and/CC how/WRB to/TO reach/VB these/DT students/NNS )/) ,/, the/DT scholarly/JJ arguments/NNS (/( how/WRB should/MD Black/NNP English/NNP be/VB characterized/VBN ?/.
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18/CD ,/, 1996/CD ,/, the/DT Oakland/NNP Unified/NNP School/NNP District/NNP unanimously/RB endorsed/VBD a/DT resolution/NN whose/WP$ ulterior/NN intentions/NNS remain/VBP unclear/JJ ,/, but/CC which/WDT ,/, at/IN the/DT very/RB least/JJS ,/, declares/VBZ that/IN the/DT "/" primary/JJ language/NN "/" spoken/VBN by/IN many/JJ of/IN its/PRP$ 28/CD ,/, 000/CD black/JJ students/NNS is/VBZ not/RB English/NNP ./.
It/PRP is/VBZ a/DT distinct/JJ language--not/JJ a/DT dialect/NN ,/, not/RB nonstandard/NN speech--called/JJ "/" ebonics/NNS "/" (/( a/DT combination/NN of/IN "/" ebony/NN ,/, "/" meaning/VBG "/" black/JJ ,/, "/" and/CC "/" phonics/NNS "/" )/) ./.
The/DT resolution/NN asserts/VBZ that/IN deficiencies/NNS in/IN black/JJ educational/JJ achievement/NN cannot/NN be/VB remedied/VBN unless/IN the/DT prevalence/NN of/IN ebonics/NNS is/VBZ recognized/VBN and/CC somehow/RB dealt/VBN with/IN ./.
What/WP might/MD "/" somehow/RB dealt/VBN with/IN "/" involve/VB ?/.
Representatives/NNS for/IN the/DT Oakland/NNP schools/NNS have/VBP given/VBN answers/NNS that/WDT sometimes/RB conflict/NN with/IN the/DT wording/NN of/IN the/DT resolution/NN itself/PRP on/IN such/JJ issues/NNS as/IN whether/IN ebonics/NNS would/MD or/CC should/MD be/VB a/DT language/NN used/VBN in/IN formal/JJ instruction/NN (/( as/IN opposed/VBN to/TO something/NN that/IN teachers/NNS simply/RB should/MD be/VB given/VBN financial/JJ incentives/NNS to/TO be/VB aware/JJ of/IN and/CC conversant/NN in/IN )/) ;/: whether/IN ebonics/NNS would/MD itself/PRP be/VB taught/VBN as/IN a/DT subject/JJ ;/: and/CC whether/IN claiming/VBG the/DT status/NN of/IN a/DT distinct/JJ language/NN for/IN ebonics/NNS was/VBD ,/, in/IN fact/NN ,/, a/DT ploy/NN to/TO shake/VB loose/JJ federal/JJ bilingual-education/JJ dollars/NNS (/( an/DT outcome/NN immediately/RB ruled/VBD out/IN by/IN Richard/NNP W/NNP ./.
Riley/NNP ,/, the/DT secretary/NN of/IN education/NN )/) ./.
Needless/JJ to/TO say/VB ,/, the/DT confrontational/JJ language/NN of/IN the/DT Oakland/NNP resolution/NN ,/, and/CC the/DT ill-advised/JJ statement/NN that/IN ebonics/NNS is/VBZ "/" genetically/RB based/VBN ,/, "/" did/VBD nothing/NN to/TO stifle/VB criticism/NN ./.
(/( Click/NNP to/TO read/VB the/DT full/JJ text/NN of/IN the/DT resolution/NN ./.
)/) The/DT educational/JJ politics/NNS of/IN this/DT issue/NN will/MD no/DT doubt/VB play/VB themselves/PRP out/IN in/IN the/DT usual/JJ messy/NN American/JJ way--and/JJ ,/, with/IN luck/NN ,/, they/PRP will/MD do/VB so/RB beyond/IN the/DT glare/NN of/IN publicity/NN (/( that/IN being/VBG where/WRB experimental/JJ educational/JJ programs/NNS that/WDT involve/VBP the/DT inner-city/JJ vernacular/NN but/CC avoid/VB the/DT manifestos/NNS are/VBP already/RB taking/VBG place/NN )/) ./.
Two/CD points/NNS deserve/VBP mention/VB ./.
First/LS ,/, the/DT word/NN "/" ebonics/NNS ,/, "/" which/WDT dates/NNS back/RB to/TO the/DT early/JJ 1970/CD s/VBZ and/CC has/VBZ been/VBN used/VBN even/RB in/IN some/DT public-school/JJ settings/NNS without/IN controversy/NN for/IN years/NNS ,/, may/MD seem/VB to/TO be/VB putting/VBG on/IN airs/NNS ,/, but/CC what/WP many/JJ linguists/NNS prefer/VBP to/TO call/VB "/" Black/NNP English/NNP Vernacular/NNP "/" or/CC "/" African-/NNP American/NNP Vernacular/NNP English/NNP "/" is/VBZ a/DT major/JJ linguistic/JJ stream/NN that/WDT has/VBZ been/VBN flowing/VBG within/IN recognizable/JJ channels/NNS for/IN centuries/NNS ./.
(/( Benjamin/NNP Franklin/NNP and/CC ,/, before/IN him/PRP ,/, Cotton/NNP Mather/NNP left/VBD simulations/NNS in/IN their/PRP$ writings/NNS of/IN the/DT speech/NN of/IN some/DT American/JJ blacks/NNPS that/WDT anticipate/VBP vernacular/NN renderings/NNS today/NN ./.
)/) There/EX is/VBZ ,/, of/IN course/NN ,/, no/DT single/JJ "/" Black/NNP English/NNP "/" -/: -/: there/EX are/VBP various/JJ black/JJ Englishes/NNP in/IN Africa/NNP and/CC the/DT Caribbean/NNP ,/, for/IN instance--and/JJ Black/NNP English/NNP Vernacular/NNP is/VBZ not/RB considered/VBN a/DT separate/JJ language/NN by/IN most/JJS language/NN specialists/NNS or/CC ,/, for/IN that/DT matter/NN ,/, ordinary/JJ people/NNS ./.
(/( As/IN one/CD commentator/NN has/VBZ recently/RB noted/VBN ,/, the/DT complaint/NN about/IN rap/NN lyrics/NNS is/VBZ not/RB that/IN they/PRP ca/MD n't/RB be/VB understood/VBN ./.
)/) But/CC the/DT black/JJ American/JJ speech/NN at/IN issue/NN in/IN Oakland--however/NNP one/CD categorizes/NNS it/PRP as/IN a/DT language/NN or/CC a/DT dialect--not/JJ only/RB is/VBZ pervasive/JJ but/CC also/RB displays/VBZ features/NNS that/IN one/CD finds/VBZ nationwide/JJ ,/, owing/VBG to/TO its/PRP$ roots/NNS in/IN the/DT black/JJ migration/NN from/IN a/DT common/JJ region/NN ,/, the/DT South/NNP ./.
There/EX are/VBP telltale/JJ characteristics/NNS ,/, widely/RB if/IN not/RB universally/RB present/JJ :/: the/DT replacement/NN of/IN an/DT initial/JJ "/" th/NN "/" with/IN a/DT "/" d/SYM "/" sound/NN (/( "/" dis/NNS ,/, "/" "/" dem/NN "/" )/) and/CC of/IN a/DT medial/NN or/CC final/JJ "/" th/NN "/" by/IN an/DT "/" f/SYM "/" or/CC other/JJ consonant/JJ sound/NN (/( "/" with/IN "/" becomes/VBZ "/" wif/NN ,/, "/" "/" brother/NN "/" becomes/VBZ "/" bruvah/NN "/" )/) ;/: a/DT reduction/NN of/IN consonant/JJ clusters/NNS in/IN general/JJ (/( so/IN that/IN "/" first/JJ "/" becomes/VBZ "/" firs/NNS "/" and/CC "/" hand/NN "/" becomes/VBZ "/" han/NN "/" )/) ;/: the/DT replacement/NN of/IN a/DT final/JJ "/" r/LS "/" sound/NN with/IN a/DT vowel/NN sound/NN (/( "/" summah/NN "/" for/IN "/" summer/NN "/" and/CC "/" mo/NN "/" for/IN "/" more/JJR "/" )/) ;/: the/DT prevalence/NN of/IN so-called/JJ plosive/JJ consonants/NNS (/( making/VBG a/DT word/NN such/JJ as/IN "/" bill/NN "/" sound/NN more/RBR like/IN "/" beel/NN "/" )/) ;/: the/DT placement/NN of/IN stress/NN on/IN a/DT first/JJ ,/, rather/RB than/IN a/DT second/NN ,/, syllable/NN (/( "/" DEE-troit/NNP "/" )/) ;/: the/DT disappearance/NN of/IN the/DT final/JJ "/" s/VBZ "/" from/IN third-person/JJ singular/NN verbs/NNS (/( "/" what/WP go/VB '/POS round/NN ,/, come/VB '/POS round/NN "/" )/) ;/: the/DT dropping/VBG of/IN the/DT copula/NN (/( "/" I/PRP here/RB ,/, "/" "/" the/DT coffee/NN cold/JJ "/" )/) and/CC of/IN certain/JJ tense/JJ inflections/NNS altogether/RB ./.
The/DT ancestry/NN of/IN vernacular/NN elements/NNS such/JJ as/IN these/DT is/VBZ diverse/JJ and/CC includes/VBZ antique/JJ forms/NNS of/IN English/NNP and/CC slave-trade-era/JJ maritime/NN lingua/NN franca/NN ,/, but/CC an/DT African/JJ origin/NN for/IN many/JJ of/IN them/PRP has/VBZ been/VBN persuasively/RB argued/VBN for/IN ./.
West/NNP African/JJ languages/NNS ,/, to/TO give/VB just/RB one/CD example/NN ,/, also/RB tend/VBP not/RB to/TO make/VB use/NN of/IN a/DT "/" th/NN "/" sound/NN ./.
Second/JJ ,/, disagree/VBP as/IN one/PRP might/MD with/IN the/DT highhanded/JJ approach/NN taken/VBN by/IN the/DT Oakland/NNP Unified/NNP School/NNP District/NNP ,/, the/DT linguistic/JJ challenge/NN confronting/VBG urban/JJ schools/NNS defies/VBZ armchair/NN comprehension/NN ./.
Discussions/NNP around/IN the/DT holiday/NN dinner/NN table/NN in/IN Greenwich/NNP or/CC Grosse/NNP Pointe/NNP may/MD characterize/VB ebonics/NNS as/IN an/DT issue/NN mainly/RB of/IN laziness/NNS or/CC sloppiness--something/JJ whose/WP$ rectification/NN should/MD be/VB a/DT matter/NN merely/RB of/IN better/JJR habits/NNS or/CC self-control/NN ,/, like/IN standing/NN up/RB straight/JJ or/CC looking/VBG another/DT person/NN in/IN the/DT eye/NN ./.
The/DT front-line/JJ literature/NN from/IN America/NNP 's/POS classrooms/NNS belies/NNS that/WDT notion/NN ./.
Those/DT interested/JJ in/IN acquiring/VBG some/DT (/( sanitized/VBN )/) sense/NN of/IN how/WRB great/JJ is/VBZ the/DT task--even/JJ in/IN the/DT absence/NN of/IN any/DT other/JJ social/JJ problems--that/JJ faces/VBZ a/DT teacher/NN wishing/VBG to/TO impart/VB mainstream/NN speaking/NN and/CC writing/VBG skills/NNS to/TO black/JJ students/NNS who/WP do/VBP n't/RB have/VB them/PRP might/MD consult/VB the/DT soon-to-be-published/JJ English/NNP :/: An/DT African-/NNP American/NNP Handbook--/NNP A/DT Guide/NNP to/TO the/DT Mastery/NNP of/IN Speaking/NNP More/JJR and/CC Better/NNP English/NNP ,/, by/IN Savannah/NNP Miller/NNP Young/NNP ,/, a/DT black/JJ elementary-school/JJ principal/NN in/IN St/NNP ./.
Louis/NNP ./.
(/( The/DT book/NN will/MD be/VB available/JJ in/IN mid-/NN January/NNP ./.
Address/NNP queries/NNS to/TO P/NN ./.
O/NNP ./.
Box/NNP 11704/CD ,/, Clayton/NNP ,/, MO/NNP 631005/CD -/: 3098/CD ./.
)/) After/IN several/JJ brief/JJ introductory/JJ chapters/NNS ,/, the/DT book/NN settles/VBZ into/IN a/DT detailed/VBN program/NN of/IN lessons/NNS and/CC drills/NNS ./.
The/DT therapeutic/JJ lesson/NN plan/NN I/PRP suggest/VBP for/IN speakers/NNS of/IN standard/JJ American/NNP English/NNP :/: Imagine/VB what/WP would/MD be/VB involved/VBN in/IN undertaking/VBG this/DT program/NN yourself/PRP ,/, in/IN reverse/NN ./.
William/NNP Labov/NNP ,/, a/DT professor/NN of/IN linguistics/NNS at/IN the/DT University/NNP of/IN Pennsylvania/NNP and/CC the/DT author/NN of/IN an/DT early/JJ study/NN ,/, The/DT Social/NNP Stratification/NNP of/IN English/NNP in/IN New/NNP York/NNP (/( 1966/CD )/) ,/, has/VBZ been/VBN arguing/VBG for/IN years/NNS that/IN ,/, whatever/WDT its/PRP$ original/JJ sources/NNS ,/, the/DT language/NN of/IN poor/JJ ,/, urban/JJ blacks/NNS is/VBZ becoming/VBG ever/RB more/RBR divergent/JJ from/IN that/DT of/IN other/JJ Americans/NNPS ,/, as/IN de/IN facto/FW racial/JJ segregation/NN and/CC social/JJ isolation/NN become/VBP the/DT permanent/JJ lot/NN of/IN a/DT vast/JJ subgroup/NN of/IN African/NNP Americans/NNPS ./.
The/DT widespread/JJ use/NN of/IN the/DT so-called/JJ invariant/NN "/" be/VB "/" to/TO indicate/VB continuous/JJ or/CC habitual/NN action/NN (/( "/" he/PRP be/VB late/JJ "/" )/) ,/, for/IN instance/NN ,/, is/VBZ not/RB a/DT historical/JJ legacy/NN but/CC a/DT development/NN of/IN the/DT last/JJ 50/CD years/NNS ./.
"/" Ebonics/NNP "/" may/MD not/RB merit/VB the/DT status/NN of/IN a/DT distinct/JJ language/NN now/RB ,/, his/PRP$ research/NN seems/VBZ to/TO imply--but/JJ just/RB give/VB it/PRP time/NN ./.
Every/DT time/NN the/DT United/NNP States/NNPS goes/VBZ into/IN battle/NN ,/, anti-war/JJ activists/NNS blame/VBP the/DT causes/NNS and/CC casualties/NNS of/IN the/DT conflict/NN on/IN the/DT U/NNP ./.
S/NNP ./.
government/NN ./.
They/PRP excuse/NN the/DT enemy/NN regime/NN 's/POS aggression/NN and/CC insist/VBP that/IN it/PRP can/MD be/VB trusted/VBN to/TO negotiate/VB and/CC honor/VB a/DT fair/JJ resolution/NN ./.
While/IN doing/VBG everything/NN they/PRP can/MD to/TO hamstring/VB the/DT American/JJ administration/NN 's/POS ability/NN to/TO wage/VB the/DT war/NN ,/, they/PRP argue/VBP that/IN the/DT war/NN can/MD never/RB be/VB won/VBN ,/, that/IN the/DT administration/NN 's/POS claims/NNS to/TO the/DT contrary/JJ are/VBP lies/VBZ ,/, and/CC that/IN the/DT United/NNP States/NNPS should/MD trim/VB its/PRP$ absurd/JJ demands/NNS and/CC bug/NN out/IN with/IN whatever/WDT face-saving/JJ deal/NN it/PRP can/MD get/VB ./.
In/IN past/JJ wars/NNS ,/, Republicans/NNPS accused/VBD these/DT domestic/JJ opponents/NNS of/IN sabotaging/VBG American/JJ morale/NN and/CC aiding/VBG the/DT enemy/NN ./.
But/CC in/IN this/DT war/NN ,/, Republicans/NNPS are/VBP n't/RB bashing/VBG the/DT anti-war/JJ movement/NN ./.
They/PRP 're/VBP leading/VBG it/PRP ./.
Last/JJ weekend/NN ,/, three/CD of/IN the/DT top/JJ five/CD Republicans/NNPS in/IN Congress--/NNP Senate/NNP Majority/NNP Leader/NNP Trent/NNP Lott/NNP of/IN Mississippi/NNP ,/, Senate/NNP Majority/NNP Whip/NNP Don/NNP Nickles/NNP of/IN Oklahoma/NNP ,/, and/CC House/NNP Majority/NNP Whip/NNP Tom/NNP DeLay/NNP of/IN Texas--went/NNP on/IN television/NN to/TO discuss/VB the/DT war/NN ./.
Here/RB 's/POS what/WP they/PRP said/VBD ./.
1/LS ./.
The/DT atrocities/NNS are/VBP America/NNP 's/POS fault/NN ./.
"/" Once/RB the/DT bombing/NN commenced/VBD ,/, I/PRP think/VBP then/RB [/( Slobodan/NNP ]/) Milosevic/NNP unleashed/VBD his/PRP$ forces/NNS ,/, and/CC then/RB that/DT 's/VBZ when/WRB the/DT slaughtering/VBG and/CC the/DT massive/JJ ethnic/JJ cleansing/NN really/RB started/VBD ,/, "/" Nickles/NNP said/VBD at/IN a/DT news/NN conference/NN after/IN appearing/VBG on/IN Meet/NNP the/DT Press/NNP ./.
"/" The/DT administration/NN 's/POS campaign/NN has/VBZ been/VBN a/DT disaster/NN ./.
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[/NN It/PRP ]/) escalated/VBD a/DT guerrilla/NN warfare/NN into/IN a/DT real/JJ war/NN ,/, and/CC the/DT real/JJ losers/NNS are/VBP the/DT Kosovars/NNP and/CC innocent/JJ civilians/NNS ./.
"/" On/IN Fox/NNP News/NNP Sunday/NNP ,/, DeLay/NNP blamed/VBD the/DT ethnic/JJ cleansing/NN on/IN U/NNP ./.
S/NNP ./.
intervention/NN ./.
"/" Clinton/NNP 's/POS bombing/NN campaign/NN has/VBZ caused/VBN all/DT of/IN these/DT problems/NNS to/TO explode/VB ,/, "/" DeLay/NNP charged/VBD in/IN a/DT House/NNP floor/NN speech/NN replayed/JJ on/IN Late/RB Edition/NNP ./.
2/LS ./.
The/DT failure/NN of/IN diplomacy/NN to/TO avert/VB the/DT war/NN is/VBZ America/NNP 's/POS fault/NN ./.
"/" I/PRP had/VBD doubts/NNS about/IN the/DT bombing/NN campaign/NN from/IN the/DT beginning/NN ,/, "/" Lott/NNP offered/VBD on/IN Late/RB Edition/NNP ./.
"/" I/PRP did/VBD n't/RB think/VB we/PRP had/VBD done/VBN enough/RB in/IN the/DT diplomatic/JJ area/NN ./.
"/" Nickles/NNP called/VBD NATO/NNP 's/POS prewar/NN peace/NN proposal/NN to/TO the/DT Serbs/NNP "/" a/DT very/RB arrogant/JJ agreement/NN "/" that/IN "/" really/RB caused/VBD this/DT thing/NN to/TO escalate/VB ./.
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3/LS ./.
Congress/NNP should/MD not/RB support/VB the/DT war/NN ./.
When/WRB asked/VBD whether/IN they/PRP would/MD authorize/VB Clinton/NNP "/" to/TO use/VB all/DT necessary/JJ force/NN to/TO win/VB this/DT war/NN ,/, including/VBG ground/NN troops/NNS ,/, "/" Lott/NNP and/CC Nickles/NNP -/: -/: who/WP had/VBD voted/VBN a/DT month/NN ago/RB ,/, along/IN with/IN 70/CD percent/NN of/IN the/DT Senate/NNP GOP/NNP ,/, not/RB to/TO support/VB the/DT NATO/NNP air/NN campaign--said/JJ they/PRP would/MD n't/RB ./.
Nickles/NNP questioned/VBD the/DT propriety/NN of/IN "/" NATO/NNP 's/POS objectives/NNS ,/, "/" calling/VBG its/PRP$ goal/NN of/IN "/" access/NN to/TO all/DT of/IN Serbia/NNP ./.
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ludicrous/JJ ./.
"/" DeLay/NNP ,/, meanwhile/RB ,/, voted/VBD not/RB only/RB against/IN last/JJ week/NN 's/POS House/NNP resolution/NN authorizing/VBG Clinton/NNP to/TO conduct/VB the/DT air/NN war--which/JJ failed/VBD on/IN a/DT tie/NN vote--but/JJ also/RB in/IN favor/NN of/IN legislation/NN "/" directing/VBG the/DT president/NN ./.
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to/TO remove/VB U/NNP ./.
S/NNP ./.
Armed/NNP Forces/NNPS from/IN their/PRP$ positions/NNS in/IN connection/NN with/IN the/DT present/JJ operations/NNS against/IN the/DT Federal/NNP Republic/NNP of/IN Yugoslavia/NNP ./.
"/" When/WRB asked/VBD whether/IN he/PRP had/VBD lobbied/VBN his/PRP$ colleagues/NNS to/TO defeat/VB the/DT resolution/NN authorizing/VBG the/DT air/NN war/NN ,/, as/IN had/VBD been/VBN reported/VBN ,/, DeLay/NNP conceded/VBD that/IN he/PRP had/VBD "/" talked/VBN to/TO a/DT couple/NN of/IN members/NNS during/IN the/DT vote/NN "/" but/CC claimed/VBD not/RB to/TO have/VB swayed/VBN anyone/NN since/IN it/PRP was/VBD "/" a/DT vote/NN of/IN conscience/NN ./.
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4/LS ./.
We/PRP ca/MD n't/RB win/VB ./.
"/" I/PRP do/VBP n't/RB know/VB that/IN Milosevic/NNP will/MD ever/RB raise/VB a/DT white/JJ flag/NN ,/, "/" warned/VBD Nickles/NNP ./.
DeLay/NNP agreed/VBD :/: "/" He/PRP 's/VBZ stronger/JJR in/IN Kosovo/NNP now/RB than/IN he/PRP was/VBD before/IN the/DT bombing/NN ./.
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The/DT Serbian/NNP people/NNS are/VBP rallying/VBG around/IN him/PRP like/VBP never/RB before/RB ./.
He/PRP 's/VBZ much/RB stronger/JJR with/IN his/PRP$ allies/NNS ,/, Russians/NNPS and/CC others/NNS ./.
"/" Clinton/NNP "/" has/VBZ no/DT plan/NN for/IN the/DT end/NN "/" and/CC "/" recognizes/VBZ that/IN Milosevic/NNP will/MD still/RB be/VB in/IN power/NN ,/, "/" added/VBD DeLay/NNP ./.
"/" The/DT bombing/NN was/VBD a/DT mistake/NN ./.
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And/CC this/DT president/NN ought/MD to/TO show/VB some/DT leadership/NN and/CC admit/VB it/PRP ,/, and/CC come/VB to/TO some/DT sort/NN of/IN negotiated/VBN end/NN ./.
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5/LS ./.
Do/VBP n't/RB believe/VB U/NNP ./.
S/NNP ./.
propaganda/NN ./.
On/IN Meet/NNP the/DT Press/NNP ,/, Defense/NNP Secretary/NNP William/NNP Cohen/NNP argued/VBD that/IN Yugoslavia/NNP had/VBD underestimated/VBN NATO/NNP 's/POS resolve/NN more/JJR than/IN NATO/NNP had/VBD underestimated/VBN Yugoslavia/NNP 's/POS ,/, and/CC Joint/NNP Chiefs/NNPS vice/NN chairman/NN Gen/NNP ./.
Joseph/NNP Ralston/NNP asserted/VBD that/IN Milosevic/NNP "/" had/VBD already/RB started/VBN his/PRP$ campaign/NN of/IN killing/VBG "/" before/IN NATO/NNP intervened/VBD ./.
Nickles/NNP dismissed/VBD both/DT arguments/NNS ./.
"/" This/DT war/NN is/VBZ not/RB going/VBG well/RB ,/, "/" he/PRP declared/VBD ./.
"/" I/PRP heard/VBD Secretary/NNP Cohen/NNP say/VBP ,/, '/" Well/RB ,/, Milosevic/NNP miscalculated/VBD how/WRB ,/, you/PRP know/VBP ,/, steadfast/JJ we/PRP would/MD be/VB in/IN the/DT bombing/NN campaign/NN ./.
'/POS But/CC frankly/RB ./.
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we/PRP grossly/RB miscalculated/VBD what/WP Milosevic/NNP 's/POS response/NN would/MD be/VB ./.
"/" Later/RB ,/, Nickles/NNP volunteered/VBD ,/, "/" I/PRP would/MD take/VB a/DT little/JJ issue/NN with/IN [/( what/WP ]/) Gen/NNP ./.
Ralston/NNP said/VBD ./.
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The/DT number/NN of/IN killings/NNS prior/RB to/TO the/DT bombing/NN ,/, I/PRP think/VBP ,/, has/VBZ been/VBN exaggerated/JJ ./.
"/" Moreover/RB ,/, given/VBN NATO/NNP 's/POS desperate/JJ need/VBP to/TO "/" bring/VB Milosevic/NNP to/TO the/DT table/NN ,/, "/" DeLay/NNP cautioned/VBD ,/, "/" It/PRP is/VBZ not/RB helpful/JJ for/IN the/DT president/NN 's/POS spin/NN machine/NN to/TO be/VB out/IN there/EX right/RB now/RB saying/VBG that/IN Milosevic/NNP is/VBZ weakening/VBG ./.
"/" The/DT truth/NN ,/, said/VBD DeLay/NNP ,/, is/VBZ that/IN "/" nothing/NN has/VBZ changed/VBN ./.
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6/CD ./.
Give/VB peace/NN a/DT chance/NN ./.
Cohen/NNP said/VBD it/PRP was/VBD "/" highly/RB unlikely/JJ "/" that/IN Clinton/NNP would/MD meet/VB with/IN Milosevic/NNP in/IN response/NN to/TO Yugoslavia/NNP 's/POS release/NN of/IN the/DT three/CD captured/VBN American/JJ soldiers/NNS over/IN the/DT weekend/NN ,/, since/IN the/DT Serbs/NNP were/VBD continuing/VBG their/PRP$ atrocities/NNS and/CC were/VBD n't/RB offering/NN to/TO meet/VB NATO/NNP 's/POS conditions/NNS ./.
DeLay/NNP called/VBD this/DT refusal/NN "/" really/RB disappointing/JJ "/" and/CC a/DT failure/NN of/IN "/" leadership/NN ./.
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The/DT president/NN ought/MD to/TO open/VB up/RP negotiations/NNS and/CC come/VB to/TO some/DT sort/NN of/IN diplomatic/JJ end/NN ./.
"/" Lott/NNP implored/JJ Clinton/NNP to/TO "/" give/VB peace/NN a/DT chance/NN "/" and/CC ,/, comparing/VBG the/DT war/NN with/IN the/DT recent/JJ Colorado/NNP high-school/NN shootings/NNS ,/, urged/VBD him/PRP to/TO resolve/VB the/DT Kosovo/NNP conflict/NN with/IN "/" words/NNS ,/, not/RB weapons/NNS ./.
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7/CD ./.
We/PRP have/VBP no/DT choice/NN but/CC to/TO compromise/VB ./.
Unless/IN Clinton/NNP finds/VBZ "/" a/DT way/NN to/TO get/VB the/DT bombing/NN stopped/VBD "/" and/CC to/TO "/" get/VB Milosevic/NNP to/TO pull/VB back/RB his/PRP$ troops/NNS "/" voluntarily/RB ,/, NATO/NNP faces/VBZ "/" a/DT quagmire/NN ./.
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a/DT long/JJ ,/, protracted/JJ ,/, bloody/JJ war/NN ,/, "/" warned/VBD Lott/NNP ./.
Clinton/NNP "/" only/RB has/VBZ two/CD choices/NNS ,/, "/" said/VBD DeLay--to/NNP "/" occupy/VB Yugoslavia/NNP and/CC take/VB Milosevic/NNP out/IN "/" or/CC "/" to/TO negotiate/VB some/DT sort/NN of/IN diplomatic/JJ end/NN ,/, diplomatic/JJ agreement/NN in/IN order/NN to/TO end/VB this/DT failed/VBN policy/NN ./.
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8/CD ./.
We/PRP 're/VBP eager/JJ to/TO compromise/VB ./.
NATO/NNP has/VBZ insisted/VBN all/DT along/IN that/DT Milosevic/NNP must/MD allow/VB a/DT well-armed/JJ international/JJ force/NN in/IN Kosovo/NNP to/TO protect/VB the/DT ethnic/JJ Albanians/NNS ./.
When/WRB asked/VBD whether/IN "/" the/DT administration/NN ought/MD to/TO insist/VB "/" that/IN these/DT requirements/NNS "/" be/VB met/VBN "/" as/IN a/DT condition/NN of/IN negotiation/NN ,/, DeLay/NNP twice/RB ducked/JJ the/DT question/NN ./.
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(/( Here/RB is/VBZ the/DT official/NN site/NN ./.
And/CC a/DT recent/JJ "/" Summary/NNP Judgment/NNP "/" has/VBZ an/DT item/NN on/IN Hugo/NNP chic/JJ ./.
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Summer/NNPS Movie/NNP Roundup/NNP ./.
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Television/NNP
Newsmagazine/NNP Roundup/NNP ./.
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Theater/NNP
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are/VBP the/DT dashboard/NN statuettes/NNS and/CC the/DT black/JJ velvet/NN portraits/NNS ,/, "/" says/VBZ Time/NNP 's/POS Walter/NNP Kirn/NNP ./.
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N/NNP ./.
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"/" Hmmm/NNP ./.
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1/LS ./.
"/" In/IN a/DT decision/NN that/WDT will/MD help/VB AT/NNP &/CC T/NN expand/VB its/PRP$ national/JJ cable/NN reach/NN ,/, the/DT FCC/NNP affirmed/VBD an/DT old/JJ rule/NN limiting/VBG any/DT one/CD company/NN from/IN serving/VBG more/JJR than/IN 30/CD percent/NN of/IN all/DT cable/NN households/NNS ,/, but/CC changed/VBD its/PRP$ definition/NN of/IN '/POS cable/NN households/NNS '/POS so/IN that/IN any/DT one/CD company/NN can/MD now/RB serve/VB 36/CD percent/NN of/IN the/DT market/NN ./.
Is/VBZ this/DT what/WP they/PRP call/VBP quantum/NN math/NN ?/.
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Oddly/RB ,/, the/DT Bronx/NNP cheers/NNS that/WDT have/VBP greeted/VBN recent/JJ megamergers/NNS in/IN the/DT telecommunications/NNS industry/NN were/VBD absent/JJ when/WRB this/DT deal/NN was/VBD announced/VBN ./.
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"/" This/DT is/VBZ from/IN a/DT full-page/JJ Intel/NNP ad/NN in/IN the/DT Wall/NNP Street/NNP Journal/NNP (/( punctuation/NN duplicated/VBN exactly/RB )/) :/: '/POS from/IN a/DT dedicated/VBN oc/NN 48/CD fiber/NN optic/JJ ring/NN that/WDT can/MD to/TO scale/VB to/TO oc/NN 192/CD ,/, providing/VBG network/NN connectivity/NN to/TO multiple/JJ carriers/NNS ./.
to/TO as/RB many/JJ as/IN 10/CD ,/, 000/CD stacked/VBN servers/NNS ./.
'/POS It/PRP 's/VBZ like/IN e/SYM ./.
e/SYM ./.
cummings/NNS meets/VBZ the/DT biggest/JJS geek/NN in/IN the/DT world/NN ./.
And/CC hey/UH ,/, what/WP about/IN oc/NN 193/CD ,/, anyway/RB ?/.
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4/LS ./.
"/" Least/NNP surprising/JJ headline/NN of/IN the/DT week/NN :/: '/POS Steelmakers/NNS Are/VBP Expected/NNP To/TO Post/NNP Weak/NNP Results/NNS ./.
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5/LS ./.
"/" Shares/NNS in/IN Abercrombie/NNP &/CC Fitch/NNP were/VBD smoked/VBD for/IN a/DT 20/CD percent/NN loss/NN Wednesday/NNP after/IN the/DT company/NN announced/VBD that/IN its/PRP$ same-store/CD sales/NNS for/IN the/DT most/RBS recent/JJ quarter/NN would/MD come/VB in/IN slightly/RB below/IN Wall/NNP Street/NNP expectations/NNS ./.
This/DT came/VBD as/IN something/NN of/IN a/DT shock/NN to/TO Merrill/NNP Lynch/NNP analyst/NN Mark/NNP Friedman/NNP ,/, who/WP Monday/NNP morning/NN boosted/VBD his/PRP$ rating/NN on/IN the/DT stock/NN after/IN company/NN officials/NNS assured/VBD him/PRP that/IN the/DT company/NN was/VBD right/NN on/IN track/NN ./.
I/PRP guess/VBP the/DT company/NN 's/POS sales/NNS on/IN Monday/NNP afternoon/NN and/CC Tuesday/NNP were/VBD just/RB so/RB awful/JJ that/IN they/PRP wrecked/VBD the/DT whole/JJ quarter/NN ./.
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"/" Motorola/NNP agreed/VBD to/TO put/VB America/NNP Online/NNP 's/POS Instant/NNP Messenger/NNP software/NN in/IN its/PRP$ next/JJ generation/NN of/IN cell/NN phones/NNS and/CC pagers/NNS ./.
This/DT is/VBZ the/DT greatest/JJS news/NN I/PRP 've/VBP heard/VBN in/IN months/NNS ./.
Now/RB you/PRP can/MD be/VB hunted/VBN down/RB and/CC annoyed/VBD when/WRB you/PRP 're/VBP offline/NN ,/, too/RB ./.
Thought/NNP not/RB giving/VBG out/RP your/PRP$ cell/NN phone/NN number/NN would/MD keep/VB you/PRP safe/JJ ?/.
Well/RB ,/, in/IN this/DT brave/JJ new/JJ world/NN ,/, if/IN you/PRP have/VBP a/DT screen/NN name/NN ,/, you/PRP 're/VBP fair/JJ game/NN ./.
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"/" Philip/NNP Morris/NNP has/VBZ finally/RB admitted/VBN that/DT smoking/NN does/VBZ cause/VB lung/NN cancer/NN and/CC other/JJ diseases/NNS ./.
Next/JJ ,/, coffee/NN makers/NNS will/MD admit/VB that/DT caffeine/NN makes/VBZ some/DT people/NNS jittery/JJ ,/, and/CC Nabisco/NNP will/MD admit/VB that/DT peanut/NN butter/NN and/CC Ritz/NNP crackers/NNS are/VBP just/RB a/DT match/NN made/VBN in/IN heaven/NN ./.
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Let/VB other/JJ journalists/NNS travel/VBP the/DT world/NN in/IN search/NN of/IN scoops/NNS ./.
My/PRP$ story/NN is/VBZ in/IN the/DT kitchen/NN and/CC the/DT living/VBG room--and/JJ in/IN the/DT toilet/NN ./.
In/IN researching/VBG this/DT piece/NN ,/, I/PRP turned/VBD my/PRP$ apartment/NN into/IN a/DT paper/NN torture/VBP facility/NN as/IN I/PRP compared/VBD the/DT wiping/VBG power/NN of/IN 10/CD brands/NNS of/IN paper/NN towels/NNS ,/, six/CD lines/NNS of/IN facial/JJ tissues/NNS ,/, and/CC 11/CD types/NNS of/IN toilet/NN paper/NN ./.
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Thanks/NNS to/TO late-stage/JJ capitalism/NN ,/, the/DT supermarket/NN shelves/NNS sag/NN with/IN scores/NNS of/IN brands/NNS in/IN the/DT three/CD main/JJ paper/NN categories/NNS ./.
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In/IN picking/VBG the/DT 37/CD contestants/NNS for/IN this/DT survey/NN I/PRP strove/VBD to/TO find/VB representatives/NNS of/IN the/DT three/CD price/NN points--premium/JJ ,/, middle-of-the-road/JJ ,/, and/CC generic--and/JJ to/TO give/VB recycled/VBN and/CC novelty/NN products/NNS an/DT equal/JJ opportunity/NN to/TO impress/VB ./.
All/DT paper--facial/JJ tissues/NNS ,/, writing/VBG paper/NN ,/, newsprint--is/JJ created/VBN equal/JJ ./.
What/WP makes/VBZ "/" sanitary/JJ wiping/VBG paper/NN "/" (/( to/TO use/VB the/DT wonderful/JJ cadences/NNS of/IN marketing-speak/JJ )/) stretchy/NN and/CC absorbent/JJ is/VBZ a/DT process/NN called/VBN "/" creping/VBG "/" :/: A/DT metal/NN blade/NN removes/VBZ the/DT paper/NN as/IN it/PRP dries/NNS from/IN the/DT steel/NN cylinder/NN on/IN which/WDT it/PRP was/VBD formed/VBN ,/, lowering/VBG the/DT paper/NN 's/POS density/NN ./.
The/DT premium/NN wiping/VBG papers/NNS are/VBP also/RB embossed/JJ ,/, which/WDT creates/VBZ pockets/NNS to/TO hold/VB more/JJR "/" moisture/NN ./.
"/" (/( Kimberly-/NNP Clark/NNP 's/POS Web/NNP site/NN boasts/VBZ that/IN "/" On/IN the/DT East/NNP Coast/NNP only/RB ,/, Kleenex/NNP Cottonelle/NNP has/VBZ been/VBN given/VBN a/DT unique/JJ ,/, patented/VBD ,/, gentle/JJ texture/NN that/WDT is/VBZ designed/VBN to/TO give/VB consumers/NNS a/DT clean/VB ,/, fresh/JJ feeling/NN ./.
"/" Apparently/RB ,/, we/PRP hardy/JJ westerners/NNS do/VBP n't/RB deserve/VB such/JJ luxury/NN ./.
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P/NN aper/NN towels/NNS contain/VBP more/RBR fibrous/JJ pulp/NN ./.
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Whereas/IN little/JJ girls/NNS and/CC babies/NNS appear/VBP on/IN toilet/NN paper/NN wrappers/NNS ,/, paper/NN towel/NN packages/NNS depict/VBP beefy/JJ ,/, brawny/JJ guys/NNS ,/, indicating/VBG their/PRP$ toughness/NN ./.
In/IN this/DT category/NN the/DT contestants/NNS were/VBD :/:
Premium/NNP
Bounty/NNP Rinse/NNP &/CC Reuse/NNP
Versatile/NNP Viva/FW
Kleenex/NNP Viva/FW Job/NNP Squad/NNP
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Kleenex/NNP Viva/FW
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Unfortunately/RB for/IN me/PRP and/CC my/PRP$ security/NN deposit/NN ,/, none/NN of/IN my/PRP$ towels/NNS succeeded/VBN ./.
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If/IN you/PRP 're/VBP faced/VBN with/IN a/DT big/JJ ,/, messy/NN job/NN ,/, it/PRP might/MD be/VB worth/JJ spending/VBG the/DT extra/JJ money/NN for/IN a/DT premium/NN product/NN such/JJ as/IN Bounty/NNP Rinse/NNP &/CC Reuse/NNP or/CC Kleenex/NNP Viva/FW Job/NNP Squad/NNP but/CC ,/, under/IN normal/JJ circumstances/NNS ,/, a/DT budget/NN recycled/VBN product/NN such/JJ as/IN the/DT ones/NNS on/IN offer/NN from/IN Natural/NNP Value/NNP or/CC Second/NNP Nature/NNP offer/NN good/JJ value/NN and/CC provide/VB the/DT desired/VBN durability/NN ./.
I/PRP drew/VBD the/DT line/NN at/IN catching/VBG a/DT cold/NN for/IN this/DT story/NN and/CC instead/RB subjected/VBN six/CD brands/NNS of/IN facial/JJ tissues/NNS to/TO a/DT "/" spray/NN test/NN ./.
"/" The/DT contestants/NNS were/VBD :/:
Premium/NNP
Purely/NNP Cotton/NNP
Kleenex/NNP ColdCare/NNP With/IN Aloe/NNP and/CC Vitamin/NNP D/NNP
Puffs/NNP
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Recycled/NNP
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To/TO my/PRP$ amazement/NN ,/, all/PDT the/DT subjects/NNS survived/VBD the/DT soaking/VBG ./.
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(/( And/CC ply--the/JJ number/NN of/IN layers/NNS of/IN paper/NN in/IN the/DT product--is/JJ n't/RB everything/NN ,/, the/DT Envision/NNP Preference/NNP Ultra/NNP is/VBZ a/DT 3/CD -/: ply/RB "/" premium/NN "/" product/NN ,/, but/CC it/PRP still/RB feels/VBZ like/IN a/DT scouring/VBG pad/NN after/IN touching/VBG a/DT virgin/JJ fiber/NN tissue/NN ./.
)/) Thicker/NNP tissues/NNS also/RB keep/VBP germs/NNS off/RP your/PRP$ hands/NNS ,/, which/WDT is/VBZ nothing/NN to/TO sneeze/NN at/IN ./.
You/PRP 'll/MD come/VB to/TO no/DT harm/NN if/IN you/PRP use/VBP tissues/NNS as/IN lavatory/NN paper/NN ,/, but/CC your/PRP$ plumbing/NN might--while/JJ the/DT strengthening/VBG cellulose/NN fibers/NNS they/PRP contain/VBP are/VBP biodegradable/JJ ,/, facial/JJ tissues/NNS do/VBP n't/RB break/VB down/RB as/RB quickly/RB as/IN toilet/NN tissue/NN ,/, so/RB flushing/VBG is/VBZ not/RB recommended/VBN ./.
If/IN you/PRP 're/VBP cold-free/JJ ,/, you/PRP almost/RB certainly/RB do/VBP n't/RB need/VB the/DT mattressy/NN softness/NN of/IN an/DT ultra/NN brand/NN (/( and/CC you/PRP ca/MD n't/RB clean/VB your/PRP$ spectacles/NNS with/IN the/DT aloed/JJ hankies/NNS )/) ./.
Americans/NNPS are/VBP sheet/NN scared/VBN of/IN running/VBG out/IN of/IN toilet/NN tissue/NN -/: -/: the/DT average/JJ family/NN stash/VB of/IN eight/CD rolls/NNS does/VBZ n't/RB even/RB take/VB Y/NNP 2/CD K/NNP hoarding/NN into/IN account/NN ./.
Scanning/NNP the/DT supermarket/NN shelves/NNS ,/, there/EX 's/VBZ a/DT vast/JJ price/NN difference/NN between/IN the/DT budget/NN brands/NNS and/CC the/DT premium/NN products/NNS ,/, but/CC are/VBP the/DT latter/JJ worth/JJ the/DT extra/JJ ?/.
The/DT contestants/NNS were/VBD :/:
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Ultra/NNP Soft/NNP Quilted/NNP Northern/NNP
Kleenex/NNP Cottonelle/NNP Ultrasoft/NNP
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Kleenex/NNP Cottonelle/NNP
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Recycled/NNP
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Cottonelle/NNP Moist/NNP Wipes/NNP
Blue/NNP Label/NNP
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All/DT contestants/NNS went/VBD through/IN the/DT rotation/NN in/IN my/PRP$ bathroom/NN ./.
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"/" The/DT packaging/NN promised/VBD that/IN that/IN I/PRP 'd/MD "/" feel/VB cleaner/JJR ,/, more/RBR refreshed/JJ ,/, and/CC confident/JJ ,/, "/" but/CC somehow/RB using/VBG the/DT adult/NN equivalent/NN of/IN baby/NN wipes/NNS failed/VBD to/TO enhance/VB my/PRP$ self-esteem/NN ./.
In/IN the/DT interests/NNS of/IN internationalism/NN ,/, I/PRP imported/VBD a/DT package/NN of/IN "/" smooth/JJ "/" Blue/NNP Label/NNP toilet/NN paper--the/JJ medicated/JJ ,/, waxy/NN retro-wipe/JJ so/RB beloved/JJ of/IN government/NN offices--from/JJ Britain/NNP ./.
It/PRP 's/VBZ a/DT harsh/JJ wipe/VB and/CC seems/VBZ completely/RB unsuited/JJ for/IN contact/NN with/IN one/CD 's/POS soft/JJ bits/NNS ,/, but/CC drape/VB a/DT sheet/NN of/IN it/PRP over/IN a/DT comb/NN and/CC it/PRP makes/VBZ a/DT wonderful/JJ kazoolike/NN musical/JJ instrument/NN ./.
The/DT latest/JJS marketing/NN angle/NN in/IN toilet/NN tissue/NN is/VBZ the/DT double/JJ or/CC triple/JJ roll/NN ./.
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The/DT implied/VBN economies/NNS do/VBP n't/RB pan/VB out--in/JJ my/PRP$ local/JJ supermarket/NN the/DT perfectly/RB adequate/JJ single-roll/JJ store/NN brand/NN (/( Heritage/NNP Hearth/NNP )/) was/VBD considerably/RB cheaper/JJR per/IN square/JJ foot/NN than/IN any/DT of/IN the/DT double/JJ or/CC triple/JJ rolls/NNS (/( only/RB half/PDT the/DT price/NN of/IN the/DT most/RBS expensive/JJ premium/NN brand/NN I/PRP tried/VBD ,/, Kleenex/NNP Cottonelle/NNP Ultrasoft/NNP Double/RB Roll/NNP )/) ,/, and/CC it/PRP does/VBZ n't/RB take/VB up/RP as/IN much/JJ room/NN in/IN my/PRP$ Y/NNP 2/CD K/NNP storeroom/NN ./.
Recycled/NNP toilet/NN tissues/NNS have/VBP improved/VBN since/IN the/DT sandpaperlike/NN sheets/NNS of/IN the/DT early/JJ '/POS 80/CD s/VBZ ,/, but/CC they/PRP just/RB ca/MD n't/RB compete/VB on/IN the/DT softness/NN front/NN ./.
The/DT recycled/VBN ingredients/NNS include/VBP rough/JJ stuff/NN like/IN cardboard/NN boxes/NNS as/RB well/RB as/IN office/NN paper/NN ./.
Still/RB ,/, the/DT case/NN for/IN recycling/NN is/VBZ persuasive/JJ ./.
The/DT packaging/NN for/IN Seventh/NNP Generation/NNP toilet/NN paper/NN claims/NNS that/IN "/" [/( i/NNP ]/) f/SYM every/DT household/NN in/IN the/DT U/NNP ./.
S/NNP ./.
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2/CD million/CD cubic/JJ feet/NNS of/IN landfill/NN space/NN ,/, equal/JJ to/TO 1/CD ,/, 400/CD full/JJ garbage/NN trucks/NNS ;/: 122/CD million/CD gallons/NNS of/IN water/NN ,/, a/DT year/NN 's/POS supply/NN for/IN 3/CD ,/, 500/CD families/NNS of/IN four/CD ./.
"/" Since/IN most/JJS Americans/NNPS get/VBP through/IN 48/CD to/TO 55/CD rolls/NNS of/IN TP/NNP per/IN year/NN ,/, that/DT 's/VBZ a/DT lot/NN of/IN trees/NNS ,/, trash/NN ,/, and/CC water/NN ./.
The/DT mainstream/NN brands/NNS base/VBP their/PRP$ sales/NNS pitches/NNS on/IN descriptors/NNS such/JJ as/IN "/" gentle/JJ ,/, "/" "/" plush/JJ ,/, "/" and/CC "/" cottony/NN softness/NN ,/, "/" but/CC although/IN names/NNS such/JJ as/IN Cottonelle/NNP trade/NN on/IN the/DT image/NN of/IN cotton/NN ,/, the/DT products/NNS are/VBP wood-based/JJ ,/, whereas/IN one/CD relative/JJ newcomer/NN to/TO the/DT market/NN is/VBZ actually/RB made/VBN from/IN the/DT fluffy/JJ plant/NN ./.
Purely/NNP Cotton/NNP bathroom/NN and/CC facial/JJ tissues/NNS are/VBP made/VBN from/IN "/" cotton/NN linter/NN "/" -/: -/: what/WP 's/VBZ left/VBN over/IN when/WRB fibers/NNS and/CC cottonseed/JJ oil/NN have/VBP been/VBN harvested/VBN ./.
As/IN a/DT byproduct/NN ,/, cotton/NN linter/NN is/VBZ considered/VBN 100/CD percent/NN recycled/VBN &slash;/NN recovered/VBD and/CC ,/, although/IN it/PRP is/VBZ bleached/JJ to/TO make/VB it/PRP snowy/NN white/JJ ,/, the/DT process/NN does/VBZ n't/RB produce/VB dioxins/NNS as/IN with/IN wood/NN pulp/NN bleaching/VBG ./.
After/IN my/PRP$ experiments/NNS ,/, I/PRP 'll/MD probably/RB stick/VB with/IN Purely/NNP Cotton/NNP ,/, which/WDT costs/VBZ no/RB more/JJR than/IN the/DT premium/NN brands/NNS ,/, is/VBZ environmentally/RB sound/NN ,/, acceptably/RB soft/JJ ,/, and/CC appropriately/RB absorbent/JJ ./.
Even/RB the/DT cheapest/JJS toilet/NN paper/NN gets/VBZ the/DT job/NN done/VBN ,/, so/RB if/IN you/PRP want/VBP to/TO impress/VB guests/NNS or/CC if/IN you/PRP do/VBP n't/RB want/VB to/TO keep/VB paper/NN hankies/NNS in/IN the/DT bathroom/NN ,/, buy/VBP the/DT expensive/JJ stuff/NN ,/, but/CC I/PRP 'll/MD bet/VB your/PRP$ delicate/JJ bits/NNS wo/MD n't/RB notice/VB the/DT difference/NN ./.
An/DT introduction/NN and/CC apologia/NN ./.
By/IN Michael/NNP Kinsley/NNP
The/DT name/NN ?/.
It/PRP means/VBZ nothing/NN ,/, or/CC practically/RB nothing/NN ./.
We/PRP chose/VBD it/PRP as/IN an/DT empty/JJ vessel/NN into/IN which/WDT we/PRP can/MD pour/VB meaning/VBG ./.
We/PRP hope/VBP SLATE/NNP will/MD come/VB to/TO mean/VB good/JJ original/JJ journalism/NN in/IN this/DT new/JJ medium/NN ./.
Beyond/IN that/DT ,/, who/WP knows/VBZ ?/.
Good/JJ magazines/NNS are/VBP exercises/VBZ in/IN serendipity/NN ./.
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A/DT Seattle/NNP cyberwag/NN says/VBZ that/IN the/DT name/NN "/" SLATE/NNP "/" is/VBZ appropriate/JJ ,/, because/IN whenever/WRB he/PRP asks/VBZ anyone/NN from/IN Microsoft/NNP ,/, "/" How/WRB 's/POS your/PRP$ project/NN coming/VBG along/RB ?/.
"/" the/DT answer/NN he/PRP usually/RB gets/VBZ is/VBZ ,/, "/" 's/POS late/RB ./.
"/" SLATE/NNP ,/, in/IN fact/NN ,/, has/VBZ been/VBN reasonably/RB prompt/VB ./.
Less/JJR than/IN six/CD months/NNS ago/RB ,/, it/PRP was/VBD a/DT four-page/JJ memorandum/NN and/CC a/DT single/JJ Internet/NN naif/NN ./.
SLATE/NNP is/VBZ not/RB the/DT first/JJ "/" webzine/NN ,/, "/" but/CC everyone/NN in/IN this/DT nascent/NN business/NN is/VBZ still/RB struggling/VBG with/IN some/DT pretty/RB basic/JJ issues/NNS ./.
Starting/VBG an/DT online/NN magazine/NN is/VBZ like/IN starting/VBG a/DT traditional/JJ paper/NN magazine/NN by/IN asking/VBG :/: "/" OK/JJ ,/, you/PRP chop/VB down/RP the/DT trees/NNS ./.
Then/RB what/WP ?/.
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To/TO be/VB honest/JJ ,/, we/PRP are/VBP running/VBG late/RB on/IN a/DT few/JJ things/NNS ./.
For/IN the/DT reader--you--there/JJ is/VBZ good/JJ news/NN and/CC bad/JJ news/NN here/RB ./.
The/DT good/JJ news/NN is/VBZ that/IN our/PRP$ billing/NN system/NN is/VBZ n't/RB ready/JJ yet/RB ./.
We/PRP intend/VBP to/TO charge/VB $/$ 19/CD ./.
95/CD a/DT year/NN for/IN SLATE/NNP ./.
That/DT is/VBZ far/RB less/JJR than/IN the/DT cost/NN of/IN equivalent/NN print/NN magazines/NNS ,/, because/IN there/EX 's/VBZ no/DT paper/NN ,/, printing/NN ,/, or/CC postage/NN ./.
But/CC $/$ 19/CD ./.
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If/IN he/PRP were/VBD a/DT salesman/NN ,/, you/PRP 'd/MD buy/VB the/DT car/NN just/RB to/TO get/VB him/PRP to/TO leave/VB you/PRP alone/RB ./.
Even/RB his/PRP$ loyalists/NNS do/VBP n't/RB seem/VB to/TO like/IN him/PRP much/JJ ./.
The/DT half-dozen/NN elderly/JJ women/NNS I/PRP spoke/VBD to/TO after/IN the/DT event/NN all/DT said/VBD the/DT same/JJ thing/NN :/: Of/IN course/NN they/PRP would/MD vote/VB for/IN Schumer--but/NNP mostly/RB because/IN they/PRP hate/VBP D/NNP '/POS Amato/NNP ./.
(/( Brief/NNP interruption/NN for/IN speculation/NN about/IN Hillary/NNP 's/POS peculiar/JJ behavior/NN ./.
She/PRP clearly/RB loathes/VBZ D/NNP '/POS Amato/NNP ,/, and/CC she/PRP makes/VBZ a/DT point/NN of/IN never/RB referring/VBG to/TO him/PRP by/IN name/NN ./.
She/PRP calls/VBZ him/PRP only/RB "/" Chuck/NNP Schumer/NNP 's/POS opponent/NN ./.
"/" Here/RB 's/VBZ the/DT peculiarity/NN :/: She/PRP also/RB never/RB refers/VBZ to/TO Bill/NNP Clinton/NNP by/IN name/NN ./.
She/PRP calls/VBZ him/PRP "/" my/PRP$ husband/NN "/" or/CC "/" the/DT president/NN ,/, "/" never/RB "/" Bill/NNP ./.
"/" Does/VBZ this/DT have/VBP psychological/JJ significance/NN ?/.
Is/VBZ she/PRP so/RB angry/JJ that/IN she/PRP wo/MD n't/RB say/VB his/PRP$ name/NN ?/.
)/)
The/DT lesson/NN of/IN the/DT Schumer/NNP campaign/NN is/VBZ not/RB that/IN you/PRP need/VBP to/TO be/VB Clinton/NNP to/TO beat/VB D/NNP '/POS Amato/NNP ,/, given/VBN that/IN the/DT overbearing/VBG Schumer/NNP will/MD never/RB be/VB Clinton/NNP ./.
The/DT lesson/NN of/IN the/DT Schumer/NNP campaign/NN is/VBZ that/IN you/PRP need/VBP to/TO be/VB D/NNP '/POS Amato/NNP to/TO beat/VB D/NNP '/POS Amato/NNP ./.
Clintonism/NNP is/VBZ relentlessness/NNS plus/CC charm/NN ./.
D/NNP '/POS Amatoism/NNP (/( which/WDT is/VBZ now/RB Schumerism/NNP )/) is/VBZ just/RB relentlessness/NNS ,/, and/CC to/TO hell/NN with/IN the/DT charm/NN ./.
My/PRP$ mother-in-law/NN ,/, who/WP lives/VBZ in/IN Schumer/NNP 's/POS congressional/JJ district/NN and/CC always/RB votes/VBZ for/IN him/PRP ,/, says/VBZ she/PRP 's/VBZ thinking/NN of/IN supporting/VBG D/NNP '/POS Amato/NNP this/DT year/NN :/: "/" He/PRP 's/VBZ a/DT sleaze/NN ./.
But/CC he/PRP 's/VBZ good/JJ for/IN the/DT Jews/NNPS ./.
"/" Substitute/NNP "/" gays/NNS "/" or/CC "/" Irish/JJ "/" or/CC "/" farmers/NNS "/" or/CC "/" cancer/NN victims/NNS "/" or/CC "/" bankers/NNS "/" for/IN "/" Jews/NNPS ,/, "/" and/CC you/PRP begin/VBP to/TO see/VB Schumer/NNP 's/POS struggle/NN ./.
Sen/NNP ./.
Pothole/NNP is/VBZ the/DT master/NN of/IN the/DT ethnic/JJ pork/NN barrel/NN ./.
(/( He/PRP shows/VBZ up/RB at/IN Jewish/JJ gatherings/NNS wearing/VBG a/DT yarmulke/NN with/IN "/" Alfonse/NNP "/" stitched/VBN on/IN it/PRP ./.
)/) He/PRP relies/VBZ on/IN "/" We/PRP owe/VBP him/PRP "/" to/TO override/VB voters/NNS '/POS distaste/NN for/IN his/PRP$ viciousness/NNS and/CC basic/JJ amorality/NN ,/, and/CC for/IN 18/CD years/NNS ,/, it/PRP has/VBZ ./.
Schumer/NNP does/VBZ n't/RB yet/RB have/VB the/DT pull/NN to/TO imitate/VBP D/NNP '/POS Amato/NNP 's/POS pork-barreling/NN (/( though/IN he/PRP would/MD if/IN he/PRP could--/JJ Schumer/NNP ,/, for/IN example/NN ,/, happily/RB obeys/NNS Wall/NNP Street/NNP 's/POS bidding/NN on/IN the/DT House/NNP Banking/NNP Committee/NNP in/IN order/NN to/TO raise/VB campaign/NN funds/NNS )/) ./.
So/RB Schumer/NNP has/VBZ done/VBN the/DT next/JJ best/JJS thing/NN ,/, which/WDT is/VBZ to/TO steal/VB D/NNP '/POS Amato/NNP 's/POS campaign/NN style/NN ./.
In/IN Schumer/NNP ,/, D/NNP '/POS Amato/NNP finally/RB faces/VBZ an/DT opponent/NN who/WP 's/VBZ as/IN hardheaded/JJ ,/, shameless/JJ ,/, and/CC effective/JJ as/IN he/PRP is/VBZ ./.
Usually/RB D/NNP '/POS Amato/NNP dictates/VBZ a/DT campaign/NN ,/, and/CC his/PRP$ opponent/NN desperately/RB plays/VBZ defense/NN ./.
Schumer/NNP has/VBZ turned/VBN the/DT tables/NNS on/IN D/NNP '/POS Amato/NNP ./.
The/DT first/JJ day/NN after/IN the/DT Democratic/JJ primary/NN ,/, Schumer/NNP unleashed/VBD "/" Too/RB many/JJ lies/NNS for/IN too/RB long/JJ "/" ads/NNS ./.
More/RBR recently/RB ,/, D/NNP '/POS Amato/NNP stupidly/RB (/( but/CC innocently/RB ,/, I/PRP think/VBP )/) called/VBN Schumer/NNP a/DT "/" putzhead/NN ,/, "/" then/RB denied/VBD having/VBG said/VBN it/PRP ./.
(/( "/" Putz/NNP "/" is/VBZ a/DT Yiddish/JJ insult/NN that/WDT literally/RB means/VBZ "/" penis/NNS "/" but/CC in/IN common/JJ usage/NN means/VBZ "/" fool/NN ./.
"/" )/) Schumer/NNP has/VBZ managed/VBN to/TO gin/NN this/DT into/IN an/DT ongoing/JJ controversy/NN about/IN D/NNP '/POS Amato/NNP 's/POS trustworthiness/NNS and/CC to/TO score/NN major/JJ points/NNS with/IN Jewish/JJ voters/NNS ./.
Since/IN last/JJ week/NN 's/POS murder/NN of/IN a/DT New/NNP York/NNP abortion/NN doctor/NN ,/, Schumer/NNP 's/POS people/NNS have/VBP subtly/RB tried/VBN to/TO connect/VB the/DT anti-abortion/JJ D/NNP '/POS Amato/NNP with/IN the/DT extremist/NN right-to-lifers/NNS ./.
And/CC every/DT time/NN D/NNP '/POS Amato/NNP has/VBZ attacked/VBN ,/, Schumer/NNP has/VBZ fired/VBN it/PRP back/RB in/IN his/PRP$ face/NN ./.
D/NNP '/POS Amato/NNP tried/VBD to/TO exploit/VB the/DT ill/JJ feelings/NNS between/IN New/NNP York/NNP City/NNP and/CC upstate/JJ ./.
He/PRP ran/VBD an/DT ad/NN upstate/JJ depicting/VBG Schumer/NNP as/IN a/DT New/NNP York/NNP City/NNP shark/NN swimming/NN up/RP the/DT Hudson/NNP ./.
Schumer/NNP immediately/RB countered/VBN by/IN running/VBG the/DT D/NNP '/POS Amato/NNP commercial/NN in/IN New/NNP York/NNP City/NNP ,/, labeling/VBG it/PRP "/" the/DT ad/NN Al/NNP D/NNP '/POS Amato/NNP does/VBZ n't/RB want/VB you/PRP to/TO see/VB ./.
"/" D/NNP '/POS Amato/NNP 's/POS latest/JJS strategy--to/JJ tar/NN Schumer/NNP as/IN a/DT lazy/JJ ,/, "/" part-time/JJ "/" congressman/NN who/WP skips/NNS votes--seems/JJ to/TO be/VB backfiring/VBG as/RB well/RB ./.
Newspaper/NNP after/IN newspaper/NN has/VBZ berated/VBD D/NNP '/POS Amato/NNP for/IN this/DT patently/RB dishonest/JJ strategy/NN ,/, noting/VBG that/IN Schumer/NNP is/VBZ probably/RB the/DT hardest-working/JJ member/NN of/IN Congress/NNP ./.
Schumer/NNP ,/, like/IN D/NNP '/POS Amato/NNP ,/, is/VBZ aggressive/JJ ,/, opportunistic/JJ ,/, and/CC unpleasant/JJ in/IN more/JJR ways/NNS that/IN I/PRP care/VBP to/TO discover/VB ./.
But/CC there/EX is/VBZ a/DT fundamental/JJ difference/NN between/IN them/PRP ./.
D/NNP '/POS Amato/NNP is/VBZ the/DT éminence/NN grise/NN (/( or/CC perhaps/RB the/DT éminence/NN noire/NN )/) of/IN the/DT corrupt/JJ Nassau/NNP County/NNP Republican/JJ machine/NN ./.
He/PRP believes/VBZ that/IN politics/NNS is/VBZ about/IN bending/VBG the/DT rules/NNS for/IN cronies/NNS and/CC campaign/NN contributors/NNS ,/, and/CC he/PRP has/VBZ been/VBN implicated/VBN in/IN more/RBR gross/JJ behavior/NN than/IN almost/RB any/DT politician/NN around/IN ./.
Schumer/NNP is/VBZ clean/JJ ./.
He/PRP does/VBZ n't/RB cheat/VB ./.
He/PRP may/MD have/VB moderated/VBN his/PRP$ views/NNS to/TO win/VB ,/, but/CC he/PRP is/VBZ mostly/RB principled/JJ and/CC mostly/RB honest/JJ ./.
Even/RB so/RB ,/, out-/NN D/NNP '/POS Amatoing/NNP D/NNP '/POS Amato/NNP on/IN the/DT campaign/NN trail/NN may/MD not/RB be/VB enough/RB ./.
Some/DT signs/NNS are/VBP promising/JJ for/IN Schumer/NNP ./.
A/DT week/NN out/IN ,/, the/DT polls/NNS are/VBP dead/JJ even/RB and/CC actually/RB seem/VBP to/TO be/VB trending/VBG slightly/RB in/IN Schumer/NNP 's/POS favor/NN ./.
D/NNP '/POS Amato/NNP has/VBZ been/VBN distracted/VBN by/IN Putzgate/NNP ,/, and/CC Schumer/NNP is/VBZ getting/VBG sweet/JJ PR/NNP off/RP Hillary/NNP 's/POS visit/NN and/CC the/DT president/NN 's/POS planned/VBN campaign/NN appearance/NN Friday/NNP ./.
But/CC it/PRP 's/VBZ hard/JJ to/TO imagine/VB that/IN D/NNP '/POS Amato/NNP will/MD lose/VB ./.
He/PRP has/VBZ saved/VBN his/PRP$ war/NN chest/NN ./.
He/PRP and/CC the/DT GOP/NNP will/MD spend/VB $/$ 8/CD million/CD on/IN an/DT ad/NN blitz/NN during/IN the/DT five/CD days/NNS leading/VBG up/RP to/TO the/DT election/NN :/: Schumer/NNP has/VBZ saved/VBN only/RB a/DT small/JJ fraction/NN of/IN that/DT ./.
You/PRP can/MD be/VB sure/JJ that/IN the/DT D/NNP '/POS Amato/NNP ads/NNS will/MD be/VB cheap/JJ and/CC distorted/JJ ,/, but/CC that/IN at/IN least/JJS something/NN from/IN them/PRP will/MD stick/VB to/TO Schumer/NNP ./.
Every/DT article/NN about/IN Schumer/NNP notes/NNS that/IN he/PRP has/VBZ never/RB lost/VBN an/DT election/NN ./.
But/CC neither/DT has/VBZ D/NNP '/POS Amato/NNP ./.
Recent/JJ "/" Campaign/NNP '/POS 98/CD "/" Dispatches/NNP
"/" The/DT Gambling/NNP Gamble/NNP "/" :/: South/NNP Carolina/NNP 's/POS Democrats/NNPS Bet/NNP the/DT Farm/NNP
"/" Foghorn/NNP Leghorn/NNP Meets/NNP an/DT Owl/NNP "/" :/: Sen/NNP ./.
Fritz/NNP Hollings/NNP vs/NNS ./.
Rep/NNP ./.
Bob/NNP Inglis/NNP ./.
(/( posted/VBD Tuesday/NNP ,/, Oct/NNP ./.
20/CD ,/, 1998/CD )/)
To/TO hear/VB the/DT poet/NN read/NN "/" Seasons/NNPS Journal/NNP ,/, "/" click/NN ./.
seeing/VBG her/PRP$ off/IN only/RB incense/NN greets/VBZ him/PRP coming/VBG back/RB into/IN the/DT room/NN
stretched/VBN on/IN the/DT floor/NN after/IN a/DT long/JJ day/NN 's/POS talking/VBG rubbing/VBG noses/NNS with/IN his/PRP$ cat/NN
first/JJ frost/NN whitens/NNS grasses/NNS ,/, first/JJ white/JJ smoke/NN from/IN his/PRP$ neighbor/NN 's/POS cabin/NN
snow/NN at/IN night/NN :/: deep-sleeping/JJ population/NN comes/VBZ drifting/VBG down/RB
friend/NN not/RB seen/VBN for/IN years/NNS :/: gray/JJ whiskers/NNS around/IN the/DT boyish/JJ smile/NN
after/IN the/DT staid/JJ snowfalls/NNS the/DT rain/NN now/RB splashy/JJ as/IN children/NNS
on/IN and/CC on/IN reading/VBG a/DT friend/NN 's/POS new/JJ novel/NN wishing/VBG to/TO be/VB more/JJR kind/NN
the/DT great/JJ dead/JJ mallow/NN ready/JJ for/IN chopping/VBG springs/VBZ purple/JJ flowers/NNS
mind/NN wandering/VBG ,/, suddenly/RB driving/VBG very/RB fast/RB :/: Mozart/NNP in/IN the/DT car/NN
farmers/NNS '/POS market/NN carrying/VBG flowers/NNS carefully/RB down/RB crowded/VBN aisles/NNS
girls/NNS jump/VBP rope/NN in/IN out/IN pepper/NN pepper/NN old/JJ man/NN wipes/NNS his/PRP$ brow/NN
evening/NN tea/NN contemplating/VBG the/DT great/JJ kindness/NN of/IN everyone/NN
before/IN they/PRP risk/VBP a/DT word/NN the/DT poets/NNS at/IN the/DT lily/NN pond/NN drink/NN three/CD cups/NNS of/IN wine/NN
awkward/JJ moment/NN :/: gazing/VBG into/IN each/DT other/JJ 's/POS eyes/NNS a/DT bit/NN too/RB long/JJ
summer/NN 's/POS offering/NN ants/NNS on/IN the/DT windowsill/NN ants/NNS in/IN the/DT cat/NN 's/POS dish/NN
on/IN Hendry/NNP 's/POS Beach/NNP respectable/JJ ,/, leashed/JJ dog/NN ,/, sniffed/VBD by/IN free-ranging/JJ others/NNS
collecting/VBG beach/NN stones/NNS holes/NNS and/CC odd/JJ edges/NNS :/: slow/JJ artistry/NN
house-mice/JJ scurry/VB awake/JJ from/IN their/PRP$ naps/NNS after/IN the/DT heat/NN of/IN the/DT day/NN
digging/NN out/RP the/DT dandelions/NNS ;/: readying/VBG ground/NN for/IN the/DT next/JJ generation/NN
throw-aways/JJ at/IN the/DT curb/NN :/: inside-out/JJ umbrella/NN bed/NN that/WDT would/MD n't/RB work/VB
the/DT poppies/NNS sway/VBP the/DT wind/NN looks/VBZ around/IN the/DT cat/NN licks/NNS herself/PRP
awake/JJ ,/, listening/VBG :/: laughter/NN of/IN guest/NN love-makers/JJ trying/VBG to/TO be/VB more/RBR quiet/JJ
cooling/VBG evening/NN breeze/NN :/: the/DT potted/JJ plants/NNS take/VBP water/NN yield/NN back/RB earth-scent/JJ
late/RB for/IN work/NN he/PRP stands/VBZ there/EX reading/VBG an/DT old/JJ love/NN letter/NN
patch/NN of/IN moonlight/NN rocking/VBG ,/, rocking/VBG ,/, wo/MD n't/RB come/VB in/IN with/IN the/DT tide/NN
Complete/JJ this/DT expression/NN of/IN amazement/NN from/IN Dr/NNP ./.
Francis/NNP Collins/NNP of/IN the/DT National/NNP Institutes/NNPS of/IN Health/NNP ,/, "/" I/PRP do/VBP n't/RB often/RB pick/VB up/RP a/DT scientific/JJ paper/NN and/CC find/VB myself/PRP getting/VBG chills/NNS ,/, as/IN I/PRP did/VBD when/WRB I/PRP saw/VBD _/NN _/NN _/NN _/NN _/NN _/NN _/NN _/NN _/NN _/NN _/NN _/NN _/NN _/NN _/NN ./.
"/"
Send/VB your/PRP$ answer/NN by/IN 5/CD p/NN ./.
m/NN ./.
ET/NNP Sunday/NNP to/TO news/NN _/NN quiz/NN @/IN hotmail/NN ./.
com/NN ./.
Wednesday/NNP 's/POS Question/NNP (/( No/UH ./.
346/CD )/) -/: -/: "/" Solid/NNP Goldberg/NNP "/" :/:
While/IN introducing/VBG President/NNP Clinton/NNP at/IN a/DT Beverly/NNP Hills/NNP dinner/NN Tuesday/NNP ,/, Whoopi/NNP Goldberg/NNP recalled/VBD a/DT disturbing/JJ question/NN one/CD of/IN her/PRP$ granddaughters/NNS recently/RB asked/VBD ./.
"/" This/DT was/VBD kind/NN of/IN chilling/JJ ,/, because/IN it/PRP was/VBD n't/RB even/RB like/IN I/PRP could/MD say/VB ,/, '/" No/DT ,/, no/DT ,/, it/PRP 's/VBZ not/RB going/VBG to/TO happen/VB ./.
'/POS "/" What/WP was/VBD the/DT question/NN ?/.
"/" Hey/NNP ,/, Grandma/NNP ,/, how/WRB the/DT fuck/NN did/VBD you/PRP fool/NN Mike/NNP Nichols/NNP so/RB badly/RB ?/.
"/" -/: -/: Larry/NNP Amoros/NNP
"/" Are/VBP you/PRP going/VBG to/TO let/VB Andy/NNP Dick/NNP baby-sit/JJ for/IN us/PRP again/RB ?/.
"/" -/: -/: Adam/NNP Bonin/NNP
"/" Are/VBP rampaging/VBG anarchists/NNS ever/RB going/VBG to/TO ransack/NN our/PRP$ neighborhood/NN Starbucks/NNP ?/.
"/" -/: -/: Peter/NNP Carlin/NNP
"/" Could/MD Bruce/NNP Vilanch/NNP write/VB even/RB more/RBR musical/JJ numbers/NNS into/IN next/JJ year/NN 's/POS Oscars/NNP ?/.
"/" -/: -/: Matt/NNP Sullivan/NNP (/( Tim/NNP Carvell/NNP and/CC Larry/NNP Amoros/NNP had/VBD similar/JJ answers/NNS ./.
)/)
"/" Gramma/NNP ,/, the/DT kids/NNS at/IN school/NN say/VBP that/IN one/CD day/NN ,/, the/DT Academy/NNP of/IN Motion/NNP Picture/NNP Arts/NNP and/CC Sciences/NNPS is/VBZ going/VBG to/TO come/VB to/TO your/PRP$ home/NN and/CC demand/VB the/DT return/NN of/IN the/DT Oscar/NNP (/( TM/NNP )/) you/PRP won/VBD for/IN Ghost/NN ,/, citing/VBG the/DT poor/JJ quality/NN of/IN your/PRP$ performances/NNS in/IN Eddie/NNP ,/, The/DT Associate/NNP ,/, Boys/NNPS on/IN the/DT Side/NNP and/CC ,/, to/TO be/VB perfectly/RB honest/JJ here/RB ,/, Ghost/NN ./.
Is/VBZ that/IN true/JJ ?/.
"/" -/: -/: Tim/NNP Carvell/NNP
Click/NNP for/IN more/JJR answers/NNS ./.
Randy/NNP 's/POS Retribution/NNP in/IN Lieu/NNP of/IN an/DT Actual/JJ Wrap-/NNP Up/IN
Because/IN Slate/NNP 's/POS worthless/JJ e-mail/JJ provider/NN is/VBZ displaying/VBG its/PRP$ characteristic/JJ incompetence/NN (/( surely/RB not/RB treachery--that/JJ would/MD suggest/VB paranoia/NN on/IN my/PRP$ part/NN and/CC determination/NN and/CC skill/NN on/IN theirs--not/JJ likely/JJ )/) ,/, I/PRP received/VBD no/DT reader/NN responses/NNS to/TO today/NN 's/POS quiz/NN ,/, except/IN a/DT few/JJ that/WDT slipped/VBD through/IN enemy/NN lines/NNS ,/, and/CC those/DT using/VBG a/DT back/JJ channel/NN I/PRP 'd/MD rather/RB not/RB discuss/VB ./.
(/( I/NN can/MD say/VB that/IN my/PRP$ neighbors/NNS are/VBP pretty/RB annoyed/VBN at/IN the/DT pebbles/NNS inadvertently/RB flung/NN at/IN their/PRP$ windows/NNS ./.
)/) However/RB ,/, I/PRP have/VBP been/VBN given/VBN the/DT usual/JJ meaningless/JJ reassurances/NNS that/IN this/DT problem/NN will/MD be/VB corrected/VBN shortly/RB ./.
Complaints/NNS can/MD be/VB sent/VBN directly/RB to/TO Critical/JJ Path/NNP ./.
But/CC not/RB by/IN e-mail/JJ ./.
Gold/NNP Rush/NNP to/TO Judgment/NNP Answer/NNP
The/DT granddaughter/NN asked/VBD if/IN she/PRP might/MD get/VB killed/VBN at/IN school/NN ./.
Presumably/RB this/DT was/VBD an/DT inquiry/NN into/IN the/DT possibilities/NNS of/IN gun/NN violence/NN and/CC not/RB a/DT request/NN for/IN the/DT sweet/JJ release/NN that/DT death/NN can/MD bring/VB from/IN irksome/JJ relatives/NNS ./.
Whoopi/NNP told/VBD this/DT moving/VBG personal/JJ anecdote/NN at/IN an/DT event/NN marking/VBG the/DT sixth/JJ anniversary/NN of/IN the/DT Brady/NNP Bill/NNP ./.
In/IN his/PRP$ after-dinner/JJ remarks/NNS ,/, President/NNP Clinton/NNP said/VBD :/: "/" Screw/NNP it/PRP ./.
Go/VB on/IN and/CC shoot/VB each/DT other/JJ if/IN you/PRP want/VBP to/TO ./.
What/WP the/DT hell/NN do/VBP I/PRP care/VBP ?/.
I/PRP 'm/VBP a/DT lame/JJ duck/NN ./.
With/IN a/DT big/JJ butt/NN ./.
"/" No/DT ,/, no/DT ,/, of/IN course/NN he/PRP did/VBD n't/RB ./.
That/DT 's/VBZ just/RB the/DT rum/NN cake/NN talking/NN ./.
If/IN there/EX was/VBD rum/NN cake/NN ./.
How/WRB should/MD I/PRP know/VB ?/.
I/PRP was/VBD n't/RB there/RB ./.
Unlike/IN Dweezil/NNP Zappa/NNP and/CC Gregory/NNP Peck/NNP ./.
What/WP the/DT president/NN said/VBD was/VBD ,/, "/" No/DT one/NN believes/VBZ America/NNP is/VBZ as/RB safe/JJ as/IN it/PRP should/MD be/VB or/CC can/MD be/VB ./.
Or/CC as/IN tidy/JJ ,/, I/PRP am/VBP not/RB adding/VBG ./.
"/"
"/" We/PRP should/MD not/RB ./.
./.
./.
be/VB speechless/JJ when/WRB our/PRP$ children/NNS say/VBP ,/, '/" Am/NNP I/PRP going/VBG to/TO make/VB it/PRP to/TO Christmas/NNP ?/.
'/POS "/" said/VBD Goldberg/NNP ./.
"/" We/PRP should/MD give/VB them/PRP an/DT honest/JJ answer/NN :/: not/RB if/IN you/PRP keep/VBP asking/VBG these/DT phony-baloney/JJ movie-of-the-week/JJ questions/NNS ,/, "/" she/PRP untidily/RB failed/VBD to/TO add/VB ./.
Ought/NNP To/TO Biography/NNP Extra/NNP
Participants/NNS were/VBD asked/VBN for/IN the/DT title/NN of/IN a/DT much/RB needed/VBN but/CC unwritten/JJ autobiography/NN of/IN any/DT national/JJ political/JJ figure/NN ./.
"/" Seven/CD Years/NNS in/IN Tibetia/NNP ,/, by/IN George/NNP W/NNP ./.
Bush/NNP ./.
"/" -/: -/: Tim/NNP Carvell/NNP
"/" I/PRP 've/VBP Finally/RB Made/VBN Up/IN My/PRP$ Mind/VB To/TO Run/NNP ,/, by/IN Mario/NNP Cuomo/NNP ./.
"/" -/: -/: David/NNP Salzman/NNP
"/" George/NNP W/NNP ./.
's/POS Yes/UH ,/, I/PRP Can/MD :/: My/PRP$ Dad/NNP Said/VBD !/.
"/" -/: -/: Larry/NNP Amoros/NNP
"/" Boris/NNP Yeltsin/NNP 's/VBZ The/DT Good/NNP Old/NNP Days/NNPS ,/, a/DT memoir/NN of/IN the/DT 3/CD ./.
7/CD ailment-free/JJ afternoons/NNS ./.
"/" -/: -/: Mary/NNP Fee/NN
"/" Teddy/NNP Kennedy/NNP 's/POS Shoulda/NNP ,/, Woulda/NNP ,/, Coulda/NNP ./.
"/" -/: -/: Jennifer/NNP Rubin/NNP
"/" Tuesdays/NNPS With/IN Malcolm/NNP (/( The/DT Rest/VB of/IN the/DT Week/NNP With/IN Mom/NN ,/, Because/IN Dad/NNP Was/VBD off/RP Hanging/NNP Out/IN With/IN His/PRP$ '/POS Motorcycle/NNP Club/NNP '/POS )/) ,/, by/IN Steve/NNP Forbes/NNP ./.
"/" -/: -/: Tim/NNP Carvell/NNP
Adam/NNP Bonin/NNP 's/POS David/NNP Foster/NNP Wallace/NNP collection/NN
Infinite/NNP Jest/NNP ,/, by/IN Pat/NNP Buchanan/NNP
Brief/NN Interviews/NNS With/IN Hideous/NNP Men/NNP ,/, by/IN Ken/NNP Starr/NNP
Girl/NNP With/IN Curious/NNP Hair/NNP ,/, by/IN Hillary/NNP Clinton/NNP
The/DT Broom/NNP of/IN the/DT System/NNP ,/, by/IN Alan/NNP Greenspan/NNP
A/DT Supposedly/RB Fun/NNP Thing/NNP I/PRP 'll/MD Never/RB Do/VB Again/RB ,/, by/IN William/NNP J/NNP ./.
Clinton/NNP
Click/NNP for/IN more/JJR books/NNS ./.
Common/NNP Denominator/NNP
Exasperation/NNP with/IN Critical/JJ Path/NNP ,/, Slate/NNP 's/POS worthless/JJ e-mail/JJ provider/NN ./.
Economist/NNP ,/, Feb/NNP ./.
7/CD
(/( posted/VBD Saturday/NNP ,/, Feb/NNP ./.
7/CD )/)
A/DT cover/NN editorial/NN pegged/VBN to/TO Tony/NNP Blair/NNP 's/POS U/NNP ./.
S/NNP ./.
visit/NN argues/VBZ that/IN he/PRP and/CC Bill/NNP Clinton/NNP are/VBP not/RB as/RB similar/JJ as/IN they/PRP seem/VBP ./.
While/IN they/PRP share/VBP broad/JJ principles/NNS (/( fiscal/JJ responsibility/NN ,/, free/JJ trade/NN ,/, etc/FW ./.
)/) and/CC political/JJ tactics/NNS (/( artful/JJ repackaging/VBG of/IN conservative/JJ ideas/NNS )/) ,/, Blair/NNP is/VBZ much/RB more/RBR left-wing/JJ than/IN Clinton/NNP (/( as/IN Britain/NNP is/VBZ much/RB more/RBR left-wing/JJ than/IN the/DT United/NNP States/NNPS )/) ./.
Blair/NNP has/VBZ banned/VBN all/DT handguns/NNS and/CC favors/VBZ Britain/NNP 's/POS national/JJ health-care/NN system/NN ,/, policies/NNS that/WDT would/MD be/VB inconceivable/JJ for/IN Clinton/NNP ./.
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A/DT piece/NN dampens/NNS enthusiasm/NN about/IN recent/JJ rises/NNS in/IN Asia/NNP 's/POS stock/NN markets/NNS :/: Asian/JJ economies/NNS are/VBP still/RB in/IN dire/JJ shape/NN and/CC governments/NNS are/VBP not/RB doing/VBG nearly/RB enough/RB to/TO restore/VB fiscal/JJ stability/NN ./.
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Also/RB ,/, a/DT long/JJ survey/NN on/IN Central/NNP Asia/NNP ./.
Conclusion/NNP :/: oil/NN and/CC chaos/NN ./.
New/NNP Republic/NNP ,/, Feb/NNP ./.
23/CD
(/( posted/VBD Friday/NNP ,/, Feb/NNP ./.
6/CD )/)
The/DT cover/NN package/NN reiterates/VBZ TNR/NNP 's/POS line/NN that/IN the/DT United/NNP States/NNPS should/MD try/VB to/TO overthrow/VB Saddam/NNP Hussein/NNP ./.
One/CD piece/NN argues/VBZ that/DT anything/NN short/JJ of/IN toppling/VBG Saddam/NNP would/MD be/VB pointless/JJ :/: Iraq/NNP will/MD be/VB recalcitrant/JJ till/IN he/PRP falls/VBZ ./.
(/( It/PRP also/RB notes/VBZ that/IN Turkey/NNP and/CC our/PRP$ Arab/JJ allies/NNS do/VBP n't/RB favor/VB U/NNP ./.
S/NNP ./.
military/JJ intervention/NN nearly/RB as/RB much/JJ as/IN they/PRP did/VBD during/IN the/DT Gulf/NNP War/NNP :/: We/PRP 'll/MD have/VB to/TO go/VB it/PRP alone/RB ./.
)/) Another/DT article/NN says/VBZ the/DT United/NNP States/NNPS should/MD not/RB limit/VB itself/PRP to/TO a/DT few/JJ days/NNS of/IN bombing/NN (/( the/DT current/NN battle/NN plan/NN )/) :/: Only/RB a/DT long/JJ ,/, insistent/JJ air/NN campaign/NN will/MD persuade/VB Saddam/NNP 's/POS troops/NNS to/TO attempt/VB a/DT coup/NN ./.
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A/DT story/NN mocks/NNS a/DT right-wing/NN ,/, Clinton-hating/NNP group/NN called/VBD Commission/NNP to/TO Restore/NNP the/DT Presidency/NNP to/TO Greatness/NNP :/: One/CD leading/VBG member/NN predicted/VBD that/IN Bill/NNP Clinton/NNP would/MD announce/VB that/IN he/PRP was/VBD a/DT woman/NN (/( "/" Wilma/NNP Clinton/NNP "/" )/) during/IN a/DT guest/NN appearance/NN on/IN Ellen/NNP ./.
New/NNP York/NNP Times/NNP Magazine/NNP ,/, Feb/NNP ./.
8/CD
(/( posted/VBD Thursday/NNP ,/, Feb/NNP ./.
5/LS )/)
Would-be/JJ Teamsters/NNPS President/NNP Jimmy/NNP Hoffa/NNP is/VBZ a/DT pale/JJ imitation/NN of/IN his/PRP$ father/NN ,/, argues/VBZ the/DT cover/NN profile/NN ./.
Hoffa/NNP fils/NNS shares/VBZ his/PRP$ father/NN 's/POS virulent/NN anti-federal-government/JJ streak/NN ,/, but/CC he/PRP lacks/VBZ Dad/NNP 's/POS fire/NN ,/, organizing/VBG skill/NN ,/, and/CC toughness/NN ./.
Hoffa/NNP will/MD likely/RB win/VB the/DT next/JJ Teamsters/NNPS election/NN ,/, but/CC the/DT union/NN is/VBZ too/RB weakened/VBN by/IN corruption/NN and/CC too/RB bullied/VBD by/IN management/NN and/CC the/DT feds/NNS to/TO be/VB the/DT force/NN it/PRP once/RB was/VBD ./.
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A/DT survey/NN of/IN suburban/JJ Americans/NNPS finds/VBZ they/PRP are/VBP tolerant/NN of/IN atheists/NNS ,/, people/NNS of/IN other/JJ races/NNS ,/, working/VBG mothers--everyone/JJ but/CC gays/NNS ./.
Reason/NNP :/: They/PRP consider/VBP homosexuality/NN an/DT active/JJ choice/NN ./.
If/IN they/PRP believed/VBD homosexuality/NN was/VBD innate/JJ ,/, they/PRP 'd/MD tolerate/VB gays/NNS ,/, too/RB ./.
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A/DT photo/NN essay/NN depicts/VBZ Dzerzhinsk/NNP ,/, Russia/NNP ,/, the/DT world/NN 's/POS "/" least-habitable/JJ ,/, "/" most-polluted/JJ city/NN ./.
Once/RB the/DT center/NN of/IN Soviet/JJ chemical-weapons/NNS production/NN ,/, it/PRP has/VBZ a/DT reservoir/NN of/IN toxic/JJ waste/NN called/VBD the/DT "/" White/NNP Sea/NNP ./.
"/" Life/NN expectancy/NN for/IN its/PRP$ 300/CD ,/, 000/CD residents/NNS :/: 47/CD years/NNS for/IN women/NNS ,/, 42/CD years/NNS for/IN men/NNS ./.
Time/NNP and/CC Newsweek/NNP ,/, Feb/NNP ./.
9/CD
(/( posted/VBD Tuesday/NNP ,/, Feb/NNP ./.
3/LS )/)
Lewinsky/NNP ,/, Week/NNP 2/CD :/: Newsweek/NNP 's/POS cover/NN story/NN is/VBZ "/" The/DT Secret/JJ Sex/NN Wars/NNS "/" ;/: Time/NNP 's/POS is/VBZ Independent/NNP Counsel/NNP Kenneth/NNP Starr/NNP ./.
Inside/IN both/DT magazines/NNS :/: maps/NNS of/IN the/DT connections/NNS in/IN the/DT alleged/VBN "/" right-wing/JJ conspiracy/NN "/" against/IN Clinton/NNP ,/, profiles/NNS of/IN Al/NNP Gore/NNP (/( steely-eyed/JJ in/IN this/DT time/NN of/IN crisis/NN )/) ,/, and/CC still/RB more/RBR pop-psychologizing/JJ about/IN Clinton/NNP 's/POS personality/NN ./.
Newsweek/NNP 's/POS package/NN tracks/VBZ the/DT "/" secret/JJ war/NN "/" behind/IN the/DT scenes/NNS ,/, where/WRB Clinton/NNP 's/POS staffers/NNS ,/, lawyers/NNS ,/, and/CC private/JJ detectives/NNS labor/NN to/TO contain/VB bimbo/NN eruptions/NNS ./.
It/PRP runs/VBZ several/JJ new/JJ pictures/NNS of/IN Lewinsky/NNP ,/, including/VBG two/CD that/WDT are/VBP embarrassingly/RB revealing/VBG ./.
An/DT article/NN says/VBZ other/JJ nations/NNS might/MD turn/RB to/TO Treasury/NNP Secretary/NNP Robert/NNP Rubin/NNP for/IN stability/NN while/IN Clinton/NNP reels/NNS ./.
Rubin/NNP is/VBZ calm/JJ and/CC confident/JJ ./.
A/DT piece/NN argues/VBZ that/IN the/DT media/NNS should/MD stop/VB reporting/VBG on/IN the/DT scandal/NN because/IN the/DT public/NN has/VBZ spoken/VBN in/IN favor/NN of/IN the/DT president/NN ./.
Wag/NNP the/DT Dog/NNP director/NN Barry/NNP Levinson/NNP writes/VBZ that/IN his/PRP$ movie/NN was/VBD just/RB a/DT joke/NN but/CC compares/VBZ Hillary/NNP Clinton/NNP 's/POS allegation/NN of/IN a/DT right-wing/JJ conspiracy/NN to/TO the/DT distraction/NN ploys/NNS found/VBD in/IN the/DT film/NN ./.
Time/NNP 's/POS profile/NN of/IN Kenneth/NNP Starr/NNP depicts/VBZ him/PRP as/IN conservative/JJ ,/, overzealous/JJ ,/, and/CC nerdy/JJ ./.
In/IN junior/JJ high/NN ,/, "/" his/PRP$ hobby/NN was/VBD polishing/VBG|NN shoes/NNS ,/, "/" says/VBZ his/PRP$ mom/NN ./.
Time/NNP also/RB wonders/VBZ how/WRB the/DT scandal/NN will/MD affect/VB kids/NNS ./.
From/IN one/CD 10/CD -/: year-old/JJ pundit/NN :/: "/" I/PRP would/MD rather/RB see/VB happy/JJ news/NN ./.
About/IN Leonardo/NNP DiCaprio/NNP ./.
"/" A/DT Time/NNP rundown/NN of/IN how/WRB the/DT scandal/NN played/VBD across/IN the/DT world/NN includes/VBZ these/DT words/NNS from/IN a/DT Thai/NNP government/NN spokesman/NN :/: "/" Great/NNP leaders/NNS are/VBP very/RB good/JJ at/IN sex/NN :/: Cleopatra/NNP ,/, Genghis/NNP Khan/NNP ,/, Napoleon/NNP ,/, Mao/NNP Zedong/NNP ./.
Clinton/NNP is/VBZ also/RB a/DT capable/JJ leader/NN ,/, so/IN it/PRP is/VBZ normal/JJ for/IN him/PRP to/TO be/VB very/RB good/JJ at/IN sex/NN ./.
"/" ./.
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Also/RB in/IN Time/NNP ,/, an/DT essay/NN makes/VBZ the/DT case/NN for/IN human/JJ cloning/VBG ./.
The/DT risk/NN is/VBZ small/JJ ,/, and/CC cloning/VBG could/MD benefit/VB victims/NNS of/IN Parkinson/NNP 's/POS disease/NN ,/, leukemia/NN ,/, and/CC severe/JJ burns/NNS ./.
U/NNP ./.
S/NNP ./.
News/NNP &/CC World/NNP Report/NNP ,/, Feb/NNP ./.
9/CD
(/( posted/VBD Tuesday/NNP ,/, Feb/NNP ./.
3/LS )/)
The/DT cover/NN package/NN on/IN the/DT president/NN 's/POS swift/JJ comeback/NN asserts/VBZ that/IN a/DT right-wing/JJ conspiracy/NN does/VBZ exist/VB ,/, though/IN it/PRP is/VBZ less/RBR monolithic/JJ than/IN Hillary/NNP Clinton/NNP suggests/VBZ ./.
An/DT essay/NN claims/VBZ the/DT independent/JJ counsel/NN wields/VBZ too/RB much/JJ power/NN :/: Starr/NNP 's/POS current/JJ investigation/NN is/VBZ an/DT unconstitutional/JJ invasion/NN of/IN privacy/NN ./.
Psychiatrist/NNP Peter/NNP Kramer/NNP (/( Listening/NNP to/TO Prozac/NNP )/) says/VBZ the/DT same/JJ qualities/NNS that/WDT make/VBP Clinton/NNP a/DT good/JJ politician/NN (/( risk-taking/NN ,/, abundant/JJ energy/NN ,/, and/CC narcissism/NN )/) make/VB him/PRP a/DT likely/JJ womanizer/NN ./.
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U/NNP ./.
S/NNP ./.
News/NNP finds/VBZ a/DT new/JJ marketing/NN ploy/NN for/IN classical/JJ music/NN :/: The/DT Mediaeval/NNP Baebes/NNP perform/VB Gregorian/NNP chants/NNS ,/, wear/VB flimsy/JJ garb/NN ,/, and/CC chat/VB about/IN all/DT things/NNS gothic/JJ ./.
Just/RB like/IN the/DT Spice/NNP Girls/NNP ,/, each/DT baebe/NN has/VBZ a/DT nickname/NN ./.
(/( Our/PRP$ favorite/JJ :/: Dragon/NNP Baebe/NNP ./.
)/)
The/DT New/NNP Yorker/NNP ,/, Feb/NNP ./.
9/CD
(/( posted/VBD Tuesday/NNP ,/, Feb/NNP ./.
3/LS )/)
The/DT Clintons/NNP '/POS marriage/NN is/VBZ "/" stupefyingly/RB weird/JJ "/" but/CC founded/VBD on/IN genuine/JJ passion/NN ,/, affection/NN ,/, and/CC respect/NN ,/, argues/VBZ a/DT piece/NN ./.
She/PRP 's/VBZ not/RB loyal/JJ for/IN cold/JJ political/JJ reasons/NNS ,/, she/PRP 's/VBZ loyal/JJ because/IN she/PRP "/" '/POS literally/RB decides/VBZ that/IN she/PRP believes/VBZ him/PRP ./.
'/POS "/" ./.
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The/DT magazine/NN publishes/VBZ a/DT reconstructed/VBN image/NN of/IN Kennewick/NNP Man/NNP ,/, the/DT 9/CD ,/, 000/CD -/: year-old/JJ Caucasoid/NNP skeleton/NN found/VBD in/IN Washington/NNP state/NN ./.
(/( He/PRP is/VBZ evidence/NN that/IN Caucasians/NNP settled/VBD North/NNP America/NNP before/IN American/NNP Indians/NNPS ./.
)/) Based/VBN on/IN the/DT clay/NN model/NN ,/, Kennewick/NNP man/NN looked/VBD like/IN the/DT actor/NN Patrick/NNP Stewart/NNP ./.
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Karla/NNP Faye/NNP Tucker/NNP ,/, the/DT pickax/NN murderer/NN scheduled/VBN for/IN execution/NN today/NN ,/, is/VBZ profiled/VBN ./.
Once/RB a/DT drug-addled/JJ ,/, vicious/JJ "/" Miss/NNP Tough/JJ Guy/NNP ,/, "/" she/PRP is/VBZ now/RB smart/JJ ,/, sweet/JJ ,/, good/JJ ,/, and/CC truly/RB religious/JJ ./.
(/( For/IN more/RBR on/IN the/DT story/NN ,/, see/VB what/WP the/DT international/JJ papers/NNS are/VBP saying/VBG ./.
)/)
Weekly/NNP Standard/NNP ,/, Feb/NNP ./.
9/CD
(/( posted/VBD Tuesday/NNP ,/, Feb/NNP ./.
3/LS )/)
A/DT 10/CD -/: story/NN ,/, glee-filled/JJ cover/NN package/NN ./.
(/( Cover/NNP headline/NN :/: "/" Yow/NNP !/.
"/" ;/: cover/VB image/NN :/: Clinton/NNP as/IN a/DT centaur/NN ,/, cavorting/VBG with/IN naked/JJ girls/NNS on/IN the/DT White/NNP House/NNP lawn/NN ./.
)/) A/DT piece/NN proposes/VBZ Clinton/NNP 's/POS best-case/JJ "/" alternative/JJ narrative/NN "/" :/: He/PRP bonded/VBN with/IN Lewinsky/NNP over/IN her/PRP$ unhappy/JJ childhood/NN and/CC gave/VBD her/PRP$ career/NN advice/NN ;/: she/PRP became/VBD obsessed/VBN with/IN him/PRP and/CC sent/VBD him/PRP gifts/NNS ;/: he/PRP tried/VBD to/TO help/VB her/PRP while/IN gradually/RB pushing/VBG her/PRP$ away/RB ./.
The/DT problem/NN with/IN the/DT story/NN :/: It/PRP 's/VBZ not/RB credible/JJ ,/, given/VBN Clinton/NNP 's/POS sexual/JJ history/NN ./.
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Two/CD weeks/NNS after/IN U/NNP ./.
S/NNP ./.
News/NNP and/CC Time/NNP gushed/JJ about/IN "/" Clintonism/NNP ,/, "/" the/DT Standard/NNP offers/VBZ its/PRP$ own/JJ definition/NN (/( pegged/VBN to/TO the/DT State/NNP of/IN the/DT Union/NNP )/) :/: "/" Clintonism/NNP transforms/VBZ your/PRP$ most/RBS parochial/JJ worries/NNS into/IN matters/NNS of/IN state/NN ,/, "/" dealing/VBG with/IN picayune/NN issues/NNS rather/RB than/IN genuine/JJ ones/NNS ./.
The/DT Republican/NNP Party--/NNP "/" Clintonism/NNP lite/NN "/" -/: -/: is/VBZ just/RB as/IN vapid/NN ./.
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An/DT article/NN upbraids/NNS some/DT conservatives/NNS for/IN their/PRP$ anti-/NN American/JJ foreign/JJ policy/NN ./.
Libertarians/NNP say/VBP America/NNP should/MD stop/VB wasting/VBG money/NN on/IN imperial/JJ power/NN ,/, and/CC cultural/JJ conservatives/NNS say/VBP America/NNP should/MD stop/VB exporting/VBG its/PRP$ horrible/JJ values/NNS to/TO the/DT rest/NN of/IN the/DT world/NN ./.
They/PRP 're/VBP both/DT wrong/NN ,/, says/VBZ the/DT Standard/NNP ./.
The/DT Nation/NNP ,/, Feb/NNP ./.
16/CD
(/( posted/VBD Tuesday/NNP ,/, Feb/NNP ./.
3/LS )/)
The/DT Nation/NNP shrugs/VBZ about/IN the/DT scandal/NN ./.
General/NNP takes/VBZ :/: 1/LS )/) The/DT sex/NN was/VBD consensual/NN ./.
2/LS )/) Kenneth/NNP Starr/NNP is/VBZ corrupt/JJ and/CC ideological/JJ ./.
3/LS )/) The/DT punditocracy/NN is/VBZ ignoring/VBG the/DT real/JJ story/NN (/( Starr/NNP 's/POS Grand/NNP Inquisition/NNP )/) in/IN favor/NN of/IN salacious/JJ sex/NN ./.
4/LS )/) Lewinsky/NNP is/VBZ payback/NN for/IN Clinton/NNP 's/POS real/JJ sins--the/JJ destruction/NN of/IN social/JJ welfare/NN and/CC support/NN for/IN the/DT death/NN penalty/NN ./.
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Ex-/NNP Labor/NNP Secretary/NNP Robert/NNP Reich/NNP ,/, who/WP wrote/VBD a/DT piece/NN in/IN last/JJ week/NN 's/POS New/NNP York/NNP Times/NNP Magazine/NNP about/IN the/DT need/NN to/TO renew/VB America/NNP 's/POS social/JJ compact/NN ,/, writes/VBZ a/DT piece/NN about/IN the/DT need/NN to/TO renew/VB America/NNP 's/POS social/JJ compact/NN ./.
While/IN America/NNP is/VBZ prosperous/JJ ,/, we/PRP should/MD reduce/VB inequality/NN ,/, strengthen/VB public/JJ education/NN ,/, etc/FW ./.
-/: -/: Seth/NNP Stevenson/NNP
Economist/NNP ,/, Oct/NNP ./.
3/CD
(/( posted/VBD Saturday/NNP ,/, Oct/NNP ./.
3/CD ,/, 1998/CD )/)
The/DT cover/NN editorial/NN urges/VBZ careful/JJ treatment/NN of/IN the/DT world/NN 's/POS banks/NNS ./.
The/DT International/NNP Monetary/NNP Fund/NNP must/MD bail/VB out/RP banks/NNS when/WRB their/PRP$ failure/NN might/MD spur/VB a/DT worldwide/NN depression/NN (/( as/IN in/IN Asia/NNP )/) ./.
But/CC in/IN some/DT relatively/RB harmless/JJ cases/NNS (/( Russia/NNP )/) we/PRP should/MD let/VB banks/NNS fail--otherwise/JJ gambling/NN investors/NNS will/MD never/RB learn/VB their/PRP$ lesson/NN ./.
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A/DT story/NN attempts/NNS to/TO explain/VB the/DT drastic/JJ fall/NN in/IN crime/NN in/IN American/JJ cities/NNS ./.
Small/JJ saviors/NNS :/: new/JJ crime-fighting/JJ ideas/NNS (/( computerized/JJ databases/NNS ,/, the/DT "/" broken/VBN window/NN "/" theory/NN )/) ,/, more/JJR policemen/NN on/IN the/DT beat/NN ,/, and/CC the/DT end/NN of/IN the/DT crack/NN epidemic/NN ./.
Big/JJ savior/NN :/: the/DT decrease/NN in/IN the/DT number/NN of/IN boys/NNS aged/VBN 15/CD to/TO 21/CD ./.
New/NNP Republic/NNP ,/, Oct/NNP ./.
19/CD
(/( posted/VBD Saturday/NNP ,/, Oct/NNP ./.
3/CD ,/, 1998/CD )/)
The/DT cover/NN story/NN says/VBZ the/DT spread/NN of/IN suburbs/NNS has/VBZ spurred/VBN the/DT rise/NN of/IN the/DT Christian/NNP right/JJ ./.
Back/RB when/WRB evangelicals/NNS inhabited/VBN rural/JJ communities/NNS ,/, they/PRP were/VBD never/RB forced/VBN to/TO confront/VB cultural/JJ enemies/NNS ./.
Now/RB that/IN they/PRP live/VBP in/IN diverse/JJ suburbs/NNS ,/, they/PRP have/VBP become/VBN separatists/NNS ./.
Alarmed/VBN by/IN cultural/JJ differences/NNS ,/, they/PRP have/VBP started/VBN home/NN schooling/NN kids/NNS and/CC running/VBG for/IN political/JJ office/NN ./.
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A/DT story/NN says/VBZ that/IN Russia/NNP is/VBZ suffering/VBG another/DT huge/JJ brain/NN drain/NN ./.
Smart/NNP ,/, educated/VBN Russians/NNPS who/WP just/RB recently/RB achieved/VBN middle-class/NN comfort/NN refuse/NN to/TO return/VB to/TO poverty/NN now/RB that/IN the/DT economy/NN has/VBZ collapsed/VBN ./.
So/IN they/PRP are/VBP fleeing/VBG the/DT country/NN in/IN droves/NNS ./.
New/NNP York/NNP Times/NNP Magazine/NNP ,/, Oct/NNP ./.
4/CD
(/( posted/VBD Thursday/NNP ,/, Oct/NNP ./.
1/CD ,/, 1998/CD )/)
The/DT cover/NN story/NN describes/VBZ the/DT chaos/NN of/IN Azerbaijan/NNP ,/, a/DT former/JJ Soviet/JJ republic/NN holding/VBG the/DT rights/NNS to/TO an/DT oil/NN lode/NN in/IN the/DT Caspian/NNP Sea/NNP ./.
Capital/NN city/NN Baku/NNP is/VBZ "/" rampant/JJ with/IN ham-handed/JJ Russian/JJ spies/NNS ,/, as/RB well/RB as/IN Turkish/JJ gangsters/NNS (/( known/VBN for/IN their/PRP$ proud/JJ display/NN of/IN chest/NN hair/NN )/) ,/, black-eyed/JJ Chechen/NNP revolutionaries/NNS ,/, paranoid/JJ American/JJ diplomats/NNS ,/, fanatical/JJ Iranian/JJ terrorists/NNS and/CC financial/JJ speculators/NNS of/IN various/JJ nationalities/NNS ./.
"/" Baku/NNP 's/POS foray/NN into/IN capitalism/NN has/VBZ wrought/VBD violence/NN ,/, instability/NN ,/, and/CC corruption/NN ,/, but/CC American/JJ companies/NNS are/VBP still/RB investing/VBG ./.
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A/DT story/NN tracks/VBZ photography/NN 's/POS growing/VBG legitimacy/NN as/IN an/DT art/NN form/NN ./.
New/NNP York/NNP 's/POS Metropolitan/NNP Museum/NNP of/IN Art/NNP has/VBZ been/VBN steadily/RB adding/VBG to/TO its/PRP$ once/RB meager/JJ collection/NN ,/, and/CC photography/NN has/VBZ become/VBN "/" the/DT medium/NN of/IN the/DT moment/NN ./.
"/" Because/IN millions/NNS of/IN amateurs/NNS own/JJ cameras/NNS and/CC take/VB pictures/NNS ,/, photography/NN sometimes/RB gets/VBZ little/JJ respect/NN from/IN snobby/NN museums/NNS ./.
Time/NNP and/CC Newsweek/NNP ,/, Oct/NNP ./.
5/CD
(/( posted/VBD Tuesday/NNP ,/, Sept/NNP ./.
29/CD ,/, 1998/CD )/)
Time/NNP goes/VBZ Oprah-overboard/NNP with/IN four/CD articles/NNS on/IN the/DT talk/NN show/NN host/NN and/CC her/PRP$ new/JJ movie/NN of/IN Toni/NNP Morrison/NNP 's/POS Beloved/NNP (/( about/IN a/DT runaway/JJ slave/NN dealing/VBG with/IN motherhood/NN )/) ./.
Making/VBG Beloved/NNP was/VBD a/DT deeply/RB emotional/JJ experience/NN for/IN Winfrey/NNP ,/, but/CC what/WP is/VBZ n't/RB ?/.
Morrison/NNP at/IN first/JJ disliked/JJ the/DT film/NN ,/, but/CC she/PRP is/VBZ now/RB a/DT fan/NN ./.
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Newsweek/NNP 's/POS cover/NN story/NN :/: Home/NNP schooling--it/JJ 's/POS not/RB just/RB for/IN zealots/NNS anymore/RB !/.
About/IN 1/CD ./.
5/CD million/CD kids/NNS are/VBP home/RB schooled/JJ ,/, and/CC many/JJ parents/NNS insist/VBP it/PRP keeps/VBZ their/PRP$ children/NNS engaged/VBN in/IN hands-on/JJ learning/NN ./.
Newsweek/NNP 's/POS dubious/JJ list/NN of/IN recent/JJ home/NN schoolees/NNS :/: Jessica/NNP DuBroff/NNP ,/, the/DT 7/CD -/: year-old/JJ pilot/NN whose/WP$ plane/NN crashed/VBD ;/: Rebecca/NNP Sealfon/NNP ,/, the/DT national/JJ spelling/NN bee/NN champion/NN with/IN bizarre/JJ social/JJ tics/NNS ;/: and/CC Hanson/NNP ,/, the/DT teen-idol/JJ pop/NN group/NN with/IN great/JJ hair/NN ./.
Both/DT mags/NNS run/VBP wine/NN stories/NNS ./.
Newsweek/NNP covers/VBZ the/DT wine/NN industry/NN 's/POS push/NN to/TO make/VB Americans/NNPS drink/NN more/JJR wine/NN ./.
America/NNP produces/VBZ more/JJR wine/NN than/IN any/DT country/NN save/VB Italy/NNP ,/, France/NNP ,/, and/CC Spain/NNP ,/, yet/RB we/PRP rank/VBP near/IN the/DT bottom/NN in/IN wine/NN consumption/NN ./.
The/DT Wine/NNP Market/NNP Council/NNP will/MD launch/VB a/DT media/NNS campaign/NN in/IN February/NNP ./.
Meanwhile/RB ,/, Time/NNP salutes/NNS the/DT wines/NNS of/IN Chile/NNP ./.
High/JJ quality/NN and/CC cheap/JJ ,/, Chilean/JJ wines/NNS are/VBP now/RB the/DT third-most/JJ popular/JJ imports/NNS ,/, behind/IN only/RB French/JJ and/CC Italian/JJ vintages/NNS ./.
U/NNP ./.
S/NNP ./.
News/NNP &/CC World/NNP Report/NNP ,/, Oct/NNP ./.
5/CD
(/( posted/VBD Tuesday/NNP ,/, Sept/NNP ./.
29/CD ,/, 1998/CD )/)
The/DT cover/NN story/NN ranks/NNS HMOs/NNP ./.
Top/JJ three/CD :/: Fallon/NNP Community/NNP Health/NNP Plan/NNP (/( Massachusetts/NNP )/) ,/, Finger/NNP Lakes-/NNP Blue/NNP Choice/NNP (/( New/NNP York/NNP )/) ,/, and/CC Tufts/NNP Health/NNP Plan/NNP (/( Massachusetts/NNP ,/, Maine/NNP ,/, New/NNP Hampshire/NNP ,/, Rhode/NNP Island/NNP )/) ./.
An/DT accompanying/VBG article/NN profiles/NNS Boston/NNP 's/POS Community/NNP Medical/NNP Alliance/NNP ,/, a/DT small/JJ HMO/NNP that/WDT stresses/VBZ prevention/NN over/IN treatment/NN and/CC which/WDT even/RB makes/VBZ house/NN calls/NNS ./.
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A/DT story/NN explains/VBZ Japan/NNP 's/POS plummeting/VBG fertility/NN rate/NN :/: Women/NNP in/IN their/PRP$ late/JJ 20/CD s/VBZ do/VBP n't/RB want/VB to/TO sacrifice/VB their/PRP$ independence/NN to/TO marriage/NN and/CC motherhood/NN ./.
Japanese/JJ men/NNS do/VBP n't/RB help/VB to/TO bring/VB up/RP baby/NN ,/, and/CC nannies/NNS are/VBP frowned/JJ upon/IN ,/, so/IN motherhood/NN can/MD ruin/VB a/DT woman/NN 's/POS career/NN ./.
Japan/NNP 's/POS fertility/NN rate/NN is/VBZ now/RB "/" one/CD of/IN the/DT lowest/JJS in/IN the/DT world/NN ./.
"/" ./.
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Bummer/NNP Dept/NNP ./.
:/: Some/DT parents/NNS now/RB rent/NN drug-sniffing/JJ dogs/NNS to/TO search/VB their/PRP$ teens/NNS '/POS bedrooms/NNS ./.
Drug-dog/NNP rental/JJ (/( for/IN home/NN or/CC office/NN )/) is/VBZ a/DT growing/VBG industry/NN :/: One/CD rental/JJ facility/NN explains/VBZ ,/, "/" We/PRP give/VBP kids/NNS another/DT out/RP ./.
If/IN somebody/NN says/VBZ ,/, '/" Hey/NNP ,/, try/VBP this/DT ,/, '/" the/DT kid/NN can/MD say/VB ,/, '/" But/CC what/WP if/IN the/DT dogs/NNS show/VBP up/RB today/NN ?/.
'/" "/"
The/DT New/NNP Yorker/NNP ,/, Oct/NNP ./.
5/CD
(/( posted/VBD Tuesday/NNP ,/, Sept/NNP ./.
29/CD ,/, 1998/CD )/)
"/" The/DT Talk/NN of/IN the/DT Town/NNP "/" runs/VBZ essays/NNS on/IN Flytrap/NNP from/IN Toni/NNP Morrison/NNP ,/, Janet/NNP Malcolm/NNP ,/, James/NNP Salter/NNP ,/, and/CC others/NNS ./.
All/DT are/VBP pro-/JJ Clinton/NNP and/CC anti-/NN Starr/NNP ./.
Morrison/NNP :/: "/" This/DT is/VBZ Slaughtergate/NNP ./.
A/DT sustained/VBN ,/, bloody/JJ ,/, arrogant/JJ coup/NN d/SYM '/POS etat/NN ./.
The/DT Presidency/NNP is/VBZ being/VBG stolen/VBN from/IN us/PRP ./.
And/CC the/DT people/NNS know/VBP it/PRP ./.
"/" Malcolm/NNP :/: "/" Since/IN the/DT object/NN of/IN [/( Starr/NNP 's/POS investigation/NN ]/) was/VBD to/TO turn/VB the/DT nation/NN against/IN the/DT President/NNP ,/, those/DT of/IN us/PRP who/WP deplored/JJ the/DT investigation/NN from/IN the/DT start/NN can/MD only/RB take/VB satisfaction/NN in/IN Starr/NNP 's/POS bungling--in/JJ this/DT time/NN of/IN few/JJ satisfactions/NNS ./.
"/" ./.
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The/DT fall/NN books/NNS section/NN includes/VBZ articles/NNS on/IN Eudora/NNP Welty/NNP and/CC Raymond/NNP Carver/NNP (/( a/DT "/" prairie/NN existentialist/NN "/" )/) and/CC reviews/NNS much/JJ new/JJ fiction/NN ./.
The/DT Nation/NNP ,/, Oct/NNP ./.
12/CD
(/( posted/VBD Tuesday/NNP ,/, Sept/NNP ./.
29/CD ,/, 1998/CD )/)
The/DT cover/NN story/NN argues/VBZ that/DT devolution/NN of/IN power/NN from/IN the/DT federal/JJ government/NN to/TO the/DT states/NNS is/VBZ an/DT opportunity/NN for/IN progressives/NNS ./.
Giving/VBG power/NN to/TO local/JJ governments/NNS encourages/VBZ experimentation/NN that/IN the/DT whole/JJ country/NN can/MD learn/VB from/IN ./.
Examples/NNS cited/VBD :/: state/NN tobacco/NN lawsuits/NNS ,/, local/JJ anti-pollution/JJ taxes/NNS ,/, higher/JJR minimum/JJ wages/NNS ,/, campaign/NN finance/NN reform/NN at/IN the/DT state/NN level/NN ,/, and/CC better/RBR local/JJ mass/NN transit/NN ./.
Drawback/NNP :/: Progressive/JJ policies/NNS make/VBP a/DT community/NN less/JJR "/" business/NN friendly/JJ ,/, "/" so/RB surrounding/VBG areas/NNS reap/VB the/DT economic/JJ benefits/NNS ./.
Weekly/NNP Standard/NNP ,/, Oct/NNP ./.
5/CD
(/( posted/VBD Tuesday/NNP ,/, Sept/NNP ./.
29/CD ,/, 1998/CD )/)
The/DT cover/NN story/NN claims/NNS that/IN "/" Hollywood/NNP Beats/NNP Harvard/NNP "/" in/IN the/DT Clinton/NNP administration/NN ./.
Originally/RB a/DT bastion/NN for/IN Ivy/NNP League/NNP wonks/NNS such/JJ as/IN George/NNP Stephanopoulos/NNP and/CC Ira/NNP Magaziner/NNP ,/, the/DT Clinton/NNP White/NNP House/NNP is/VBZ now/RB cozier/NN with/IN West/NNP Coast/NNP elites/NNS :/: the/DT Thomasons/NNP ,/, Steven/NNP Spielberg/NNP ,/, Barbra/NNP Streisand/NNP ,/, etc/FW ./.
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A/DT story/NN praises/VBZ the/DT Miss/NNP America/NNP pageant/NN for/IN having/VBG "/" tilted/JJ the/DT tiara/NN from/IN left/VBD to/TO right/JJ ./.
"/" The/DT new/JJ Miss/NNP America/NNP is/VBZ a/DT born-again/JJ Christian/NNP who/WP says/VBZ Clinton/NNP should/MD resign/VB and/CC whose/WP$ cause/VB is/VBZ diabetes/NN awareness/NN ./.
The/DT last/JJ Miss/NNP America/NNP "/" held/VBN progressive/JJ views/NNS "/" and/CC supported/VBN AIDS/NNP research/NN ./.
Apparently/RB even/RB diseases/NNS are/VBP partisan/JJ ./.
-/: -/: Seth/NNP Stevenson/NNP
More/JJR Flytrap/NNP ./.
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The/DT papers/NNS offer/VBP a/DT mixed/JJ bag/NN of/IN Sunday/NNP stories/NNS ,/, with/IN no/DT direct/JJ overlap/VB among/IN the/DT three/CD front/JJ pages/NNS ./.
The/DT New/NNP York/NNP Times/NNP lead/VB summarizes/NNS a/DT report/NN documenting/VBG mistakes/NNS in/IN Veterans/NNP hospitals/NNS from/IN June/NNP 1997/CD -/: December/NNP 1998/CD ,/, and/CC tracks/VBZ the/DT ensuing/VBG drive/NN to/TO conduct/VB similar/JJ studies/NNS in/IN other/JJ U/NNP ./.
S/NNP ./.
health-care/NN systems/NNS ./.
The/DT Washington/NNP Post/NNP details/NNS the/DT start/NN of/IN an/DT investigation/NN into/IN a/DT Dec/NNP ./.
6/CD air/NN traffic/NN control/NN glitch/NN that/IN nearly/RB caused/VBN two/CD passenger/NN planes/NNS to/TO collide/NN ./.
The/DT Los/NNP Angeles/NNP Times/NNP runs/VBZ a/DT local/JJ story/NN about/IN the/DT state/NN 's/POS failure/NN to/TO crack/VB down/RB on/IN fraud/NN in/IN its/PRP$ Medi-/NNP Cal/NNP system/NN ./.
In/IN an/DT unprecedented/JJ front-page/JJ address/NN to/TO its/PRP$ readers/NNS ,/, the/DT LAT/NNP takes/VBZ responsibility/NN for/IN violating/VBG the/DT hallowed/JJ "/" separation/NN of/IN church/NN and/CC state/NN "/" -/: -/: the/DT code/NN that/WDT prevents/VBZ journalists/NNS from/IN maintaining/VBG a/DT financial/JJ or/CC personal/JJ interest/NN in/IN the/DT stories/NNS they/PRP cover/VBP ./.
The/DT Department/NNP of/IN Veterans/NNP Affairs/NNP report/NN enumerates/NNS more/JJR than/IN 3/CD ,/, 000/CD mistakes/NNS made/VBN in/IN V/NNP ./.
A/DT ./.
hospitals/NNS from/IN June/NNP 1997/CD -/: December/NNP 1998/CD ./.
Seven/CD hundred/CD of/IN these/DT cases/NNS resulted/VBD in/IN the/DT patient/NN 's/POS death/NN ./.
The/DT study/NN ,/, the/DT first/JJ of/IN its/PRP$ kind/NN by/IN a/DT U/NNP ./.
S/NNP ./.
health-care/NN system/NN ,/, found/VBD that/IN doctors/NNS committed/VBD a/DT range/NN of/IN errors/NNS ,/, including/VBG operations/NNS on/IN the/DT wrong/JJ body/NN part/NN or/CC patient/NN ,/, the/DT NYT/NNP reports/NNS ./.
Spokesmen/NNS for/IN the/DT health-care/NN industry/NN concur/VB that/IN the/DT frequency/NN of/IN errors/NNS is/VBZ probably/RB no/DT lower/JJR in/IN other/JJ hospital/NN systems/NNS ./.
The/DT National/NNP Academy/NNP of/IN Sciences/NNPS ,/, which/WDT recently/RB called/VBN for/IN similar/JJ studies/NNS in/IN hospitals/NNS nationwide/JJ ,/, reported/VBD last/JJ month/NN that/IN between/IN 44/CD ,/, 000/CD and/CC 98/CD ,/, 000/CD people/NNS a/DT year/NN die/NN from/IN mistakes/NNS :/: That/DT 's/VBZ higher/JJR than/IN the/DT number/NN of/IN people/NNS who/WP die/VBP annually/RB on/IN highways/NNS or/CC from/IN breast/NN cancer/NN or/CC AIDS/NNP ./.
The/DT Post/NNP and/CC NYT/NNP report/NN that/IN U/NNP ./.
S/NNP ./.
security/NN agencies/NNS are/VBP watching/VBG with/IN increasing/VBG vigilance/NN potential/JJ New/NNP Year/NNP 's/POS Eve/NNP hot/JJ spots/NNS ./.
The/DT former/JJ fronts/NNS news/NN that/IN all/DT 301/CD ports/NNS of/IN entry/NN into/IN the/DT country/NN have/VBP been/VBN placed/VBN on/IN high/JJ alert/NN after/IN an/DT Algerian/NNP man/NN was/VBD arrested/VBN Tuesday/NNP for/IN smuggling/NN bomb/NN materials/NNS from/IN Canada/NNP ./.
Although/IN the/DT headline/NN ,/, "/" US/NNP Borders/NNP on/IN High/NNP Alert/NNP ,/, "/" suggests/VBZ the/DT story/NN might/MD be/VB about/IN Customs/NNP Service/NNP preparations/NNS against/IN future/JJ smuggling/NN attempts/NNS ,/, the/DT story/NN explores/VBZ the/DT suspect/NN 's/POS alleged/VBN ties/NNS to/TO Osama/NNP bin/NN Laden/NNP ./.
The/DT equipment/NN confiscated/VBN by/IN customs/NNS officials/NNS seems/VBZ to/TO match/VB that/WDT used/VBN by/IN others/NNS linked/VBN to/TO bin/NN Laden/NNP ./.
Tim/NNP Weiner/NNP writes/VBZ in/IN the/DT NYT/NNP that/IN U/NNP ./.
S/NNP ./.
investigators/NNS have/VBP helped/VBN pin/VB down/RB at/IN home/NN and/CC abroad/RB people/NNS suspected/VBN of/IN plotting/VBG violence/NN over/IN New/NNP Year/NNP 's/POS ./.
An/DT aside/RB halfway/RB through/IN the/DT piece/NN likens/NNS FBI/NNP agents/NNS ,/, scanning/VBG the/DT Internet/NN for/IN hacker/NN assaults/NNS and/CC political/JJ extremists/NNS ,/, to/TO "/" ancients/NNS searching/VBG the/DT skies/NNS for/IN a/DT sign/NN ./.
"/"
A/DT WP/NNP front-pager/JJ and/CC a/DT quirky/JJ NYT/NNP Magazine/NNP spread/NN examine/VB just/RB how/WRB low/JJ Web/NNP "/" retailers/NNS "/" will/MD go/VB in/IN the/DT name/NN of/IN establishing/VBG a/DT loyal/JJ customer/NN base/NN ./.
The/DT Post/NNP story/NN anoints/NNS Familywonder/NNP ./.
com/NN discount-king/JJ :/: The/DT site/NN ,/, an/DT online/NN warehouse/NN of/IN things/NNS to/TO buy/VB children/NNS ,/, promised/VBD last/JJ week/NN to/TO send/VB $/$ 20/CD to/TO anyone/NN who/WP answered/VBD a/DT survey/NN and/CC purchased/VBN at/IN least/JJS $/$ 20/CD worth/NN of/IN merchandise/NN ./.
With/IN the/DT help/NN of/IN a/DT toy/NN industry/NN guru/NN ,/, the/DT NYT/NNP calculates/VBZ that/IN Etoys/NNP ./.
com/NN would/MD lose/VB $/$ 41/CD ./.
97/CD on/IN a/DT sale/NN totaling/VBG $/$ 68/CD ./.
97/CD ./.
These/DT sites/NNS are/VBP jockeying/NN to/TO build/VB "/" brand/NN names/NNS in/IN the/DT new/JJ millennium/NN "/" (/( NYT/NNP )/) ,/, by/IN hotly/RB pursuing/VBG tactics/NNS that/IN "/" would/MD be/VB ,/, in/IN any/DT normal/JJ business/NN ,/, ruinous/JJ "/" (/( WP/NNP )/) ./.
Russians/NNPS go/VBP to/TO the/DT polls/NNS today/NN to/TO elect/VB a/DT new/JJ Duma/NNP ./.
The/DT NYT/NNP describes/VBZ the/DT campaign/NN as/IN "/" a/DT barroom/NN brawl/NN ,/, a/DT chairs-over-the-head/JJ affair/NN "/" that/IN the/DT disgruntled/JJ public/JJ nonetheless/RB took/VBD seriously/RB ./.
An/DT adviser/NN to/TO Moscow/NNP Mayor/NNP Yuri/NNP Luzhkov/NNP (/( Kremlin/NNP foe/NN )/) told/VBD the/DT LAT/NNP that/IN the/DT Kremlin/NNP 's/POS campaign/NN for/IN Duma/NNP seats/NNS "/" makes/VBZ Richard/NNP Nixon/NNP 's/POS presidential/JJ election/NN bids/NNS look/VBP clean/VB ./.
"/" The/DT two/CD Times/NNP es/NNS see/VBP the/DT election/NN as/RB an/DT "/" unofficial/JJ Presidential/NNP primary/JJ "/" (/( LAT/NNP )/) ;/: Russians/NNPS will/MD elect/VB a/DT new/JJ president/NN next/JJ summer/NN ./.
By/IN contrast/NN ,/, the/DT Post/NNP 's/POS David/NNP Hoffman/NNP presents/VBZ a/DT closer/JJR look/NN at/IN the/DT Duma/NNP 's/POS structure/NN and/CC how/WRB a/DT change/NN in/IN the/DT party/NN composition/NN (/( i/NNP ./.
e/SYM ./.
,/, fewer/JJR Communists/NNPS )/) might/MD result/VB in/IN action/NN on/IN market/NN reform/NN and/CC tax/NN law/NN ./.
The/DT Clinton/NNP administration/NN may/MD force/VB the/DT usually/RB independent/JJ Export-/NNP Import/NN Bank/NNP to/TO drop/VB $/$ 500/CD million/CD in/IN loan/NN guarantees/NNS to/TO a/DT Russian/JJ oil/NN company/NN known/VBN for/IN questionable/JJ practices/NNS ,/, according/VBG to/TO a/DT Post/NNP front-pager/JJ ./.
At/IN issue/NN :/: The/DT administration/NN is/VBZ debating/VBG whether/IN it/PRP is/VBZ worse/JJR to/TO give/VB loans/NNS to/TO an/DT operation/NN generally/RB thought/VBD to/TO be/VB shady/JJ ,/, or/CC risk/NN jeopardize/VB already/RB strained/VBN relations/NNS with/IN the/DT Kremlin/NNP ./.
Is/VBZ n't/RB this/DT thinking/VBG similar/JJ to/TO the/DT logic/NN faulted/VBN in/IN a/DT number/NN of/IN "/" Who/WP Lost/VBD Russia/NNP ?/.
"/" articles/NNS that/WDT have/VBP appeared/VBN in/IN recent/JJ months/NNS ?/.
:/: Fear/NN of/IN something/NN worse/JJR around/IN the/DT corner/NN persuades/VBZ the/DT administration/NN to/TO live/VB with/IN known/VBN evils/NNS ./.
Candidates/NNP Bush/NNP ,/, McCain/NNP ,/, and/CC Bradley/NNP have/VBP all/DT suggested/VBN that/IN the/DT administration/NN stop/VBP the/DT loans/NNS ,/, the/DT Post/NNP reports/NNS ./.
Under/IN the/DT headline/NN "/" To/TO Our/PRP$ Readers/NNS ,/, "/" Kathryn/NNP M/NNP ./.
Downing/NNP and/CC Michael/NNP Parks/NNP ,/, the/DT LAT/NNP 's/POS publisher/NN and/CC editor/NN ,/, explain/VB that/IN the/DT paper/NN shared/VBN with/IN Staples/NNP profits/NNS generated/VBN from/IN an/DT Oct/NNP ./.
10/CD Sunday/NNP Times/NNP Magazine/NNP devoted/VBD to/TO LA/NNP 's/POS new/JJ Staples/NNP Center/NNP ./.
The/DT two-column/JJ text/NN comes/VBZ about/IN a/DT month/NN and/CC a/DT half/NN after/IN Downing/NNP asked/VBD forgiveness/NN from/IN an/DT irate/NN staff/NN ./.
Tomorrow/NN ,/, the/DT paper/NN will/MD print/VB the/DT results/NNS of/IN media/NNS writer/NN David/NNP Shaw/NNP 's/POS investigation/NN into/IN the/DT matter/NN ./.
Below/NNP their/PRP$ note/NN the/DT paper/NN runs/VBZ its/PRP$ statement/NN of/IN principles/NNS :/: "/" Our/PRP$ mission/NN is/VBZ to/TO provide/VB the/DT news/NN ,/, information/NN ,/, analysis/NN and/CC commentary/NN [/( readers/NNS ]/) need/VBP to/TO lead/VB successful/JJ lives/NNS and/CC to/TO be/VB effective/JJ citizens/NNS in/IN a/DT democracy/NN ./.
"/"
Movies/NNP
The/DT Siege/NNP (/( 20/CD th/NN Century/NNP Fox/NNP )/) ./.
Critics/NNS are/VBP sour/JJ on/IN this/DT what-if/JJ action/NN thriller/NN about/IN terrorism/NN in/IN New/NNP York/NNP ./.
They/PRP say/VBP the/DT film/NN cashes/NNS in/IN on/IN the/DT audience/NN 's/POS fear/NN of/IN Islamic/NNP fundamentalists/NNS ,/, then/RB chastises/VBZ them/PRP for/IN bigotry/NN ./.
Editorialists/NNP and/CC reviewers/NNS alike/RB call/VBP the/DT movie/NN anti-/NN Arab/JJ ./.
Denzel/NNP Washington/NNP and/CC Annette/NNP Bening/NNP (/( FBI/NNP and/CC CIA/NNP operatives/NNS ,/, respectively/RB )/) are/VBP said/VBN to/TO be/VB good/JJ but/CC not/RB great/JJ ./.
Bruce/NNP Willis/NNP (/( as/IN a/DT psychotic/JJ Army/NNP general/JJ )/) is/VBZ so/RB stamped/JJ in/IN moviegoers/NNS '/POS minds/NNS as/IN the/DT butt-kicking/JJ good/JJ guy/NN that/IN he/PRP leaves/VBZ the/DT audience/NN cheering/VBG at/IN all/PDT the/DT wrong/JJ moments/NNS ./.
(/( Visit/NNP the/DT official/JJ site/NN ./.
)/)
Elizabeth/NNP (/( Gramercy/NNP Pictures/NNP )/) ./.
Mixed/VBN ,/, but/CC mainly/RB good/JJ ,/, reviews/NNS for/IN this/DT lavish/JJ costume/JJ drama/NN about/IN the/DT first/JJ Queen/NNP Elizabeth/NNP and/CC her/PRP$ troubled/JJ ascendance/NN to/TO the/DT throne/NN ./.
Some/DT love/NN the/DT "/" darkly/RB sumptuous/JJ ,/, hypnotically/RB complex/JJ "/" plotting/VBG (/( Richard/NNP Schickel/NNP ,/, Time/NNP )/) ;/: others/NNS call/VBP the/DT film/NN "/" Masterpiece/NNP Theater/NNP for/IN the/DT MTV/NNP generation/NN ,/, "/" riddled/JJ with/IN glaring/JJ historical/JJ inaccuracies/NNS (/( Rod/NNP Dreher/NNP ,/, the/DT New/NNP York/NNP Post/NNP )/) ./.
Two/CD things/NNS draw/VBP praise/NN from/IN all/DT :/: 1/LS )/) The/DT spectacular/JJ art/NN direction/NN ;/: 2/LS )/) Cate/NNP Blanchett/NNP 's/POS performance/NN as/IN a/DT feminist/JJ Virgin/NNP Queen/NNP ./.
(/( David/NNP Edelstein/NNP reviews/VBZ the/DT film/NN in/IN Slate/NNP ./.
)/)
The/DT Waterboy/NNP (/( Buena/NNP Vista/NNP Pictures/NNP )/) ./.
Critics/NNS either/CC love/VB it/PRP or/CC hate/VBP it/PRP :/: Either/CC the/DT movie/NN "/" overflows/NNS with/IN repellent/JJ humor/NN "/" (/( Joan/NNP Anderman/NNP ,/, the/DT Boston/NNP Globe/NNP )/) ,/, or/CC it/PRP 's/VBZ "/" loony/JJ ,/, unapologetic/JJ fun/NN ./.
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an/DT utter/JJ hoot/NN "/" (/( Janet/NNP Maslin/NNP ,/, the/DT New/NNP York/NNP Times/NNP )/) ./.
With/IN a/DT voice/NN "/" like/IN Truman/NNP Capote/NNP on/IN Seconal/NNP "/" (/( Dave/NNP Kehr/NNP ,/, Daily/NNP News/NNP )/) ,/, Adam/NNP Sandler/NNP regresses/NNS from/IN the/DT borderline/NN maturity/NN of/IN The/DT Wedding/NN Singer/NNP back/RB to/TO his/PRP$ trademark/NN sweet/JJ ,/, addled/JJ ,/, violent/JJ character--this/JJ time/NN in/IN a/DT formula/NN sports-loser-turned-sports-hero/JJ flick/NN aimed/VBN at/IN the/DT fraternity/NN &slash;/NN junior-high-school/JJ crowd/NN ./.
(/( Click/NNP here/RB to/TO read/VB about/IN the/DT making/NN of/IN this/DT film/NN ./.
)/)
Velvet/NNP Goldmine/NNP (/( Miramax/NNP Films/NNP )/) ./.
This/DT tribute/NN to/TO '/POS 70/CD s/VBZ glam/NN uses/VBZ a/DT Citizen/NNP Kane/NNP -/: style/NN device/NN to/TO explore/VB the/DT rise/NN and/CC fall/NN of/IN a/DT pair/NN of/IN Iggy/NNP Pop/NNP &slash;/NN Ziggy/NNP Stardust-ish/NNP rock/NN stars/NNS ./.
Some/DT critics/NNS (/( such/JJ as/IN the/DT New/NNP York/NNP Times/NNP '/POS Maslin/NNP )/) nearly/RB fall/NN out/IN of/IN their/PRP$ chairs/NNS in/IN awe/NN at/IN the/DT operatic/JJ splendor/NN of/IN the/DT music/NN and/CC pageantry--/JJ "/" blazing/VBG with/IN exquisite/JJ yet/RB abstract/JJ passions/NNS ./.
"/" Others/NNS are/VBP less/RBR impressed/JJ by/IN all/PDT the/DT stuff-strutting/JJ :/: "/" [/( E/NNP ]/) veryone/NN in/IN the/DT movie/NN has/VBZ the/DT approximate/JJ human/JJ weight/NN of/IN a/DT hologram/NN "/" (/( Peter/NNP Rainer/NNP ,/, New/NNP York/NNP )/) ./.
(/( Read/NNP Edelstein/NNP 's/POS review/NN in/IN Slate/NNP ./.
)/)
Book/NNP
Shakespeare/NNP :/: The/DT Invention/NNP of/IN the/DT Human/NNP ,/, by/IN Harold/NNP Bloom/NNP (/( Riverhead/NNP Books/NNPS )/) ./.
Reviewers/NNP call/NN Bloom/NNP 's/POS tome/NN "/" a/DT cloak-bag/JJ of/IN ideas/NNS ,/, stuffed/VBN with/IN true/JJ wisdom/NN and/CC false/JJ bombast/NN "/" (/( Jonathan/NNP Bate/NNP ,/, the/DT Wall/NNP Street/NNP Journal/NNP )/) ./.
Bloom/NNP 's/POS vigor/NN and/CC intelligence/NN in/IN his/PRP$ examination/NN of/IN Shakespeare/NNP 's/POS plays/VBZ make/NN the/DT book/NN a/DT joy/NN to/TO read/VB ,/, despite/IN the/DT fact/NN that/IN he/PRP "/" does/VBZ not/RB quite/RB prove/VB his/PRP$ tremendous/JJ thesis/NN "/" (/( Jodie/NNP Morse/NNP ,/, Time/NNP )/) -/: -/: that/IN Shakespeare/NNP single-handedly/RB created/VBD the/DT modern/JJ idea/NN of/IN individual/JJ personality/NN ./.
Critics/NNS call/VBP Bloom/NNP "/" a/DT master/NN entertainer/NN "/" who/WP has/VBZ applied/VBN his/PRP$ formidable/JJ skills/NNS to/TO the/DT noble/JJ project/NN of/IN a/DT general/JJ reader/NN 's/POS introduction/NN to/TO Shakespeare/NNP (/( David/NNP Gates/NNP and/CC Yahlin/NNP Chang/NNP ,/, Newsweek/NNP )/) ./.
(/( Click/NNP here/RB to/TO buy/VB the/DT book/NN ./.
)/)
Music/NNP
Bruce/NNP Springsteen/NNP :/: Tracks/NNP ,/, by/IN Bruce/NNP Springsteen/NNP (/( Columbia/NNP )/) ./.
This/DT four/CD disc/NN collection/NN of/IN old/JJ songs--mainly/JJ unpublished/JJ material/NN with/IN a/DT few/JJ B-/NNP sides--is/JJ said/VBD to/TO provide/VB valuable/JJ insight/NN into/IN Springsteen/NNP 's/POS progression/NN as/IN an/DT artist/NN ,/, but/CC the/DT music/NN itself/PRP is/VBZ only/RB so-so/JJ ./.
The/DT harsher/JJR critics/NNS call/VBP it/PRP "/" iffy/JJ ballads/NNS and/CC lame/JJ roadhouse/NN rock/NN "/" (/( Jeff/NNP Giles/NNP ,/, Newsweek/NNP )/) ./.
Despite/IN the/DT weakness/NN of/IN some/DT of/IN these/DT recycled/VBN scraps/NNS ,/, Springsteen/NNP 's/POS "/" unbridled/JJ earnestness/NNS and/CC positive/JJ energy/NN "/" are/VBP still/RB impressive/JJ (/( David/NNP Browne/NNP ,/, Entertainment/NNP Weekly/NNP )/) ./.
(/( Click/NNP here/RB to/TO join/VB an/DT online/NN discussion/NN about/IN Springsteen/NNP ./.
)/)
Opera/NNP
Le/NNP Nozze/NNP di/FW Figaro/NNP ,/, Metropolitan/NNP Opera/NNP ,/, New/NNP York/NNP City/NNP ./.
The/DT Met/NNP 's/POS "/" handsome/JJ and/CC subtle/JJ "/" production/NN (/( Alex/NNP Ross/NNP ,/, The/DT New/NNP Yorker/NNP )/) leaves/VBZ critics/NNS debating/VBG diva/NN Cecilia/NNP Bartoli/NNP 's/POS performance/NN as/IN Susanna/NNP ./.
Is/VBZ she/PRP "/" comically/RB over/IN the/DT top/JJ ,/, attention-grabbing/JJ and/CC at/IN times/NNS hysterical/JJ "/" (/( Anthony/NNP Tommasini/NNP ,/, the/DT New/NNP York/NNP Times/NNP )/) ,/, or/CC is/VBZ she/PRP simply/RB a/DT "/" captivating/JJ comic/JJ presence/NN "/" (/( Charles/NNP Isherwood/NNP ,/, Variety/NNP )/) ?/.
Not/RB everyone/NN loved/VBD the/DT production/NN :/: New/NNP York/NNP 's/POS Peter/NNP Davis/NNP says/VBZ ,/, "/" [/( T/NN ]/) he/PRP characters/NNS [/( are/VBP ]/) foggily/RB defined/VBD and/CC the/DT heart/NN of/IN the/DT opera/NN left/VBD unexamined/JJ ./.
"/" (/( Here/RB 's/VBZ the/DT schedule/NN for/IN remaining/VBG performances/NNS ./.
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Recent/JJ "/" Summary/NNP Judgment/NNP "/" columns/NNS
Nov/NNP ./.
4/CD :/:
Movie/NNP -/: -/: American/JJ History/NN X/NNP ;/:
Movie/NNP -/: -/: John/NNP Carpenter/NNP 's/POS Vampires/NNP ;/:
Movie/NNP -/: -/: Life/NNP Is/VBZ Beautiful/NNP ;/:
Movie/NNP -/: -/: Living/VBG Out/IN Loud/JJ ;/:
Art/NNP -/: -/: "/" Jackson/NNP Pollock/NNP "/" (/( Museum/NNP of/IN Modern/NNP Art/NNP ,/, New/NNP York/NNP City/NNP )/) ;/:
Book/NNP -/: -/: A/DT Man/NN in/IN Full/NNP ,/, by/IN Tom/NNP Wolfe/NNP ./.
Oct/NNP ./.
28/CD :/:
Movie/NNP -/: -/: Pleasantville/NNP ;/:
Movie/NNP -/: -/: Apt/JJ Pupil/NNP ;/:
Movie/NNP -/: -/: Soldier/NNP ;/:
Book/NNP -/: -/: King/NNP of/IN the/DT World/NNP :/: The/DT Rise/NN of/IN Muhammad/NNP Ali/NNP ,/, by/IN David/NNP Remnick/NNP ;/:
Book/NNP -/: -/: Evening/NNP ,/, by/IN Susan/NNP Minot/NNP ;/:
Book/NNP -/: -/: Bech/NNP at/IN Bay/NNP :/: A/DT Quasi-/NNP Novel/NNP ,/, by/IN John/NNP Updike/NNP ./.
Oct/NNP ./.
21/CD :/:
Movie/NNP -/: -/: Beloved/NNP ;/:
Movie/NNP -/: -/: Bride/NNP of/IN Chucky/NNP ;/:
Movie/NNP -/: -/: Practical/NNP Magic/NNP ;/:
Theater/NNP -/: -/: Corpus/NNP Christi/NNP ,/, by/IN Terrence/NNP McNally/NNP (/( Manhattan/NNP Theatre/NNP Club/NNP )/) ;/:
Music/NNP -/: -/: Live/NNP :/: 1966/CD ,/, by/IN Bob/NNP Dylan/NNP ;/:
Book/NNP -/: -/: The/DT Poisonwood/NNP Bible/NNP ,/, by/IN Barbara/NNP Kingsolver/NNP ./.
Oct/NNP ./.
14/CD :/:
Movie/NNP -/: -/: Holy/NNP Man/NNP ;/:
Movie/NNP -/: -/: The/DT Mighty/NNP ;/:
Movie/NNP -/: -/: Slam/NNP ;/:
Movie/NNP -/: -/: A/DT Night/NNP at/IN the/DT Roxbury/NNP ;/:
Dance/NN -/: -/: Swan/NN Lake/NNP (/( Neil/NNP Simon/NNP Theatre/NNP ,/, New/NNP York/NNP City/NNP )/) ;/:
Book/NNP -/: -/: Work/NN in/IN Progress/NNP ,/, by/IN Michael/NNP Eisner/NNP with/IN Tony/NNP Schwartz/NNP ;/:
Book/NNP -/: -/: Pure/NNP Drivel/NNP ,/, by/IN Steve/NNP Martin/NNP ./.
-/: -/: Eliza/NNP Truitt/NNP
This/DT weekend/NN ,/, various/JJ senators/NNS appeared/VBD on/IN television/NN to/TO explain/VB why/WRB witnesses/NNS should/MD or/CC should/MD not/RB testify/VB at/IN President/NNP Clinton/NNP 's/POS trial/NN ./.
Not/RB surprisingly/RB ,/, every/DT way/NN in/IN which/WDT the/DT Republicans/NNPS frame/NN the/DT question/NN leads/VBZ to/TO calling/VBG witnesses/NNS ,/, and/CC every/DT way/NN in/IN which/WDT the/DT Democrats/NNPS frame/NN the/DT question/NN leads/VBZ to/TO not/RB calling/VBG witnesses/NNS ./.
Republicans/NNS want/VBP to/TO focus/VB attention/NN on/IN the/DT facts/NNS of/IN the/DT case/NN ,/, which/WDT are/VBP strong/JJ ./.
Democrats/NNPS want/VBP to/TO divert/VB attention/NN to/TO the/DT significance/NN of/IN the/DT case/NN ,/, which/WDT is/VBZ weak/JJ ./.
So/RB Republicans/NNPS want/VBP witnesses/NNS ,/, and/CC Democrats/NNPS do/VBP n't/RB ./.
Republicans/NNS also/RB want/VBP to/TO focus/VB scrutiny/NN on/IN the/DT defendant/NN (/( Clinton/NNP )/) ,/, whereas/IN Democrats/NNPS want/VBP to/TO shift/VB scrutiny/NN to/TO the/DT prosecution/NN (/( the/DT GOP/NNP )/) ./.
Finally/RB ,/, Democrats/NNPS want/VBP to/TO underscore/VB the/DT constitutional/JJ costs/NNS of/IN Clinton/NNP 's/POS conviction/NN ,/, while/IN Republicans/NNPS want/VBP to/TO underscore/VB the/DT social/JJ costs/NNS of/IN his/PRP$ acquittal/NN ./.
Here/RB is/VBZ a/DT taxonomy/NN of/IN this/DT week/NN 's/POS frames/NNS and/CC strategies/NNS ,/, taken/VBN from/IN a/DT debate/NN among/IN six/CD senators/NNS on/IN NBC/NNP 's/POS Meet/NNP the/DT Press/NNP ./.
1/LS ./.
Sex/NN ./.
This/DT is/VBZ the/DT simplest/JJS Democratic/JJ frame/NN ./.
Its/PRP$ purpose/NN is/VBZ to/TO keep/VB witnesses/NNS out/RP ./.
The/DT argument/NN is/VBZ that/IN they/PRP will/MD talk/VB about/IN sex/NN ,/, besmirch/NN the/DT Senate/NNP ,/, and/CC offend/VB the/DT viewing/VBG public/JJ ./.
Example/NN :/: "/" I/PRP do/VBP n't/RB understand/VB why/WRB the/DT House/NNP feels/VBZ they/PRP have/VBP to/TO sully/RB the/DT floor/NN of/IN the/DT United/NNP States/NNPS Senate/NNP "/" (/( Sen/NNP ./.
Barbara/NNP Boxer/NNP ,/, D-C/NNP alif/NN ./.
)/) ./.
2/LS ./.
Rule/NN of/IN Law/NNP ./.
This/DT is/VBZ the/DT Republican/JJ rebuttal/NN to/TO the/DT "/" sex/NN "/" frame/NN ./.
Its/PRP$ purposes/NNS are/VBP 1/LS )/) to/TO get/VB witnesses/NNS into/IN the/DT trial/NN by/IN arguing/VBG that/IN the/DT real/JJ subject/NN of/IN testimony/NN is/VBZ perjury/NN and/CC obstruction/NN ,/, not/RB sex/NN ;/: and/CC 2/LS )/) to/TO shift/VB the/DT burden/NN to/TO Clinton/NNP 's/POS defenders/NNS by/IN warning/VBG that/IN his/PRP$ acquittal/NN would/MD send/VB the/DT country/NN a/DT corrosive/JJ message/NN ./.
Example/NN :/: "/" You/PRP can/MD certainly/RB argue/VB ./.
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that/DT someone/NN who/WP breaks/VBZ the/DT law/NN in/IN not/RB upholding/VBG and/CC not/RB telling/VBG the/DT truth/NN under/IN oath/NN and/CC someone/NN who/WP obstructs/NNS justice/NN does/VBZ ,/, in/IN fact/NN ,/, threaten/VBP the/DT republic/NN "/" (/( Sen/NNP ./.
Rick/NNP Santorum/NNP ,/, R-P/NNP a/DT ./.
)/) ./.
3/LS ./.
Summary/NNP Judgment/NNP ./.
This/DT is/VBZ the/DT basic/JJ Democratic/JJ rebuttal/NN to/TO the/DT "/" rule/NN of/IN law/NN "/" frame/NN ./.
Its/PRP$ purposes/NNS are/VBP to/TO shortcut/NN the/DT trial/NN ,/, change/NN the/DT subject/NN from/IN the/DT facts/NNS of/IN the/DT case/NN to/TO their/PRP$ insignificance/NN ,/, and/CC shift/VB the/DT burden/NN back/RB to/TO Clinton/NNP 's/POS accusers/NNS ./.
The/DT argument/NN is/VBZ that/IN even/RB if/IN all/PDT the/DT facts/NNS are/VBP granted/VBN ,/, they/PRP do/VBP n't/RB "/" rise/NN to/TO the/DT level/NN "/" that/WDT would/MD justify/VB his/PRP$ removal/NN ./.
Example/NN :/: "/" We/PRP 're/VBP willing/JJ to/TO accept/VB the/DT facts/NNS ,/, because/IN the/DT threshold/NN question/NN is/VBZ this/DT :/: Even/RB if/IN it/PRP 's/VBZ all/DT true/JJ exactly/RB as/IN the/DT House/NNP managers/NNS have/VBP put/VBN it/PRP forward/RB ,/, does/VBZ this/DT rise/NN to/TO the/DT level/NN of/IN impeachment/NN ?/.
Does/VBZ it/PRP rise/VBP to/TO the/DT level/NN of/IN high/JJ crimes/NNS and/CC misdemeanors/NNS ?/.
That/DT 's/VBZ the/DT threshold/NN question/NN "/" (/( Boxer/NNP )/) ./.
4/LS ./.
Censure/NNP ./.
This/DT is/VBZ the/DT advanced/VBN rebuttal/NN to/TO the/DT "/" rule/NN of/IN law/NN "/" frame/NN ./.
Its/PRP$ purpose/NN is/VBZ to/TO fast-forward/JJ past/JJ the/DT verdict/NN to/TO the/DT sentence/NN ,/, with/IN an/DT emphasis/NN on/IN mitigating/JJ circumstances/NNS ./.
The/DT argument/NN is/VBZ that/IN a/DT resolution/NN censuring/VBG Clinton/NNP is/VBZ sufficient/JJ to/TO reaffirm/VB the/DT laws/NNS against/IN perjury/NN and/CC obstruction/NN of/IN justice/NN ./.
Example/NN :/: "/" I/PRP came/VBD to/TO the/DT conclusion/NN that/IN the/DT appropriate/JJ punishment/NN for/IN this/DT kind/NN of/IN wrongdoing/NN ,/, lying/VBG about/IN an/DT extramarital/JJ relationship/NN ,/, was/VBD censure/NN ./.
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Part/NN of/IN the/DT rule/NN of/IN law/NN is/VBZ that/IN the/DT punishment/NN should/MD fit/VB the/DT crime/NN "/" (/( Sen/NNP ./.
Charles/NNP Schumer/NNP ,/, D-N/NNP ./.
Y/NNP ./.
)/) ./.
5/LS ./.
Constitutional/NNP Duty/NNP ./.
This/DT is/VBZ the/DT Republican/JJ response/NN to/TO the/DT "/" censure/NN "/" frame/NN ./.
Its/PRP$ purpose/NN is/VBZ to/TO abort/NN the/DT censure/NN movement/NN before/IN the/DT censure/NN movement/NN aborts/NNS the/DT trial/NN ./.
The/DT argument/NN is/VBZ that/IN the/DT Constitution/NNP authorizes/VBZ the/DT Senate/NNP to/TO vote/VB only/RB on/IN conviction/NN ,/, not/RB on/IN censure/NN ./.
Example/NN :/: "/" I/PRP do/VBP n't/RB think/VB our/PRP$ business/NN is/VBZ to/TO tell/VB the/DT president/NN he/PRP has/VBZ to/TO ./.
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make/VB some/DT magical/JJ act/NN of/IN contrition/NN ./.
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Our/PRP$ job/NN is/VBZ defined/VBN very/RB clearly/RB in/IN the/DT Constitution/NNP "/" (/( Sen/NNP ./.
Mike/NNP DeWine/NNP ,/, R-O/NNP hio/NN )/) ./.
6/CD ./.
Constitutional/NNP Duty/NNP 2/CD ./.
This/DT Democratic/JJ rejoinder/NN turns/VBZ the/DT GOP/NNP 's/POS strict/JJ constructionism/NN on/IN its/PRP$ head/NN ./.
The/DT argument/NN is/VBZ that/IN the/DT Constitution/NNP says/VBZ the/DT president/NN should/MD be/VB removed/VBN only/RB for/IN crimes/NNS that/WDT imperil/NN the/DT nation/NN ./.
Example/NN :/: "/" George/NNP Mason/NNP ,/, I/PRP think/VBP ,/, put/VB it/PRP succinctly/RB ./.
He/PRP said/VBD ,/, '/" Was/VBD this/DT an/DT attempt/NN to/TO subvert/VB the/DT Constitution/NNP ?/.
'/POS All/DT of/IN President/NNP Clinton/NNP 's/POS untruths/NNS ,/, all/DT of/IN his/PRP$ lying/VBG under/IN oath/NN ,/, if/IN you/PRP will/MD ,/, about/IN an/DT extramarital/JJ relationship/NN does/VBZ not/RB subvert/VB the/DT Constitution/NNP "/" (/( Schumer/NNP )/) ./.
7/CD ./.
Jury/NNP ./.
This/DT all-purpose/JJ Republican/JJ frame/NN posits/NNS that/IN the/DT Senate/NNP is/VBZ Clinton/NNP 's/POS jury/NN and/CC should/MD behave/VB accordingly/RB ./.
This/DT accomplishes/VBZ several/JJ objectives/NNS ./.
First/LS ,/, it/PRP makes/VBZ the/DT strongest/JJS case/NN for/IN calling/VBG witnesses/NNS ./.
Example/NN :/: "/" I/PRP have/VBP never/RB seen/VBN a/DT trial/NN before/IN where/WRB you/PRP had/VBD factual/JJ disputes/NNS where/WRB you/PRP did/VBD n't/RB have/VB witnesses/NNS where/WRB you/PRP could/MD watch/VB their/PRP$ demeanor/NN on/IN the/DT stand/NN ,/, listen/VB to/TO them/PRP ,/, judge/NN one/CD witness/NN vs/NNS ./.
another/DT witness/NN "/" (/( DeWine/NNP )/) ./.
Second/JJ ,/, it/PRP neutralizes/VBZ the/DT "/" summary/NN judgment/NN "/" frame/NN ,/, since/IN summary/NN judgments/NNS are/VBP up/IN to/TO the/DT judge/NN ,/, not/RB the/DT jury/NN ./.
Example/NN :/: "/" We/PRP have/VBP an/DT obligation/NN to/TO sit/VB back/RB as/IN jurors/NNS and/CC let/VB the/DT case/NN be/VB presented/VBN "/" (/( Santorum/NNP )/) ./.
Third/NNP ,/, it/PRP shortcuts/NNS the/DT "/" summary/NN judgment/NN "/" and/CC "/" censure/NN "/" frames/NNS by/IN organizing/VBG the/DT trial/NN 's/POS issues/NNS in/IN temporal/JJ sequence/NN rather/RB than/IN as/IN a/DT decision/NN tree/NN ./.
Example/NN :/: "/" We/PRP 're/VBP prejudging/VBG this/DT thing/NN [/( when/WRB we/PRP say/VBP ]/) it/PRP does/VBZ n't/RB meet/VB the/DT standard/NN of/IN the/DT high/JJ crimes/NNS and/CC misdemeanors/NNS ./.
That/DT 's/VBZ what/WP the/DT trial/NN 's/VBZ all/DT about/IN ./.
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We/PRP 're/VBP going/VBG to/TO listen/VB to/TO the/DT evidence/NN "/" (/( Sen/NNP ./.
John/NNP Chafee/NNP ,/, R-R/NNP ./.
I/PRP ./.
)/) ./.
8/CD ./.
Jury/NNP Nullification/NNP ./.
This/DT Democratic/JJ rebuttal/NN shatters/NNS the/DT "/" jury/NN "/" frame/NN and/CC diverts/NNS scrutiny/NN from/IN the/DT defendant/NN to/TO the/DT prosecution/NN ./.
The/DT argument/NN is/VBZ that/IN the/DT Senate/NNP should/MD reject/VB the/DT case/NN not/RB because/IN it/PRP 's/VBZ unproven/JJ but/CC because/IN it/PRP 's/VBZ politically/RB motivated/VBN ./.
Example/NN :/: "/" One/CD of/IN the/DT reasons/NNS why/WRB we/PRP feel/VBP that/IN this/DT impeachment/NN trial/NN is/VBZ really/RB not/RB what/WP it/PRP 's/VBZ purported/JJ to/TO be/VB is/VBZ that/IN there/EX have/VBP been/VBN four/CD years/NNS of/IN investigations/NNS ./.
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There/EX are/VBP people/NNS that/WDT just/RB want/VBP to/TO get/VB this/DT president/NN "/" (/( Sen/NNP ./.
Dianne/NNP Feinstein/NNP ,/, D-C/NNP alif/NN ./.
)/) ./.
9/CD ./.
Jury/NNP Nullification/NNP Nullification/NNP ./.
This/DT Republican/JJ rejoinder/NN grants/NNS that/IN the/DT House/NNP impeachment/NN process/NN was/VBD politicized/VBN but/CC argues/VBZ that/IN 1/LS )/) the/DT Senate/NNP should/MD be/VB above/IN such/JJ tawdry/JJ politics/NNS ;/: and/CC 2/LS )/) the/DT way/NN to/TO regain/VB public/JJ confidence/NN is/VBZ to/TO transcend/NN partisan/JJ rancor/NN and/CC skepticism/NN by/IN reverting/VBG to/TO the/DT innocence/NN of/IN a/DT jury/NN ./.
Example/NN :/: "/" We/PRP 're/VBP sort/NN of/IN like/IN the/DT petit/NN jury/NN ./.
How/WRB we/PRP got/VBD there/RB ,/, that/DT 's/VBZ up/RP for/IN somebody/NN else/RB to/TO determine/VB ./.
What/WP we/PRP have/VBP to/TO look/VB at/IN is/VBZ what/WP the/DT facts/NNS are/VBP "/" (/( DeWine/NNP )/) ./.
10/CD ./.
Democracy/NNP ./.
This/DT nuclear/JJ response/NN combines/VBZ the/DT jury/NN nullification/NN and/CC constitutional/JJ duty/NN arguments/NNS ,/, suggesting/VBG that/IN Clinton/NNP 's/POS removal/NN would/MD violate/VB the/DT Constitution/NNP and/CC "/" undo/VB the/DT election/NN ./.
"/" The/DT purpose/NN of/IN this/DT rhetorical/JJ bomb/NN is/VBZ to/TO annihilate/NN any/DT discussion/NN of/IN the/DT facts/NNS ./.
Example/NN :/: "/" Do/VBP I/PRP think/VB he/PRP answered/VBD that/DT question/NN honestly/RB ?/.
No/UH ./.
Do/VBP I/PRP think/VB what/WP he/PRP did/VBD was/VBD reprehensible/JJ ?/.
Absolutely/RB ./.
But/CC the/DT question/NN is/VBZ ,/, this/DT alone/RB ,/, does/VBZ it/PRP rise/VBP to/TO that/DT level/NN where/WRB you/PRP overturn/VB an/DT election/NN ?/.
"/" (/( Feinstein/NNP )/) ./.
11/CD ./.
Jury/NNP Duty/NNP ./.
This/DT is/VBZ Clinton/NNP 's/POS favorite/JJ frame/NN ./.
In/IN the/DT debate/NN over/IN witnesses/NNS ,/, its/PRP$ purpose/NN is/VBZ to/TO strip/VB Republicans/NNPS of/IN their/PRP$ appeals/NNS to/TO the/DT Constitution/NNP ,/, jury/NN guidelines/NNS ,/, and/CC the/DT rule/NN of/IN law/NN ./.
The/DT argument/NN is/VBZ that/IN members/NNS of/IN Congress/NNP have/VBP day/NN jobs/NNS ,/, and/CC every/DT day/NN they/PRP spend/VBP on/IN Clinton/NNP 's/POS trial--i/JJ ./.
e/SYM ./.
,/, jury/NN duty--is/JJ a/DT day/NN they/PRP 're/VBP not/RB spending/NN on/IN Social/NNP Security/NNP ,/, education/NN ,/, and/CC other/JJ issues/NNS ./.
When/WRB Boxer/NNP raised/VBD this/DT concern/NN ,/, her/PRP$ Republican/JJ colleagues/NNS explained/VBD that/IN they/PRP were/VBD "/" two-tracking/JJ "/" the/DT trial/NN while/IN working/VBG on/IN "/" things/NNS that/WDT affect/VBP our/PRP$ constituents/NNS ./.
"/" That/DT answer/NN wo/MD n't/RB do/VB ./.
It/PRP lets/VBZ Clinton/NNP 's/POS defenders/NNS steer/VB the/DT discussion/NN away/RB from/IN the/DT trial/NN ./.
It/PRP grants/VBZ the/DT distinction/NN between/IN the/DT trial/NN and/CC the/DT people/NNS 's/POS business/NN ./.
And/CC it/PRP puts/VBZ the/DT GOP/NNP on/IN a/DT collision/NN course/NN with/IN its/PRP$ argument/NN that/IN Clinton/NNP should/MD n't/RB deliver/VB his/PRP$ State/NNP of/IN the/DT Union/NNP address/NN on/IN Jan/NNP ./.
19/CD ./.
But/CC that/DT 's/VBZ a/DT "/" Frame/NNP Game/NNP "/" for/IN another/DT day/NN ./.
By/IN Michael/NNP Ryan/NNP
(/( posted/VBD Wednesday/NNP ,/, Feb/NNP ./.
5/CD ;/: to/TO be/VB composted/JJ Wednesday/NNP ,/, Feb/NNP ./.
12/CD )/)
To/TO hear/VB the/DT poet/NN read/NN "/" Dream/VB Pun/NNP ,/, "/" click/NN or/CC on/IN the/DT title/NN ./.
I/PRP do/VBP n't/RB know/VB how/WRB I/PRP knewthe/NN signalman/NN was/VBD the/DT signalman/NN ./.
His/PRP$ fuzzy/JJ red-brown/JJ hair/NN the/DT color/NN of/IN blood/NN ?/.
I/PRP knewhe/NN was/VBD n't/RB just/RB a/DT waiter/NN carrying/VBG a/DT traywhen/NN he/PRP pushed/VBD through/IN the/DT rathskellerdoing/VBG the/DT Hitler/NNP salute--not/JJ straight/JJ upSieg/NN Heil/NNP but/CC the/DT lateral/NN one/CD ,/, elbow-fulcrum/JJ on/IN his/PRP$ shoulder/NN 's/POS plane/NN ,/, hand/NN (/( made/VBN into/IN blade/NN )/) starting/VBG at/IN his/PRP$ heartsweeping/VBG the/DT quadrant/NN in/IN front/NN of/IN himas/NNS if/IN only/RB to/TO clear/VB a/DT paththrough/NN the/DT jolly/RB ,/, blocked/VBN aisle/NN ./.
You/PRP were/VBD n't/RB the/DT woman/NN at/IN the/DT tall/JJ tableI/NN was/VBD sitting/VBG with/IN ,/, where/WRB we/PRP eat/VBP together/RB most/JJS of/IN the/DT timewatching/VBG the/DT sky/NN change/NN at/IN sunset/NN and/CC talking/VBG about/IN our/PRP$ day/NN (/( characters/NNS from/IN each/DT other/JJ 's/POS livesflickering/VBG ghostlike/NN through/IN that/DT gorgeous/JJ air/NN )/) -/: -/: nor/CC was/VBD I/PRP speaking/VBG to/TO her/PRP$ when/WRB he/PRP pushed/VBD through/IN doing/VBG the/DT Hitler/NNP salutethat/NN meant/VBN run/VB right/RB then/IN to/TO save/VB myself/PRP ./.
There/EX was/VBD n't/RB time/VB for/IN a/DT word/NN to/TO her/PRP ./.
The/DT bomb/NN exploded/VBD as/IN I/PRP got/VBD out/RP the/DT door/NN ./.
You/PRP know/VBP what/WP it/PRP was/VBD like/IN in/IN there/RB ./.
You/PRP 've/VBP listened/VBN to/TO me/PRP so/RB many/JJ hoursdepicting/VBG aftermaths/NNS of/IN my/PRP$ blunt/VB shame/NN ./.
The/DT place/NN had/VBD been/VBN jammed/VBN ,/, everyone/NN drunk/JJ ,/, the/DT cellar/NN had/VBD kept/VBN the/DT explosion/NN in--pillowed/JJ ,/, muffled/VBN ,/, a/DT brief/JJ hot/JJ thudwithin/NN thick/JJ earth-sunk/JJ concrete/JJ walls/NNS ./.
But/CC oh/UH my/PRP$ God/NNP what/WP it/PRP had/VBD done/VBN ./.
I/PRP crawled/VBD back/RB into/IN the/DT rubblesearching/VBG for/IN her/PRP$ ,/, until/IN I/PRP sawthe/NN work/NN I/PRP had/VBD to/TO do/VB now/RB ./.
What/WP had/VBD happened/VBN had/VBN happened/VBN ,/, I/PRP 'd/MD never/RB know/VB how/WRB ./.
I/PRP had/VBD to/TO help/VB withthe/NN wounded/VBN and/CC haul/NN out/RP the/DT dead/NN ./.
So/RB ,/, Newt/NNP Gingrich/NNP has/VBZ been/VBN having/VBG an/DT affair/NN with/IN congressional/JJ aide/NN Callista/NNP Bisek/NNP for/IN six/CD years--since/JJ before/IN the/DT Republican/NNP Revolution/NNP of/IN 1994/CD ./.
Why/WRB did/VBD n't/RB Larry/NNP Flynt/NNP tell/VB us/PRP about/IN it/PRP when/WRB it/PRP mattered/VBN ?/.
You/PRP remember/VBP :/: Flynt/NNP ,/, the/DT pornographer/NN ,/, and/CC his/PRP$ crack/NN team/NN of/IN snoops/NNS were/VBD going/VBG to/TO blast/VB the/DT lid/NN off/RP the/DT hypocritical/JJ Republican/NNP Congress/NNP that/WDT was/VBD trying/VBG to/TO impeach/NN a/DT president/NN over/IN sex/NN ,/, etc/FW ./.
Flynt/NNP offered/VBD up/RP to/TO $/$ 1/CD million/CD in/IN reward/NN money/NN ./.
Yet/RB here/RB one/CD of/IN Flynt/NNP 's/POS juiciest/NN potential/JJ targets/NNS was/VBD cheating/VBG ,/, and/CC Flynt/NNP did/VBD n't/RB blow/VB his/PRP$ cover/NN ./.
Did/VBD Flynt/NNP fail/VBP to/TO find/VB out/IN about/IN Gingrich/NNP and/CC Bisek/NNP ?/.
No/DT ,/, according/VBG to/TO Allan/NNP MacDonell/NNP ,/, executive/JJ editor/NN of/IN Flynt/NNP 's/POS Hustler/NNP magazine/NN ./.
MacDonell/NNP told/VBD kausfiles/NNS that/IN "/" we/PRP had/VBD some/DT information/NN "/" on/IN Gingrich--indeed/NNP ,/, Hustler/NNP had/VBD compiled/VBN a/DT "/" good/JJ dossier/NN "/" on/IN the/DT speaker/NN before/IN he/PRP resigned/VBD his/PRP$ office/NN after/IN the/DT Nov/NNP ./.
1998/CD elections/NNS ./.
Did/VBD that/DT dossier/NN include/VBP the/DT Bisek/NNP matter/NN ?/.
"/" Yes/UH ./.
"/" So/RB why/WRB did/VBD n't/RB Flynt/NNP expose/VB the/DT affair/NN ?/.
"/" We/PRP were/VBD holding/VBG back/RB ./.
"/" Why/WRB hold/VB back/RB ?/.
MacDonell/NNP said/VBD that/IN Bisek/NNP was/VBD a/DT "/" private/JJ "/" citizen/NN ,/, which/WDT caused/VBD some/DT concern/NN ,/, but/CC also/RB that/IN Hustler/NNP "/" wanted/VBD to/TO see/VB what/WP Gingrich/NNP was/VBD going/VBG to/TO do/VB next/RB as/IN far/RB as/IN his/PRP$ career/NN was/VBD concerned/VBN ./.
"/"
Hmmm/NNP ./.
In/IN early/JJ 1999/CD ,/, while/IN the/DT Clinton/NNP impeachment/NN was/VBD pending/VBG before/IN the/DT Senate/NNP ,/, Republicans/NNPS charged/VBD that/IN Flynt/NNP was/VBD blackmailing/VBG anti-/NN Clinton/NNP congressmen/NNS ./.
This/DT came/VBD after/IN Flynt/NNP 's/POS investigator/NN ,/, Dan/NNP Moldea/NNP ,/, told/VBD the/DT Washington/NNP Times/NNP ,/, "/" We/PRP have/VBP a/DT lot/NN of/IN these/DT guys/NNS ,/, dead/JJ bang/NN ,/, and/CC the/DT evidence/NN is/VBZ clear/JJ ./.
But/CC they/PRP have/VBP n't/RB been/VBN going/VBG on/IN TV/NN ,/, or/CC on/IN the/DT floor/NN of/IN Congress/NNP ,/, shooting/VBG their/PRP$ mouths/NNS off/RP ,/, trying/VBG to/TO take/VB the/DT moral/JJ high/JJ ground/NN against/IN Clinton/NNP ./.
And/CC as/IN a/DT consequence/NN ,/, we/PRP 're/VBP throwing/VBG it/PRP back/RB in/IN the/DT river/NN ./.
"/" If/IN a/DT Republican/NNP "/" has/VBZ n't/RB been/VBN shooting/VBG his/PRP$ mouth/NN off/RP ,/, "/" Moldea/NNP said/VBD ,/, "/" we/PRP let/VBP him/PRP go/VB ./.
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And/CC ,/, come/VB to/TO think/VB of/IN it/PRP ,/, Gingrich/NNP was/VBD kind/NN of/IN uncharacteristically/RB quiet/JJ during/IN the/DT impeachment/NN mess/NN ,/, was/VBD n't/RB he/PRP ?/.
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Did/VBD Gingrich/NNP know/VB Flynt/NNP had/VBD the/DT goods/NNS on/IN him/PRP ?/.
"/" We/PRP never/RB contacted/VBD him/PRP ,/, "/" says/VBZ MacDonell/NNP ,/, though/IN he/PRP concedes/VBZ Gingrich/NNP "/" could/MD have/VB known/VBN ./.
"/" MacDonell/NNP says/VBZ Hustler/NNP 's/POS concern/NN was/VBD getting/VBG maximum/NN publicity/NN and/CC sales/NNS for/IN Hustler/NNP ,/, not/RB necessarily/RB making/VBG Gingrich/NNP behave/VB ./.
"/" We/PRP were/VBD going/VBG to/TO wait/VB until/IN the/DT disclosure/NN would/MD do/VB us/PRP the/DT most/JJS benefit/NN ./.
"/" If/IN Gingrich/NNP had/VBD come/VBN out/IN in/IN a/DT high-profile/JJ way/NN and/CC denounced/VBD Clinton/NNP 's/POS sexual/JJ immorality/NN ,/, would/MD Flynt/NNP have/VB dropped/VBN the/DT bomb/NN then/RB ?/.
"/" That/DT was/VBD kind/NN of/IN our/PRP$ idea/NN ./.
"/" What/WP if/IN Newt/NNP had/VBD n't/RB resigned/VBN after/IN his/PRP$ 1998/CD election/NN losses/NNS ,/, and/CC instead/RB had/VBD resolved/VBN to/TO seek/VB another/DT term/NN as/IN House/NNP speaker--would/JJ Flynt/NNP then/RB have/VBP tried/VBN to/TO bring/VB him/PRP down/RB ?/.
"/" Not/RB necessarily/RB ,/, "/" says/VBZ MacDonell/NNP ./.
"/" We/PRP were/VBD n't/RB that/WDT concerned/VBD with/IN bringing/VBG down/RB anybody/NN ./.
We/PRP wanted/VBD to/TO do/VB the/DT most/JJS for/IN [/( ourselves/PRP ]/) ./.
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So/RB was/VBD Gingrich/NNP effectively/RB (/( if/IN not/RB illegally/RB )/) blackmailed/VBN ?/.
You/PRP ,/, the/DT reader/NN ,/, be/VBP the/DT judge/NN !/.
I/PRP tend/VBP to/TO believe/VB MacDonell/NNP 's/POS claim/NN of/IN pure/JJ ,/, publicity-seeking/JJ self-interest/NN ./.
But/CC that/DT does/VBZ n't/RB mean/VB Gingrich/NNP 's/POS behavior/NN was/VBD n't/RB affected/VBN by/IN knowledge/NN that/IN Flynt/NNP ,/, or/CC someone/NN like/IN him/PRP ,/, knew/VBD about/IN Bisek/NNP and/CC might/MD blow/VB the/DT whistle/VBP ./.
Intentionally/NNP or/CC not/RB ,/, Flynt/NNP served/VBD Clinton/NNP well/RB ./.
Flynt/NNP would/MD probably/RB agree/VB ./.
Last/JJ spring/NN ,/, after/IN Clinton/NNP 's/POS impeachment/NN trial/NN was/VBD over--and/JJ months/NNS after/IN Gingrich/NNP resigned--he/JJ finally/RB published/VBN his/PRP$ long-awaited/JJ (/( and/CC disappointing/JJ )/) Flynt/NNP Report/NNP ./.
It/PRP did/VBD allude/NN to/TO the/DT Bisek/NNP matter/NN ,/, saying/VBG :/: "/" Rumors/NNS of/IN an/DT ongoing/JJ affair/NN between/IN the/DT remarried/JJ Newt/NNP Gingrich/NNP and/CC a/DT female/JJ staff/NN member/NN of/IN then-/NN Congressman/NNP Steve/NNP Gunderson/NNP (/( R-W/NNP isconsin/NN )/) */NN reached/VBD HUSTLER/NNP from/IN more/JJR than/IN one/CD inside/IN source/NN ./.
Maybe/RB this/DT whiff/NN of/IN fresh/JJ scandal/NN was/VBD the/DT deciding/VBG factor/NN in/IN Newt/NNP 's/POS abrupt/JJ withdrawal/NN from/IN the/DT mud/NN fight/NN ./.
"/" And/CC ,/, Flynt/NNP might/MD have/VB added/VBN ,/, in/IN determining/VBG Newt/NNP 's/POS fighting/NN style/NN during/IN the/DT previous/JJ months/NNS ./.
Gingrich/NNP 's/POS press/NN spokesman/NN ,/, Michael/NNP Shields/NNP ,/, declined/VBD to/TO comment/VB on/IN this/DT story/NN when/WRB contacted/VBN by/IN kausfiles/NNS ./.
*/NN In/IN 1993/CD ,/, when/WRB her/PRP$ romance/NN with/IN the/DT speaker/NN apparently/RB began/VBD ,/, Bisek/NNP was/VBD an/DT aide/NN to/TO Gunderson/NNP ./.
Pat/NNP Buchanan/NNP 's/POS new/JJ book/NN ,/, A/DT Republic/NNP ,/, Not/RB an/DT Empire/NNP ,/, has/VBZ drawn/VBN fire/NN for/IN its/PRP$ claim/NN that/IN Hitler/NNP posed/VBD no/DT threat/NN to/TO American/JJ national/JJ interests/NNS ./.
Already/RB ,/, some/DT Republicans/NNPS have/VBP disavowed/VBD him/PRP ,/, and/CC some/DT historians/NNS ,/, such/JJ as/IN Norm/NNP Goda/NNP ,/, Gerhard/NNP L/NNP ./.
Weinberg/NNP ,/, and/CC Robert/NNP G/NNP ./.
Kaufman/NNP ,/, have/VBP rebutted/VBN him/PRP ./.
But/CC Buchanan/NNP 's/POS Hitlerophilia/NNP is/VBZ just/RB the/DT start/NN of/IN his/PRP$ problems/NNS ./.
The/DT real/JJ news/NN about/IN A/DT Republic/NNP ,/, Not/RB an/DT Empire/NNP is/VBZ that/IN it/PRP repeatedly/RB warps/NNS American/JJ history/NN to/TO support/VB Buchanan/NNP 's/POS nativist/NN ideology/NN ./.
(/( Click/NNP to/TO read/VB if/IN today/NN 's/POS congressional/JJ Republicans/NNPS would/MD have/VB voted/VBN to/TO stop/VB Hitler/NNP ./.
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The/DT aim/NN of/IN Buchanan/NNP 's/POS book/NN is/VBZ to/TO revive/VB the/DT doctrine/NN of/IN isolationism/NN and/CC restore/VB legitimacy/NN to/TO its/PRP$ advocates/NNS ./.
As/IN Buchanan/NNP notes/NNS ,/, the/DT term/NN "/" isolationist/NN "/" (/( which/WDT he/PRP rejects/VBZ )/) was/VBD coined/VBN in/IN the/DT 1920/CD s/VBZ to/TO denigrate/NN those/DT who/WP would/MD keep/VB America/NNP out/IN of/IN European/JJ wars/NNS ./.
For/IN Buchanan/NNP ,/, what/WP others/NNS call/VBP isolationism/NN has/VBZ a/DT noble/JJ history/NN ,/, dating/VBG to/TO George/NNP Washington/NNP 's/POS admonition/NN that/IN America/NNP should/MD "/" steer/VB clear/JJ of/IN permanent/JJ alliances/NNS ./.
"/" In/IN the/DT 19/CD th/NN century/NN ,/, Buchanan/NNP argues/VBZ ,/, presidents/NNS obeyed/JJ ,/, and/CC the/DT nation/NN thrived/VBD ./.
But/CC with/IN the/DT Spanish-/NNP American/NNP War/NNP ,/, he/PRP says/VBZ ,/, the/DT policy/NN was/VBD junked/JJ ,/, and/CC since/IN then/RB we/PRP 've/VBP been/VBN rushing/VBG headlong/RB into/IN ruin/VB ./.
Errors/NNP ,/, distorted/JJ emphases/NNS ,/, discredited/VBN theories/NNS ,/, internal/JJ inconsistencies/NNS ,/, and/CC outright/JJ prejudice/NN permeate/NN Buchanan/NNP 's/POS book/NN right/NN from/IN the/DT beginning/NN ./.
Early/RB on/RB ,/, he/PRP refers/VBZ to/TO the/DT American/NNP West/JJ before/IN European/JJ settlers/NNS arrived/VBD as/IN "/" empty/JJ land/NN ./.
"/" For/IN a/DT screed/NN against/IN American/JJ imperialism/NN ,/, his/PRP$ book/NN is/VBZ astonishingly/RB uncritical/JJ about/IN the/DT nation/NN 's/POS violent/JJ conquest/NN of/IN the/DT West/NNP ./.
In/IN writing/VBG about/IN the/DT 1811/CD Battle/NNP of/IN Tippecanoe--the/NNP showdown/NN between/IN the/DT troops/NNS of/IN the/DT Indian/JJ leader/NN Tecumseh/NNP and/CC of/IN the/DT Indiana/NNP Gov/NNP ./.
William/NNP Henry/NNP Harrison--/NNP Buchanan/NNP treats/VBZ the/DT Indians/NNPS as/IN Britain/NNP 's/POS hired/VBN minions/NNS who/WP ran/VBD around/IN scalping/VBG Americans/NNPS for/IN sport/NN ,/, rather/RB than/IN a/DT threatened/VBN people/NNS who/WP enlisted/VBD Britain/NNP in/IN a/DT strategic/JJ alliance/NN ./.
He/PRP also/RB describes/VBZ the/DT Florida/NNP of/IN the/DT early/JJ 19/CD th/NN century/NN as/IN "/" a/DT haven/NN for/IN ./.
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marauding/VBG Indians/NNPS who/WP regularly/RB crossed/VBN into/IN U/NNP ./.
S/NNP ./.
territory/NN to/TO pillage/NN ,/, burn/VB and/CC murder/NN ,/, "/" and/CC calls/VBZ Andrew/NNP Jackson/NNP ,/, who/WP ruthlessly/RB waged/VBD war/NN against/IN them/PRP ,/, a/DT man/NN of/IN "/" vision/NN ,/, unapologetic/JJ about/IN the/DT means/NNS [/( he/PRP ]/) employed/VBN to/TO realize/VB the/DT destiny/NN [/( he/PRP ]/) foresaw/VBD for/IN America/NNP ./.
"/" There/EX 's/VBZ much/JJ to/TO admire/NN about/IN Andrew/NNP Jackson/NNP ,/, ,/, but/CC his/PRP$ brutal/JJ Florida/NNP campaign/NN should/MD elicit/NN at/IN least/JJS pause/NN ,/, if/IN not/RB apologies/NNS ./.
Buchanan/NNP 's/POS determination/NN to/TO see/VB the/DT 19/CD th/NN century/NN as/IN a/DT success/NN story/NN (/( the/DT better/JJR to/TO underscore/VB the/DT failures/NNS of/IN 20/CD th/NN -/: century/NN policy/NN )/) also/RB leads/VBZ him/PRP to/TO a/DT rosy/JJ view/NN of/IN the/DT Mexican-/NNP American/NNP War/NNP ./.
Dismissive/NNP of/IN those/DT who/WP have/VBP questioned/VBN America/NNP 's/POS aggressive/JJ annexation/NN of/IN the/DT Southwest/NNP ,/, he/PRP argues/VBZ that/IN opponents/NNS of/IN annexation/NN were/VBD dupes/VBZ of/IN Britain/NNP ./.
Actually/RB ,/, expansion/NN aroused/VBD Northern/NNP fears/NNS mainly/RB because/IN it/PRP promised/VBD to/TO create/VB more/JJR states/NNS hospitable/JJ to/TO slavery/NN ,/, but/CC in/IN Buchanan/NNP 's/POS telling/VBG ,/, the/DT central/JJ issue/NN of/IN antebellum/JJ America/NNP garners/NNS barely/RB a/DT mention/NN ./.
The/DT Anglophobia/NNP returns/NNS when/WRB he/PRP buys/VBZ into/IN hoary/JJ theories/NNS that/IN America/NNP foolishly/RB accepted/VBD the/DT "/" Open/NNP Door/NNP Policy/NNP "/" in/IN China/NNP because/IN the/DT British/JJ had/VBD conned/JJ Secretary/NNP of/IN State/NNP John/NNP Hay/NNP ./.
Buchanan/NNP also/RB resurrects/VBZ 75/CD -/: year-old/JJ claims/NNS that/IN the/DT wily/JJ schemes/NNS of/IN Wall/NNP Street/NNP financiers/NNS and/CC munitions-makers/JJ plunged/VBD America/NNP into/IN World/NNP War/NNP I/PRP ./.
(/( And/CC as/IN Kaufman/NNP notes/NNS in/IN the/DT Weekly/NNP Standard/NNP ,/, recent/JJ scholarship/NN suggests/VBZ Kaiser/NNP Wilhelm/NNP was/VBD more/JJR of/IN a/DT continental/JJ menace/NN than/IN previously/RB recognized/VBN and/CC that/IN the/DT war/NN was/VBD n't/RB necessarily/RB the/DT "/" mistake/NN "/" common/JJ wisdom/NN once/RB held/VBD it/PRP to/TO be/VB ./.
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Buchanan/NNP 's/POS theory/NN of/IN 20/CD th/NN -/: century/NN foreign/JJ policy/NN is/VBZ basically/RB that/IN Democratic/JJ presidents/NNS have/VBP been/VBN bad/JJ ./.
His/PRP$ vituperation/NN for/IN Woodrow/NNP Wilson/NNP extends/VBZ beyond/IN the/DT familiar/JJ argument/NN that/IN Wilson/NNP 's/POS arrogance/NN sabotaged/JJ his/PRP$ efforts/NNS to/TO win/VB Senate/NNP approval/NN for/IN joining/VBG the/DT League/NNP of/IN Nations/NNPS ;/: Buchanan/NNP also/RB faults/NNS Wilson/NNP for/IN impugning/VBG the/DT patriotism/NN of/IN so-called/JJ "/" hyphenates/NNS "/" -/: -/: immigrants/NNS who/WP wanted/VBD American/JJ policy/NN to/TO favor/VB their/PRP$ native/JJ lands/NNS ./.
The/DT criticism/NN is/VBZ plainly/RB disingenuous/JJ :/: In/IN two/CD of/IN his/PRP$ last/JJ three/CD chapters/NNS ,/, Buchanan/NNP bashes/NNS Jewish/NNP and/CC Mexican-/NNP Americans/NNPS for/IN speaking/VBG up/RP on/IN behalf/NN of/IN Israel/NNP and/CC Mexico/NNP ./.
Likewise/RB ,/, Buchanan/NNP ,/, until/IN now/RB not/RB known/VBN as/IN a/DT friend/NN of/IN Asian/JJ immigrants/NNS ,/, sheds/NNS crocodile/NN tears/NNS for/IN the/DT Japanese-/NNP Americans/NNPS interned/JJ during/IN World/NNP War/NNP II--apparently/NNP so/IN he/PRP can/MD take/VB another/DT swipe/NN at/IN Franklin/NNP Roosevelt/NNP ./.
This/DT brings/VBZ us/PRP to/TO the/DT much-reported/JJ World/NNP War/NNP II/NNP controversy/NN ./.
Buchanan/NNP argues/VBZ that/IN Britain/NNP and/CC France/NNP never/RB should/MD have/VB pledged/VBN to/TO defend/VB Poland/NNP ./.
Had/VBD the/DT Allies/NNS acquiesced/VBD in/IN Hitler/NNP 's/POS invasion/NN there/EX (/( following/VBG ,/, mind/NN you/PRP ,/, Germany/NNP 's/POS unchallenged/JJ invasions/NNS of/IN the/DT Rhineland/NNP ,/, Austria/NNP ,/, and/CC Czechoslovakia/NNP )/) ,/, then/RB Hitler/NNP would/MD have/VB spared/VBN the/DT West/NNP and/CC attacked/VBN Stalin/NNP 's/POS Russia/NNP ,/, leading/VBG the/DT two/CD regimes/NNS to/TO fight/VB to/TO the/DT death/NN ./.
Buchanan/NNP further/JJ argues/VBZ that/IN after/IN Germany/NNP 's/POS loss/NN in/IN the/DT Battle/NNP of/IN Britain/NNP in/IN 1940/CD ,/, the/DT United/NNP States/NNPS was/VBD safe/JJ ,/, and/CC thus/RB Roosevelt/NNP ,/, who/WP inveigled/JJ the/DT country/NN into/IN war/NN ,/, is/VBZ at/IN fault/NN for/IN the/DT 400/CD ,/, 000/CD American/JJ lives/NNS lost/VBD ./.
Counterfactuals----are/NNP unprovable/JJ ./.
They/PRP carry/VBP rhetorical/JJ power/NN but/CC no/DT meaning/VBG ./.
Besides/IN ,/, as/IN Goda/NNP and/CC Weinberg/NNP have/VBP both/DT shown/VBN at/IN TomPaine/NNP ./.
com/NN ,/, Hitler/NNP did/VBD plan/NN for/IN war/NN with/IN America/NNP ./.
In/IN 1940/CD ,/, he/PRP commissioned/VBD bombers/NNS that/WDT could/MD reach/VB New/NNP York/NNP City/NNP ,/, and/CC Germany/NNP actively/RB quested/JJ for/IN the/DT atomic/JJ bomb/NN ./.
And/CC even/RB if/IN Germany/NNP had/VBD ignored/VBN the/DT United/NNP States/NNPS and/CC achieved/VBN "/" only/RB "/" its/PRP$ goal/NN of/IN becoming/VBG "/" master/NN of/IN Europe/NNP "/" (/( Buchanan/NNP 's/POS words/NNS )/) ,/, no/DT historian/NN would/MD agree/VB that/IN American/JJ interests/NNS would/MD have/VB remained/VBN unimperiled/JJ ./.
As/IN for/IN the/DT charges/NNS against/IN FDR/NNP ,/, they/PRP too/RB are/VBP specious--the/JJ residue/NN of/IN 1940/CD s/VBZ conspiracy/NN theories/NNS by/IN the/DT ultra-rightists/JJ Buchanan/NNP seeks/VBZ to/TO redeem/VB ./.
Yes/UH ,/, in/IN 1940/CD ,/, politicians/NNS of/IN both/DT parties/NNS ran/VBD for/IN office/NN promising/JJ peace/NN while/IN contemplating/VBG war/NN ./.
But/CC throughout/IN 1940/CD and/CC 1941/CD ,/, the/DT overall/JJ climate/NN became/VBD increasingly/RB belligerent/NN ,/, making/VBG neutrality/NN untenable/JJ ./.
For/IN a/DT while/NN ,/, Roosevelt/NNP succeeded/VBD anyway/RB in/IN his/PRP$ balancing/VBG act/NN :/: supporting/VBG America/NNP 's/POS allies/NNS ,/, as/IN he/PRP knew/VBD he/PRP had/VBD to/TO ,/, while/IN satisfying/VBG popular/JJ anti-war/JJ sentiment/NN with/IN what/WP he/PRP called/VBD ,/, in/IN a/DT Fireside/NNP Chat/NNP of/IN Dec/NNP ./.
29/CD ,/, 1940/CD ,/, "/" methods/NNS short/JJ of/IN war/NN ./.
"/" Mainly/RB ,/, this/DT policy/NN meant/VBN "/" Lend-/NNP Lease/NNP ,/, "/" a/DT congressional/JJ act/NN that/WDT allowed/VBD the/DT United/NNP States/NNPS to/TO arm/VB countries/NNS under/IN attack/NN ,/, most/RBS importantly/RB Britain/NNP ./.
In/IN the/DT Pacific/NNP theater/NN ,/, meanwhile/RB ,/, FDR/NNP pursued/VBD a/DT diplomatic/JJ resolution/NN with/IN Japan/NNP until/IN late/JJ November/NNP 1941/CD ,/, when/WRB he/PRP learned/VBD that/IN Japan/NNP was/VBD continuing/VBG its/PRP$ southward/NN aggression/NN despite/IN the/DT negotiations/NNS ./.
Recently/RB Buchanan/NNP ,/, boxed/JJ in/IN by/IN criticisms/NNS ,/, has/VBZ insisted/VBN that/IN he/PRP does/VBZ agree/VB the/DT United/NNP States/NNPS should/MD have/VB declared/VBN war/NN on/IN Germany--because/NNP Germany/NNP declared/VBD war/NN on/IN the/DT United/NNP States/NNPS first/JJ ./.
He/PRP has/VBZ called/VBN it/PRP a/DT "/" damnable/JJ lie/NN "/" to/TO claim/VB that/IN he/PRP does/VBZ n't/RB consider/VB the/DT war/NN to/TO have/VB been/VBN a/DT noble/JJ one/CD ./.
But/CC he/PRP does/VBZ n't/RB realize/VB how/WRB this/DT admission/NN leaves/VBZ him/PRP without/IN an/DT argument/NN ./.
If/IN going/VBG to/TO war/VB against/IN Hitler/NNP was/VBD ultimately/RB the/DT right/JJ policy/NN ,/, then/RB in/IN hindsight/NN Buchanan/NNP 's/POS beloved/JJ isolationists/NNS ,/, even/RB if/IN well-intentioned/JJ ,/, were/VBD wrong/JJ ./.
Buchanan/NNP might/MD reply/VB with/IN what/WP he/PRP says/VBZ in/IN his/PRP$ book/NN :/: that/IN FDR/NNP "/" maneuvered/VBD us/PRP into/IN one/CD collision/NN after/IN another/DT with/IN Germany/NNP and/CC Japan/NNP so/IN that/DT war/NN would/MD be/VB '/POS thrust/VBN upon/IN us/PRP '/POS "/" -/: -/: in/IN other/JJ words/NNS ,/, that/IN the/DT United/NNP States/NNPS effectively/RB made/VBD the/DT choice/NN to/TO wage/VB war/NN first/RB ./.
But/CC if/IN that/DT 's/VBZ the/DT case/NN ,/, a/DT consistent/JJ argument/NN would/MD have/VB to/TO stick/VB by/IN the/DT claim/NN that/IN the/DT war/NN was/VBD a/DT mistake--a/JJ position/NN even/RB Pat/NNP Buchanan/NNP knows/VBZ to/TO be/VB untenable/JJ in/IN a/DT presidential/JJ election/NN ./.
To/TO revive/VB the/DT isolationists/NNS '/POS reputation/NN ,/, Buchanan/NNP also/RB distorts/VBZ the/DT views/NNS of/IN Charles/NNP Lindbergh/NNP ,/, who/WP even/RB his/PRP$ sympathetic/JJ biographer/NN A/DT ./.
Scott/NNP Berg/NNP admits/VBZ was/VBD an/DT anti-/NN Semite/NNP ./.
While/IN Buchanan/NNP correctly/RB notes/VBZ that/IN many/JJ non-bigots/JJ opposed/VBD the/DT war/NN ,/, Lindbergh/NNP is/VBZ n't/RB so/RB easily/RB exonerated/VBD ./.
Lindbergh/NNP openly/RB admired/VBD Hitler/NNP ,/, cozied/JJ up/IN to/TO Hermann/NNP Goering/NNP ,/, and/CC branded/JJ Jews/NNPS as/IN un-/NN American/JJ agitators/NNS who/WP used/VBD their/PRP$ alleged/VBN power/NN to/TO attain/VB their/PRP$ parochial/JJ ends/NNS ./.
Buchanan/NNP pities/NNS the/DT "/" Lone/NNP Eagle/NNP ,/, "/" who/WP he/PRP says/VBZ suffered/VBN "/" for/IN the/DT rest/NN of/IN his/PRP$ life--and/JJ beyond/IN "/" for/IN uttering/VBG "/" three/CD short/JJ paragraphs/NNS ./.
"/" Recently/RB ,/, Buchanan/NNP yelled/VBD at/IN CBS/NNP 's/POS Bob/NNP Schieffer/NNP on/IN Face/NNP the/DT Nation/NNP for/IN asking/VBG about/IN a/DT passage/NN in/IN A/DT Republic/NNP ,/, Not/RB an/DT Empire/NNP in/IN which/WDT he/PRP bemoans/NNS the/DT alleged/VBN power/NN of/IN the/DT Israeli/JJ lobby/NN ./.
"/" That/DT is/VBZ one/CD paragraph/NN out/IN of/IN a/DT 2/CD ,/, 000/CD -/: point/NN essay/NN ,/, "/" Buchanan/NNP retorted/JJ ,/, suggesting/VBG an/DT affinity/NN with/IN Lindbergh/NNP ./.
In/IN fact/NN ,/, just/RB as/IN Lindbergh/NNP was/VBD guilty/JJ of/IN more/JJR than/IN three/CD offending/VBG paragraphs/NNS ,/, Buchanan/NNP 's/POS bigotry/NN is/VBZ not/RB confined/VBN to/TO just/RB one/CD paragraph/NN of/IN this/DT book/NN ,/, as/RB ./.
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Hitler/NNP was/VBD n't/RB a/DT threat/NN to/TO the/DT United/NNP States/NNPS ,/, but/CC Ho/NNP Chi/NNP Minh/NNP was/VBD ./.
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Rex/NNP ./.
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Starr/NNP should/MD resign/VB ./.
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1/LS %/NN in/IN 1987/CD ./.
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S/NNP ./.
Marine/NNP was/VBD severely/RB beaten/VBN in/IN broad/JJ daylight/NN in/IN a/DT busy/JJ Moscow/NNP park/NN by/IN a/DT band/NN of/IN Russian/JJ skinheads/NNS ./.
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S/NNP ./.
citizens/NNS ,/, particularly/RB those/DT of/IN African/JJ or/CC Asian/JJ origin/NN about/IN the/DT danger/NN of/IN unprovoked/JJ attacks/NNS ./.
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Ahh/NNP Mim/NNP ,/,
Good/JJ morning/NN ./.
The/DT Coca-/NNP Cola/NNP is/VBZ n't/RB cutting/VBG it/PRP ./.
I/PRP think/VBP I/PRP want/VBP a/DT scotch/NN with/IN my/PRP$ toast/NN ./.
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Get/VB it/PRP ?/.
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W/NNP ./.
Bush/NNP ,/, once/RB did/VBD ./.
This/DT is/VBZ not/RB quite/RB right/JJ ./.
W/NNP ./.
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W/NNP ./.
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W/NNP ./.
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W/NNP ./.
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George/NNP H/NNP ./.
W/NNP ./.
ran/VBD for/IN Congress/NNP and/CC won/VBD ./.
George/NNP W/NNP ./.
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N/NNP ./.
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Sgt/NNP ./.
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e/SYM ./.
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You/PRP know/VBP what/WP those/DT vegetables/NNS were/VBD in/IN the/DT original/JJ ,/, pre-censored/JJ draft/NN of/IN the/DT script/NN ?/.
Methamphetamines/NNP ./.
1984/CD :/: Everyone/NN remembers/VBZ the/DT famous/JJ episode/NN of/IN Diff/NNP '/POS rent/NN Strokes/NNS where/WRB Nancy/NNP Reagan/NNP teaches/VBZ Arnold/NNP to/TO "/" Just/RB Say/VB No/UH ./.
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ARNOLD/NNP :/: "/" Whatchoo/NNP talkin/NN '/" '/POS bout/NN ,/, Willis/NNP ?/.
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J/NNP ./.
's/POS bong/NN into/IN a/DT more/RBR benign/JJ story/NN in/IN which/WDT Michelle/NNP discovers/VBZ and/CC reads/VBZ D/NNP ./.
J/NNP ./.
's/POS diary/NN ./.
1999/CD :/: UPN/NNP 's/POS potential/JJ breakout/NN hit/VBD ,/, Shasta/NNP McCrackhead/NNP ,/, is/VBZ tamed/JJ into/IN the/DT disastrously/RB dull/JJ Shasta/NNP McNasty/NNP ./.
Look/VB where/WRB it/PRP is/VBZ in/IN the/DT ratings/NNS now/RB ./.
And/CC that/DT 's/VBZ just/RB what/WP I/PRP was/VBD able/JJ to/TO uncover/VB since/IN 7/CD :/: 30/CD this/DT morning/NN ./.
You/PRP may/MD want/VB to/TO put/VB your/PRP$ investigative/JJ reporter/NN skills/NNS to/TO work/VB on/IN this/DT one/CD ,/, Tim/NNP ./.
Dear/RB Colleagues/NNS :/:
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Movies/NNP that/IN many/JJ in/IN my/PRP$ generation/NN regard/NN as/IN touchstones/NNS were/VBD freaks/NNS ./.
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My/PRP$ Beautiful/NNP Laundrette/NNP was/VBD financed/VBN by/IN and/CC for/IN British/JJ TV/NN ./.
Really/RB interesting/JJ "/" mainstream/NN "/" pictures--/JJ Something/NN Wild/NNP ,/, say--were/JJ seen/VBN by/IN almost/RB no/DT one/CD ./.
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It/PRP 's/VBZ not/RB that/IN there/EX have/VBP been/VBN so/RB many/JJ masterpieces/NNS ./.
It/PRP 's/VBZ that/IN movies/NNS have/VBP become/VBN expansive/JJ again/RB ./.
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It/PRP 's/VBZ David/NNP O/NNP ./.
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S/NNP ./.
distributors/NNS (/( or/CC worse/JJR ,/, they/PRP 're/VBP being/VBG bought/VBN by/IN Miramax/NNP and/CC left/VBD unreleased/JJ in/IN the/DT United/NNP States/NNPS )/) ./.
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1/LS ./.
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Three/CD Kings/NNPS ./.
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Russell/NNP ,/, is/VBZ working/VBG at/IN such/JJ a/DT high/JJ level/NN of/IN inspiration--and/JJ outrage--that/JJ the/DT structure/NN he/PRP has/VBZ employed/VBN ca/MD n't/RB fully/RB contain/VB the/DT emotions/NNS he/PRP kicks/VBZ up/RB ./.
3/LS ./.
Being/VBG John/NNP Malkovich/NNP ./.
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Election/NNP ./.
See/NNP the/DT entry/NN above/IN ./.
Alexander/NNP Payne/NNP 's/POS caustic/JJ comedy/NN tells/VBZ the/DT story/NN of/IN a/DT high-school/NN election/NN from/IN four/CD different/JJ perspectives--none/JJ of/IN them/PRP remotely/RB rational/JJ ./.
5/LS ./.
The/DT Iron/NNP Giant/NNP ./.
Brad/NNP Bird/NNP 's/POS cartoon/NN evocation/NN of/IN "/" leftist/JJ "/" '/POS 50/CD s/VBZ sci-fi/JJ is/VBZ uncannily/RB lyrical/JJ :/: It/PRP sums/VBZ up/RP an/DT entire/JJ era/NN of/IN ideological/JJ genre/NN moviemaking--and/JJ transcends/NNS it/PRP ./.
6/CD ./.
Boys/NNPS Do/VBP n't/RB Cry/NNP ./.
Starkly/NNP beautiful/JJ ,/, Kimberly/NNP Peirce/NNP 's/POS debut/NN film/NN has/VBZ at/IN its/PRP$ core/NN a/DT tragicomic/JJ irony/NN :/: That/DT the/DT cross-dressing/JJ Brandon/NNP Teena/NNP ,/, a/DT k/NN a/DT Teena/NNP Brandon/NNP (/( the/DT rapturous/JJ Hillary/NNP Swank/NNP )/) feels/VBZ most/JJS at/IN home/NN among/IN the/DT sort/NN of/IN roughnecks/NNS who/WP would/MD kill/VB her/PRP if/IN they/PRP knew/VBD her/PRP$ true/JJ gender/NN ./.
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8/CD ./.
The/DT Limey/NNP ./.
See/NNP above/IN ./.
9/CD ./.
The/DT Straight/NNP Story/NNP ./.
David/NNP Lynch/NNP 's/POS implacably/RB untwisty/NN road/NN movie--call/JJ it/PRP Found/NNP Highway/NNP -/: -/: with/IN a/DT performance/NN by/IN Richard/NNP Farnsworth/NNP of/IN unbounded/JJ soul/NN ./.
10/CD ./.
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See/NNP above/IN ./.
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Star/JJ Wars/NNS :/: The/DT Phantom/NNP Menace/NNP ./.
Jar/NNP Jar/NNP Binks/NNP ./.
Enough/JJ said/VBD ./.
Body/NNP Shots/NNP ./.
A/DT great/JJ case/NN for/IN date/NN rape/NN ./.
Happy/NNP Texas/NNP ./.
How/WRB many/JJ lame/JJ homo/NN jokes/NNS can/MD fit/VB into/IN a/DT single/JJ movie/NN ?/.
Playing/VBG by/IN Heart/NNP ./.
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Then/RB ,/, monstrous/JJ ./.
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S/NNP ./.
military/NN is/VBZ not/RB without/IN precedent/NN ./.
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1/LS Are/VBP men/NNS designed/VBN by/IN natural/JJ selection/NN for/IN warfare/NN ?/.
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"/" In/IN some/DT of/IN these/DT societies/NNS ,/, more/JJR than/IN a/DT fourth/JJ of/IN the/DT males/NNS die/VBP violently/RB ./.
And/CC whether/IN or/CC not/RB our/PRP$ distant/JJ male/JJ ancestors/NNS often/RB participated/VBD in/IN actual/JJ "/" war/NN ,/, "/" they/PRP probably/RB fought/VBD other/JJ males/NNS and/CC sometimes/RB killed/VBN them/PRP ./.
The/DT warless/JJ !/.
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There/EX is/VBZ more/JJR evidence/NN ,/, which/WDT we/PRP 'll/MD get/VB to/TO shortly/RB ./.
However/RB ,/, the/DT policy/NN implications/NNS of/IN any/DT male/JJ propensity/NN to/TO fight/VB would/MD depend/VB on/IN other/JJ questions/NNS ./.
For/IN example/NN :/:
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Hardly/RB ./.
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Even/RB when/WRB women/NNS are/VBP n't/RB combatants/NNS ,/, they/PRP hardly/RB shy/VBP away/RB from/IN the/DT thought/NN of/IN war/NN ,/, or/CC from/IN its/PRP$ gore/VB ./.
Among/IN the/DT Dayak/NNP of/IN 19/CD th/NN -/: century/NN Borneo/NNP ,/, women/NNS would/MD surround/VBP a/DT returning/VBG warrior/NN ,/, singing/VBG songs/NNS of/IN praise/NN ,/, while/IN the/DT head/NN of/IN one/CD of/IN his/PRP$ victims/NNS sat/VBD nearby/JJ on/IN a/DT decorative/JJ brass/NN tray/NN ./.
Among/IN the/DT Yanomamo/NNP of/IN South/NNP America/NNP ,/, women/NNS watch/VBP the/DT one-on-one/JJ "/" club/NN fights/NNS "/" that/IN sometimes/RB escalate/VB into/IN intervillage/NN conflicts/NNS ,/, screaming/VBG insults/NNS and/CC egging/VBG their/PRP$ men/NNS on/IN ./.
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"/" If/IN their/PRP$ men/NNS are/VBP insulted/JJ by/IN other/JJ men/NNS and/CC do/VBP n't/RB retaliate/NN ,/, "/" the/DT women/NNS make/VBP fun/NN of/IN them/PRP :/: '/POS You/PRP are/VBP afraid/JJ ,/, you/PRP are/VBP not/RB men/NNS ,/, we/PRP will/MD have/VB no/DT more/JJR intercourse/NN with/IN you/PRP !/.
Woma/NNP ,/, woma/NN [/( afraid/JJ ]/) !/.
Hu/NNP !/.
Hu/NNP !/.
Hu/NNP !/.
'/POS Then/RB out/IN go/NN the/DT men/NNS and/CC fight/NN ./.
"/"
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And/CC plainly/RB ,/, some/DT women/NNS are/VBP more/RBR eager/JJ and/CC capable/JJ fighters/NNS than/IN some/DT men/NNS ./.
(/( I/NN 'm/VBP male/JJ ,/, but/CC no/DT one/CD has/VBZ ever/RB confused/VBN me/PRP with/IN Charles/NNP Bronson/NNP ./.
)/) So/RB why/WRB deny/VB high-testosterone/JJ women/NNS an/DT opportunity/NN to/TO join/VB in/IN the/DT fun/NN ?/.
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3/LS Why/WRB do/VBP men/NNS fight/VBP so/RB much/JJ ?/.
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Even/RB today/NN ,/, Yanomamo/NNP men/NNS raid/NN villages/NNS ,/, kill/VB men/NNS ,/, and/CC abduct/NN women/NNS for/IN procreative/JJ purposes/NNS ./.
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The/DT anthropologist/NN Napoleon/NNP Chagnon/NNP has/VBZ shown/VBN that/IN Yanomamo/NNP men/NNS who/WP have/VBP killed/VBN other/JJ men/NNS have/VBP more/JJR wives/NNS and/CC more/JJR offspring/NN than/IN average/JJ guys/NNS ./.
It/PRP 's/VBZ not/RB just/RB a/DT question/NN of/IN men/NNS disinclined/VBN to/TO violence/NN getting/VBG killed/VBN off/RP ./.
Two/CD men/NNS might/MD fight/VB over/IN a/DT woman/NN until/IN one/CD man/NN submits/VBZ and/CC the/DT winner/NN gets/VBZ the/DT woman/NN ./.
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Indeed/RB ,/, it/PRP 's/VBZ possible/JJ that/IN non-lethal/JJ violence/NN has/VBZ done/VBN more/JJR to/TO shape/VB the/DT male/JJ propensity/NN for/IN violence/NN than/IN simple/JJ killing/NN has/VBZ ./.
Male/NN combat/NN is/VBZ common/JJ among/IN primates/NNS ./.
It/PRP is/VBZ the/DT reason/NN that/IN ,/, in/IN many/JJ primate/NN species/NNS ,/, males/NNS are/VBP so/RB much/RB bigger/JJR and/CC stronger/JJR than/IN females/NNS ./.
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The/DT toughest/JJS male/JJ gorillas/NNS get/VBP a/DT whole/JJ harem/NN of/IN females/NNS to/TO themselves/PRP ,/, and/CC the/DT wimpiest/NN get/VB zilch/NN|JJ ./.
Eons/NNP of/IN combat/NN over/IN such/JJ high/JJ genetic/JJ stakes/NNS have/VBP led/VBN to/TO males/NNS that/WDT are/VBP about/IN twice/RB the/DT size/NN of/IN females/NNS ./.
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Among/IN the/DT other/JJ evidence/NN is/VBZ the/DT fact/NN that/DT testosterone/NN makes/VBZ people/NNS aggressive/JJ ./.
The/DT problem/NN with/IN fielding/VBG a/DT sexually/RB integrated/VBN army/NN of/IN gorillas/NNS would/MD n't/RB be/VB that/IN the/DT females/NNS ca/MD n't/RB fight/VB ./.
Try/VB stealing/VBG a/DT female/JJ gorilla/NN 's/POS baby/NN and/CC see/VB how/WRB you/PRP fare/VBP ./.
The/DT biggest/JJS problem/NN is/VBZ that/IN if/IN you/PRP put/VBP three/CD male/JJ gorillas/NNS together/RB with/IN one/CD unattached/JJ female/NN ,/, esprit/FW de/IN corps/NN will/MD not/RB ensue/VB ./.
Yes/UH ,/, of/IN course/NN human/JJ males/NNS are/VBP better/JJR at/IN controlling/VBG their/PRP$ hatreds/NNS and/CC rivalries/NNS than/IN gorilla/NN males/NNS are/VBP ./.
But/CC are/VBP humans/NNS so/RB good/JJ that/IN it/PRP makes/VBZ sense/NN to/TO sprinkle/VBP a/DT few/JJ women/NNS into/IN a/DT group/NN of/IN infantrymen/NN and/CC send/VB them/PRP all/DT off/IN to/TO war/VB ,/, where/WRB everyone/NN 's/POS prospects/NNS for/IN survival/NN will/MD depend/VB on/IN their/PRP$ solidarity/NN ?/.
Hoping/VBG (/( even/RB subconsciously/RB )/) that/IN one/CD of/IN your/PRP$ comrades/NNS will/MD die/VB seems/VBZ a/DT poor/JJ frame/NN of/IN mind/NN to/TO carry/VB into/IN battle/NN ./.
Does/VBZ the/DT same/JJ argument/NN apply/VB to/TO nonmilitary/JJ workplaces/NNS ?/.
Does/VBZ n't/RB sexual/JJ integration/NN sow/VBP dissension/NN there/RB as/RB well/RB ?/.
I/PRP 'd/MD say/VB that/IN any/DT downside/NN to/TO sexually/RB integrating/VBG nonmilitary/JJ workplaces/NNS is/VBZ not/RB severe/JJ enough/RB to/TO restrict/VB the/DT rights/NNS of/IN women/NNS (/( or/CC men/NNS )/) ./.
And--in/NNP many/JJ workplaces--there/JJ may/MD be/VB a/DT big/JJ upside/RB to/TO sexual/JJ integration/NN ./.
But/CC the/DT military/NN is/VBZ special/JJ ./.
The/DT cost/NN of/IN dissension/NN is/VBZ death/NN ,/, not/RB lower/JJR earnings/NNS ./.
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That/DT 's/VBZ one/CD big/JJ difference/NN between/IN this/DT issue/NN and/CC the/DT issue/NN of/IN sexually/RB integrating/VBG police/NN forces/NNS ./.
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This/DT logic/NN has/VBZ no/DT direct/JJ bearing/NN on/IN the/DT currently/RB topical/JJ issue/NN of/IN sexually/RB integrated/VBN basic/JJ training/NN ./.
The/DT troops/NNS that/WDT take/VBP basic/JJ together/RB do/VBP n't/RB go/VB off/IN to/TO war/VB together/RB ,/, so/RB their/PRP$ bonding/NN is/VBZ n't/RB a/DT matter/NN of/IN life/NN and/CC death/NN ./.
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Obviously/RB ,/, the/DT more/RBR conspicuous/JJ problems--men/JJ propositioning/VBG women/NNS ,/, for/IN example--can/JJ be/VB minimized/VBN with/IN sufficiently/RB harsh/JJ punishment/NN ./.
But/CC the/DT underlying/VBG psychological/JJ forces/NNS will/MD still/RB be/VB there/RB ,/, taking/VBG their/PRP$ toll/NN ./.
And/CC remember/VB :/: When/WRB soldiers/NNS go/VBP from/IN training/NN camps/NNS to/TO actual/JJ war/NN ,/, things/NNS get/VBP more/RBR primitive/JJ ,/, not/RB less/JJR ./.
One/PRP can/MD imagine/VB combat/NN roles/NNS for/IN women/NNS that/WDT would/MD n't/RB fly/VB in/IN the/DT face/NN of/IN human/JJ nature/NN ./.
(/( Why/WRB not/RB try/VB ?/.
)/) But/CC reflecting/VBG on/IN human/JJ nature/NN does/VBZ n't/RB seem/VB to/TO be/VB a/DT common/JJ pastime/NN at/IN the/DT Pentagon/NNP ./.
Sexually/NNP integrating/VBG ground/NN combat/NN forces/NNS is/VBZ now/RB favored/VBN by/IN one/CD assistant/NN secretary/NN of/IN the/DT Army/NNP ./.
The/DT secretary/NN himself/PRP ,/, Togo/NNP West/NNP ,/, has/VBZ said/VBN he/PRP is/VBZ open/JJ to/TO the/DT idea/NN ./.
And/CC already/RB combat/VB forces/NNS are/VBP somewhat/RB integrated/VBN in/IN the/DT Air/NNP Force/NNP (/( squadrons/NNS of/IN pilots/NNS )/) and/CC Navy/NNP (/( ship/NN crews/NNS )/) ./.
(/( These/DT things/NNS ,/, though/RB ,/, as/IN integrating/VBG the/DT infantry/NN would/MD be/VB ./.
)/) Given/VBN the/DT stakes/NNS ,/, should/MD n't/RB such/JJ decisions/NNS be/VB informed/VBN by/IN some/DT knowledge/NN of/IN sexual/JJ psychology/NN ?/.
Or/CC ,/, instead/RB ,/, we/PRP could/MD just/RB wait/VB for/IN a/DT war/NN and/CC use/NN 20/CD -/: year-olds/JJ as/IN guinea/NN pigs/NNS in/IN a/DT poorly/RB researched/VBN social/JJ experiment/NN ./.
Last/JJ week/NN ,/, the/DT Republican/JJ Leadership/NNP Council/NNP began/VBD running/VBG an/DT ad/NN that/WDT accused/VBD Steve/NNP Forbes/NNP of/IN "/" tearing/VBG down/RP his/PRP$ opponents/NNS ./.
"/" Wednesday/NNP ,/, Forbes/NNP fired/VBD back/RB at/IN the/DT RLC/NNP with/IN his/PRP$ own/JJ ad/NN :/: "/" George/NNP W/NNP ./.
Bush/NNP says/VBZ he/PRP wants/VBZ a/DT positive/JJ campaign/NN ./.
Then/RB why/WRB are/VBP Bush/NNP 's/POS liberal/JJ supporters/NNS running/VBG this/DT negative/JJ ad/NN attacking/VBG Steve/NNP Forbes/NNP ?/.
"/" A/DT Forbes/NNP press/NN release/NN added/VBD ,/, "/" Forbes/NNP Calls/NNS on/IN Bush/NNP To/TO Cease/NNP '/POS Politics/NNS of/IN Personal/NNP Destruction/NNP '/POS Against/IN Senator/NNP John/NNP McCain/NNP ./.
"/" Meanwhile/RB ,/, in/IN the/DT Democratic/JJ race/NN ,/, Bill/NNP Bradley/NNP and/CC Al/NNP Gore/NNP denounced/VBD each/DT other/JJ 's/POS "/" personal/JJ attacks/NNS "/" and/CC "/" scare/VB tactics/NNS ./.
"/" Everyone/NN is/VBZ accusing/VBG everyone/NN else/RB of/IN negative/JJ campaigning/NN ,/, but/CC nobody/NN 's/POS answering/VBG the/DT question/NN that/WDT ought/MD to/TO come/VB first/JJ :/: What/WP 's/VBZ wrong/JJ with/IN negative/JJ campaigning/NN ?/.
Politicians/NNS and/CC journalists/NNS pretend/VB to/TO explain/VB this/DT through/IN a/DT series/NN of/IN platitudes/NNS ,/, none/NN of/IN which/WDT are/VBP convincing/JJ ./.
1/LS ./.
Be/VB nice/JJ ./.
The/DT RLC/NNP says/VBZ it/PRP 's/VBZ trying/VBG to/TO keep/VB the/DT GOP/NNP "/" civil/JJ "/" by/IN pressuring/VBG Forbes/NNP to/TO maintain/VB a/DT high/JJ "/" tenor/NN ./.
"/" Its/PRP$ ad/NN says/VBZ Forbes/NNP needs/VBZ to/TO be/VB taught/VBN "/" If/IN he/PRP does/VBZ n't/RB have/VB anything/NN nice/JJ to/TO say/VB ,/, do/VBP n't/RB say/VB anything/NN at/IN all/DT ./.
"/" Bradley/NNP gets/VBZ a/DT similar/JJ lecture/NN from/IN the/DT Washington/NNP Post/NNP ,/, which/WDT accuses/VBZ him/PRP of/IN forsaking/VBG his/PRP$ "/" pledge/NN of/IN chivalry/NN "/" by/IN criticizing/VBG Gore/NNP 's/POS modest/JJ proposals/NNS for/IN health/NN care/NN and/CC gun/NN control/NN ./.
But/CC what/WP 's/VBZ so/RB great/JJ about/IN being/VBG nice/JJ or/CC chivalrous/JJ ?/.
Bradley/NNP thinks/VBZ Gore/NNP is/VBZ running/VBG on/IN a/DT timid/JJ platform/NN designed/VBN to/TO avoid/VB political/JJ heat/NN rather/RB than/IN to/TO solve/VB problems/NNS ./.
Forbes/NNP thinks/VBZ the/DT same/JJ of/IN Bush/NNP ./.
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(/( McCain/NNP is/VBZ accused/VBN of/IN getting/VBG "/" angry/JJ ./.
"/" Bradley/NNP is/VBZ much/RB nicer/JJR ./.
When/WRB Gore/NNP claimed/VBD that/IN Bradley/NNP 's/POS health-care/NN plan/NN would/MD bust/NN the/DT budget/NN ,/, Bradley/NNP 's/POS spokeswoman/NN answered/VBD ,/, "/" Bill/NNP Bradley/NNP reserves/VBZ his/PRP$ anger/NN for/IN the/DT Americans/NNPS without/IN health/NN insurance/NN ./.
"/" Bradley/NNP might/MD have/VB served/VBN those/DT Americans/NNPS better/JJR by/IN directing/VBG his/PRP$ anger/NN at/IN Gore/NNP 's/POS misrepresentations/NNS ./.
But/CC that/DT would/MD have/VB been/VBN impolite/NN ./.
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2/LS ./.
Stay/NNP clean/VB ./.
The/DT Post/NNP asks/VBZ whether/IN Bradley/NNP 's/POS criticisms/NNS of/IN Gore/NNP 's/POS policies/NNS belie/VBP Bradley/NNP 's/POS professed/JJ "/" rectitude/NN ,/, "/" his/PRP$ "/" desire/NN to/TO be/VB super-clean/JJ ,/, "/" and/CC "/" his/PRP$ image/NN as/IN an/DT above-the-fray/JJ politician/NN ./.
"/" But/CC where/WRB 's/VBZ the/DT virtue/NN in/IN such/JJ aloofness/NNS ?/.
Why/WRB should/MD Bush/NNP get/VB credit/NN for/IN keeping/VBG his/PRP$ hands/NNS clean/VB and/CC preserving/VBG his/PRP$ above-the-fray/JJ image/NN if/IN ,/, as/IN Forbes/NNP alleges/VBZ ,/, he/PRP has/VBZ achieved/VBN this/DT by/IN letting/VBG the/DT RLC/NNP do/VBP his/PRP$ dirty/JJ work/NN ?/.
And/CC should/MD n't/RB Bradley/NNP get/VB credit/NN ,/, by/IN comparison/NN ,/, for/IN striding/VBG into/IN the/DT fray/NN and/CC leveling/VBG his/PRP$ charges/NNS squarely/RB at/IN Gore/NNP ?/.
3/LS ./.
Be/VB positive/JJ ./.
Bradley/NNP accuses/VBZ Gore/NNP of/IN offering/NN "/" attacks/NNS "/" instead/RB of/IN a/DT "/" positive/JJ vision/NN ,/, "/" based/VBN on/IN the/DT calculation/NN that/IN it/PRP 's/VBZ "/" easier/JJR to/TO campaign/VB against/IN your/PRP$ opponent/NN than/IN for/IN yourself/PRP ./.
"/" Last/JJ week/NN ,/, former/JJ Labor/NNP Secretary/NNP Robert/NNP Reich/NNP illustrated/VBD Bradley/NNP 's/POS more/JJR "/" positive/JJ "/" style/NN ./.
While/IN endorsing/VBG Bradley/NNP ,/, Reich/NNP insisted/VBD ,/, "/" I/PRP wo/MD n't/RB say/VB anything/NN negative/JJ about/IN the/DT vice/NN president/NN ./.
"/" What/WP nonsense/NN ./.
Anyone/NN who/WP endorses/VBZ Bradley/NNP is/VBZ saying/VBG something/NN negative/JJ about/IN Gore/NNP ./.
Since/IN elections/NNS are/VBP comparative/JJ ,/, the/DT difference/NN between/IN campaigning/NN "/" against/IN your/PRP$ opponent/NN "/" and/CC campaigning/NN "/" for/IN yourself/PRP "/" is/VBZ semantic/JJ ./.
When/WRB Bradley/NNP says/VBZ he/PRP 's/VBZ the/DT candidate/NN of/IN big/JJ ideas/NNS and/CC poll-free/JJ principles/NNS ,/, he/PRP 's/VBZ being/VBG just/RB as/RB negative/JJ as/IN Gore/NNP ./.
4/LS ./.
Do/VBP n't/RB hurt/VBN others/NNS ./.
Journalists/NNS and/CC wounded/VBN politicians/NNS love/VBP to/TO equate/VB criticism/NN with/IN assault/NN ./.
Bradley/NNP says/VBZ Gore/NNP 's/POS strategy/NN is/VBZ "/" attack/NN ,/, attack/NN ,/, attack/NN ,/, attack/NN ./.
"/" Forbes/NNP and/CC the/DT RLC/NNP decry/NN each/DT other/JJ 's/POS "/" attack/NN ads/NNS ./.
"/" The/DT New/NNP York/NNP Times/NNP says/VBZ Forbes/NNP "/" became/VBD known/VBN as/IN a/DT slash-and-burn/JJ politician/NN for/IN his/PRP$ commercials/NNS that/IN lacerated/JJ Bob/NNP Dole/NNP "/" in/IN 1996/CD ./.
Bush/NNP ,/, mimicking/VBG Bill/NNP Clinton/NNP ,/, calls/VBZ questions/NNS about/IN whether/IN he/PRP used/VBD cocaine/NN "/" the/DT politics/NNS of/IN personal/JJ destruction/NN ./.
"/" The/DT Los/NNP Angeles/NNP Times/NNP accuses/VBZ Bush/NNP 's/POS rivals/NNS of/IN "/" Bush/NNP bashing/VBG "/" at/IN this/DT week/NN 's/POS GOP/NNP debate/NN in/IN Arizona/NNP ./.
A/DT McCain/NNP adviser/NN fears/NNS Bush/NNP will/MD "/" get/VB out/RP the/DT blowtorch/NN and/CC go/VB after/IN McCain/NNP ./.
"/" All/PDT this/DT sounds/VBZ awful/JJ ,/, until/IN you/PRP remember/VBP that/DT nobody/NN has/VBZ been/VBN attacked/VBN ,/, bashed/JJ ,/, slashed/VBD ,/, burned/VBN ,/, blowtorched/JJ ,/, lacerated/JJ ,/, or/CC destroyed/VBD ./.
Forbes/NNP leveled/VBD charges/NNS about/IN Dole/NNP 's/POS record/NN that/WDT could/MD be--and/JJ were--rebutted/JJ ./.
The/DT "/" bashing/VBG "/" Bush/NNP endured/VBD in/IN the/DT Arizona/NNP debate/NN consisted/VBD largely/RB of/IN the/DT observation/NN that/IN he/PRP had/VBD failed/VBN to/TO show/VB up/RP ./.
Clinton/NNP turned/VBD out/IN to/TO be/VB guilty/JJ of/IN the/DT central/JJ allegation/NN in/IN the/DT Lewinsky/NNP scandal/NN ,/, and/CC Bush/NNP still/RB has/VBZ n't/RB answered/VBN the/DT cocaine/NN questions/NNS ./.
The/DT truth/NN often/RB hurts/VBZ ./.
It/PRP ought/MD to/TO be/VB told/VBN anyway/RB ./.
5/LS ./.
Do/VBP n't/RB get/VB personal/JJ ./.
Bradley/NNP has/VBZ alluded/VBD several/JJ times/NNS to/TO the/DT 1996/CD Clinton-/NNP Gore/NNP fund-raising/JJ scandal/NN ./.
Monday/NNP ,/, he/PRP cited/VBD published/VBN reports/NNS that/IN "/" Clinton/NNP administration/NN Cabinet/NNP officers/NNS are/VBP being/VBG asked/VBN to/TO arrange/VB their/PRP$ travel/NN schedules/NNS and/CC public/JJ announcements/NNS so/IN the/DT vice/NN president/NN can/MD finance/VB his/PRP$ political/JJ campaign/NN with/IN taxpayer/NN dollars/NNS when/WRB his/PRP$ funds/NNS run/VBP out/RP ./.
"/" Rather/RB than/IN rebut/VB Bradley/NNP 's/POS allegation/NN ,/, Gore/NNP huffed/JJ ,/, "/" Personal/JJ attacks/NNS have/VBP no/DT place/NN in/IN a/DT campaign/NN ./.
"/" But/CC is/VBZ n't/RB a/DT campaign/NN exactly/RB the/DT place/NN where/WRB Gore/NNP should/MD be/VB confronted/VBN if/IN he/PRP has/VBZ indeed/RB abused/VBN his/PRP$ position/NN and/CC violated/VBD the/DT spirit/NN of/IN the/DT campaign/NN finance/NN laws/NNS ?/.
How/WRB can/MD one/CD person/NN point/NN out/RP another/DT 's/VBZ misdeeds/NNS without/IN getting/VBG personal/JJ ?/.
6/CD ./.
Do/VBP n't/RB throw/VB the/DT first/JJ punch/NN ./.
The/DT New/NNP York/NNP Times/NNP thinks/VBZ Bradley/NNP crossed/VBN a/DT moral/JJ line/NN this/DT week/NN when/WRB he/PRP began/VBD to/TO criticize/VB Gore/NNP on/IN his/PRP$ own/JJ initiative/NN rather/RB than/IN "/" in/IN response/NN to/TO attacks/NNS by/IN Gore/NNP ./.
"/" Bradley/NNP agrees/VBZ that/IN a/DT candidate/NN who/WP has/VBZ been/VBN criticized/VBN is/VBZ uniquely/RB entitled/VBN to/TO respond/VB in/IN kind/NN ./.
Running/VBG a/DT positive/JJ campaign/NN ,/, he/PRP argues/VBZ ,/, "/" does/VBZ n't/RB mean/VB I/PRP 'm/VBP going/VBG to/TO stand/VB like/IN this/DT forever/RB and/CC let/VB someone/NN slap/NN my/PRP$ face/NN ./.
"/" But/CC why/WRB does/VBZ it/PRP matter/VBP whether/IN Gore/NNP criticized/VBD Bradley/NNP first/NN ?/.
This/DT is/VBZ a/DT debate/NN ,/, not/RB a/DT fistfight/NN ./.
If/IN Bradley/NNP can/MD explain/VB why/WRB Gore/NNP would/MD be/VB an/DT inferior/JJ president/NN ,/, why/WRB should/MD he/PRP have/VB to/TO wait/VB to/TO say/VB so/RB ?/.
7/CD ./.
Do/VBP n't/RB be/VB insensitive/JJ ./.
Last/JJ week/NN ,/, Bradley/NNP began/VBD airing/VBG an/DT ad/NN in/IN which/WDT a/DT woman/NN says/VBZ :/: "/" When/WRB I/PRP was/VBD pregnant/JJ with/IN my/PRP$ second/JJ child/NN ,/, Bill/NNP Bradley/NNP proposed/VBD a/DT law/NN that/IN women/NNS be/VB allowed/VBN to/TO stay/VB in/IN the/DT hospital/NN for/IN 48/CD hours/NNS ./.
Thanks/NNS to/TO Sen/NNP ./.
Bradley/NNP ,/, my/PRP$ daughter/NN is/VBZ alive/JJ today/NN ./.
"/" When/WRB critics/NNS pointed/VBD out/RP that/IN Bradley/NNP 's/POS bill/NN had/VBD n't/RB passed/VBN until/IN after/IN the/DT woman/NN 's/POS daughter/NN was/VBD born/VBN ,/, Bradley/NNP accused/VBD the/DT Gore/NNP campaign/NN of/IN displaying/VBG "/" a/DT real/JJ insensitivity/NN "/" by/IN challenging/VBG the/DT ad/NN ./.
"/" I/PRP am/VBP appalled/VBN that/IN people/NNS would/MD attack/VB a/DT woman/NN who/WP obviously/RB lived/VBD through/IN tremendous/JJ trauma/NN ,/, has/VBZ her/PRP$ views/NNS ,/, and/CC expressed/VBD them/PRP ,/, "/" said/VBD Bradley/NNP ./.
Never/RB mind/NN whether/IN the/DT ad/NN is/VBZ true/JJ ./.
To/TO raise/VB that/DT question/NN is/VBZ to/TO "/" attack/NN a/DT woman/NN ./.
"/"
8/CD ./.
Do/VBP n't/RB scare/VB people/NNS ./.
Gore/NNP has/VBZ been/VBN telling/VBG blacks/NNS and/CC Hispanics/NNPS that/IN Bradley/NNP 's/POS health-care/NN plan/NN would/MD kill/VB Medicaid/NNP and/CC provide/VB no/DT sufficient/JJ alternative/NN ./.
Bradley/NNP calls/VBZ this/DT a/DT "/" scare/NN tactic/NN "/" and/CC says/VBZ it/PRP 's/VBZ "/" wrong/JJ "/" that/IN Gore/NNP is/VBZ "/" using/VBG race/NN or/CC ethnicity/NN to/TO try/VB to/TO scare/VB people/NNS ./.
"/" But/CC if/IN Gore/NNP 's/POS assertion/NN is/VBZ true/JJ ,/, what/WP 's/VBZ wrong/JJ with/IN conveying/VBG it/PRP to/TO the/DT ethnic/JJ groups/NNS most/RBS broadly/RB affected/VBN ?/.
Gore/NNP is/VBZ n't/RB calling/VBG Bradley/NNP a/DT racist/NN ./.
He/PRP 's/VBZ making/VBG an/DT economic/JJ argument/NN ,/, which/WDT Bradley/NNP can/MD rebut/VB and/CC has/VBZ rebutted/VBN ./.
The/DT "/" scare/NN tactic/NN "/" charge/NN ,/, which/WDT implies/VBZ that/IN Gore/NNP is/VBZ using/VBG fear/NN and/CC rhetoric/NN to/TO bypass/VB rational/JJ scrutiny/NN ,/, is/VBZ itself/PRP a/DT scare/NN tactic/NN ./.
9/CD ./.
Do/VBP n't/RB be/VB divisive/JJ ./.
Bradley/NNP accuses/VBZ Gore/NNP of/IN "/" poisoning/NN the/DT atmosphere/NN "/" with/IN "/" divisiveness/NN ./.
"/" "/" I/PRP believe/VBP the/DT public/JJ wants/VBZ solutions/NNS that/WDT work/NN ,/, not/RB attacks/VBZ that/WDT divide/VBP ,/, "/" says/VBZ Bradley/NNP ./.
Similarly/RB ,/, Bush/NNP boasts/VBZ that/IN he/PRP 's/VBZ "/" a/DT uniter/NN ,/, not/RB a/DT divider/NN ,/, "/" while/IN the/DT RLC/NNP complains/VBZ that/IN Forbes/NNP ,/, by/IN criticizing/VBG Dole/NNP in/IN 1996/CD ,/, caused/VBN "/" fighting/VBG within/IN the/DT Republican/NNP Party/NNP that/WDT was/VBD divisive/JJ and/CC not/RB inclusive/JJ ./.
"/" Imagine/VB that--fighting/JJ and/CC divisiveness/NN in/IN an/DT election/NN ./.
What/WP 's/VBZ wrong/JJ with/IN informing/VBG certain/JJ segments/NNS of/IN the/DT electorate/NN that/IN your/PRP$ opponent/NN is/VBZ using/VBG the/DT feel-good/JJ rhetoric/NN of/IN "/" solutions/NNS "/" to/TO pull/VB a/DT fast/RB one/CD at/IN their/PRP$ expense/NN ?/.
If/IN you/PRP 're/VBP lying/VBG ,/, shame/NN on/IN you/PRP ./.
But/CC if/IN you/PRP 're/VBP telling/VBG the/DT truth/NN ,/, why/WRB does/VBZ it/PRP matter/VBP that/IN your/PRP$ message/NN is/VBZ divisive/JJ ?/.
10/CD ./.
Do/VBP n't/RB hurt/VBN your/PRP$ party/NN ./.
The/DT RLC/NNP ad/NN says/VBZ Forbes/NNP "/" hurt/VBD the/DT Republican/NNP Party/NNP "/" in/IN 1996/CD and/CC will/MD "/" help/VB the/DT Democrats/NNPS "/" in/IN 2000/CD by/IN criticizing/VBG his/PRP$ GOP/NNP rivals/NNS ./.
Republican/NNP National/NNP Committee/NNP Chairman/NNP Jim/NNP Nicholson/NNP vows/VBZ to/TO "/" blow/NN the/DT whistle/VBP on/IN candidates/NNS "/" who/WP "/" tear/VB down/RB other/JJ Republicans/NNPS ./.
"/" Meanwhile/RB ,/, Bradley/NNP is/VBZ taking/VBG heat/NN for/IN questioning/VBG Gore/NNP 's/POS campaign-finance/JJ practices/NNS ./.
In/IN the/DT good/JJ old/JJ days/NNS ,/, says/VBZ the/DT Post/NNP ,/, Bradley/NNP "/" was/VBD more/RBR restrained/JJ ,/, "/" declining/VBG "/" to/TO comment/VB on/IN the/DT Clinton/NNP administration/NN 's/POS fund-raising/JJ behavior/NN ./.
"/" But/CC why/WRB should/MD Bradley/NNP shut/VB up/RB about/IN the/DT Clinton-/NNP Gore/NNP fund-raising/JJ scandal/NN ?/.
And/CC why/WRB should/MD Forbes/NNP shut/VB up/RB about/IN what/WP he/PRP regards/VBZ as/IN a/DT Republican/JJ betrayal/NN of/IN conservatism/NN ?/.
Does/VBZ loyalty/NN to/TO party/NN supersede/VB loyalty/NN to/TO country/NN ?/.
11/CD ./.
Do/VBP n't/RB alienate/VB voters/NNS ./.
Bradley/NNP frets/VBZ that/IN Gore/NNP 's/POS attacks/NNS on/IN his/PRP$ health-care/NN plan/NN will/MD "/" alienate/VB the/DT public/JJ "/" and/CC foster/JJ skepticism/NN toward/IN big/JJ programs/NNS ./.
NOW/RB President/NNP Patricia/NNP Ireland/NNP warns/VBZ the/DT candidates/NNS that/IN "/" negative/JJ campaigning/NN depresses/VBZ the/DT women/NNS 's/POS vote/NN ./.
"/" On/IN the/DT bright/JJ side/NN ,/, Forbes/NNP '/POS campaign/NN manager/NN says/VBZ this/DT year/NN Forbes/NNP is/VBZ "/" much/RB less/RBR likely/JJ "/" to/TO "/" run/VB the/DT same/JJ kind/NN of/IN negative/JJ spots/NNS that/IN he/PRP did/VBD against/IN Dole/NNP ,/, "/" because/IN "/" four/CD years/NNS ago/RB he/PRP was/VBD a/DT message/NN candidate/NN ./.
Now/RB he/PRP believes/VBZ he/PRP can/MD be/VB president/NN ./.
"/" But/CC what/WP 's/VBZ wrong/JJ with/IN "/" alienating/VBG "/" voters/NNS from/IN bad/JJ programs/NNS and/CC bad/JJ candidates/NNS ?/.
And/CC is/VBZ n't/RB it/PRP nobler/NN to/TO deliver/VB a/DT depressingly/RB true/JJ "/" message/NN "/" than/IN to/TO shade/NN the/DT truth/NN so/IN you/PRP can/MD get/VB elected/VBN ?/.
12/CD ./.
Do/VBP n't/RB practice/VB politics/NNS as/IN usual/JJ ./.
Just/RB as/IN Forbes/NNP accused/VBD Dole/NNP of/IN playing/VBG sneaky/JJ "/" Washington/NNP politics/NNS "/" in/IN 1996/CD ,/, Bradley/NNP now/RB castigates/NNS Gore/NNP for/IN resorting/VBG to/TO the/DT typical/JJ "/" Washington/NNP politics/NNS "/" of/IN slash/NN and/CC burn/VB ./.
Gore/NNP is/VBZ delighted/VBN to/TO reciprocate/NN ./.
"/" There/EX goes/VBZ Sen/NNP ./.
Bradley/NNP again/RB ,/, acting/VBG like/IN a/DT typical/JJ politician/NN ,/, launching/VBG negative/JJ attacks/NNS on/IN Al/NNP Gore/NNP ,/, "/" a/DT Gore/NNP spokesman/NN crowed/VBN last/JJ week/NN ./.
How/WRB does/VBZ the/DT fact/NN that/IN such/JJ attacks/NNS are/VBP "/" typical/JJ "/" clarify/VB whether/IN Gore/NNP is/VBZ right/NN about/IN Bradley/NNP or/CC vice/NN versa/RB ?/.
Never/RB mind/NN ./.
All/DT you/PRP need/VBP to/TO know/VB is/VBZ that/IN negative/JJ campaigning/NN is/VBZ the/DT oldest/JJS trick/NN in/IN the/DT book/NN ./.
And/CC the/DT next/JJ oldest/JJS trick/NN ,/, if/IN you/PRP ca/MD n't/RB answer/VB the/DT charge/NN ,/, is/VBZ to/TO whine/NN about/IN negative/JJ campaigning/NN ./.
We/PRP 're/VBP a/DT month/NN into/IN the/DT 1998/CD baseball/NN season/NN ,/, and/CC Rupert/NNP Murdoch/NNP has/VBZ yet/RB to/TO rename/VB his/PRP$ newest/JJS acquisition/NN the/DT Melrose/NNP Place/NNP Dodgers/NNP ./.
Had/VBD he/PRP done/VBN so/RB ,/, it/PRP would/MD probably/RB not/RB have/VB surprised/VBN the/DT commentators/NNS who/WP saw/VBD the/DT $/$ 311/CD million/CD purchase/NN of/IN the/DT franchise/NN by/IN Murdoch/NNP 's/POS News/NNP Corp/NNP ./.
as/IN final/JJ evidence/NN of/IN the/DT sacrifice/NN of/IN the/DT national/JJ pastime/NN to/TO the/DT greed/NN and/CC disloyalty/NN of/IN players/NNS and/CC owners/NNS ./.
One/CD writer/NN went/VBD so/RB far/RB as/IN to/TO suggest/VB that/IN before/IN the/DT Dodgers/NNP were/VBD sold/VBN ,/, "/" there/EX was/VBD hope/VBP baseball/NN could/MD pull/VB itself/PRP back/RB from/IN the/DT brink/NN ./.
But/CC now/RB even/RB those/DT hopes/NNS are/VBP being/VBG dashed/VBN ./.
"/"
In/IN the/DT particular/JJ case/NN of/IN the/DT Dodgers/NNP ,/, of/IN course/NN ,/, these/DT lamentations/NNS were/VBD particularly/RB inapposite/NN ,/, since/IN the/DT team/NN is/VBZ only/RB in/IN Los/NNP Angeles/NNP because/IN Walter/NNP O/NNP '/POS Malley/NNP made/VBD a/DT coldblooded/JJ business/NN decision/NN in/IN 1957/CD to/TO abandon/VB Brooklyn/NNP in/IN favor/NN of/IN the/DT sunnier/NN clime/NN of/IN Chavez/NNP Ravine/NNP ./.
But/CC the/DT larger/JJR indictment/NN of/IN the/DT changing/VBG nature/NN of/IN team/NN ownership/NN is/VBZ similarly/RB misdirected/JJ ./.
If/IN anything/NN ,/, baseball/NN needs/VBZ more/RBR corporate/JJ owners/NNS ,/, particularly/RB those/DT ,/, such/JJ as/IN News/NNP Corp/NNP ./.
,/, that/WDT have/VBP major/JJ investments/NNS in/IN the/DT game/NN as/IN a/DT whole/NN rather/RB than/IN a/DT stake/NN in/IN a/DT single/JJ franchise/NN ./.
In/IN the/DT long/JJ run/NN ,/, the/DT more/RBR corporate/JJ owners/NNS ,/, the/DT less/RBR likely/JJ that/DT baseball/NN 's/POS current/JJ approach/NN of/IN limiting/VBG expansion/NN and/CC migration/NN will/MD endure/VB ./.
Defending/VBG either/CC the/DT expansion/NN of/IN the/DT number/NN of/IN baseball/NN teams/NNS beyond/IN the/DT current/JJ 30/CD or/CC the/DT movement/NN of/IN franchises/NNS to/TO new/JJ cities/NNS is/VBZ ,/, of/IN course/NN ,/, enough/RB to/TO get/VB you/PRP branded/JJ as/IN an/DT uncouth/NN money-grubber/JJ ./.
Defending/VBG both/DT is/VBZ enough/RB to/TO get/VB you/PRP shot/VBD ./.
Expansion/NN ,/, it/PRP 's/VBZ argued/VBD ,/, debases/NNS an/DT already/RB thin/JJ talent/NN pool/NN ,/, lowering/VBG the/DT overall/JJ quality/NN of/IN play/NN ./.
The/DT migration/NN of/IN franchises/NNS ,/, meanwhile/RB ,/, breaks/VBZ the/DT hearts/NNS of/IN old/JJ fans/NNS and/CC rips/NNS the/DT hearts/NNS out/IN of/IN cities--generally/JJ northern/JJ industrial/JJ cities--that/JJ ca/MD n't/RB afford/VB to/TO compete/VB against/IN the/DT new/JJ metropolises/NNS of/IN the/DT Sunbelt/NNP ./.
It/PRP 's/VBZ no/DT coincidence/NN ,/, of/IN course/NN ,/, that/IN the/DT main/JJ defenders/NNS of/IN the/DT status/NN quo/NN are/VBP always/RB in/IN cities/NNS that/WDT already/RB have/VBP baseball/NN teams/NNS ./.
The/DT unstated/JJ premise/NN is/VBZ that/IN people/NNS in/IN ,/, say/VB ,/, Minneapolis/NNP deserve/VBP the/DT chance/NN to/TO attend/VB a/DT major/JJ league/NN game/NN more/JJR than/IN people/NNS in/IN Charlotte/NNP do/VBP ./.
Of/IN course/NN ,/, the/DT Twins/NNP are/VBP only/RB in/IN Minneapolis/NNP because/IN the/DT Washington/NNP Senators/NNPS moved/VBD there/EX decades/NNS ago/RB ./.
But/CC you/PRP have/VBP to/TO draw/VB the/DT line/NN somewhere/RB ./.
A/DT less/RBR parochial/JJ view/NN shows/VBZ that/DT change/NN would/MD be/VB good/JJ both/DT for/IN the/DT sport/NN and/CC for/IN cherished/VBN local/JJ teams/NNS ./.
Expansion/NN would/MD obviously/RB expand--duh/JJ !/.
-/: -/: the/DT sport/NN 's/POS fan/NN base/NN ./.
And/CC it/PRP ,/, like/IN migration/NN ,/, would/MD help/VB eradicate/VB baseball/NN 's/POS most/RBS persistent/JJ problem--the/JJ division/NN between/IN small-/NN and/CC large-market/JJ teams/NNS ./.
In/IN essence/NN ,/, baseball/NN teams/NNS are/VBP able/JJ to/TO reap/VB what/WP are/VBP called/VBN monopoly/NN rents/NNS because/IN they/PRP face/VBP little/JJ or/CC no/DT competition/NN for/IN the/DT local/JJ fan/NN 's/POS dollar/NN ./.
Other/JJ things/NNS being/VBG equal/JJ (/( and/CC new/JJ stadiums/NNS with/IN high-profit/JJ luxury/NN boxes/NNS can/MD make/VB a/DT sizable/JJ difference/NN )/) ,/, teams/NNS in/IN big/JJ markets/NNS are/VBP able/JJ to/TO reap/VB much/RB larger/JJR rents/NNS because/IN the/DT pool/NN of/IN fans/NNS from/IN which/WDT they/PRP draw/VBP attendance/NN and/CC TV/NN viewership/NN is/VBZ much/RB larger/JJR ./.
Even/RB with/IN two/CD teams/NNS in/IN New/NNP York/NNP ,/, the/DT Yankees/NNPS are/VBP far/RB more/RBR profitable/JJ than/IN the/DT Pittsburgh/NNP Pirates/NNP because/IN there/EX are/VBP so/RB many/JJ more/JJR buyers/NNS for/IN their/PRP$ product--an/JJ advantage/NN the/DT Pirates/NNP ,/, unlike/IN a/DT regular/JJ corporation/NN ,/, ca/MD n't/RB overcome/VBN by/IN marketing/VBG their/PRP$ goods/NNS in/IN New/NNP York/NNP ./.
The/DT reason/NN this/DT is/VBZ a/DT problem/NN ,/, obviously/RB ,/, is/VBZ that/IN the/DT Yankees/NNPS are/VBP much/RB richer/JJR than/IN the/DT Pirates/NNP and/CC can/MD therefore/RB afford/VB to/TO pay/VB more/JJR for/IN players/NNS ,/, which/WDT means/VBZ they/PRP 'll/MD be/VB able/JJ to/TO lure/VB the/DT best/JJS players/NNS to/TO New/NNP York/NNP ./.
But/CC the/DT revenues/NNS of/IN baseball/NN as/IN a/DT whole/NN will/MD be/VB hurt/VBN if/IN just/RB a/DT few/JJ teams/NNS dominate/VBP play/VB ,/, so/IN the/DT greater/JJR wealth/NN of/IN the/DT Yankees/NNPS leads/VBZ to/TO the/DT long-term/JJ decline/NN of/IN the/DT game/NN ./.
This/DT dilemma/NN has/VBZ occasioned/JJ anguished/JJ breast-beating/JJ ever/RB since/IN the/DT introduction/NN of/IN free/JJ agency/NN into/IN the/DT player/NN market/NN 22/CD years/NNS ago/RB ./.
But/CC even/RB when/WRB players/NNS could/MD not/RB freely/RB sell/VB their/PRP$ services/NNS on/IN the/DT open/JJ market/NN ,/, the/DT richest/JJS teams/NNS still/RB got/VBD the/DT best/JJS players/NNS ./.
They/PRP just/RB did/VBD so/RB by/IN buying/VBG them/PRP from/IN the/DT poorer/JJR teams/NNS ./.
The/DT Kansas/NNP City/NNP Athletics/NNP ,/, for/IN example/NN ,/, were/VBD essentially/RB a/DT farm/NN team/NN for/IN the/DT Yankees/NNPS during/IN the/DT 1950/CD s/VBZ and/CC early/JJ 1960/CD s/VBZ ,/, and/CC not/RB coincidentally/RB the/DT Yankees/NNPS won/VBD pennant/NN after/IN pennant/NN ./.
What/WP free/JJ agency/NN has/VBZ done/VBN is/VBZ transfer/VB those/DT payments/NNS that/WDT would/MD have/VB gone/VBN to/TO small-market/JJ teams/NNS to/TO the/DT players/NNS themselves/PRP ./.
But/CC the/DT answer/NN to/TO this/DT dilemma/NN is/VBZ not/RB a/DT return/NN to/TO the/DT old/JJ system/NN nor/CC is/VBZ it/PRP a/DT salary/NN cap/NN ./.
The/DT real/JJ answer/NN would/MD require/VB allowing/VBG teams/NNS to/TO move/VB where/WRB there/EX 's/VBZ unsatisfied/JJ demand/NN for/IN the/DT game/NN ,/, whether/IN that/DT be/VB in/IN New/NNP York/NNP itself/PRP or/CC in/IN some/DT region/NN that/WDT has/VBZ no/DT team/NN ./.
This/DT might/MD mean/VB ,/, in/IN the/DT short/JJ term/NN ,/, that/WDT cities/NNS such/JJ as/IN Pittsburgh/NNP or/CC Montreal/NNP would/MD lose/VB franchises/NNS ./.
But/CC if/IN there/EX were/VBD three/CD or/CC four/CD teams/NNS in/IN New/NNP York/NNP ,/, the/DT monopoly/NN rents/NNS exacted/JJ by/IN the/DT Yankees/NNPS would/MD decline/VB ,/, which/WDT means/VBZ they/PRP would/MD n't/RB be/VB able/JJ to/TO pay/VB so/RB much/JJ for/IN players/NNS ,/, which/WDT means/VBZ it/PRP would/MD be/VB easier/JJR to/TO run/VB a/DT team/NN successfully/RB in/IN a/DT small/JJ market/NN ./.
The/DT problem/NN ,/, in/IN that/DT sense/NN ,/, is/VBZ not/RB that/IN there/EX are/VBP big/JJ and/CC small/JJ markets/NNS but/CC that/IN there/EX are/VBP too/RB few/JJ teams/NNS in/IN the/DT big/JJ markets/NNS ./.
Supply/NNP is/VBZ not/RB being/VBG allowed/VBN to/TO match/VB demand/NN ./.
Of/IN course/NN ,/, existing/VBG owners/NNS do/VBP n't/RB want/VB new/JJ teams/NNS in/IN their/PRP$ markets/NNS ./.
Similarly/RB ,/, they/PRP do/VBP n't/RB want/VB new/JJ teams/NNS in/IN general/JJ ,/, because/IN an/DT important/JJ chunk/NN of/IN their/PRP$ current/JJ revenue/NN comes/VBZ from/IN national/JJ television/NN and/CC licensing/NN contracts/NNS that/WDT are/VBP divided/VBN among/IN the/DT teams/NNS ./.
More/JJR teams/NNS ,/, fewer/JJR dollars/NNS per/IN team/NN (/( though/IN that/DT 's/VBZ actually/RB more/RBR complicated/JJ than/IN it/PRP may/MD look/VB ,/, since/IN expansion/NN might/MD open/VB up/RB TV/NN markets--like/JJ the/DT South--where/NNP ratings/NNS have/VBP been/VBN traditionally/RB low/JJ )/) ./.
Until/IN baseball/NN 's/POS antitrust/JJ exemption/NN is/VBZ removed/VBN ,/, owners/NNS do/VBP n't/RB have/VB to/TO worry/VB about/IN intruders/NNS in/IN their/PRP$ current/JJ markets/NNS ./.
But/CC a/DT mechanism/NN already/RB exists/VBZ for/IN making/VBG expansion/NN mutually/RB beneficial/JJ :/: revenue/NN sharing/NN of/IN all/DT local/JJ TV/NN contracts/NNS and/CC gate/NN receipts/NNS ./.
Revenue/NN sharing/VBG alone/RB would/MD solve/VB many/JJ of/IN the/DT competitive-balance/JJ problems/NNS between/IN small/JJ and/CC large/JJ markets/NNS ./.
Green/NNP Bay/NNP has/VBZ built/VBN a/DT Super/NNP Bowl/NNP team/NN despite/IN playing/VBG in/IN the/DT smallest/JJS market/NN in/IN the/DT NFL/NNP ,/, in/IN no/DT small/JJ part/NN because/IN NFL/NNP teams/NNS share/VBP 70/CD percent/NN of/IN their/PRP$ total/JJ revenue/NN ./.
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In/IN an/DT ordinary/JJ business/NN ,/, that/DT 's/VBZ fine/NN ./.
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-/: -/: BH/NNP
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./.
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Dear/RB Prudie/NNP ,/,
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Allen/NNP "/" Jodie/NNP ./.
"/"
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Dear/RB Prudence/NNP ,/,
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What/WP should/MD I/PRP do/VB ?/.
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,/,
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Dear/RB Prudence/NNP ,/,
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"/" People/NNS are/VBP devastated/VBN if/IN I/PRP tell/VBP them/PRP three/CD ,/, but/CC I/PRP lost/VBD two/CD ./.
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-/: -/: Prudie/NNP ,/, respectfully/RB
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Please/VB send/VB your/PRP$ questions/NNS for/IN publication/NN to/TO prudence/NN @/IN slate/NN ./.
com/NN ./.
Queries/NNP should/MD not/RB exceed/VB 200/CD words/NNS in/IN length/NN ./.
Please/VB indicate/VBP how/WRB you/PRP wish/VBP your/PRP$ letter/NN to/TO be/VB signed/VBN ,/, preferably/RB including/VBG your/PRP$ location/NN ./.
Dear/RB Prudence/NNP ,/,
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But/CC what/WP of/IN those/DT other/JJ services/NNS that/WDT require/VBP tipping/VBG ?/.
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And/CC if/IN Raoul/NNP does/VBZ n't/RB get/VB his/PRP$ just/RB deserts/NNS ,/, I/PRP 'm/VBP stuck/VBN with/IN a/DT $/$ 50/CD bowl-cut/JJ ./.
Lately/RB I/PRP 've/VBP been/VBN purposely/RB overtipping/VBG ,/, just/RB to/TO be/VB safe/JJ ./.
At/IN least/JJS ,/, I/PRP think/VBP I/PRP 'm/VBP overtipping/VBG ./.
Is/VBZ five/CD bucks/NNS extra/JJ enough/RB for/IN an/DT eight/CD block/NN cab/NN ride/NN ?/.
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And/CC we/PRP know/VBP what/WP that/DT means/NNS ./.
More/JJR tips/NNS ./.
Please/VB help/VB ./.
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Dear/RB Tip/NNP ,/,
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-/: -/: Prudie/NNP ,/, balancingly/RB
Dear/RB Prudence/NNP ,/,
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'/POS (/( The/DT nice/JJ thing/NN about/IN divorce/NN is/VBZ that/IN then/RB you/PRP get/VBP to/TO choose/VB between/IN the/DT two/CD forms/NNS of/IN address/NN ./.
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MY/NNP GOD/NNP !/.
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Dear/RB Prudence/NNP ,/,
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N/NNP ./.
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L/NNP ./.
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N/NNP ./.
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S/NNP ./.
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"/" Most/JJS of/IN the/DT subs/NNS come/VBP from/IN former/JJ Soviet/JJ shipyards/NNS ./.
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In/IN an/DT editorial/NN titled/VBN "/" No/DT Choice/NN But/CC New/NNP Elections/NNS ,/, "/" the/DT respected/VBN daily/JJ Ha/NNP '/POS aretz/NN said/VBD Levy/NNP was/VBD right/NN to/TO have/VB resigned/VBN over/IN the/DT budget/NN 's/POS stinginess/NNS on/IN welfare/NN ,/, because/IN "/" much/JJ funding/NN has/VBZ been/VBN diverted/VBN to/TO settlements/NNS in/IN the/DT territories/NNS ,/, to/TO the/DT ultra-/NN Orthodox/NNP sector/NN and/CC to/TO various/JJ political/JJ pressure/NN groups/NNS ./.
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20/CD ,/, "/" Ha/NNP '/POS aretz/NN said/VBD ./.
"/" With/IN Levy/NNP 's/POS resignation/NN the/DT government/NN has/VBZ reached/VBN a/DT political/JJ impasse/NN and/CC a/DT nadir/NN in/IN its/PRP$ performance/NN ./.
Gesher/NNP 's/POS [/( Levy/NNP 's/POS political/JJ party/NN 's/POS ]/) pulling/VBG out/IN of/IN the/DT coalition/NN removes/VBZ a/DT cornerstone/NN from/IN the/DT Netanyahu/NNP government/NN ./.
A/DT general/JJ election/NN is/VBZ a/DT must/MD ./.
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The/DT damage/NN is/VBZ cumulative/JJ ,/, and/CC eventually/RB the/DT boat/NN takes/VBZ on/IN so/RB much/JJ water/NN it/PRP is/VBZ impossible/JJ to/TO steer/VB ./.
"/" The/DT only/JJ way/NN to/TO stabilize/VB the/DT government/NN ,/, the/DT Post/NNP 's/POS editorial/NN concluded/VBD ,/, is/VBZ "/" by/IN marking/VBG out/RP a/DT clear/JJ stance/NN on/IN the/DT peace/NN process/NN that/IN either/DT works/VBZ or/CC results/VBZ in/IN new/JJ elections/NNS ./.
Move/VB forward/RB ,/, or/CC go/VB back/RB to/TO the/DT people/NNS ;/: wobbling/VBG in/IN place/NN is/VBZ not/RB an/DT option/NN ./.
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"/" But/CC for/IN this/DT to/TO be/VB achieved/VBN ,/, the/DT government/NN must/MD stop/VB trying/VBG to/TO minimize/VB the/DT horror/NN ./.
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"/" The/DT Nation/NNP also/RB reported/VBD that/IN "/" a/DT thorough/JJ cleaning/NN "/" of/IN the/DT venue/NN for/IN Monday/NNP 's/POS presidential/JJ swearing-in/NN ceremony/NN had/VBD been/VBN carried/VBN out/RP the/DT day/NN before/IN by/IN "/" hundreds/NNS of/IN prisoners/NNS under/IN tight/JJ security/NN ./.
"/" In/IN a/DT separate/JJ article/NN ,/, the/DT Nation/NNP reported/VBD on/IN the/DT desperate/JJ plight/NN of/IN Kenya/NNP 's/POS tourism/NN industry/NN ,/, which/WDT had/VBD seen/VBN a/DT 50/CD -/: percent/NN drop/NN in/IN hotel-room/JJ occupancy/NN ,/, and/CC 150/CD ,/, 000/CD jobs/NNS lost/VBD because/IN of/IN pre-election/JJ violence/NN ./.
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In/IN the/DT process/NN ,/, the/DT word/NN Camelot/NNP has/VBZ been/VBN reduced/VBN to/TO a/DT bad/JJ ,/, smutty/NN ,/, phonemic/JJ [/( wow/UH !/.
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"/" "/" In/IN their/PRP$ ideal/JJ form/NN ,/, the/DT Irish-/NNP Americans/NNPS ./.
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"/" Cowardice/NNP is/VBZ unforgivable/JJ ./.
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"/" Saying/VBG that/IN this/DT generation/NN of/IN Kennedys/NNP "/" does/VBZ not/RB seem/VB to/TO have/VB inherited/VBN the/DT exceptional/JJ ability/NN of/IN the/DT family/NN "/" and/CC pointing/VBG out/RP that/IN "/" [/( r/LS ]/) isk-taking/JJ without/IN high/JJ intelligence/NN is/VBZ not/RB a/DT good/JJ way/NN of/IN life/NN ,/, "/" Rees-/NNP Mogg/NNP concluded/VBD :/: "/" The/DT family/NN has/VBZ been/VBN doomed/VBN by/IN its/PRP$ best/JJS as/RB well/RB as/IN by/IN its/PRP$ worst/JJS qualities/NNS ;/: most/JJS of/IN all/DT ,/, perhaps/RB ,/, by/IN the/DT rashness/NNS of/IN its/PRP$ courage/NN ./.
As/IN each/DT new/JJ blow/NN falls/VBZ ,/, we/PRP react/VBP with/IN pity/NN ,/, astonishment/NN ,/, horror/NN and/CC compassion/NN ./.
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If/IN not/RB ,/, not/RB ./.
"/" Sheehy/NNP is/VBZ the/DT journalist/NN turned/VBD self-appointed/JJ psychologist/NN who/WP transformed/VBD the/DT scary-sounding/JJ "/" crises/NNS "/" of/IN academic/JJ adult-development/JJ theory/NN (/( such/JJ as/IN the/DT mid-life/JJ crisis/NN )/) into/IN the/DT user-friendly/JJ Passages/NNP ,/, the/DT name/NN of/IN her/PRP$ 1976/CD megabestseller/NN ./.
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But/CC Hillary/NNP 's/POS emotional/JJ life/NN was/VBD stunted/VBN by/IN an/DT unloving/VBG ,/, unavailable/JJ father/NN who/WP did/VBD n't/RB even/RB attend/VB his/PRP$ own/JJ daughter/NN 's/POS college/NN graduation/NN ./.
His/PRP$ lack/NN of/IN supportiveness/NNS left/VBD her/PRP$ susceptible/JJ to/TO the/DT needy/JJ ,/, seductive/JJ Bill/NNP Clinton/NNP ,/, which/WDT led/VBD her/PRP to/TO abandon/VB her/PRP$ political/JJ dreams/NNS and/CC take/VB up/RP his/PRP$ ,/, which/WDT made/VBD her/PRP$ resentful/JJ ,/, which/WDT caused/VBD her/PRP to/TO push/VB him/PRP even/RB harder/RBR than/IN his/PRP$ own/JJ considerable/JJ ambitions/NNS were/VBD already/RB doing/VBG ,/, whereupon/NN he/PRP self-destructed/VBD ,/, which/WDT left/VBD them/PRP both/DT in/IN a/DT horrible/JJ mess/NN ,/, from/IN which/WDT she/PRP has/VBZ emerged/VBN in/IN her/PRP$ early/JJ 50/CD s/VBZ a/DT new/JJ woman/NN ,/, ready/JJ to/TO break/VB out/IN of/IN her/PRP$ chrysalis/NNS and/CC fly/VB ./.
This/DT is/VBZ a/DT very/RB American/JJ story/NN ,/, much/RB more/RBR so/RB than/IN that/DT of/IN Daisy/NNP Buchanan/NNP ,/, to/TO whom/WP Hillary/NNP has/VBZ also/RB been/VBN compared/VBN ./.
Sheehy/NNP 's/POS faith/NN in/IN change/NN and/CC redemption/NN reflects/VBZ an/DT Oprah-esque/NNP optimism/NN about/IN human/JJ malleability/NN ,/, whereas/IN F/NN ./.
Scott/NNP Fitzgerald/NNP 's/POS portrait/NN of/IN an/DT egotist/NN whose/WP$ selfishness/NNS wrecks/NNS her/PRP$ life/NN and/CC the/DT lives/NNS of/IN everyone/NN around/IN her/PRP$ reeks/NNS of/IN dourness/NNS ./.
That/DT the/DT newly/RB hatched/VBN butterfly/NN that/WDT is/VBZ Hillary/NNP 's/POS psyche/NN seems/VBZ to/TO be/VB fluttering/VBG straight/JJ into/IN the/DT flames/NNS of/IN New/NNP York/NNP State/NNP politics/NNS and/CC Rudolph/NNP Giuliani/NNP 's/POS popularity/NN does/VBZ not/RB conform/VB to/TO Sheehy/NNP 's/POS triumphalist/NN narrative/NN ,/, so/RB although/IN she/PRP discusses/NNS what/WP Hillary/NNP 's/POS candidacy/NN means/VBZ to/TO Hillary/NNP ,/, Sheehy/NNP does/VBZ n't/RB give/VB us/PRP a/DT single/NN outside/JJ perspective/NN on/IN it/PRP ./.
Sheehy/NNP is/VBZ a/DT therapist/NN to/TO the/DT stars/NNS ,/, not/RB a/DT political/JJ reporter/NN ./.
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The/DT way/NN we/PRP talk/VBP about/IN the/DT character/NN of/IN leaders/NNS has/VBZ come/VBN a/DT long/JJ way/NN since/IN Leo/NNP Tolstoy/NNP railed/JJ against/IN Carlyle/NNP 's/POS great-man/JJ theory/NN of/IN history/NN 130/CD years/NNS ago/RB in/IN War/NNP and/CC Peace/NN :/: "/" To/TO study/VB the/DT laws/NNS of/IN history/NN ,/, we/PRP must/MD entirely/RB change/VB the/DT subject/NN of/IN our/PRP$ observation/NN ,/, must/MD leave/VB aside/RB kings/NNS ,/, ministers/NNS ,/, and/CC generals/NNS ,/, and/CC study/VB the/DT common/NN ,/, infinitesimally/RB small/JJ elements/NNS that/WDT influence/NN the/DT masses/NNS ./.
"/" Since/IN then/RB ,/, history/NN has/VBZ been/VBN through/IN a/DT host/NN of/IN determinisms--economic/JJ ,/, demographic/JJ ,/, biological/JJ ,/, geographic/JJ ,/, even/RB meteorological--each/JJ meant/VBN to/TO relegate/NN the/DT individual/JJ psychology/NN of/IN great/JJ men/NNS to/TO the/DT realm/NN of/IN the/DT contingent/NN ./.
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For/IN her/PRP$ ,/, the/DT national/JJ stage/NN exists/VBZ as/IN nothing/NN more/JJR nor/CC less/JJR than/IN a/DT setting/VBG for/IN grand/JJ personalities/NNS ./.
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Reading/VBG Sheehy/NNP is/VBZ like/IN listening/VBG to/TO a/DT botany/NN professor/NN describe/VBP the/DT inner/JJ life/NN of/IN plants/NNS ./.
What/WP she/PRP extracts/NNS from/IN the/DT public/JJ figures/NNS in/IN whose/WP$ private/JJ selves/NNS she/PRP traffics/NNS is/VBZ how/WRB well/RB they/PRP adhere/VB to/TO the/DT rules/NNS of/IN growth--preferably/JJ the/DT ones/NNS she/PRP has/VBZ sketched/JJ out/RP ./.
(/( Sheehy/NNP 's/POS key/JJ works/NNS in/IN this/DT regard/NN are/VBP Passages/NNP ,/, which/WDT deals/VBZ with/IN life/NN up/RB until/IN one/CD 's/POS 50/CD s/VBZ ;/: The/DT Silent/NNP Passage/NNP (/( 1991/CD )/) ,/, about/IN menopause/NN ;/: New/NNP Passages/NNP (/( 1995/CD )/) ,/, about/IN the/DT second/JJ adulthood/NN that/WDT begins/VBZ in/IN one/CD 's/POS 50/CD s/VBZ ;/: and/CC Understanding/NNP Men/NNP 's/POS Passages/NNP (/( 1998/CD )/) ,/, about/IN male/JJ menopause/NN ./.
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Ronald/NNP Reagan/NNP has/VBZ never/RB transcended/JJ the/DT patterns/NNS of/IN denial/NN common/JJ to/TO the/DT children/NNS of/IN alcoholics/NNS ,/, and/CC that/IN ,/, she/PRP pronounces/VBZ ,/, is/VBZ bad/JJ ./.
Never/RB mind/NN how/WRB Dukakis/NNP 's/POS and/CC Reagan/NNP 's/POS psychological/JJ idiosyncracies/NNS may/MD have/VB changed/VBN the/DT nature/NN of/IN presidential/JJ campaigning/NN ,/, the/DT presidency/NN ,/, or/CC the/DT country/NN ./.
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What/WP are/VBP these/DT stages/NNS to/TO which/WDT Sheehy/NNP claims/VBZ we/PRP are/VBP all/DT subject/NN ,/, regardless/RB of/IN class/NN ,/, race/NN ,/, or/CC creed/NN ?/.
Each/DT has/VBZ its/PRP$ own/JJ clever/JJ nickname--the/JJ Trying/VBG Twenties/NNP ,/, the/DT Catch/NNP Thirties/NNS ,/, the/DT Forlorn/NNP Forties--and/NNP archetypal/NN member/NN :/: the/DT Transient/NNP ,/, the/DT Wunderkind/NNP ,/, the/DT Caregiver/NNP ,/, the/DT Nurturer/NNP Who/WP Defers/NNP Caregiving/NNP ,/, the/DT Caregiver/NNP Who/WP Defers/NNP Nurturing/NNP ./.
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"/" It/PRP 's/VBZ not/RB as/IN if/IN these/DT steps/NNS are/VBP unusual/JJ or/CC bizarre/JJ ;/: on/IN the/DT contrary/NN ,/, they/PRP 're/VBP soothingly/RB familiar/JJ ./.
At/IN one/CD point/NN ,/, you/PRP 're/VBP supposed/VBN to/TO break/VB away/RB from/IN your/PRP$ parents/NNS and/CC find/VB your/PRP$ own/JJ way/NN ./.
At/IN another/DT ,/, you/PRP have/VBP to/TO commit/VB to/TO a/DT "/" lifework/NN "/" or/CC risk/NN drifting/VBG into/IN stasis/NNS ./.
All/PDT this/DT is/VBZ so/RB anodyne/NN as/IN to/TO be/VB completely/RB unobjectionable/JJ ./.
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The/DT disturbing/JJ part/NN is/VBZ that/IN Sheehy/NNP uses/VBZ her/PRP$ theories/NNS not/RB just/RB to/TO explain/VB decisions/NNS that/WDT have/VBP proved/VBN historically/RB momentous/JJ ,/, but/CC to/TO explain/VB them/PRP away/RB ./.
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Is/VBZ Hillary/NNP 's/POS decision/NN to/TO run/VB for/IN the/DT Senate/NNP while/IN still/RB first/JJ lady/NN good/JJ for/IN anyone/NN but/CC her/PRP ?/.
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Should/MD New/NNP York/NNP be/VB glad/JJ or/CC sad/JJ that/IN she/PRP might/MD become/VB its/PRP$ next/JJ senator/NN ?/.
About/IN all/PDT this/DT Sheehy/NNP has/VBZ nothing/NN to/TO say/VB ./.
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Or/CC Al/NNP Gore/NNP ,/, who/WP never/RB stops/VBZ rediscovering/VBG yet/RB another/DT inner/JJ child/NN ./.
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Do/VBP we/PRP really/RB like/IN Al/NNP Gore/NNP 's/POS latest/JJS reincarnation/NN ?/.
Who/WP knows/VBZ ?/.
Who/WP cares/VBZ ?/.
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Will/MD New/NNP Yorkers/NNPS buy/VBP it/PRP ?/.
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Barry/NNP does/VBZ still/RB get/VB to/TO revel/VBP in/IN the/DT trappings/NNS of/IN mayorhood/NN ./.
He/PRP continues/VBZ to/TO flounce/NN around/IN Washington/NNP like/IN the/DT emperor/NN he/PRP once/RB was/VBD ./.
He/PRP has/VBZ a/DT limo/NN at/IN his/PRP$ beck/NN and/CC call/NN ./.
His/PRP$ personal/JJ security/NN force/NN included/VBD an/DT incredible/JJ 30/CD officers/NNS until/IN Congress/NNP forced/VBD him/PRP to/TO halve/VB it/PRP last/JJ year/NN ./.
A/DT crowd/NN of/IN flunkies/NNS and/CC yes-women/JJ surrounds/NNS him/PRP ./.
Barry/NNP still/RB issues/VBZ self-aggrandizing/JJ statements/NNS in/IN which/WDT he/PRP takes/VBZ credit/NN for/IN things/NNS he/PRP did/VBD n't/RB do/VB and/CC announces/VBZ "/" initiatives/NNS "/" that/WDT will/MD never/RB be/VB initiated/VBN ./.
And/CC he/PRP still/RB takes/VBZ grand/JJ foreign/JJ tours/NNS on/IN which/WDT he/PRP behaves/VBZ as/IN if/IN he/PRP is/VBZ visiting/VBG royalty/NN ./.
(/( This/DT week/NN :/: Taiwan/NNP ./.
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"/" Losing/NNP the/DT actual/JJ power/NN bothers/NNS him/PRP ,/, but/CC I/PRP do/VBP n't/RB think/VB it/PRP 's/VBZ as/IN big/JJ a/DT deal/NN as/IN the/DT aura/NN of/IN power/NN ,/, "/" says/VBZ a/DT longtime/JJ friend/NN ./.
"/" It/PRP 's/VBZ not/RB just/RB the/DT limo/NN ,/, because/IN anyone/NN can/MD have/VB a/DT limo/NN ./.
He/PRP is/VBZ the/DT Mayor/NNP ./.
He/PRP really/RB enjoys/VBZ being/VBG The/DT Man/NN ./.
"/"
But/CC Barry/NNP recognized/VBD that/IN the/DT trappings/NNS of/IN power/NN were/VBD tenuous/JJ ,/, too/RB ./.
If/IN he/PRP had/VBD been/VBN re-elected/VBN ,/, Congress/NNP would/MD have/VB probably/RB punished/VBN him/PRP by/IN cutting/VBG his/PRP$ salary/NN ;/: eliminating/VBG the/DT security/NN guards/NNS who/WP remain/VBP ;/: and/CC stripping/VBG him/PRP of/IN the/DT few/JJ ,/, pathetic/JJ agencies/NNS he/PRP does/VBZ control/NN ./.
Not/RB having/VBG lost/VBN his/PRP$ sharpness/NN ,/, Barry/NNP understood/VBD the/DT emptiness/NNS of/IN his/PRP$ position/NN ./.
If/IN re-elected/VBN ,/, he/PRP would/MD be/VB a/DT nonentity/NN ,/, and/CC Marion/NNP Barry/NNP cannot/NN stand/NN to/TO be/VB a/DT nonentity/NN ./.
So/RB why/WRB not/RB hand/VB the/DT job/NN off/RP ?/.
Congress/NNP will/MD be/VB more/RBR likely/JJ to/TO return/VB home/NN rule/NN and/CC rearm/VB the/DT mayor/NN if/IN Barry/NNP is/VBZ gone/VBN ./.
Besides/IN ,/, he/PRP has/VBZ nothing/NN left/VBN to/TO prove/VB ./.
He/PRP already/RB has/VBZ made/VBN the/DT greatest/JJS political/JJ comeback/NN in/IN U/NNP ./.
S/NNP ./.
history/NN ./.
The/DT Post/NNP poll/NN predicting/VBG a/DT Barry/NNP primary/JJ win/NN allows/VBZ him/PRP to/TO quit/VB with/IN a/DT bang/NN ,/, not/RB a/DT whimper/NN :/: "/" He/PRP can/MD go/VB out/IN saying/VBG ,/, '/" See/VB ,/, they/PRP still/RB love/VBP me/PRP ./.
I/PRP told/VBD you/PRP I/PRP would/MD win/VB ./.
Bye/NNP ,/, y/NN '/" all/DT ,/, '/" "/" says/VBZ Barras/NNP ./.
Barry/NNP 's/POS friends/NNS and/CC local/JJ business/NN leaders/NNS have/VBP been/VBN trying/VBG for/IN months/NNS to/TO find/VB a/DT way/NN to/TO let/VB him/PRP exit/NN with/IN honor--to/JJ give/VB him/PRP a/DT gracious/JJ payoff/NN in/IN exchange/NN for/IN his/PRP$ decision/NN to/TO step/VB down/RB ./.
It/PRP 's/VBZ a/DT good/JJ idea/NN ./.
Barry/NNP has/VBZ been/VBN a/DT public/JJ servant--of/JJ a/DT sort--and/JJ America/NNP traditionally/RB finds/VBZ respectable/JJ retirements/NNS for/IN its/PRP$ former/JJ leaders/NNS ./.
Pols/NNP spend/VB their/PRP$ dotage/NN as/IN think/VBP tank/NN "/" scholars/NNS "/" or/CC consultants/NNS or/CC part-time/JJ lobbyists/NNS (/( see/VB :/: Bob/NNP Dole/NNP )/) and/CC are/VBP trotted/VBN out/IN periodically/RB for/IN sage/NN commentary/NN ./.
Even/RB if/IN Barry/NNP does/VBZ n't/RB quite/RB deserve/VB the/DT same/JJ ,/, Washington/NNP deserves/VBZ not/RB to/TO have/VB its/PRP$ ex-mayor/JJ disgraced/JJ ./.
Barry/NNP 's/POS retirement/NN team/NN has/VBZ talked/VBN to/TO local/JJ universities/NNS and/CC historically/RB black/JJ colleges/NNS about/IN a/DT position/NN for/IN him/PRP ./.
He/PRP is/VBZ also/RB planning/VBG lecture/NN tours/NNS and/CC shopping/VBG a/DT memoir/NN ./.
And/CC there/EX is/VBZ even/RB talk/NN that/IN Barry/NNP will/MD be/VB hired/VBN as/IN a/DT top/JJ executive/NN by/IN a/DT local/JJ business/NN ./.
Given/VBN his/PRP$ track/NN record/NN as/IN the/DT District/NNP 's/POS mayor/NN ,/, you/PRP might/MD want/VB to/TO sell/VB your/PRP$ stock/NN in/IN that/DT company/NN ./.
If/IN you/PRP missed/VBD the/DT sidebar/NN about/IN the/DT one/CD good/JJ reason/NN to/TO support/VB Barry/NNP ,/, click/NN ./.
New/NNP Yorkers/NNPS wo/MD n't/RB wait/VB for/IN much/JJ ,/, but/CC they/PRP apparently/RB will/MD wait/VB for/IN Geraldine/NNP Ferraro/NNP ./.
For/IN the/DT last/JJ 12/CD months/NNS ,/, the/DT ex-vice-presidential/JJ candidate/NN has/VBZ been/VBN mulling/VBG over/IN the/DT idea/NN of/IN quitting/VBG her/PRP$ Crossfire/NNP job/NN to/TO run/VB for/IN office/NN ./.
She/PRP 's/VBZ about/IN to/TO make/VB her/PRP$ decision/NN :/: Ferraro/NNP will/MD announce/VB in/IN the/DT next/JJ two/CD weeks/NNS whether/IN she/PRP 's/VBZ entering/VBG New/NNP York/NNP 's/POS 1998/CD Democratic/JJ senatorial/JJ primary--also/JJ known/VBN as/IN the/DT race/NN to/TO decide/VB who/WP gets/VBZ to/TO mud/NN wrestle/VB Sen/NNP ./.
Alfonse/NNP D/NNP '/POS Amato/NNP ./.
Ferraro/NNP 's/POS Godot/NNP act/NN has/VBZ overshadowed/VBN the/DT campaigns/NNS of/IN the/DT two/CD declared/VBD primary/JJ contenders/NNS ,/, Rep/NNP ./.
Charles/NNP Schumer/NNP and/CC New/NNP York/NNP City/NNP Public/NNP Advocate/NNP Mark/NNP Green/NNP ./.
New/NNP York/NNP political/JJ bosses/NNS and/CC big/JJ donors/NNS are/VBP biding/VBG their/PRP$ time/NN waiting/VBG for/IN her/PRP$ announcement/NN ./.
The/DT fund-raising/JJ group/NN EMILY/NNP 's/POS List/NN ,/, which/WDT could/MD steer/VB $/$ 1/CD million/CD to/TO its/PRP$ chosen/VBN candidate/NN ,/, has/VBZ encouraged/VBN members/NNS to/TO withhold/VB contributions/NNS till/IN Ferraro/NNP makes/VBZ her/PRP$ decision/NN ./.
The/DT latest/JJS Quinnipiac/NNP College/NNP Poll/NNP ,/, a/DT respected/VBN independent/JJ survey/NN ,/, shows/VBZ Ferraro/NNP massacring/VBG Schumer/NNP and/CC Green/NNP in/IN the/DT primary/JJ and/CC routing/VBG D/NNP '/POS Amato/NNP by/IN 14/CD points/NNS in/IN the/DT general/JJ election/NN ./.
This/DT enthusiasm/NN is/VBZ a/DT little/JJ mystifying/VBG ./.
After/IN all/DT ,/, the/DT 62/CD -/: year-old/JJ has/VBZ served/VBN a/DT grand/JJ total/NN of/IN six/CD years/NNS in/IN public/JJ office/NN (/( all/DT in/IN the/DT House/NNP of/IN Representatives/NNPS )/) ,/, has/VBZ not/RB won/VBN an/DT election/NN since/IN 1982/CD ,/, was/VBD brutalized/JJ in/IN her/PRP$ last/JJ two/CD campaigns/NNS (/( 1984/CD vice-presidential/JJ and/CC 1992/CD senatorial/JJ )/) ,/, and/CC has/VBZ been/VBN tangled/VBN in/IN more/JJR ethics/NNS scandals/NNS than/IN any/DT politician/NN except/IN ,/, well/RB ,/, Al/NNP D/NNP '/POS Amato/NNP ./.
A/DT little/RB ethnic/JJ arithmetic/NN explains/VBZ some/DT of/IN the/DT Ferraro/NNP excitement/NN ./.
She/PRP 's/VBZ Italian/JJ ;/: Schumer/NNP and/CC Green/NNP are/VBP Jewish/JJ ./.
"/" D/NNP '/POS Amato/NNP beats/VBZ any/DT Jew/NNP ,/, and/CC he/PRP loses/VBZ to/TO any/DT Italian/JJ ,/, "/" says/VBZ a/DT longtime/JJ New/NNP York/NNP political/JJ operative/NN ./.
But/CC Ferraro/NNP owes/VBZ her/PRP$ popularity/NN to/TO something/NN else/RB :/: the/DT Ferraro/NNP Aura/NNP (/( try/VB saying/VBG that/IN three/CD times/NNS quickly/RB )/) ./.
To/TO this/DT day/NN ,/, Ferraro/NNP is/VBZ defined/VBN by/IN 1984/CD ,/, by/IN the/DT four/CD months/NNS 13/CD years/NNS ago/RB when/WRB she/PRP was/VBD the/DT most/RBS famous/JJ woman/NN in/IN the/DT world/NN ./.
Democrats/NNPS ,/, especially/RB middle-aged/JJ women/NNS ,/, remember/VB her/PRP at/IN the/DT Democratic/NNP National/NNP Convention/NNP ,/, remember/VB her/PRP$ white/JJ dress/NN ,/, remember/VB her/PRP$ introduction/NN ,/, which/WDT brought/VBD the/DT house/NN down/RB ,/, "/" My/PRP$ name/NN is/VBZ Geraldine/NNP Ferraro/NNP ./.
"/" The/DT Mondale-/NNP Ferraro/NNP campaign/NN degenerated/VBD into/IN a/DT wretched/JJ ,/, embarrassing/JJ spectacle/NN ,/, but/CC Ferraro/NNP proved/VBD that/IN a/DT woman/NN could/MD be/VB just/RB as/IN good--and/JJ just/RB as/IN bad--a/JJ vice-presidential/JJ candidate/NN as/IN any/DT man/NN ./.
Ferraro/NNP ,/, Maureen/NNP Dowd/NNP wrote/VBD ,/, came/VBD to/TO embody/VBP "/" the/DT Cinderella/NNP myth/NN ,/, the/DT American/JJ dream/NN and/CC the/DT feminine/JJ mystique/NN "/" rolled/VBN into/IN one/CD ./.
Her/PRP$ admirers/NNS stopped/VBD seeing/VBG her/PRP as/IN a/DT politician/NN ./.
She/PRP became/VBD an/DT icon/NN ,/, an/DT unreal/NN ,/, idealized/JJ symbol/NN of/IN women/NNS 's/POS achievement/NN ./.
But/CC this/DT image/NN distorts/VBZ Ferraro/NNP ./.
As/IN an/DT individual/NN ,/, rather/RB than/IN a/DT symbol/NN ,/, she/PRP 's/VBZ wonderfully/RB engaging--charming/JJ ,/, tough/JJ ,/, smart/JJ ,/, funny/JJ ,/, thoughtful/JJ ./.
But/CC she/PRP is/VBZ also/RB very/RB much/RB a/DT politician/NN :/: self-aggrandizing/JJ ,/, ambitious/JJ ,/, and/CC acutely/RB sensitive/JJ to/TO political/JJ wind/NN shifts/NNS ./.
Few/JJ New/NNP Yorkers/NNPS ,/, let/VB alone/RB few/JJ Americans/NNPS ,/, remember/VB her/PRP$ six/CD years/NNS in/IN Congress/NNP ,/, and/CC with/IN good/JJ reason/NN ./.
She/PRP was/VBD a/DT pork-barreler/JJ and/CC a/DT more-or-less/JJ willing/JJ cog/NN in/IN the/DT Queens/NNP Democratic/JJ machine/NN ./.
(/( Her/PRP$ path/NN to/TO Washington/NNP was/VBD cleared/VBN by/IN the/DT fact/NN that/IN her/PRP$ cousin/NN Nicholas/NNP Ferraro/NNP was/VBD the/DT Queens/NNP district/NN attorney/NN and/CC a/DT political/JJ player/NN ./.
)/) Ferraro/NNP had/VBD enough/JJ principles/NNS to/TO stand/VB on/RB ,/, not/RB enough/RB to/TO get/VB in/IN her/PRP$ way/NN ./.
Despite/IN her/PRP$ lionization/NN by/IN feminists/NNS ,/, for/IN example/NN ,/, Ferraro/NNP was/VBD not/RB terribly/RB progressive/JJ on/IN women/NNS 's/POS issues/NNS ./.
She/PRP was/VBD pro-choice/JJ ,/, but/CC not/RB emphatically/RB so/RB ./.
She/PRP supported/VBD the/DT Equal/NNP Rights/NNP Amendment/NNP ,/, but/CC then/RB maneuvered/VBD to/TO keep/VB it/PRP out/IN of/IN the/DT 1984/CD Democratic/JJ platform/NN ./.
Her/PRP$ skills/NNS as/IN an/DT operator/NN served/VBD her/PRP$ own/JJ career/NN :/: When/WRB she/PRP arrived/VBD in/IN Congress/NNP in/IN 1979/CD ,/, she/PRP quickly/RB inserted/VBD herself/PRP under/IN the/DT wing/NN of/IN House/NNP Speaker/NNP Tip/NNP O/NNP '/POS Neill/NNP ./.
His/PRP$ sponsorship/NN was/VBD critical/JJ to/TO her/PRP$ vice-presidential/JJ nomination/NN ./.
Ferraro/NNP seems/VBZ to/TO favor/VB retail/JJ politics/NNS over/IN ideology/NN (/( like/IN D/NNP '/POS Amato/NNP )/) ./.
She/PRP has/VBZ never/RB attached/VBN herself/PRP to/TO any/DT particular/RB set/NN of/IN ideas/NNS ,/, never/RB had/VBD any/DT consuming/NN passion/NN ./.
It/PRP 's/VBZ notable/JJ that/DT none/NN of/IN the/DT seven/CD New/NNP York/NNP Democratic/JJ operatives/NNS I/PRP talked/VBD to/TO could/MD describe/VB her/PRP$ ideology/NN or/CC name/VB her/PRP$ pet/NN causes/NNS ./.
(/( "/" She/PRP 's/VBZ sort/NN of/IN moderate/JJ ,/, I/PRP think/VBP ,/, "/" said/VBD one/CD ./.
)/) When/WRB I/PRP asked/VBD Ferraro/NNP about/IN her/PRP$ key/JJ issues/NNS ,/, her/PRP$ answer/NN was/VBD boilerplate/NN :/: "/" Education/NNP ,/, "/" the/DT struggling/VBG economy/NN of/IN upstate/JJ New/NNP York/NNP ,/, D/NNP '/POS Amato/NNP 's/POS "/" horrendous/JJ "/" record/NN ./.
Even/RB her/PRP$ responses/NNS to/TO ethics/NNS charges/NNS reflect/VBP her/PRP$ political/JJ instincts/NNS ./.
Confronted/VBN with/IN allegations/NNS about/IN campaign-finance/JJ irregularities/NNS or/CC with/IN questions/NNS about/IN her/PRP$ husband/NN 's/POS business/NN dealings/NNS ,/, Ferraro/NNP has/VBZ bobbed/JJ and/CC weaved/JJ with/IN Clintonian/NNP deftness/NNS :/: Hand/NNP out/RP a/DT few/JJ documents/NNS ,/, hedge/VB ,/, cavil/NN ,/, deny/VB ,/, admit/VB with/IN explanation/NN ./.
All/DT of/IN which/WDT is/VBZ to/TO say/VB :/: Of/IN course/NN she/PRP 'll/MD run/VB ./.
She/PRP 's/VBZ a/DT natural-born/JJ politician/NN ,/, and/CC she/PRP ca/MD n't/RB stay/VB away/RB from/IN the/DT race/NN ./.
She/PRP sounds/VBZ thrilled/VBN when/WRB she/PRP considers/VBZ the/DT prospect/NN ./.
"/" If/IN you/PRP look/VBP at/IN the/DT time/NN of/IN my/PRP$ life/NN that/WDT was/VBD the/DT happiest/NN ,/, it/PRP was/VBD the/DT time/NN as/IN a/DT prosecutor/NN and/CC member/NN of/IN Congress/NNP ,/, "/" she/PRP says/VBZ ./.
"/" I/PRP am/VBP 30/CD points/NNS ahead/RB in/IN the/DT primary/NN ./.
And/CC I/PRP am/VBP the/DT only/RB one/CD who/WP beats/VBZ Al/NNP D/NNP '/POS Amato/NNP ./.
"/" Ferraro/NNP has/VBZ always/RB wanted/VBN to/TO take/VB on/IN Sen/NNP ./.
Pothole/NNP ./.
She/PRP reluctantly/RB skipped/VBD the/DT 1986/CD campaign/NN because/IN of/IN ethics/NNS problems/NNS ./.
Scandal/NN dogged/VBD her/PRP$ again/RB in/IN 1992/CD ,/, when/WRB she/PRP lost/VBD a/DT vicious/JJ four-way/JJ primary/NN ./.
This/DT year/NN is/VBZ her/PRP$ last/JJ chance/NN at/IN Al/NNP :/: "/" It/PRP 's/VBZ either/CC do/VBP it/PRP now/RB ,/, or/CC do/VBP n't/RB do/VB it/PRP at/IN all/DT ./.
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It/PRP 's/VBZ not/RB likely/JJ to/TO be/VB an/DT easy/JJ primary/NN ./.
Schumer/NNP has/VBZ raised/VBN $/$ 8/CD million/CD and/CC is/VBZ a/DT relentless/JJ campaigner/NN ./.
Green/NNP has/VBZ a/DT loyal/JJ following/NN among/IN the/DT liberals/NNS who/WP vote/VBP in/IN Democratic/JJ primaries/NNS ./.
Ferraro/NNP says/VBZ she/PRP needs/VBZ to/TO raise/VB $/$ 5/CD ./.
5/LS million/CD to/TO win/VB the/DT primary/NN ./.
It/PRP will/MD be/VB a/DT fratricidal/NN ,/, exhausting/JJ race/NN ./.
And/CC if/IN she/PRP wins/VBZ ,/, D/NNP '/POS Amato/NNP will/MD be/VB no/DT pushover/NN ./.
The/DT bars/NNS of/IN New/NNP York/NNP are/VBP filled/VBN with/IN politicians/NNS who/WP led/VBD D/NNP '/POS Amato/NNP in/IN the/DT polls/VBZ a/DT year/NN before/IN Election/NNP Day/NNP ./.
He/PRP always/RB polls/VBZ low/JJ ,/, he/PRP has/VBZ $/$ 15/CD million/CD to/TO spend/VB in/IN the/DT general/JJ election/NN ,/, and/CC he/PRP solidified/VBD his/PRP$ base/NN with/IN lots/NNS of/IN ./.
And/CC D/NNP '/POS Amato/NNP will/MD not/RB underestimate/NN Ferraro/NNP ,/, whom/WP he/PRP fears/VBZ most/JJS of/IN all/DT his/PRP$ potential/JJ opponents/NNS ./.
He/PRP has/VBZ already/RB fired/VBN a/DT shot/NN across/IN her/PRP$ bow/NN ./.
In/IN October/NNP ,/, he/PRP ran/VBD TV/NN ads--between/JJ segments/NNS of/IN Crossfire/NNP ,/, no/DT less--slamming/JJ Ferraro/NNP as/IN a/DT pro-tax-and-welfare/JJ liberal/NN ./.
The/DT ads/NNS mimicked/JJ Crossfire/NNP 's/POS format/NN :/: "/" On/IN the/DT left/NN ,/, it/PRP 's/VBZ Geraldine/NNP Ferraro/NNP ./.
And/CC on/IN our/PRP$ side/NN ,/, it/PRP 's/VBZ Al/NNP D/NNP '/POS Amato/NNP ./.
"/" An/DT icon/NN would/MD have/VB ignored/VBN the/DT attack/NN ,/, but/CC Ferraro/NNP harpooned/JJ right/RB back/RB ,/, calling/VBG the/DT ad/NN a/DT "/" sign/NN of/IN panic/NN ./.
"/" When/WRB Republicans/NNPS asked/VBD CNN/NNP to/TO drop/VB Ferraro/NNP from/IN Crossfire/NNP ,/, complaining/VBG that/IN she/PRP was/VBD using/VBG the/DT program/NN to/TO advance/VB her/PRP$ candidacy/NN ,/, Ferraro/NNP countered/VBD that/IN "/" [/( i/NNP ]/) t/NN 's/POS almost/RB unbecoming/VBG to/TO see/VB grown/VBN men/NNS whine/NN ./.
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That/DT 's/VBZ the/DT kind/NN of/IN politics/NNS everyone/NN enjoys/VBZ ,/, not/RB least/JJS Geraldine/NNP Ferraro/NNP ./.
You/PRP can/MD talk/VB about/IN globalization/NN ,/, the/DT sexual/JJ revolution/NN ,/, or/CC the/DT civil/JJ rights/NNS movement/NN ./.
But/CC one/CD of/IN the/DT greatest/JJS upheavals/NNS of/IN the/DT century/NN is/VBZ the/DT liberation/NN of/IN the/DT nerd/NN ./.
Many/JJ have/VBP noted/VBN the/DT rise/NN of/IN the/DT Silicon/NNP Valley/NNP programmer/NN and/CC the/DT iconification/NN of/IN Bill/NNP Gates/NNP ./.
Few/JJ have/VBP placed/VBN these/DT developments/NNS in/IN context/NN ./.
Nerds/NNS ,/, once/RB defined/VBN as/IN squares/NNS and/CC losers/NNS ,/, now/RB also/RB lord/NN over/IN Washington/NNP (/( Newt/NNP Gingrich/NNP ,/, Al/NNP Gore/NNP )/) and/CC Hollywood/NNP (/( Steven/NNP Spielberg/NNP ,/, Quentin/NNP Tarantino/NNP )/) ./.
Just/RB as/IN the/DT women/NNS 's/POS rights/NNS movement/NN revolutionized/VBD male-female/JJ relations/NNS ,/, so/RB also/RB has/VBZ this/DT movement/NN created/VBD its/PRP$ own/JJ turmoil/NN ./.
With/IN the/DT advent/NN of/IN the/DT power/NN nerd/NN ,/, we/PRP can/MD no/RB longer/RB say/VB for/IN certain/JJ what/WP makes/VBZ a/DT nerd/NN a/DT nerd/NN ./.
Or/CC ,/, to/TO put/VB it/PRP another/DT way/NN ,/, what/WP now/RB separates/NNS the/DT nerds/NNS from/IN the/DT nebbishes/NNS ?/.
The/DT time/NN has/VBZ come/VBN to/TO reassess/VB and/CC redefine/VB the/DT loser/NN ./.
Nobody--not/NNP William/NNP Safire/NNP ,/, not/RB the/DT Oxford/NNP English/NNP Dictionary/NNP -/: -/: has/VBZ concretely/RB pinned/VBN down/RP the/DT origin/NN of/IN the/DT word/NN nerd/NN ./.
One/CD theory/NN traces/NNS it/PRP to/TO a/DT throwaway/JJ passage/NN in/IN Dr/NNP ./.
Seuss/NNP '/POS lesser-known/JJ 1950/CD children/NNS 's/POS book/NN If/IN I/PRP Ran/NNP the/DT Zoo/NNP ./.
Another/DT considers/VBZ it/PRP a/DT variation/NN of/IN the/DT 1940/CD s/VBZ put-down/JJ nerts/NNS to/TO you/PRP ,/, as/RB in/IN "/" nuts/NNS to/TO you/PRP ./.
"/" A/DT third/JJ derives/VBZ it/PRP from/IN turd/NN ./.
Whatever/WDT its/PRP$ origins/NNS ,/, the/DT appellation/NN rose/VBD to/TO prominence/NN in/IN the/DT 1950/CD s/VBZ ,/, the/DT High/NNP Age/NNP of/IN Conformity/NNP ,/, when/WRB boomers/NNS employed/VBN it/PRP to/TO condemn/VB the/DT most/JJS conformist/NN of/IN the/DT conformists/NNS ,/, the/DT squarest/NN of/IN the/DT squares/NNS ./.
And/CC the/DT phrase/NN conjured/JJ up/RP a/DT specific/JJ image/NN :/: the/DT greasy/NN ,/, pocket-protected/JJ teen/NN in/IN thick/JJ ,/, horn-rimmed/JJ glasses/NNS ./.
Clearly/RB ,/, the/DT unstylish/JJ ,/, klutzy/NN bookworm/NN has/VBZ existed/VBN throughout/IN history/NN ./.
(/( Einstein/NNP is/VBZ an/DT obvious/JJ example/NN of/IN a/DT nerd/NN who/WP predated/JJ the/DT term/NN ./.
)/) But/CC nerdiness/NNS became/VBD well/RB defined/VBN only/RB after/IN the/DT birth/NN of/IN its/PRP$ opposite--coolness--during/JJ the/DT prosperous/JJ postwar/JJ era/NN ,/, as/IN the/DT middle/JJ class/NN expanded/VBN to/TO include/VB vast/JJ new/JJ segments/NNS of/IN the/DT population/NN ./.
These/DT new/JJ constituencies/NNS adopted/VBD bourgeois/NNS values/NNS ,/, among/IN them/PRP a/DT fixation/NN with/IN fashion--what/JJ 's/POS cool/NN and/CC what/WP 's/VBZ not/RB ./.
Nerdy/NNP was/VBD not/RB ./.
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Next/JJ question/NN ?/.
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"/" They/PRP 're/VBP only/RB renting/VBG me/PRP for/IN five/CD years/NNS ./.
"/" The/DT reader/NN may/MD be/VB most/RBS amused/VBN by/IN lesser/JJR players/NNS like/IN Mark/NNP Canton/NNP ,/, the/DT credit-hungry/JJ head/NN of/IN production/NN at/IN Columbia/NNP ,/, who/WP pathetically/RB asked/VBD the/DT producers/NNS of/IN A/DT Few/JJ Good/JJ Men/NN to/TO thank/VB him/PRP publicly/RB at/IN the/DT premiere/NN (/( they/PRP did/VBD )/) and/CC implored/JJ Nick/NNP Nolte/NNP to/TO thank/VB him/PRP if/IN he/PRP got/VBD a/DT Golden/NNP Globe/NNP award/NN for/IN Prince/NNP of/IN Tides/NNP (/( Nolte/NNP won/VBD ,/, but/CC did/VBD n't/RB )/) ./.
There/EX are/VBP plenty/RB of/IN problems/NNS with/IN the/DT way/NN Hit/VBP and/CC Run/NNP is/VBZ told/VBN ./.
It/PRP relies/VBZ too/RB heavily/RB on/IN anonymous/JJ sources/NNS ,/, and/CC the/DT trade/NN press/NN has/VBZ begun/VBN complaining/VBG that/IN some/DT of/IN its/PRP$ stories/NNS are/VBP bogus/JJ ./.
The/DT editor/NN of/IN Variety/NNP ,/, for/IN instance/NN ,/, has/VBZ indignantly/RB denied/VBN the/DT authors/NNS '/POS assertion/NN that/IN he/PRP suppressed/VBD publication/NN of/IN financial/JJ documents/NNS embarrassing/JJ to/TO Columbia/NNP Pictures/NNP ./.
The/DT book/NN 's/POS tone/NN also/RB is/VBZ relentlessly/RB caustic/JJ ./.
Can/MD there/EX ever/RB have/VB been/VBN a/DT more/RBR loathsome/JJ collection/NN of/IN charlatans/NNS ,/, sycophants/NNS ,/, and/CC back-stabbers/JJ ?/.
Come/VBN to/TO think/VB of/IN it/PRP ,/, maybe/RB not/RB ./.
But/CC the/DT book/NN 's/POS value/NN lies/VBZ less/JJR in/IN the/DT anecdotes/NNS than/IN in/IN what/WP it/PRP has/VBZ to/TO tell/VB us/PRP about/IN how/WRB one/CD of/IN the/DT biggest/JJS entertainment/NN deals/NNS went/VBD awry/RB at/IN a/DT time/NN when/WRB the/DT industry/NN was/VBD consolidating/VBG everywhere/RB ,/, heading/VBG toward/IN domination/NN by/IN a/DT mere/JJ six/CD or/CC eight/CD multinational/JJ companies--all/JJ of/IN which/WDT face/VBP the/DT headache/NN of/IN competing/VBG fiefdoms/NNS ./.
The/DT Sony-/NNP Columbia/NNP deal/NN is/VBZ a/DT cautionary/JJ tale/NN ,/, even/RB though/IN larger/JJR lessons/NNS are/VBP not/RB Griffin/NNP and/CC Masters/NNP '/POS forte/NN ./.
One/CD does/VBZ wish/VB that/IN they/PRP had/VBD more/JJR to/TO say/VB about/IN Sony/NNP and/CC Columbia/NNP Pictures/NNP '/POS misplaced/VBN faith/NN in/IN "/" synergy/NN ,/, "/" since/IN the/DT search/NN for/IN that/DT elusive/JJ ideal/NN has/VBZ run/VBN so/RB spectacularly/RB aground/NN in/IN other/JJ media/NNS deals/NNS ./.
It/PRP was/VBD especially/RB disastrous/JJ in/IN the/DT acquisition/NN of/IN MCA/NNP Inc/NNP ./.
by/IN Sony/NNP 's/POS electronics/NNS rival/JJ ,/, Matsushita/NNP ,/, which/WDT took/VBD place/NN about/IN the/DT same/JJ time/NN ./.
(/( Matsushita/NNP later/RB sold/VBD the/DT majority/NN interest/NN of/IN MCA/NNP to/TO Seagram/NNP for/IN $/$ 5/CD ./.
7/CD billion/CD ./.
)/) The/DT MCA/NNP sale/NN did/VBD not/RB involve/VB the/DT same/JJ level/NN of/IN plunder/NN ./.
In/IN both/DT takeovers/NNS ,/, though/RB ,/, the/DT Hollywood/NNP side/NN thought/VBD that/IN by/IN selling/VBG ,/, it/PRP could/MD tap/VB into/IN a/DT bottomless/JJ well/RB of/IN capital/NN with/IN which/WDT to/TO buy/VB television/NN networks/NNS ,/, record/NN companies/NNS ,/, and/CC the/DT like/JJ ./.
The/DT Japanese/NNPS ,/, on/IN the/DT other/JJ hand/NN ,/, were/VBD hoping/VBG for/IN a/DT new/JJ source/NN of/IN "/" software/NN "/" (/( i/NNP ./.
e/SYM ./.
,/, movies/NNS and/CC television/NN shows/VBZ )/) for/IN their/PRP$ digital/JJ televisions/NNS ,/, compact/JJ discs/NNS ,/, and/CC other/JJ new/JJ products/NNS ./.
They/PRP counted/VBD on/IN the/DT studios/NNS to/TO produce/VB it/PRP in/IN a/DT reliable/JJ way/NN ./.
Like/IN Guber/NNP ,/, Sony/NNP refused/VBD to/TO cooperate/VB with/IN the/DT authors/NNS of/IN Hit/VBP and/CC Run/NNP ,/, so/IN we/PRP do/VBP n't/RB get/VB much/JJ insight/NN into/IN the/DT thought/NN processes/NNS of/IN the/DT Japanese/NN ./.
Did/VBD they/PRP have/VBP a/DT "/" mole/NN "/" in/IN the/DT studio/NN or/CC not/RB ?/.
How/WRB much/RB did/VBD they/PRP know/VBP about/IN what/WP they/PRP were/VBD getting/VBG into/IN ?/.
We/PRP never/RB find/VBP out/RP ./.
But/CC we/PRP do/VBP get/VB snapshots/NNS of/IN the/DT mindset/NN that/WDT allowed/VBD them/PRP to/TO get/VB sucked/JJ into/IN the/DT vortex/NN of/IN financial/JJ losses/NNS ./.
At/IN one/CD point/NN ,/, Norio/NNP Ohga/NNP ,/, the/DT president/NN of/IN Sony/NNP ,/, joined/VBD a/DT group/NN of/IN executives/NNS from/IN Tokyo/NNP to/TO tour/VB the/DT set/NN of/IN Who/WP 's/VBZ the/DT Boss/NNP ?/.
one/CD of/IN the/DT studio/NN 's/POS more/RBR successful/JJ television/NN shows/NNS ./.
All/DT they/PRP did/VBD was/VBD look/VB at/IN the/DT cameras/NNS and/CC ask/VB who/WP made/VBD the/DT video/NN tape/NN and/CC what/WP kind/NN of/IN lead/NN density/NN it/PRP had/VBD ./.
The/DT Japanese/JJ may/MD have/VB been/VBN confused/VBN ,/, but/CC the/DT Americans/NNPS who/WP supposedly/RB represented/VBD their/PRP$ interests/NNS seem/VBP frankly/RB guilty/JJ of/IN misleading/JJ them/PRP ./.
If/IN anything/NN ,/, Griffin/NNP and/CC Masters/NNP let/VBP these/DT characters/NNS off/RP too/RB easily/RB ./.
Both/DT Peter/NNP G/NNP ./.
Peterson/NNP ,/, the/DT prominent/JJ New/NNP York/NNP investment/NN banker/NN ,/, and/CC Michael/NNP Ovitz/NNP ,/, then-head/JJ of/IN Creative/NNP Artists/NNP Agency/NNP ,/, would/MD seem/VB to/TO have/VB been/VBN more/RBR interested/JJ in/IN making/VBG money/NN out/IN of/IN the/DT Columbia/NNP deal/NN than/IN in/IN warning/VBG their/PRP$ client/NN ,/, Sony/NNP ,/, about/IN the/DT risks/NNS ,/, but/CC the/DT authors/NNS are/VBP too/RB polite/JJ to/TO come/VB right/NN out/IN and/CC say/VB so/RB ./.
Also/RB treated/VBN kindly/RB is/VBZ Michael/NNP Schulhof/NNP ,/, the/DT miscast/NN head/NN of/IN Sony/NNP 's/POS American/JJ operations/NNS (/( he/PRP had/VBD no/DT background/NN in/IN the/DT movie/NN business/NN )/) ./.
After/IN backing/VBG Guber/NNP through/IN a/DT series/NN of/IN disasters/NNS ,/, Schulhof/NNP eventually/RB admitted/VBD that/IN he/PRP was/VBD unable/JJ to/TO get/VB the/DT producer/NN to/TO change/VB his/PRP$ management/NN style/NN ./.
But/CC the/DT authors/NNS do/VBP not/RB hold/VB Schulhof/NNP accountable/JJ ./.
They/PRP do/VBP not/RB ask/VB what/WP changes/NNS he/PRP had/VBD in/IN mind/NN ,/, other/JJ than/IN getting/VBG Guber/NNP to/TO try/VB harder/RBR to/TO make/VB better/JJR movies/NNS at/IN lower/JJR cost/NN ./.
Hit/VBP and/CC Run/NNP is/VBZ further/JJ undercut/VBN by/IN parochialism/NN ,/, especially/RB evident/JJ in/IN its/PRP$ constant/JJ use/NN of/IN Hollywood/NNP jargon/NN ./.
This/DT is/VBZ a/DT book/NN in/IN which/WDT executives/NNS never/RB approve/VBP a/DT movie/NN ;/: they/PRP "/" greenlight/NN "/" it/PRP ./.
Even/RB beyond/IN the/DT klunky/NN language/NN ,/, the/DT authors/NNS fail/VBP to/TO transcend/NN their/PRP$ narrow/JJ context/NN and/CC explore/VB what/WP management/NN success/NN in/IN the/DT movie/NN business/NN might/MD have/VB entailed/VBN ./.
The/DT only/RB clear/JJ measure/NN of/IN Guber/NNP and/CC Peters/NNP '/POS misjudgment/NN is/VBZ their/PRP$ overspending/VBG for/IN antique/JJ furniture/NN ,/, yachts/NNS ,/, slumber/NN parties/NNS at/IN Aspen/NNP ,/, and/CC the/DT like/JJ ,/, and/CC a/DT numbing/JJ succession/NN of/IN box-office/NN bombs/NNS ./.
(/( Actually/RB ,/, some/DT of/IN the/DT bombs/NNS were/VBD pretty/RB good/JJ movies/NNS ,/, like/IN Wolf/NNP and/CC Remains/NNS of/IN the/DT Day/NNP ,/, while/IN others/NNS ,/, like/IN the/DT much-maligned/JJ Last/JJ Action/NNP Hero/NNP with/IN Arnold/NNP Schwarzenegger/NNP ,/, were/VBD failures/NNS in/IN an/DT interesting/JJ way/NN ./.
)/)
With/IN their/PRP$ backgrounds--/JJ Griffin/NNP is/VBZ deputy/NN editor/NN of/IN Premiere/NNP and/CC Masters/NNP ,/, a/DT contributing/VBG editor/NN for/IN Time/NNP and/CC Vanity/NNP Fair/NNP -/: -/: the/DT authors/NNS should/MD have/VB been/VBN able/JJ to/TO tell/VB us/PRP a/DT little/JJ more/JJR about/IN why/WRB Hollywood/NNP movies/NNS are/VBP so/RB bad/JJ ./.
Instead/RB ,/, they/PRP have/VBP written/VBN the/DT story/NN of/IN a/DT failure/NN ,/, albeit/IN one/CD with/IN important/JJ consequences/NNS for/IN the/DT industry/NN today/NN ./.
Hopefully/RB ,/, people/NNS who/WP read/VBP the/DT story/NN of/IN Sony/NNP 's/POS less-than-excellent/JJ adventure/NN in/IN Hollywood/NNP will/MD look/VB a/DT little/JJ more/RBR skeptically/RB at/IN the/DT vaporous/JJ claims/NNS surrounding/VBG other/JJ megamergers/NNS in/IN the/DT communications/NNS business/NN ./.
They/PRP will/MD have/VB less/JJR patience/NN for/IN optimistic/JJ talk/NN about/IN synergy/NN and/CC the/DT marriage/NN of/IN content/NN with/IN distribution/NN ./.
As/IN William/NNP Goldman/NNP put/VBD it/PRP ,/, when/WRB it/PRP comes/VBZ to/TO what/WP works/VBZ or/CC does/VBZ n't/RB in/IN Hollywood/NNP ,/, "/" nobody/NN knows/VBZ anything/NN ./.
"/"
Economist/NNP ,/, May/NNP 9/CD
(/( posted/VBD Saturday/NNP ,/, May/NNP 9/CD ,/, 1998/CD )/)
The/DT cover/NN editorial/NN praises/VBZ the/DT Daimler-/NNP Chrysler/NNP merger/NN for/IN ushering/VBG in/IN an/DT era/NN of/IN cross-border/JJ car/NN manufacturing/NN ./.
Jingoistic/NNP pride/NN thwarted/VBD past/RB proposed/VBN international/JJ mergers/NNS ,/, and/CC led/VBD to/TO quotas/NNS ,/, tariffs/NNS and/CC overcapacity/NN at/IN many/JJ auto/NN plants/NNS worldwide/NN ./.
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A/DT story/NN says/VBZ scientists/NNS may/MD have/VB found/VBN the/DT reason/NN for/IN cystic/JJ fibrosis/NNS ./.
Inheriting/NNP a/DT faulty/JJ gene/NN from/IN both/DT parents/NNS means/VBZ getting/VBG this/DT fatal/JJ disease/NN ./.
Inheriting/NNP the/DT faulty/JJ gene/NN from/IN only/RB one/CD parent/NN means/VBZ no/DT cystic/JJ fibrosis/NNS and/CC also/RB means/VBZ immunity/NN to/TO typhoid/NN ./.
Once/RB ,/, this/DT may/MD have/VB been/VBN a/DT wise/JJ genetic/JJ trade-off/NN ,/, but/CC typhoid/NN has/VBZ now/RB disappeared/VBN ./.
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The/DT obituary/JJ mourns/NNS Samuel/NNP Cummings/NNP ,/, "/" probably/RB the/DT world/NN 's/POS biggest/JJS private/JJ dealer/NN in/IN small/JJ arms/NNS ./.
"/" An/DT utterly/RB amoral/NN yet/RB entirely/RB licit/NN businessman/NN ,/, Cummings/NNP sold/VBD weapons/NNS to/TO Castro/NNP ,/, Haiti/NNP 's/POS Duvaliers/NNP ,/, and/CC countless/JJ guerillas/NNS in/IN Africa/NNP ,/, Asia/NNP ,/, and/CC Latin/NNP America/NNP ./.
Business/NNP suffered/VBD when/WRB ,/, post-/NN Cold/NNP War/NNP ,/, millions/NNS of/IN Soviet/JJ guns/NNS hit/VBD the/DT open/JJ market/NN ./.
New/NNP Republic/NNP ,/, May/NNP 25/CD
(/( posted/VBD Friday/NNP ,/, May/NNP 8/CD ,/, 1998/CD )/)
A/DT story/NN deplores/VBZ efforts/NNS by/IN U/NNP ./.
S/NNP ./.
corporations/NNS to/TO prevent/VB economic/JJ sanctions/NNS against/IN rogue/NN nations/NNS ./.
A/DT corporate/JJ umbrella/NN group/NN named/VBD USA/NNP */NN Engage/NNP is/VBZ lobbying/VBG fiercely/RB and/CC successfully/RB against/IN sanctions/NNS :/: In/IN 1996/CD ,/, "/" 23/CD sanctions/NNS were/VBD put/VBN in/IN place/NN ;/: in/IN 1997/CD ,/, only/RB two/CD countries/NNS ./.
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were/VBD sanctioned/VBN ./.
"/" This/DT is/VBZ troubling/JJ ,/, because/IN sanctions/NNS are/VBP more/RBR effective/JJ at/IN undermining/VBG evil/JJ regimes/NNS than/IN trading/NN is/VBZ at/IN democratizing/VBG them/PRP ./.
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A/DT piece/NN welcomes/VBZ the/DT proposed/VBN merger/NN of/IN the/DT American/NNP Federation/NNP of/IN Teachers/NNPS and/CC the/DT National/NNP Education/NNP Association/NNP ,/, saying/VBG it/PRP would/MD create/VB a/DT unified/JJ voice/NN on/IN education/NN ./.
But/CC the/DT NEA/NNP may/MD be/VB too/RB defensive/JJ and/CC too/RB politically/RB correct/JJ to/TO ally/VB with/IN the/DT bold/JJ ,/, reform-minded/JJ AFT/NNP ./.
Early/RB indications/NNS suggest/VBP members/NNS will/MD vote/VB down/RP the/DT merger/NN ./.
New/NNP York/NNP Times/NNP Magazine/NNP ,/, May/NNP 10/CD
(/( posted/VBD Thursday/NNP ,/, May/NNP 7/CD ,/, 1998/CD )/)
A/DT couple/NN of/IN months/NNS ago/RB John/NNP Travolta/NNP and/CC Primary/JJ Colors/NNP made/VBD the/DT rounds/NNS of/IN magazine/NN covers/NNS ./.
The/DT political/JJ movie/NN puffery/NN continues/VBZ with/IN Warren/NNP Beatty/NNP and/CC Bulworth/NNP ./.
The/DT cover/NN story/NN on/IN Beatty/NNP ,/, a/DT longtime/JJ Democratic/JJ activist/NN ,/, says/VBZ his/PRP$ new/JJ movie/NN is/VBZ the/DT most/RBS radical/JJ political/JJ statement/NN of/IN his/PRP$ career/NN ./.
In/IN the/DT film/NN a/DT senator/NN discards/NNS politics/NNS as/IN usual/JJ and/CC starts/VBZ talking/VBG straight/JJ ,/, especially/RB about/IN race/NN ./.
He/PRP speaks/VBZ in/IN rhyme/NN :/: Beatty/NNP says/VBZ he/PRP met/VBD with/IN many/JJ rappers/NNS before/IN writing/VBG the/DT senator/NN 's/POS dialogue/NN ./.
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An/DT article/NN says/VBZ biologists/NNS are/VBP breeding/VBG better/JJR bees/NNS ./.
Farmers/NNP rely/VB heavily/RB on/IN honeybees/NNS to/TO pollinate/VB crops/NNS ,/, but/CC new/JJ ,/, specialized/JJ bees/NNS are/VBP quicker/JJR ,/, more/RBR effective/JJ fertilizers/NNS ./.
For/IN instance/NN ,/, honeybees/NNS have/VBP adapted/VBN to/TO steal/VB alfalfa/NN nectar/NN without/IN taking/VBG pollen--not/JJ so/RB leafcutter/NN bees/NNS ,/, which/WDT pollinate/VBP alfalfa/NN like/IN champs/NNS ./.
National/NNP Review/NNP ,/, May/NNP 18/CD
(/( posted/VBD Thursday/NNP ,/, May/NNP 7/CD ,/, 1998/CD )/)
The/DT cover/NN article/NN urges/VBZ the/DT GOP/NNP and/CC the/DT Christian/NNP right/NN to/TO compromise/VB ./.
Religious/NNP conservatives/NNS complain/VBP that/IN the/DT GOP/NNP has/VBZ ignored/VBN their/PRP$ causes/NNS ./.
In/IN fact/NN ,/, the/DT Christian/NNP right/NN is/VBZ politically/RB naive/JJ ,/, and/CC its/PRP$ intractability/NN dooms/NNS its/PRP$ own/JJ goals/NNS ./.
An/DT accompanying/VBG piece/NN says/VBZ Republicans/NNPS no/DT longer/RB own/VB a/DT monopoly/NN on/IN pro-lifers/JJ ./.
Several/JJ pro-life/JJ Dems/NNP are/VBP mounting/VBG serious/JJ campaigns/NNS at/IN the/DT state/NN level/NN ,/, often/RB against/IN pro-choice/JJ Republicans/NNPS ./.
People/NNS ,/, May/NNP 11/CD
(/( posted/VBD Thursday/NNP ,/, May/NNP 7/CD ,/, 1998/CD )/)
People/NNS presents/VBZ the/DT "/" 50/CD Most/JJS Beautiful/NNP People/NNPS in/IN the/DT World/NNP ,/, "/" 1998/CD version/NN ./.
Obvious/NNP inclusions/NNS :/: Leonardo/NNP DiCaprio/NNP ,/, Gwyneth/NNP Paltrow/NNP ,/, Prince/NNP William/NNP ,/, and/CC Cameron/NNP Diaz/NNP ./.
Surprising/NNP inclusions/NNS :/: Tony/NNP Blair/NNP ,/, Titanic/NNP 's/POS Gloria/NNP Stuart/NNP ./.
Highbrow/NNP cheesecake/NN :/: Arundhati/NNP Roy/NNP ./.
Shocking/NNP omissions/NNS :/: JFK/NNP Jr/NNP ./.
(/( Was/VBD n't/RB he/PRP their/PRP$ "/" Sexiest/NNP Man/NNP Alive/NNP "/" for/IN 12/CD years/NNS running/VBG ?/.
What/WP changed/VBD ?/.
)/) and/CC the/DT Family/NNP Research/NNP Council/NNP 's/POS Gary/NNP Bauer/NNP ./.
An/DT accompanying/VBG piece/NN introduces/VBZ us/PRP to/TO "/" Real-/NNP Life/NNP ER/NNP Beauties/NNP "/" :/: Julianna/NNP Margulies/NNP and/CC George/NNP Clooney/NNP have/VBP nothing/NN on/IN these/DT hot/JJ docs/NNS ,/, contends/VBZ the/DT article/NN ./.
Time/NNP and/CC Newsweek/NNP ,/, May/NNP 11/CD
(/( posted/VBD Tuesday/NNP ,/, May/NNP 5/CD ,/, 1998/CD )/)
Newsweek/NNP 's/POS cover/NN story/NN :/: how/WRB to/TO raise/VB male/JJ children/NNS ./.
Boys/NNS are/VBP more/RBR enthusiastic/JJ and/CC just/RB as/RB emotional/JJ as/IN girls/NNS but/CC less/RBR able/JJ to/TO express/VB themselves/PRP ./.
Give/VB them/PRP lots/NNS of/IN affection/NN :/: They/PRP need/VBP it/PRP even/RB though/IN they/PRP pretend/VB to/TO hate/VB it/PRP ./.
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Time/NNP 's/POS peculiar/JJ cover/NN story/NN follows/VBZ the/DT sad/JJ case/NN of/IN a/DT banker/NN whose/WP$ ex-wife/NN abducted/NN their/PRP$ children/NNS and/CC is/VBZ now/RB in/IN hiding/VBG ./.
Grass-roots/NNP networks/NNS designed/VBN to/TO protect/VB women/NNS in/IN abusive/JJ marriages/NNS can/MD sometimes/RB keep/VB innocent/JJ fathers/NNS from/IN their/PRP$ kids/NNS ./.
Newsweek/NNP wonders/VBZ how/WRB health/NN insurance/NN will/MD cover/VB Viagra/NNP ./.
Most/JJS health/NN insurance/NN covers/VBZ "/" quality/NN of/IN life/NN "/" afflictions/NNS such/JJ as/IN arthritis/NN ,/, but/CC how/WRB much/JJ sex/NN is/VBZ required/VBN for/IN a/DT decent/JJ quality/NN of/IN life/NN ?/.
(/( We/PRP refrain/VB from/IN making/VBG a/DT joke/NN about/IN this/DT ,/, the/DT only/JJ publication/NN in/IN America/NNP to/TO do/VB so/RB ./.
)/) ./.
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Following/VBG the/DT lead/NN of/IN many/JJ newspapers/NNS ,/, Newsweek/NNP excerpts/NNS the/DT Unabomber/NNP 's/POS diary/NN ./.
Standard/NNP grim/JJ quote/NN :/: Ted/NNP Kaczynski/NNP writes/VBZ of/IN a/DT fatal/JJ bomb/NN ,/, "/" Excellent/NNP ./.
Humane/NNP way/NN to/TO eliminate/VB somebody/NN ./.
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A/DT week/NN after/IN U/NNP ./.
S/NNP ./.
News/NNP ,/, Time/NNP examines/VBZ the/DT growing/VBG influence/NN of/IN Christian/NNP conservative/JJ James/NNP Dobson/NNP ./.
The/DT Christian/NNP right/NN 's/POS latest/JJS coup/NN :/: blocking/VBG the/DT nomination/NN of/IN an/DT openly/RB gay/JJ man/NN to/TO be/VB ambassador/NN of/IN Luxembourg/NNP ./.
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A/DT story/NN says/VBZ the/DT Chinese/JJ government/NN is/VBZ surprisingly/RB tolerant/NN of/IN the/DT Internet/NN 's/POS expansion/NN in/IN China/NNP ./.
While/IN the/DT government/NN blocks/VBZ many/JJ sites/NNS (/( notably/RB cnn/NN ./.
com/NN )/) ,/, most/JJS citizens/NNS find/VBP ways/NNS around/IN barriers/NNS ,/, and/CC the/DT government/NN encourages/VBZ the/DT Net/NN as/IN a/DT means/NN of/IN increasing/VBG commerce/NN ./.
Both/DT magazines/NNS preview/NN the/DT big/JJ summer/NN movies/NNS ./.
Much/RB hyped/VBD :/: Godzilla/NNP ,/, The/DT Truman/NNP Show/NNP ,/, Armageddon/NN ,/, Saving/NNP Private/NNP Ryan/NNP ./.
U/NNP ./.
S/NNP ./.
News/NNP &/CC World/NNP Report/NNP ,/, May/NNP 11/CD
(/( posted/VBD Tuesday/NNP ,/, May/NNP 5/CD ,/, 1998/CD )/)
The/DT cover/NN story/NN on/IN the/DT "/" next/JJ pope/NN "/" profiles/NNS leading/VBG candidates/NNS ./.
Insiders/NNS bet/VBP the/DT new/JJ pope/NN will/MD share/VB John/NNP Paul/NNP II/NNP 's/POS conservative/JJ traditionalism/NN and/CC be/VB "/" a/DT noncontroversial/NN figure/NN ,/, in/IN his/PRP$ mid-/NN 60/CD s/VBZ ,/, who/WP is/VBZ multilingual/NN ,/, has/VBZ curial/NN experience/NN ,/, and/CC is/VBZ archbishop/NN in/IN a/DT nation/NN that/WDT is/VBZ not/RB a/DT major/JJ power/NN ./.
"/" ./.
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"/" News/NNP You/PRP Can/MD Use/VB "/" finds/VBZ the/DT safest/JJS airplane/NN seat/NN ./.
Not/RB in/IN the/DT back--turbulence/JJ is/VBZ worse/JJR there/EX ;/: not/RB in/IN the/DT front--in/JJ a/DT nosedive/NN ,/, you/PRP go/VBP first/JJ ;/: not/RB by/IN a/DT window--you/JJ 'll/MD have/VB to/TO climb/VB over/IN neighbors/NNS in/IN a/DT crash/NN ;/: and/CC not/RB on/IN the/DT aisle--heavy/JJ luggage/NN can/MD fall/VB from/IN overhead/NN bins/NNS and/CC injure/VB you/PRP ./.
Oh/UH ,/, and/CC definitely/RB buckle/VB your/PRP$ seat/NN belt/NN ./.
The/DT New/NNP Yorker/NNP ,/, May/NNP 11/CD
(/( posted/VBD Tuesday/NNP ,/, May/NNP 5/CD ,/, 1998/CD )/)
"/" The/DT Shadow/NNP Epidemic/NNP "/" charts/VBZ the/DT alarming/JJ rise/NN of/IN hepatitis-/NN C/NNP ,/, a/DT disease/NN that/IN infects/NNS four/CD times/NNS as/IN many/JJ Americans/NNPS as/IN HIV/NNP ,/, kills/VBZ 10/CD ,/, 000/CD a/DT year/NN ,/, and/CC is/VBZ largely/RB untreatable/JJ ./.
There/EX are/VBP no/DT early/JJ symptoms/NNS ,/, and/CC many/JJ hepatitis-/NN C/NNP victims/NNS are/VBP n't/RB aware/JJ they/PRP have/VBP the/DT disease/NN until/IN their/PRP$ liver/NN is/VBZ nearly/RB destroyed/VBN ./.
Sex/NN and/CC shared/VBN needles/NNS easily/RB transmit/VB the/DT disease/NN ,/, and/CC anyone/NN who/WP received/VBD a/DT blood/NN transfusion/NN before/IN 1992/CD is/VBZ at/IN serious/JJ risk/NN ./.
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A/DT piece/NN says/VBZ the/DT United/NNP Nations/NNPS knew/VBD that/IN Rwandan/NNP Hutus/NNP were/VBD preparing/VBG to/TO slaughter/NN Tutsis/NNP three/CD months/NNS before/IN the/DT 1994/CD massacre/NN ./.
The/DT U/NNP ./.
N/NNP ./.
force/NN in/IN Rwanda/NNP could/MD have/VB taken/VBN simple/JJ steps/NNS to/TO prevent/VB killing/VBG ,/, but/CC U/NNP ./.
N/NNP ./.
higher-ups/JJ declined/VBD to/TO act/VB ./.
Secretary-/NNP General/NNP Kofi/NNP Annan/NNP ,/, then/RB head/NN of/IN U/NNP ./.
N/NNP ./.
peacekeeping/VBG ,/, probably/RB was/VBD one/CD of/IN those/DT higher-ups/JJ ./.
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A/DT profile/NN of/IN Hollywood/NNP mogul/NN Edgar/NNP Bronfman/NNP Jr/NNP ./.
says/VBZ he/PRP is/VBZ being/VBG fleeced/VBN by/IN his/PRP$ entertainment-industry/JJ business/NN partners/NNS ./.
His/PRP$ studio/NN ,/, Universal/NNP ,/, is/VBZ struggling/VBG largely/RB because/IN Bronfman/NNP has/VBZ cut/VBN foolish/JJ deals/NNS with/IN Barry/NNP Diller/NNP ,/, DreamWorks/NNP ,/, and/CC lots/NNS of/IN producers/NNS ./.
The/DT genial/JJ Bronfman/NNP has/VBZ also/RB hired/VBN too/RB many/JJ nice/JJ guys/NNS to/TO work/VB for/IN him/PRP ./.
(/( See/VB Slate/NNP 's/POS "/" Assessment/NNP "/" of/IN Bronfman/NNP and/CC his/PRP$ father/NN ./.
)/)
The/DT Nation/NNP ,/, May/NNP 18/CD
(/( posted/VBD Tuesday/NNP ,/, May/NNP 5/CD ,/, 1998/CD )/)
The/DT cover/NN story/NN profiles/NNS Minnesota/NNP Sen/NNP ./.
Paul/NNP Wellstone/NNP ,/, a/DT possible/JJ contender/NN for/IN the/DT 2000/CD Democratic/JJ presidential/JJ nomination/NN ./.
Wellstone/NNP boasts/VBZ old-time/JJ liberal/JJ populist/JJ values/NNS but/CC lacks/VBZ the/DT ego/NN and/CC charisma/NN to/TO win/VB votes/NNS ./.
Possible/JJ mission/NN :/: Win/NNP a/DT big/JJ enough/JJ coalition/NN to/TO drive/VB the/DT party/NN to/TO the/DT left/NN ./.
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A/DT story/NN slams/NNS Proposition/NN 226/CD ,/, a/DT California/NNP initiative/NN that/WDT would/MD "/" compel/VB unions/NNS to/TO obtain/VB the/DT permission/NN of/IN members/NNS annually/RB before/IN using/VBG their/PRP$ dues/NNS for/IN political/JJ activity/NN ./.
"/" The/DT bill/NN would/MD crush/VB unions/NNS '/POS political/JJ strength/NN ,/, since/IN thorny/NN logistics/NNS make/VBP it/PRP costly/JJ and/CC difficult/JJ to/TO get/VB permission/NN on/IN a/DT yearly/JJ basis/NN ./.
Backers/NNP of/IN the/DT bill/NN :/: Richard/NNP Mellon/NNP Scaife/NNP ,/, Grover/NNP Norquist/NNP ,/, and/CC anti-union/JJ companies/NNS ./.
Weekly/NNP Standard/NNP ,/, May/NNP 11/CD
(/( posted/VBD Tuesday/NNP ,/, May/NNP 5/CD ,/, 1998/CD )/)
The/DT cover/NN essay/NN defends/VBZ Israel/NNP as/IN the/DT last/JJ hope/NN for/IN Judaism/NNP (/( and/CC a/DT fragile/JJ hope/NN at/IN that/DT )/) ./.
Outside/IN Israel/NNP ,/, intermarriage/NN and/CC assimilation/NN are/VBP quickly/RB eroding/VBG Jewish/JJ communities/NNS ./.
Inside/IN Israel/NNP ,/, Jews/NNPS are/VBP alarmingly/RB vulnerable/JJ to/TO violent/JJ attacks/NNS from/IN neighbors/NNS ./.
Israel/NNP 's/POS fall/NN would/MD relegate/NN Jews/NNPS to/TO curious/JJ obscurity--somewhat/JJ like/IN the/DT Amish/NNP ./.
-/: -/: Seth/NNP Stevenson/NNP
Good/JJ morning/NN Jodi/NNP ,/,
I/PRP love/VBP evergreen/NN headlines/NNS ,/, those/DT perpetually/RB blooming/VBG stories/NNS that/WDT could/MD run/VB in/IN any/DT newspaper/NN ,/, any/DT year/NN (/( an/DT example/NN :/: "/" New/NNP Jersey/NNP Official/NNP Indicted/NNP ,/, Mob/NN Ties/NNPS Alleged/NNP "/" )/) ./.
Well/RB ,/, the/DT front/JJ page/NN of/IN today/NN 's/POS New/NNP York/NNP Times/NNP provides/VBZ an/DT all-time/JJ classic/NN of/IN the/DT genre/NN :/: "/" Pediatricians/NNP Urge/NNP Limiting/VBG TV/NN Watching/VBG ./.
"/" Stop/NNP the/DT presses/NNS !/.
No/DT ,/, on/IN second/RB thought/NN ,/, did/VBD n't/RB I/PRP read/VBP that/IN same/JJ story/NN in/IN the/DT Times/NNP in/IN 1979/CD ?/.
Or/CC was/VBD it/PRP 1959/CD ?/.
Back/RB in/IN the/DT old/JJ days/NNS ,/, like/IN 1979/CD or/CC 1959/CD ,/, the/DT Times/NNP editorial/NN page/NN was/VBD the/DT repository/NN of/IN the/DT conventional/JJ wisdom/NN written/VBN in/IN a/DT uniquely/RB ponderous/JJ style/NN that/WDT combined/VBD voice-of-/JJ God/NNP self-confidence/NN and/CC the/DT bromides/NNS of/IN a/DT foundation-backed/JJ task-force/NN report/NN ./.
All/DT that/WDT has/VBZ mercifully/RB changed/VBN as/IN the/DT edit/VB page/NN has/VBZ been/VBN transformed/VBN under/IN the/DT editorship/NN of/IN Howell/NNP Raines/NNP ./.
But/CC every/DT so/RB often/RB ,/, the/DT Times/NNP goes/VBZ completely/RB retro/NN with/IN a/DT return/NN to/TO yes-but-on-the-other-hand/JJ prose/NN ./.
Today/NN ,/, the/DT edit/VB page/NN finally/RB weighed/VBD in/IN on/IN Hillary/NNP 's/POS Talk/NN interview/NN ,/, devoting/VBG infinitely/RB more/JJR space/NN to/TO the/DT "/" Intimate/NNP Hillary/NNP "/" than/IN was/VBD deemed/VBN appropriate/JJ by/IN the/DT news/NN section/NN ./.
(/( I/NN have/VBP long/RB thought/NN that/IN the/DT Times/NNP should/MD handle/VB hot-potato/JJ stories/NNS like/IN this/DT with/IN a/DT special/JJ daily/JJ page/NN called/VBN :/: "/" News/NNP We/PRP Disapprove/NNP Of/IN ./.
"/" )/) But/CC the/DT Times/NNP editorial/NN concluded/VBD with/IN a/DT sentence/NN so/RB pompous/JJ and/CC so/RB non-committal/JJ that/IN it/PRP should/MD be/VB immediately/RB be/VB added/VBN to/TO the/DT syllabus/JJ in/IN journalism/NN schools/NNS ./.
Jodi/NNP ,/, parse/NN this/DT one/CD if/IN you/PRP dare/VBP :/: "/" In/IN a/DT contest/NN involving/VBG two/CD personalities/NNS as/RB distinctive/JJ as/IN Mrs/NNP ./.
Clinton/NNP and/CC Mayor/NNP Rudolph/NNP Guiliani/NNP ,/, the/DT potential/JJ Republican/JJ nominee/NN ,/, every/DT citizen/NN will/MD have/VB to/TO reach/VB a/DT decision/NN that/IN balances/NNS all/DT aspects/NNS of/IN a/DT candidate/NN 's/POS abilities/NNS ,/, issue/NN positions/NNS and/CC personal/JJ qualities/NNS ./.
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This/DT morning/NN I/PRP was/VBD overjoyed/JJ to/TO snag/NN the/DT last/JJ copy/NN of/IN the/DT New/NNP York/NNP Post/NNP at/IN my/PRP$ little/JJ Washington/NNP newsstand/NN ./.
That/DT 's/VBZ where/WRB I/PRP learned/VBD of/IN the/DT latest/JJS circulation-boosting/JJ gambit/NN by/IN Modern/NNP Maturity/NNP ,/, that/IN up-with-aging/JJ monthly/RB published/VBN by/IN the/DT AARP/NNP ./.
The/DT big/JJ story/NN this/DT month/NN on/IN the/DT senior/JJ circuit/NN is/VBZ an/DT exclusive/JJ listing/NN of/IN the/DT 50/CD "/" sexiest/NN "/" celebrities/NNS who/WP are/VBP over/IN 50/CD years/NNS old/JJ ./.
The/DT winners/NNS include/VBP Richard/NNP Gere/NNP and/CC Susan/NNP Sarandon/NNP (/( "/" steam/NN heat/NN "/" )/) ,/, Julie/NNP Christie/NNP and/CC Tom/NNP Selleck/NNP (/( "/" anytime/RB sexy/JJ "/" )/) ,/, Donna/NNP Karan/NNP and/CC Louis/NNP Rukeyser/NNP (/( "/" sexy/JJ in/IN suits/NNS "/" )/) and/CC Lauren/NNP Bacall/NNP and/CC Paul/NNP Newman/NNP (/( "/" vintage/NN sexy/JJ "/" )/) ./.
I/PRP 'm/VBP 52/CD years/NNS old/JJ ,/, balding/VBG ,/, well-rounded/JJ ,/, and/CC doomed/VBD to/TO always/RB misplace/NN my/PRP$ reading/NN glasses/NNS ./.
But/CC I/PRP 'm/VBP also/RB old/JJ enough/RB to/TO know/VB that/IN sexual/JJ allure/NN does/VBZ not/RB necessarily/RB dim/NN with/IN age/NN ./.
(/( At/IN last/JJ year/NN 's/POS Time/NNP magazine/NN anniversary/NN gala/NN ,/, I/PRP found/VBD myself/PRP positively/RB tongue-tied/JJ ,/, embarrassingly/RB adolescent/JJ in/IN my/PRP$ awkwardness/NNS ,/, on/IN being/VBG introduced/VBN to/TO Lauren/NNP Bacall/NNP ./.
)/) So/RB why/WRB does/VBZ the/DT "/" Modern/NNP Maturity/NNP "/" spread/NN leave/NN me/PRP so/RB uncomfortable/JJ ?/.
Would/MD I/PRP feel/VB different/JJ if/IN this/DT sexy/JJ plus-/NN 50/CD cavalcade/NN appeared/VBD in/IN People/NNS magazine/NN ?/.
My/PRP$ guess--and/JJ let/VB 's/POS not/RB delve/NN too/RB deeply/RB into/IN my/PRP$ psyche--is/JJ that/IN I/PRP 'm/VBP offended/JJ by/IN the/DT AARP/NNP 's/POS role/NN in/IN sponsoring/VBG this/DT silliness/NNS ./.
There/EX 's/VBZ something/NN about/IN this/DT middle-aged/JJ spread/NN (/( the/DT magazine/NN 's/POS ,/, not/RB mine/NN )/) that/WDT suggests/VBZ a/DT desperate/JJ need/NN to/TO join/VB the/DT self-esteem/NN movement/NN ./.
It/PRP all/DT seems/VBZ ,/, well/RB ,/, Viagra-esque/NNP ./.
Jodi/NNP ,/, any/DT reaction/NN from/IN a/DT younger/JJR and/CC fitter/NN generation/NN ?/.
What/WP the/DT agony/NN of/IN Jesus/NNP on/IN the/DT cross/NN is/VBZ to/TO Christians/NNS ,/, the/DT Holocaust/NNP is/VBZ to/TO Jews/NNPS ./.
Except/IN that/IN the/DT massacre/NN of/IN millions/NNS whose/WP$ only/RB crime/NN was/VBD to/TO be/VB born/VBN Jewish/JJ has/VBZ no/DT transcendent/NN meaning/VBG ,/, no/DT sacred/JJ closure/NN ./.
To/TO theologize/NN the/DT Holocaust/NNP is/VBZ meaningless/JJ even/RB to/TO the/DT super-/NN Orthodox/NNP who/WP accept/VBP everything/NN as/IN God/NNP 's/POS will/MD ./.
To/TO secular/NN skeptical/JJ Jews/NNPS ,/, the/DT horror/NN is/VBZ still/RB just/RB another/DT episode/NN ,/, though/IN the/DT worst/JJS ,/, in/IN the/DT unending/JJ suspicion/NN and/CC hatred/NN of/IN the/DT Jews/NNPS ./.
What/WP some/DT piously/RB accept/VB and/CC others/NNS try/VBP to/TO explain/VB is/VBZ to/TO Aharon/NNP Appelfeld/NNP "/" a/DT central/JJ event/NN in/IN many/JJ people/NNS 's/POS lives/NNS that/WDT has/VBZ become/VBN a/DT metaphor/NN for/IN our/PRP$ century/NN ./.
There/EX cannot/NN be/VBP an/DT end/NN to/TO speaking/VBG and/CC writing/VBG about/IN it/PRP ./.
"/" Appelfeld/NNP ,/, a/DT survivor/NN from/IN Czernowitz/NNP in/IN Austrian/NNP Galicia/NNP whose/WP$ first/JJ language/NN was/VBD German/JJ ,/, now/RB lives/VBZ in/IN Jerusalem/NNP and/CC writes/VBZ in/IN Hebrew/NNP ./.
He/PRP is/VBZ the/DT most/JJS telling/VBG novelist/NN of/IN the/DT Holocaust/NNP ,/, for/IN he/PRP has/VBZ no/DT need/VBP to/TO describe/VB it/PRP directly/RB ./.
He/PRP has/VBZ put/VBN his/PRP$ own/JJ suffering--as/JJ a/DT boy/NN he/PRP saw/VBD a/DT Nazi/JJ kill/NN his/PRP$ mother--into/JJ short/JJ narratives/NNS of/IN self-absorbed/JJ Jewish/JJ life/NN before/IN the/DT war/NN that/WDT are/VBP so/RB ominously/RB toneless/JJ ,/, artfully/RB simple/JJ and/CC repetitious/JJ ,/, deceptively/RB compressed/VBN in/IN feeling/NN ,/, that/IN the/DT reader/NN ,/, aware/JJ of/IN the/DT horror/NN about/IN to/TO descend/NN on/IN these/DT people/NNS ,/, feels/VBZ like/IN screaming/VBG but/CC knows/VBZ he/PRP will/MD not/RB be/VB heard/VBN ./.
The/DT best-known/JJS of/IN these/DT narratives/NNS are/VBP Badenheim/NNP 1939/CD (/( 1980/CD )/) and/CC To/TO the/DT Land/NNP of/IN the/DT Cattails/NNP (/( 1986/CD )/) ./.
In/IN The/DT Iron/NNP Tracks/NNP Appelfeld/NNP has/VBZ reversed/VBN his/PRP$ usual/JJ strategy/NN ./.
The/DT war/NN ended/VBD long/RB ago/RB ,/, but/CC for/IN Erwin/NNP Siegelbaum/NNP ,/, who/WP at/IN 15/CD saw/VBD the/DT Nazi/JJ officer/NN Nachtigel/NNP murder/NN his/PRP$ parents/NNS ,/, the/DT war/NN has/VBZ never/RB ended/VBN ./.
For/IN 40/CD years/NNS he/PRP has/VBZ been/VBN living/VBG on/IN trains/NNS that/WDT remind/VBP him/PRP of/IN the/DT train/NN on/IN which/WDT he/PRP was/VBD once/RB deported/VBD ./.
His/PRP$ purpose/NN is/VBZ to/TO find/VB Nachtigel/NNP and/CC kill/VB him/PRP ./.
This/DT is/VBZ mad/JJ ,/, but/CC it/PRP signifies/NNS the/DT depth/NN at/IN which/WDT the/DT Holocaust/NNP can/MD enter/VB a/DT Jew/NNP 's/POS soul/NN ./.
Since/IN the/DT end/NN of/IN the/DT war/NN ,/, I/PRP have/VBP been/VBN on/IN this/DT line/NN ,/, as/IN they/PRP say/VBP :/: a/DT long/JJ ,/, twisted/JJ line/NN stretching/VBG from/IN Naples/NNP to/TO the/DT cold/NN north/RB ,/, a/DT line/NN of/IN locals/NNS ,/, trams/NNS ,/, taxis/NNS ,/, and/CC carriages/NNS ./.
The/DT seasons/NNS shift/VBP before/IN my/PRP$ eyes/NNS like/IN an/DT illusion/NN ./.
I/PRP have/VBP learned/VBN this/DT route/NN with/IN my/PRP$ body/NN ./.
Now/RB I/PRP know/VBP every/DT hostel/NN and/CC every/DT inn/NN ,/, every/DT restaurant/NN and/CC buffet/NN ,/, the/DT vehicles/NNS that/WDT bring/VBP you/PRP to/TO the/DT remotest/NN corners/NNS ./.
Boarding/NNP still/RB another/DT train/NN ,/, he/PRP gets/VBZ "/" a/DT sort/NN of/IN constant/JJ renewal/NN ./.
"/" One/PRP can/MD live/VB on/IN trains/NNS ./.
The/DT officials/NNS now/RB know/VBP him/PRP so/RB well/RB that/IN they/PRP drop/VBP the/DT loud/JJ ,/, jangling/VBG popular/JJ music/NN he/PRP detests/VBZ on/IN the/DT loudspeaker/NN and/CC put/VBD on/IN chamber/NN music/NN ./.
Shaving/VBG on/IN a/DT train/NN gives/VBZ him/PRP a/DT new/JJ start/NN in/IN life/NN ./.
There/EX is/VBZ one/CD station/NN where/WRB he/PRP is/VBZ met/VBN by/IN a/DT regular/JJ driver/NN ,/, now/RB a/DT sort/NN of/IN friend/NN ./.
There/EX are/VBP two/CD stations/NNS on/IN his/PRP$ route/NN for/IN which/WDT he/PRP has/VBZ "/" love/NN ,/, "/" stations/NNS he/PRP can/MD return/VB to/TO knowing/VBG he/PRP will/MD be/VB able/JJ to/TO refresh/NN himself/PRP with/IN a/DT solid/JJ meal/NN and/CC a/DT cup/NN of/IN really/RB good/JJ coffee/NN ./.
But/CC for/IN the/DT most/JJS part/NN "/" I/PRP live/VBP by/IN signs/NNS ,/, by/IN codes/NNS whose/WP$ meaning/VBG I/PRP alone/RB know/VBP ./.
"/" There/EX was/VBD even/RB a/DT terrible/JJ moment/NN when/WRB he/PRP spent/VBD two/CD weeks/NNS in/IN bed/NN "/" because/IN it/PRP seemed/VBD to/TO me/PRP that/IN a/DT new/JJ war/NN had/VBD started/VBN ./.
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"/" I/PRP confess/NNS ,/, I/PRP have/VBP no/DT faith/NN in/IN anyone/NN outside/IN the/DT train/NN ./.
"/" He/PRP is/VBZ so/RB frozen/VBN inside/IN that/IN he/PRP remains/VBZ completely/RB detached/VBN from/IN the/DT occasional/JJ woman/NN on/IN board/NN who/WP attracts/VBZ him/PRP :/:
There/EX is/VBZ nothing/NN like/IN love/NN on/IN a/DT train/NN ./.
Sometimes/RB it/PRP lasts/VBZ only/RB a/DT station/NN or/CC two/CD ./.
The/DT main/JJ thing/NN is/VBZ that/IN you/PRP 'll/MD never/RB see/VB the/DT woman/NN again/RB ./.
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Thus/RB I/PRP repeat/NN to/TO myself/PRP :/: love/NN for/IN two/CD stations/NNS ,/, and/CC no/DT more/JJR ./.
In/IN his/PRP$ apathy/NN he/PRP remembers/VBZ the/DT farce/NN lived/VBN by/IN Jewish/JJ orators/NNS and/CC organizers/NNS such/JJ as/IN his/PRP$ Communist/NNP parents/NNS ./.
They/PRP were/VBD always/RB moving/VBG about/IN ,/, depriving/VBG him/PRP of/IN a/DT proper/JJ home--and/JJ always/RB resolute/NN ./.
They/PRP could/MD not/RB take/VB in/IN the/DT fact/NN that/IN their/PRP$ comrades/NNS disliked/JJ them/PRP for/IN being/VBG Jews/NNPS ./.
My/PRP$ memory/NN is/VBZ my/PRP$ downfall/NN ./.
It/PRP is/VBZ a/DT sealed/VBN well/RB that/WDT does/VBZ n't/RB lose/VB a/DT drop/NN ,/, to/TO use/VB an/DT old/JJ expression/NN ./.
Nothing/NN can/MD deplete/VB it/PRP ./.
My/PRP$ memory/NN is/VBZ a/DT powerful/JJ machine/NN that/IN stores/NNS and/CC constantly/RB discharges/NNS lost/VBD years/NNS and/CC faces/NNS ./.
In/IN the/DT past/JJ I/PRP believed/VBD that/DT travel/NN would/MD blunt/VB my/PRP$ memory/NN ;/: I/PRP was/VBD wrong/JJ ./.
Over/IN the/DT years/NNS ,/, I/PRP must/MD admit/VB ,/, it/PRP has/VBZ only/RB grown/VBN stronger/JJR ./.
Were/VBD it/PRP not/RB for/IN my/PRP$ memory/NN ,/, my/PRP$ life/NN would/MD be/VB different--better/JJ ,/, I/PRP assume/VBP ./.
My/PRP$ memory/NN fills/VBZ me/PRP up/RP until/IN I/PRP choke/VB on/IN a/DT stream/NN of/IN daydreams/NNS ./.
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But/CC in/IN recent/JJ years/NNS I/PRP have/VBP learned/VBN to/TO overcome/VB this/DT ./.
A/DT glass/NN of/IN cognac/NN ,/, for/IN instance/NN ,/, separates/NNS me/PRP from/IN my/PRP$ memory/NN for/IN a/DT while/NN ./.
Where/WRB does/VBZ he/PRP find/VBP the/DT funds/NNS for/IN this/DT endless/JJ life/NN on/IN trains/NNS ?/.
This/DT is/VBZ one/CD of/IN the/DT subtlest/NN issues/NNS in/IN the/DT book/NN ./.
He/PRP lives/VBZ by/IN buying/VBG up/RP old/JJ ceremonial/JJ objects/NNS retrieved/VBD from/IN synagogues/NNS nearly/RB destroyed/VBN by/IN the/DT Nazis/NNPS ./.
And/CC in/IN this/DT merchandising/NN of/IN the/DT once-sacred/JJ there/EX is/VBZ no/DT relief/NN for/IN him/PRP ,/, no/DT peace/NN ./.
He/PRP has/VBZ competitors/NNS also/RB searching/VBG for/IN these/DT objects/NNS ,/, and/CC what/WP is/VBZ more/JJR ,/, they/PRP too/RB are/VBP looking/VBG for/IN Nachtigel/NNP in/IN order/NN to/TO avenge/VB themselves/PRP ./.
The/DT peasants/NNS and/CC army/NN veterans/NNS Siegelbaum/NNP encounters/NNS think/VBP favorably/RB of/IN the/DT war/NN ./.
An/DT innkeeper/NN who/WP lost/VBD his/PRP$ hearing/NN at/IN Stalingrad/NNP and/CC communicates/NNS by/IN writing/VBG answers/VBZ Siegelbaum/NNP 's/POS saying/NN ,/, "/" Hitler/NNP deceived/VBD the/DT world/NN "/" :/:
"/" Not/RB true/JJ ,/, "/" he/PRP replied/VBD without/IN hesitation/NN ./.
"/" Why/WRB ?/.
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"/" Hitler/NNP wanted/VBD to/TO destroy/VB the/DT Jews/NNPS ,/, and/CC indeed/RB he/PRP destroyed/VBD them/PRP ,/, "/" he/PRP explained/VBD ./.
When/WRB I/PRP did/VBD n't/RB answer/VB ,/, he/PRP added/VBD in/IN big/JJ letters/NNS :/: "/" It/PRP was/VBD a/DT great/JJ mission/NN ,/, and/CC it/PRP succeeded/VBD ./.
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"/" But/CC they/PRP still/RB exist/VBP ,/, "/" I/PRP could/MD n't/RB refrain/VB from/IN writing/VBG to/TO him/PRP ./.
"/" A/DT mistake/NN ,/, "/" he/PRP did/VBD n't/RB hesitate/VB to/TO reply/VB ./.
Siegelbaum/NNP wants/VBZ to/TO kill/VB the/DT man/NN for/IN revealing/VBG his/PRP$ hidden/VBN desire/NN ./.
"/" I/PRP ought/MD to/TO have/VB killed/VBD him/PRP ./.
There/EX is/VBZ nothing/NN simpler/JJR than/IN killing/VBG a/DT man/NN ,/, and/CC yet/RB for/IN some/DT reason/NN ,/, I/PRP cannot/NN do/VBP it/PRP ./.
"/" Eventually/RB he/PRP does/VBZ locate/VB Nachtigel/NNP and/CC ,/, after/IN some/DT false/JJ pleasantries/NNS ,/, he/PRP shoots/VBZ him/PRP ./.
The/DT event/NN leaves/VBZ him/PRP pretty/RB much/JJ as/IN he/PRP was/VBD before/RB ./.
The/DT Jewish/JJ need/VBP to/TO find/VB an/DT answer/NN to/TO the/DT Holocaust/NNP is/VBZ not/RB forthcoming/JJ ./.
It/PRP would/MD have/VB to/TO be/VB as/IN monumental/JJ and/CC world-shattering/JJ as/IN the/DT terror/NN itself/PRP ./.
In/IN the/DT face/NN of/IN prosperous/JJ postwar/JJ Germany/NNP ,/, retribution/NN is/VBZ a/DT joke/NN ./.
When/WRB Siegelbaum/NNP finally/RB cries/VBZ out/IN ,/, "/" Why/WRB ca/MD n't/RB I/PRP pray/NN ?/.
"/" he/PRP cannot/NN find/VBP an/DT answer/NN within/IN himself/PRP ./.
His/PRP$ "/" melancholy/JJ "/" is/VBZ a/DT well-known/JJ Jewish/JJ disease/NN ./.
The/DT Communist/NNP leaders/NNS he/PRP knew/VBD even/RB spoke/VBD grandly/RB of/IN a/DT "/" war/NN against/IN melancholy/JJ ./.
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Its/PRP$ real/JJ name/NN is/VBZ despair/NN ,/, that/IN central/JJ human/JJ emotion/NN in/IN the/DT face/NN of/IN overwhelming/JJ odds/NNS of/IN which/WDT tragedy/NN is/VBZ made/VBN ./.
There/EX are/VBP no/DT accommodating/VBG solutions/NNS after/IN the/DT fact/NN ./.
There/EX is/VBZ no/DT forgiveness/NN for/IN so/RB much/JJ pain/NN ,/, and/CC no/DT one/CD to/TO reconcile/VB with/IN ./.
But/CC a/DT story/NN as/RB piercing/VBG as/IN this/DT goes/VBZ to/TO the/DT heart/NN of/IN the/DT matter/NN ,/, for/IN it/PRP embodies/VBZ the/DT terrible/JJ event/NN in/IN such/JJ a/DT way/NN that/IN it/PRP steals/VBZ up/RB on/IN us/PRP and/CC will/MD haunt/VB us/PRP in/IN our/PRP$ sleep/NN ./.
Last/JJ week/NN ,/, a/DT federal/JJ judge/NN ordered/VBD Charlotte/NNP ,/, N/NNP ./.
C/NNP ./.
,/, to/TO stop/VB busing/VBG students/NNS to/TO integrate/VB schools/NNS ./.
Newspapers/NNS noted/VBD the/DT perfect/JJ symmetry--busing/JJ had/VBD begun/VBN with/IN the/DT Supreme/NNP Court/NNP 's/POS 1971/CD Swann/NNP vs/NNS ./.
Charlotte-/NNP Mecklenburg/NNP Board/NNP of/IN Education/NNP decision--and/JJ the/DT neoconservative-dominated/JJ commentariat/NN cheered/VBD the/DT demise/NN of/IN what/WP it/PRP deemed/VBD a/DT failed/VBN experiment/NN ./.
But/CC while/IN busing/VBG did/VBD great/JJ damage/NN in/IN many/JJ cities/NNS ,/, in/IN Charlotte/NNP it/PRP was/VBD widely/RB considered/VBN an/DT against-the-odds/JJ success/NN ./.
That/DT fact/NN makes/VBZ last/JJ week/NN 's/POS news/NN all/PDT the/DT sadder/JJR ./.
The/DT landmark/JJ Swann/NNP suit/NN had/VBD its/PRP$ origins/NNS in/IN the/DT 1955/CD Supreme/NNP Court/NNP decision/NN known/VBN as/IN Brown/NNP II/NNP ./.
Brown/NNP II/NNP gummed/JJ up/RP the/DT initial/JJ 1954/CD Brown/NNP ruling--which/JJ had/VBD decreed/VBN segregated/VBD schools/NNS unconstitutional--by/JJ saying/NN ,/, in/IN a/DT now-infamous/JJ oxymoron/NN ,/, that/DT desegregation/NN should/MD proceed/VB "/" with/IN all/DT deliberate/JJ speed/NN ./.
"/" By/IN 1965/CD ,/, Charlotte/NNP had/VBD seen/VBN more/JJR deliberation/NN than/IN speed/NN ./.
Only/RB 2/CD percent/NN of/IN black/JJ schoolchildren/NN attended/VBD integrated/VBN schools/NNS ./.
To/TO maintain/VB this/DT racial/JJ separation/NN ,/, 60/CD percent/NN of/IN all/DT students/NNS were/VBD actually/RB bused/JJ to/TO schools/NNS far/RB from/IN their/PRP$ homes/NNS ,/, a/DT form/NN of/IN busing/VBG that/WDT raised/VBD no/DT outcry/NN from/IN the/DT white/JJ community/NN ./.
With/IN the/DT injustice/NN self-evident/JJ ,/, the/DT NAACP/NNP and/CC other/JJ civil/JJ rights/NNS groups/NNS trolled/JJ for/IN parents/NNS to/TO challenge/VB the/DT system/NN ,/, finding/VBG Vera/NNP and/CC Darius/NNP Swann/NNP ./.
The/DT Swanns/NNP wanted/VBD their/PRP$ 6/CD -/: year-old/JJ son/NN ,/, James/NNP ,/, to/TO attend/VB Seversville/NNP Elementary/NNP School/NNP ,/, one/CD of/IN the/DT few/JJ integrated/VBN schools/NNS in/IN the/DT city/NN ./.
Seversville/NNP Elementary/NNP happened/VBD to/TO be/VB closest/JJS to/TO their/PRP$ home/NN ,/, but/CC the/DT school/NN board/NN refused/VBD to/TO admit/VB James/NNP ./.
The/DT Swanns/NNP filed/VBD suit/NN but/CC lost/VBD ./.
They/PRP continued/VBD to/TO appeal/VB until/IN their/PRP$ case/NN reached/VBD the/DT desk/NN of/IN Federal/NNP District/NNP Court/NNP Judge/NNP James/NNP McMillan/NNP in/IN 1969/CD ./.
The/DT grandson/NN of/IN two/CD confederate/NN soldiers/NNS ,/, McMillan/NNP was/VBD on/IN record/NN deriding/VBG "/" the/DT folly/NN ./.
./.
./.
of/IN requiring/VBG that/IN pupils/NNS be/VB transported/VBN far/RB away/RB from/IN their/PRP$ natural/JJ habitat/NN so/IN that/IN some/DT artificial/NN ./.
./.
./.
racial/JJ balance/NN be/VB maintained/VBN ./.
"/" But/CC when/WRB he/PRP examined/VBD the/DT Swann/NNP case/NN he/PRP realized/VBD that/IN Charlotte/NNP 's/POS school/NN board/NN was/VBD plainly/RB in/IN violation/NN of/IN the/DT law/NN and/CC that/IN it/PRP was/VBD n't/RB going/VBG to/TO desegregate/NN unless/IN forced/VBN by/IN the/DT courts/NNS ./.
The/DT precedent/NN had/VBD been/VBN set/VBN with/IN the/DT 1968/CD Supreme/NNP Court/NNP decision/NN Green/NNP vs/NNS ./.
County/NNP School/NNP Board/NNP of/IN New/NNP Kent/NNP County/NNP ,/, Va/NNP ./.
,/, in/IN which/WDT the/DT court/NN ruled/VBD school/NN boards/NNS had/VBD an/DT "/" affirmative/JJ duty/NN "/" to/TO ensure/VB "/" racial/JJ discrimination/NN would/MD be/VB eliminated/VBN root/NN and/CC branch/NN ./.
"/" McMillan/NNP ordered/VBD the/DT Charlotte/NNP board/NN to/TO draw/VB up/RP a/DT plan/NN to/TO take/VB steps--not/JJ necessarily/RB busing--to/JJ do/VBP so/RB ./.
At/IN first/JJ ,/, school/NN board/NN officials/NNS refused/VBD to/TO implement/VB desegregation/NN plans/NNS and/CC then/RB submitted/VBN plans/NNS that/WDT failed/VBD to/TO address/VB the/DT problem/NN ./.
All/DT McMillan/NNP could/MD do/VB was/VBD reject/VB them/PRP ./.
After/IN a/DT year/NN of/IN school/NN board/NN stalling/VBG ,/, McMillan/NNP appointed/VBD an/DT outside/JJ referee/NN to/TO devise/VB a/DT desegregation/NN strategy/NN ,/, which/WDT entailed/VBN the/DT busing/VBG of/IN black/JJ kids/NNS to/TO previously/RB white/JJ schools/NNS ,/, and/CC vice/NN versa/RB ./.
The/DT buses/NNS began/VBD rolling/VBG on/IN Sept/NNP ./.
9/CD ,/, 1970/CD ./.
Enraged/NNP ,/, many/JJ whites/NNS protested/VBD ,/, sometimes/RB violently/RB ./.
McMillan/NNP received/VBD death/NN threats/NNS and/CC was/VBD hanged/VBN in/IN effigy/NN ./.
The/DT office/NN of/IN the/DT Swanns/NNP '/POS attorney/NN was/VBD fire/NN bombed/VBN ./.
Black/JJ students/NNS were/VBD beat/VB up/RB at/IN school/NN ./.
Some/DT white/JJ parents/NNS withdrew/VBD and/CC sent/VBD their/PRP$ children/NNS to/TO private/JJ schools/NNS ,/, while/IN others/NNS formed/VBD citizens/NNS '/POS groups/NNS to/TO agitate/NN against/IN busing/VBG ./.
In/IN 1971/CD ,/, the/DT high/JJ court/NN unanimously/RB upheld/VBD McMillan/NNP 's/POS decision/NN ./.
But/CC the/DT school/NN board/NN ,/, split/NN between/IN busing/VBG supporters/NNS and/CC foes/NNS ,/, continued/VBD to/TO produce/VB half-hearted/JJ integration/NN plans/NNS that/IN McMillan/NNP had/VBD to/TO dismiss/VB as/RB not/RB "/" in/IN good/JJ faith/NN ,/, "/" and/CC busing/VBG continued/VBN according/VBG to/TO the/DT court/NN 's/POS prescription/NN ./.
Meanwhile/RB ,/, a/DT previously/RB apolitical/JJ 33/CD -/: year-old/JJ housewife/NN named/VBD Maggie/NNP Ray/NNP began/VBD convening/VBG local/JJ activists/NNS ,/, black/NN and/CC white/JJ ,/, pro-/JJ and/CC anti-busing/JJ ,/, to/TO work/VB out/RP an/DT alternative/NN solution--and/JJ also/RB endeared/JJ herself/PRP to/TO the/DT judge/NN at/IN a/DT backyard/NN barbecue/NN ./.
Her/PRP$ informal/JJ committee/NN ,/, called/VBD the/DT Citizens/NNPS Advisory/NNP Group/NNP ,/, finagled/VBN an/DT end-run/JJ around/IN the/DT school/NN board/NN and/CC persuaded/VBD McMillan/NNP to/TO put/VB it/PRP in/IN charge/NN of/IN the/DT busing/VBG plan/NN ./.
In/IN 1974/CD ,/, the/DT board/NN compromised/VBN with/IN the/DT committee/NN on/IN an/DT arrangement/NN that/WDT won/VBD McMillan/NNP 's/POS approval/NN ,/, and/CC a/DT year/NN later/RB he/PRP withdrew/VBD the/DT court/NN from/IN supervision/NN of/IN Charlotte/NNP 's/POS desegregation/NN plans/NNS ,/, trusting/VBG the/DT citizens/NNS to/TO do/VB it/PRP fairly/RB ./.
After/IN the/DT initial/JJ round/NN of/IN white/JJ flight/NN ,/, Charlotte/NNP maintained/VBD for/IN the/DT next/JJ two/CD decades/NNS a/DT mix/NN of/IN roughly/RB 60/CD percent/NN white/JJ and/CC 40/CD percent/NN black/JJ students/NNS ./.
The/DT presence/NN of/IN whites/NNS ,/, especially/RB affluent/JJ ones/NNS ,/, in/IN once/RB all-black/JJ schools/NNS lifted/VBD those/DT schools/NNS '/POS quality/NN ,/, since/IN white/JJ parents/NNS '/POS complaints/NNS about/IN outdated/JJ textbooks/NNS ,/, sub/NN par/NN teachers/NNS ,/, and/CC dilapidated/JJ facilities/NNS were/VBD heeded/VBN by/IN school/NN officials/NNS ./.
Blacks/NNS '/POS test/NN scores/NNS rose/VBD too/RB ,/, after/IN a/DT special/JJ effort/NN led/VBN by/IN a/DT pro-busing/JJ superintendent/NN ./.
Students/NNS ,/, parents/NNS ,/, and/CC local/JJ officials/NNS found/VBD new/JJ pride/NN in/IN their/PRP$ integrated/VBN schools/NNS ,/, generating/VBG more/JJR goodwill/NN ./.
Political/JJ reform/NN followed/VBN too/RB ,/, creating/VBG a/DT city/NN government/NN that/IN better/JJR represented/VBD both/DT blacks/NNS and/CC poor/JJ whites/NNS ./.
Finally/RB ,/, a/DT solid/JJ educational/JJ system/NN provided/VBD a/DT foundation/NN for/IN the/DT economic/JJ growth/NN the/DT region/NN has/VBZ recently/RB enjoyed/VBN ./.
Charlotte/NNP 's/POS busing/VBG success/NN hinged/JJ on/IN several/JJ things/NNS ./.
Unlike/IN the/DT earlier/JJR schemes/NNS ,/, Ray/NNP 's/POS plan/NN did/VBD n't/RB exempt/VB the/DT wealthy/JJ whites/NNS in/IN southeast/NN Charlotte/NNP ./.
As/IN a/DT result/NN ,/, some/DT lower-class/JJ whites/NNS no/RB longer/RB felt/VBD singled/VBN out/IN to/TO carry/VB the/DT burden/NN of/IN integration/NN ./.
Acknowledging/NNP the/DT situation/NN 's/POS class/NN dimensions/NNS blunted/VBD the/DT racial/JJ animosity--and/JJ created/VBD a/DT coalition/NN of/IN blacks/NNS and/CC less/RBR affluent/JJ whites/NNS ./.
Also/RB ,/, the/DT white/JJ flight/NN that/WDT doomed/VBD busing/VBG in/IN Boston/NNP and/CC elsewhere/RB was/VBD not/RB really/RB an/DT option/NN ./.
Charlotte/NNP 's/POS whites/NNS could/MD flee/VB to/TO private/JJ schools/NNS (/( and/CC some/DT did/VBD )/) ,/, but/CC because/IN the/DT county/NN had/VBD consolidated/JJ its/PRP$ school/NN system/NN in/IN 1960/CD the/DT outlying/JJ areas/NNS as/RB well/RB as/IN the/DT inner/JJ cities/NNS were/VBD embraced/VBN in/IN the/DT busing/VBG blueprint/NN ./.
(/( A/DT 1974/CD Supreme/NNP Court/NNP ruling/NN exempted/VBN suburban/JJ school/NN districts/NNS from/IN busing/VBG ,/, meaning/VBG few/JJ metropolises/NNS experienced/VBD wholesale/JJ integration/NN Charlotte-style/NNP ./.
)/)
Equally/RB important--and/JJ I/PRP admit/VBP this/DT sounds/VBZ kind/NN of/IN cornball--success/JJ required/VBD the/DT civic/JJ spiritedness/NNS of/IN pro-/JJ and/CC anti-busing/JJ parents/NNS alike/RB ,/, who/WP saw/VBD their/PRP$ way/NN clear/JJ to/TO hammering/VBG out/RP compromises/NNS ./.
This/DT meant/VBN shelving/VBG the/DT belief/NN that/IN a/DT single/NN ,/, foolproof/NN plan/NN could/MD be/VB implemented/VBN once/RB and/CC for/IN all/DT ./.
Citizens/NNS got/VBD involved/VBN with/IN adjusting/VBG the/DT busing/VBG plan/NN (/( and/CC refighting/VBG painful/JJ battles/NNS )/) year/NN after/IN year/NN after/IN year--a/JJ demanding/VBG but/CC inescapable/JJ burden/NN ./.
The/DT 1990/CD s/VBZ even/RB saw/VBD a/DT major/JJ overhaul/NN ,/, when/WRB Charlotte/NNP introduced/VBD magnet/NN schools/NNS devoted/VBN to/TO excellence/NN in/IN a/DT single/JJ area/NN ,/, such/JJ as/IN math/NN ,/, and/CC open/JJ to/TO students/NNS from/IN all/DT neighborhoods--to/JJ give/VB whites/NNS extra/JJ incentive/NN to/TO travel/VB long/JJ distances/NNS to/TO school/VB ./.
Unfortunately/RB ,/, the/DT magnet/NN schools/NNS began/VBD the/DT undoing/NN of/IN desegregation/NN in/IN Charlotte/NNP ./.
To/TO remain/VB a/DT tool/NN for/IN continued/JJ desegregation/NN and/CC not/RB just/RB for/IN excellence/NN ,/, the/DT magnet/NN schools/NNS had/VBD to/TO maintain/VB set-asides/JJ for/IN black/JJ students/NNS ./.
A/DT newcomer/NN to/TO Charlotte--/NNP Bill/NNP Capacchione/NNP ,/, who/WP had/VBD not/RB witnessed/VBN the/DT city/NN 's/POS efforts/NNS in/IN the/NNP '/POS 70/CD s/VBZ to/TO surmount/NN mutual/JJ distrust--sued/JJ to/TO enroll/VB his/PRP$ daughter/NN into/IN a/DT magnet/NN that/IN officials/NNS did/VBD n't/RB want/VB to/TO "/" tip/NN "/" all/DT white/NN ./.
This/DT year/NN ,/, the/DT case/NN came/VBD before/IN Judge/NNP Robert/NNP Potter--a/NNP former/JJ Jesse/NNP Helms/NNP aide/NN ,/, a/DT Ronald/NNP Reagan/NNP appointee/NN ,/, and/CC a/DT sworn/VBN enemy/NN of/IN busing/VBG since/IN he/PRP fought/VBD against/IN it/PRP on/IN the/DT front/JJ lines/NNS in/IN 1969/CD ./.
Calling/VBG bused/JJ students/NNS "/" cogs/NNS in/IN an/DT experimental/JJ machine/NN ,/, "/" Potter/NNP declared/VBD that/IN all/DT vestiges/NNS of/IN harm/NN wrought/VBD by/IN the/DT Jim/NNP Crow-era/NNP dual/JJ school/NN system/NN have/VBP evaporated/VBN ./.
This/DT despite/IN a/DT recent/JJ Charlotte/NNP Observer/NNP study/NN that/WDT found/VBD that/IN without/IN busing/VBG ,/, segregation/NN would/MD return/VB for/IN more/JJR than/IN half/NN of/IN the/DT district/NN 's/POS students/NNS ./.
Charlotte/NNP and/CC the/DT nation/NN have/VBP come/VBN far/RB ,/, and/CC we/PRP can/MD hope/VB that/DT integration/NN may/MD someday/RB endure/VB without/IN a/DT conscious/JJ effort/NN to/TO preserve/VB it/PRP ./.
But/CC it/PRP 's/VBZ dishonest/JJ or/CC naive/JJ to/TO claim/VB that/IN that/DT moment/NN has/VBZ arrived/VBN ./.
Thirty/NNP years/NNS may/MD seem/VB like/IN a/DT long/JJ time/NN to/TO someone/NN nursing/VBG a/DT grievance/NN since/IN the/DT pitched/VBN battles/NNS of/IN the/DT late/JJ '/POS 60/CD s/VBZ ,/, but/CC in/IN the/DT sweep/NN of/IN history--on/JJ the/DT heels/NNS of/IN 90/CD years/NNS of/IN Jim/NNP Crow/NNP and/CC 200/CD of/IN race/NN slavery--it/JJ 's/POS nothing/NN ./.
Ironically/RB ,/, busing/VBG will/MD become/VB unnecessary/JJ only/RB when/WRB no/DT one/CD seems/VBZ to/TO have/VB a/DT problem/NN with/IN it/PRP anymore/RB ./.
Now/RB Charlotte/NNP 's/POS civic/JJ leaders/NNS ,/, and/CC other/JJ proponents/NNS of/IN continued/JJ desegregation/NN efforts/NNS ,/, have/VBP to/TO reckon/VB with/IN Potter/NNP 's/POS ruling/NN ./.
While/IN not/RB carrying/VBG the/DT weight/NN of/IN a/DT Supreme/NNP Court/NNP decision/NN ,/, it/PRP does/VBZ point/NN the/DT way/NN for/IN other/JJ judges/NNS ,/, if/IN they/PRP want/VBP to/TO follow/VB ./.
As/IN the/DT city/NN decides/VBZ in/IN the/DT next/JJ weeks/NNS whether/IN to/TO appeal/VB ,/, it/PRP also/RB has/VBZ to/TO scramble/NN to/TO make/VB sure/JJ its/PRP$ denser/NN (/( largely/RB black/JJ )/) areas/NNS will/MD have/VB enough/JJ schools/NNS to/TO house/VB the/DT kids/NNS who/WP ca/MD n't/RB be/VB bused/JJ across/IN town/NN anymore/RB to/TO less/RBR crowded/JJ institutions/NNS ./.
The/DT most/RBS distressing/JJ part/NN of/IN Potter/NNP 's/POS decision/NN was/VBD his/PRP$ swipe/NN at/IN social/JJ experimentation/NN ./.
As/IN all/DT great/JJ social/JJ reformers/NNS have/VBP known/VBN ,/, fixed/VBN formulas/NNS ,/, one-size-fits-all/JJ policies/NNS ,/, and/CC judicial/JJ fiats/NNS rarely/RB solve/VB intractable/JJ problems/NNS ./.
The/DT only/JJ thing/NN that/WDT does/VBZ is/VBZ what/WP FDR/NNP called/VBD "/" bold/JJ ,/, persistent/JJ experimentation/NN ,/, "/" as/IN the/DT example/NN of/IN Charlotte/NNP nobly/RB attests/VBZ ./.
"/" Oh/UH ,/, I/PRP ca/MD n't/RB stand/VB that/DT ./.
You/PRP could/MD get/VB diabetes/NN reading/NN them/PRP ,/, could/MD n't/RB you/PRP ?/.
"/" Who/WP said/VBD this/DT about/IN what/WP ?/.
(/( Question/NNP courtesy/NN of/IN Adam/NNP Bonin/NNP ./.
)/)
Send/VB your/PRP$ answer/NN by/IN noon/NN ET/NNP Tuesday/NNP to/TO newsquiz/NN @/IN slate/NN ./.
com/NN ./.
Wednesday/NNP 's/POS Question/NNP (/( No/UH ./.
360/CD )/) -/: -/: "/" Our/PRP$ Epic/NNP "/" :/:
The/NNP '/POS 50/CD s/VBZ begot/VBD Happy/NNP Days/NNS ;/: the/NNP '/POS 60/CD s/VBZ ,/, The/DT Wonder/NN Years/NNS ;/: the/NNP '/POS 70/CD s/VBZ ,/, That/DT '/POS 70/CD s/VBZ Show/NNP ;/: and/CC the/NNP '/POS 80/CD s/VBZ ,/, Freaks/NNP and/CC Geeks/NNPS ./.
In/IN 20/CD years/NNS ,/, the/DT 1990/CD s/VBZ will/MD be/VB distilled/VBN into/IN a/DT set/NN of/IN reductive/JJ clichés/NNS and/CC processed/VBN into/IN a/DT TV/NN sitcom/NN ./.
Give/VB the/DT one-sentence/JJ pitch/NN for/IN that/DT show/NN ./.
(/( Question/NNP courtesy/NN of/IN Tim/NNP Carvell/NNP ./.
)/)
"/" World/NNP Television/NNP presents/VBZ :/: DECADENT/NNP BROKER/NNP !/.
Which/WDT indulged/JJ largely/RB ,/, but/CC did/VBD not/RB know/VB New/NNP Revolution/NNP was/VBD soon/RB occurring/VBG ./.
(/( So/RB sorry/JJ for/IN it/PRP was/VBD more/JJR than/IN one/CD sentence/NN ./.
)/) "/" -/: -/: Daniel/NNP Kahn/NNP
"/" Two/CD young/JJ Internet/NN geniuses/NNS ,/, who/WP happen/VBP to/TO be/VB married/VBN ,/, one/CD a/DT male/JJ WASP/NNP from/IN Harvard/NNP ,/, the/DT other/JJ an/DT Asian/JJ gal/NN from/IN MIT/NNP ,/, rich/JJ beyond/IN belief/NN from/IN cashing/VBG out/IN of/IN an/DT IPO/NN ,/, start/VBP a/DT company/NN delivering/VBG frozen/VBN embryos--and/JJ hire/NN an/DT Indian/JJ guy/NN in/IN a/DT turban/NN as/IN receptionist/NN ./.
The/DT mix-ups/JJ ,/, the/DT lawsuits/NNS ,/, the/DT laughs/NNS never/RB stop/VB !/.
"/" -/: -/: Barbara/NNP Lippert/NNP (/( Jon/NNP Delfin/NNP had/VBD a/DT similar/JJ answer/NN ./.
)/)
"/" Then/RB Came/NNP Klebold/NNP :/: A/DT teen-ager/NN travels/VBZ from/IN town/NN to/TO town/NN ,/, registers/NNS in/IN the/DT local/JJ school/NN ,/, gets/VBZ involved/VBN in/IN the/DT lives/NNS of/IN the/DT students/NNS ,/, then/RB shoots/VBZ them/PRP ./.
"/" -/: -/: Jon/NNP Delfin/NNP
"/" Jerks/NNP and/CC Smirks/NNP ./.
Politics/NNS in/IN the/NNP '/POS 90/CD s/VBZ ./.
"/" -/: -/: Steven/NNP Davis/NNP
"/" TV/NN ?/.
In/IN 20/CD years/NNS we/PRP wo/MD n't/RB need/VB any/DT stinkin/NN '/" TV/NN ./.
Cybercitizens/NNP will/MD be/VB hard-wired/JJ ,/, and/CC entertainment/NN as/IN we/PRP know/VBP it/PRP will/MD be/VB in/IN the/DT form/NN of/IN IPOs/NNS ./.
"/" -/: -/: Carrie/NNP Rickey/NNP (/( similarly/RB ,/, Matt/NNP Sullivan/NNP )/)
Click/NNP for/IN more/JJR answers/NNS ./.
Randy/NNP 's/POS Wrap-/NNP Up/IN
Before/IN plunging/VBG into/IN TV/NN 2000/CD ,/, let/VBP 's/POS take/VB a/DT moment/NN to/TO look/VB back/RB at/IN TV/NN 1999/CD ,/, Friday/NNP night/NN ,/, around/IN midnight/NN ./.
When/WRB the/DT ball/NN fell/VBD ,/, a/DT huge/JJ sign/NN was/VBD illuminated/JJ and/CC transmitted/VBD on/IN every/DT network/NN :/: 2000/CD Discover/NNP Card/NNP ./.
The/DT new/JJ New/NNP York/NNP and/CC its/PRP$ new/JJ Times/NNP Square/NNP thus/RB achieved/VBD a/DT complete/JJ capitulation/NN of/IN the/DT civic/JJ to/TO the/DT corporate/JJ ,/, and/CC was/VBD proud/JJ of/IN it/PRP ./.
Giddy/NNP with/IN delight/NN over/IN his/PRP$ imposition/NN of/IN midtown/JJ martial/JJ law/NN ,/, Mayor/NNP Rudolph/NNP Giuliani/NNP showed/VBD up/RB on/IN every/DT channel/NN ./.
Manhole/NNP covers/VBZ welded/VBN closed/VBN ;/: trash/NN cans/NNS removed/VBN ;/: mailboxes/NNS locked/VBN ;/: 8/CD ,/, 000/CD cops/NNS ;/: five/CD police/NN helicopters--it/JJ was/VBD like/IN Christmas/NNP in/IN Tel/NNP Aviv/NNP ,/, except/IN for/IN the/DT part/NN about/IN any/DT known/VBN threat/NN ./.
But/CC it/PRP must/MD be/VB admitted/VBN ,/, the/DT festivities/NNS were/VBD unmarred/JJ by/IN terrorist/JJ bombings/NNS or/CC elephant/NN stampedes/NNS ./.
The/DT usually/RB fatuous/JJ Tom/NNP Brokaw/NNP outdid/VBD himself/PRP when/WRB he/PRP rated/VBD the/DT century--it/JJ was/VBD a/DT tough/JJ one/CD ,/, he/PRP blathered/JJ ,/, with/IN two/CD world/NN wars/NNS ,/, the/DT atomic/JJ bomb/NN ,/, and/CC the/DT Holocaust/NNP ,/, but/CC there/EX was/VBD also/RB the/DT triumph/NN of/IN the/DT space/NN program/NN ./.
I/PRP 'm/VBP sure/JJ 6/CD million/CD murdered/VBN Jews/NNPS and/CC 30/CD million/CD dead/JJ Soviets/NNPS would/MD agree/VB that/IN the/DT space/NN shuttle/NN more/JJR than/IN made/VBN up/RP for/IN mass/NN death/NN ./.
Putin/NNP on/IN Airs/NNP Extra/NNP
Analysts/NNS list/VBP several/JJ priorities/NNS of/IN Russia/NNP 's/POS acting/NN president/NN ,/, Prime/NNP Minister/NNP Vladimir/NNP Putin/NNP ./.
Which/WDT of/IN the/DT following/VBG are/VBP actually/RB on/IN his/PRP$ to-do/JJ list/NN ?/.
1/LS ./.
Create/VB a/DT streamlined/JJ and/CC corruption-free/JJ bureaucracy/NN ./.
2/LS ./.
Put/VB a/DT Russian/JJ astronaut/NN on/IN moon/NN by/IN 1970/CD with/IN cool/NN time/NN machine/NN ./.
3/LS ./.
Install/NNP a/DT merit/NN system/NN for/IN hiring/VBG and/CC rewarding/JJ government/NN workers/NNS ./.
4/LS ./.
Ensure/NNP smooth/JJ transition/NN by/IN cultivating/VBG image/NN as/IN lovable/JJ womanizing/VBG drunk/JJ ./.
5/LS ./.
Increase/VB investment/NN and/CC improve/VB productivity/NN in/IN Russian/JJ economy/NN ./.
6/CD ./.
Construct/NNP theme/NN parks/NNS exciting/JJ enough/RB to/TO attract/VB Cuban/JJ raft/NN boys/NNS ./.
7/CD ./.
Build/NNP a/DT more/RBR powerful/JJ judiciary/NN ./.
8/CD ./.
Work/NN for/IN closer/JJR ties/NNS between/IN Moscow/NNP and/CC the/DT country/NN 's/POS regions/NNS ./.
9/CD ./.
Make/VB Moscow/NNP 's/POS homeless/JJ simply/RB disappear/VB ,/, New/NNP York-style/NNP ./.
10/CD ./.
Develop/VB new/JJ political/JJ parties/NNS open/JJ to/TO professional/JJ wrestlers/NNS ,/, anti-/NN Semites/NNP ,/, and/CC fat-faced/JJ ,/, billionaire/NN ,/, egomaniac/NN know-nothings/JJ ./.
Answers/NNS
1/LS ,/, 3/CD ,/, 5/CD ,/, 7/CD ,/, and/CC 8/CD are/VBP authentic/JJ Putin/NNP plans/VBZ ./.
Common/NNP Denominator/NNP
E-/NNP greed/NN ,/, guns/NNS ,/, and/CC presidential/JJ infidelity/NN ./.
Every/DT impeachment/NN junkie/NN has/VBZ by/IN now/RB heard/VBD the/DT tale/NN of/IN the/DT valiant/JJ Edmund/NNP Ross/NNP ,/, the/DT Republican/JJ senator/NN who/WP in/IN 1868/CD broke/VBD party/NN ranks/NNS to/TO acquit/VB the/DT impeached/VBN President/NNP Andrew/NNP Johnson/NNP ./.
Last/JJ Sunday/NNP 's/POS New/NNP York/NNP Times/NNP ran/VBD a/DT long/JJ paean/NN to/TO Ross/NNP ,/, and/CC pundits/NNS left/VBD and/CC right/NN sing/VB his/PRP$ praises/NNS ./.
The/DT New/NNP York/NNP Times/NNP '/POS Anthony/NNP Lewis/NNP ,/, an/DT anti-impeachment/JJ stalwart/NN ,/, endorses/VBZ the/DT expert/NN judgment/NN of/IN John/NNP F/NNP ./.
Kennedy/NNP ,/, who/WP wrote/VBD in/IN Profiles/NNP in/IN Courage/NNP (/( 1956/CD )/) that/IN Ross/NNP '/POS "/" heroic/JJ "/" vote/NN "/" may/MD well/RB have/VB preserved/VBN ./.
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constitutional/JJ government/NN in/IN the/DT United/NNP States/NNPS ./.
"/" Meanwhile/RB ,/, George/NNP Washington/NNP University/NNP 's/POS Jonathan/NNP Turley/NNP ,/, a/DT devout/JJ Clinton/NNP foe/NN ,/, recalled/VBD wistfully/RB in/IN a/DT recent/JJ Wall/NNP Street/NNP Journal/NNP column/NN that/IN for/IN his/PRP$ "/" selfless/JJ act/NN ,/, "/" Ross/NNP was/VBD "/" shunned/VBD ,/, physically/RB assaulted/JJ and/CC ruined/VBN both/DT politically/RB and/CC financially/RB ./.
"/" Turley/NNP proposes/VBZ erecting/VBG a/DT statue/NN in/IN the/DT Capitol/NNP of/IN the/DT otherwise/RB obscure/JJ Kansan/NNP ./.
Most/JJS historians/NNS agree/VBP that/IN in/IN voting/NN to/TO acquit/VB Johnson/NNP ,/, Ross/NNP did/VBD the/DT right/NN thing--but/JJ ,/, they/PRP would/MD add/VB ,/, for/IN the/DT wrong/JJ reasons/NNS ./.
(/( Click/NNP for/IN a/DT little/JJ more/RBR on/IN Johnson/NNP 's/POS record/NN ./.
)/) Those/DT who/WP have/VBP researched/VBN the/DT issue/NN conclude/VB that/RB ,/, contrary/JJ to/TO legend/NN ,/, Ross/NNP acted/VBD for/IN motives/NNS anything/NN but/CC high-minded/JJ ./.
That/DT popular/JJ wisdom/NN holds/VBZ otherwise/RB testifies/VBZ not/RB to/TO Ross/NNP '/POS integrity/NN but/CC to/TO his/PRP$ talent/NN for/IN self-promotion/JJ ./.
Edmund/NNP Ross/NNP was/VBD a/DT little-known/JJ newspaperman/NN with/IN no/DT political/JJ experience/NN when/WRB the/DT governor/NN of/IN Kansas/NNP named/VBD him/PRP to/TO fill/VB a/DT vacant/JJ Senate/NNP seat/NN in/IN July/NNP 1866/CD ./.
(/( The/DT incumbent/JJ had/VBD committed/VBN suicide/NN ./.
)/) Six/CD months/NNS later/RB ,/, Ross/NNP won/VBD re-election/NN with/IN the/DT financial/JJ help--some/JJ believe/VBP bribes--of/JJ a/DT businessman/NN named/VBD Perry/NNP Fuller/NNP ./.
Once/RB in/IN Washington/NNP ,/, the/DT newcomer/NN copied/VBD many/JJ of/IN his/PRP$ peers/NNS and/CC took/VBD up/RP the/DT cause/NN of/IN controlling/VBG his/PRP$ state/NN 's/POS patronage--then/JJ the/DT coin/NN of/IN politics/NNS ./.
With/IN a/DT federal/JJ government/NN that/WDT was/VBD tiny/JJ compared/VBN with/IN today/NN 's/POS ,/, a/DT senator/NN 's/POS power/NN lay/VB largely/RB in/IN deciding/VBG who/WP would/MD receive/VB plum/NN jobs/NNS with/IN the/DT postal/JJ service/NN or/CC ,/, in/IN the/DT West/NNP ,/, the/DT Indian/JJ affairs/NNS bureau/NN ./.
Hungry/NNP for/IN power/NN ,/, Ross/NNP tangled/VBN with/IN Kansas/NNP '/POS senior/JJ senator/NN ,/, Samuel/NNP Pomeroy/NNP ,/, and/CC its/PRP$ congressman/NN ,/, Sidney/NNP Clarke/NNP ,/, eschewing/VBG the/DT era/NN 's/POS weightier/NN battles/NNS over/IN rights/NNS for/IN freed/VBN slaves/NNS and/CC reconstructing/VBG the/DT Union/NNP ./.
Meanwhile/RB ,/, the/DT Radical/NNP Republicans/NNPS were/VBD impeaching/VBG President/NNP Johnson/NNP ,/, a/DT stubborn/JJ Democrat/NNP ,/, who/WP was/VBD consistently/RB defying/VBG their/PRP$ will/MD on/IN various/JJ Reconstruction-related/NNP measures/NNS ./.
(/( For/IN more/RBR on/IN the/DT issues/NNS surrounding/VBG the/DT impeachment/NN ,/, see/VB September/NNP 1998/CD 's/POS "/" ./.
"/" )/) Observers/NNS naturally/RB assumed/VBD Ross/NNP would/MD vote/VB with/IN his/PRP$ party/NN ,/, but/CC when/WRB it/PRP became/VBD clear/JJ in/IN February/NNP 1868/CD that/IN the/DT Radicals/NNP wanted/VBD to/TO replace/VB Johnson/NNP with/IN Benjamin/NNP Wade/NNP of/IN Ohio/NNP ,/, the/DT president/NN pro/FW tem/NN of/IN the/DT Senate/NNP ,/, Ross/NNP began/VBD to/TO think/VB twice/RB ./.
Wade/NNP was/VBD likely/JJ to/TO grant/VB Pomeroy/NNP the/DT control/NN over/IN Kansas/NNP appointments/NNS that/WDT had/VBD been/VBN Ross/NNP '/" ./.
Wanting/NNP neither/DT to/TO alienate/VB his/PRP$ party-mates/JJ nor/CC lose/VB his/PRP$ meal/NN ticket/NN in/IN Johnson/NNP ,/, Ross/NNP tried/VBD to/TO avert/VB a/DT vote/NN altogether/RB ./.
He/PRP pressed/VBD Johnson/NNP for/IN concessions/NNS on/IN certain/JJ Reconstruction/NNP issues/NNS in/IN exchange/NN for/IN his/PRP$ vote/NN and/CC those/DT of/IN other/JJ fence/NN sitters/NNS ./.
When/WRB judgment/NN day/NN came/VBD on/IN May/NNP 16/CD ,/, Johnson/NNP survived/VBN by/IN a/DT vote/NN of/IN 35/CD -/: 19/CD ,/, one/CD shy/JJ of/IN the/DT two-thirds/NNS needed/VBN to/TO convict/VB ./.
Since/IN the/DT other/JJ six/CD pro-/JJ Johnson/NNP Republicans/NNPS had/VBD declared/VBN their/PRP$ intentions/NNS before/IN voting/VBG ,/, the/DT ensuing/VBG attention/NN focused/VBN on/IN the/DT apostasy/NN of/IN Ross/NNP ,/, whose/WP$ vote/NN came/VBD as/IN the/DT biggest/JJS surprise/NN ./.
But/CC Ross/NNP '/POS vote/NN was/VBD n't/RB the/DT lone/JJ act/NN of/IN bravery/NN it/PRP was/VBD later/RB made/VBN out/IN to/TO be/VB ./.
At/IN least/JJS four/CD other/JJ senators/NNS were/VBD prepared/VBN to/TO oppose/VB conviction/NN had/VBN their/PRP$ votes/NNS been/VBN needed--a/JJ fact/NN that/WDT has/VBZ been/VBN forgotten/VBN ,/, maybe/RB ,/, because/IN it/PRP does/VBZ n't/RB square/VB with/IN the/DT High/NNP Noon/NNP portrait/NN of/IN Ross/NNP as/IN the/DT man/NN of/IN principle/NN facing/VBG down/RP the/DT mob/NN ./.
Ross/NNP wasted/VBD no/DT time/NN exploiting/VBG Johnson/NNP 's/POS debt/NN to/TO him/PRP ./.
On/IN June/NNP 6/CD ,/, he/PRP wrote/VBD to/TO Johnson/NNP to/TO have/VB him/PRP install/VBP one/CD of/IN his/PRP$ cronies/NNS as/IN Southern/NNP superintendent/NN of/IN Indian/JJ affairs/NNS ,/, and/CC Johnson/NNP agreed/VBD to/TO oust/VB his/PRP$ own/JJ friend/NN in/IN order/NN to/TO comply/VB ./.
Sensing/NNP opportunity/NN ,/, Ross/NNP kept/VBD upping/VBG the/DT ante/NN ,/, like/IN a/DT Mafia/NNP henchman/NN running/VBG a/DT protection/NN racket/NN ./.
(/( "/" Nice/NNP little/JJ presidency/NN ya/PRP got/VBD here--hate/JJ to/TO see/VB anything/NN happen/VB to/TO it/PRP ./.
"/" )/) On/IN June/NNP 23/CD ,/, he/PRP wrote/VBD to/TO Johnson/NNP to/TO secure/VB a/DT position/NN for/IN Perry/NNP Fuller/NNP ,/, his/PRP$ 1867/CD election/NN sponsor/NN ./.
On/IN July/NNP 1/CD ,/, he/PRP asked/VBD Johnson/NNP to/TO make/VB his/PRP$ brother/NN a/DT federal/JJ mail/NN agent/NN ./.
On/IN July/NNP 10/CD ,/, he/PRP pressed/VBD the/DT president/NN for/IN jobs/NNS for/IN three/CD more/JJR friends/NNS ,/, invoking/VBG his/PRP$ impeachment/NN vote/NN ,/, just/RB in/IN case/NN Johnson/NNP had/VBD forgotten/VBN ./.
The/DT legend/NN about/IN Ross/NNP is/VBZ correct/JJ in/IN that/DT his/PRP$ stand/NN earned/VBD him/PRP enemies/NNS ./.
Newspapers/NNS compared/VBD him/PRP to/TO Benedict/NNP Arnold/NNP ,/, Jefferson/NNP Davis/NNP ,/, and/CC Judas/NNP ./.
And/CC he/PRP did/VBD lose/VB his/PRP$ re-election/NN bid/NN ,/, as/IN did/VBD the/DT other/JJ pro-acquittal/JJ Republicans/NNPS ./.
But/CC so/RB did/VBD many/JJ anti/NN -/: Johnson/NNP Republicans/NNPS from/IN the/DT same/JJ states/NNS ,/, and/CC there/EX 's/VBZ little/JJ evidence/NN to/TO suggest/VB the/DT impeachment/NN votes/NNS turned/VBD the/DT elections/NNS in/IN any/DT of/IN these/DT cases/NNS ./.
All/DT "/" seven/CD martyrs/NNS ,/, "/" as/IN they/PRP 've/VBP been/VBN lionized/JJ ,/, stayed/VBD Republicans/NNPS and/CC campaigned/VBN for/IN Ulysses/NNP S/NNP ./.
Grant/NNP in/IN 1868/CD ./.
Their/PRP$ troubled/JJ fortunes/NNS in/IN the/DT years/NNS that/WDT followed/VBD are/VBP most/RBS plausibly/RB chalked/VBN up/RP to/TO the/DT turbulent/JJ climate/NN of/IN the/DT 1870/CD s/VBZ ,/, when/WRB the/DT makeup/NN of/IN both/DT parties--and/JJ of/IN the/DT country/NN itself--was/JJ in/IN constant/JJ flux/NN ./.
Ross/NNP did/VBD n't/RB see/VB it/PRP that/DT way/NN ./.
Stung/VBN by/IN charges/NNS that/IN his/PRP$ vote/NN was/VBD bought/VBN ,/, he/PRP turned/VBD the/DT tables/NNS on/IN his/PRP$ accusers/NNS and/CC charged/VBD them/PRP with/IN orchestrating/VBG the/DT whole/JJ impeachment/NN campaign/NN so/RB as/IN to/TO get/VB their/PRP$ hands/NNS on/IN the/DT controls/NNS of/IN patronage/NN ./.
He/PRP got/VBD the/DT House/NNP to/TO investigate/VB charges/NNS of/IN bribery/NN involving/VBG his/PRP$ rivals/NNS Pomeroy/NNP and/CC Clarke--which/NNP in/IN fact/NN turned/VBD up/RP some/DT damning/VBG evidence/NN against/IN them/PRP ./.
Till/IN his/PRP$ dying/VBG day/NN ,/, Ross/NNP continued/VBD to/TO paint/VB himself/PRP as/IN a/DT martyr/NN ./.
He/PRP wrote/VBD numerous/JJ articles/NNS as/RB well/RB as/IN a/DT book/NN etching/VBG his/PRP$ self-serving/JJ version/NN of/IN events/NNS into/IN the/DT historical/JJ record/NN ./.
In/IN a/DT passage/NN later/RB quoted/VBN by/IN Kennedy/NNP ,/, Ross/NNP wrote/VBD in/IN his/PRP$ 1896/CD memoir/NN :/: "/" I/PRP almost/RB literally/RB looked/VBD down/RB into/IN my/PRP$ open/JJ grave/NN ./.
Friendships/NNP ,/, position/NN ,/, fortune/NN ,/, everything/NN that/WDT makes/VBZ life/NN desirable/JJ to/TO an/DT ambitious/JJ man/NN were/VBD about/IN to/TO be/VB swept/VBN away/RB by/IN the/DT breath/NN of/IN my/PRP$ mouth/NN ,/, perhaps/RB forever/RB ./.
"/" This/DT grandiose/JJ account/NN was/VBD adopted/VBN almost/RB uncritically/RB by/IN his/PRP$ biographer/NN ,/, Edward/NNP Bumgardner/NNP ,/, and/CC then/RB by/IN Kennedy/NNP ,/, whose/WP$ Pulitzer/NNP Prize-winning/JJ sampler/NN of/IN hagiographies/NNS cemented/VBN it/PRP in/IN the/DT public/JJ mind/NN ./.
(/( Click/NNP for/IN more/RBR on/IN Kennedy/NNP 's/POS warped/JJ portrayal/NN of/IN Ross/NNP and/CC the/DT impeachment/NN ./.
)/)
Perhaps/RB in/IN an/DT unconscious/JJ act/NN of/IN denial--an/JJ inability/NN to/TO face/VB up/IN to/TO his/PRP$ complicated/VBN but/CC altogether/RB human/JJ motives/NNS for/IN voting/NN as/IN he/PRP did--the/JJ week/NN after/IN his/PRP$ vote/NN ,/, Ross/NNP wrote/VBD to/TO his/PRP$ wife/NN :/: "/" This/DT storm/NN of/IN passion/NN will/MD soon/RB pass/VB away/RB ,/, and/CC the/DT people/NNS ,/, the/DT whole/JJ people/NNS ,/, will/MD thank/VB and/CC bless/VB me/PRP for/IN having/VBG saved/VBD the/DT country/NN by/IN my/PRP$ single/JJ vote/NN from/IN the/DT greatest/JJS peril/NN through/IN which/WDT it/PRP has/VBZ ever/RB passed/VBN ,/, though/IN none/NN but/CC God/NNP can/MD ever/RB know/VB the/DT struggle/NN it/PRP has/VBZ cost/VBN me/PRP ./.
"/" Of/IN course/NN ,/, in/IN a/DT funny/JJ way/NN ,/, he/PRP turned/VBD out/IN to/TO be/VB right/JJ ./.
If/IN you/PRP skipped/VBD the/DT links/NNS while/IN reading/VBG the/DT article/NN ,/, click/NN for/IN a/DT fast/RB read/NN on/IN Andrew/NNP Johnson/NNP 's/POS presidency/NN ,/, and/CC for/IN a/DT summary/NN of/IN JFK/NNP 's/POS hagiography/NN of/IN Edmund/NNP Ross/NNP ./.
In/IN February/NNP ,/, Daniel/NNP Baldwin--the/NNP second-oldest/JJ and/CC least/JJS well-known/NN of/IN the/DT four/CD Baldwin/NNP brothers--overdosed/JJ on/IN crack/NN and/CC was/VBD arrested/VBN in/IN New/NNP York/NNP 's/POS Plaza/NNP Hotel/NNP ./.
Before/IN getting/VBG hauled/VBD off/IN by/IN police/NN ,/, he/PRP ran/VBD naked/JJ through/IN the/DT hotel/NN 's/POS halls/NNS screaming/VBG ,/, "/" Baldwin/NNP !/.
"/" A/DT month/NN ago/RB ,/, Kim/NNP Basinger/NNP ,/, wife/NN of/IN eldest/JJS Baldwin/NNP brother/NN Alec/NNP ,/, won/VBD the/DT Best/JJS Supporting/VBG Actress/NNP Oscar/NNP for/IN her/PRP$ role/NN in/IN L/NNP ./.
A/DT ./.
Confidential/NNP ./.
Last/JJ week/NN Alec/NNP 's/POS new/JJ action/NN movie/NN ,/, Mercury/NNP Rising/VBG ,/, opened/VBD to/TO tepid/JJ reviews/NNS ./.
Which/WDT Baldwin/NNP is/VBZ which/WDT ?/.
How/WRB did/VBD all/DT four/CD brothers/NNS become/VBP actors/NNS ?/.
How/WRB are/VBP they/PRP alike/RB ?/.
How/WRB are/VBP they/PRP distinguishable/JJ ?/.
First/LS ,/, a/DT quick/JJ review/NN of/IN the/DT Baldwin/NNP oeuvre/NN ./.
Alec/NNP (/( age/NN 40/CD )/) claims/VBZ the/DT greatest/JJS screen/NN success/NN ./.
His/PRP$ critical/JJ hits/NNS include/VBP a/DT lead/JJ performance/NN ,/, opposite/JJ Sean/NNP Connery/NNP ,/, in/IN The/DT Hunt/NNP for/IN Red/NNP October/NNP (/( 1990/CD )/) ./.
Last/JJ year/NN ,/, he/PRP starred/JJ with/IN Anthony/NNP Hopkins/NNP in/IN David/NNP Mamet/NNP 's/VBZ The/DT Edge/NNP ./.
Daniel/NNP (/( 37/CD )/) is/VBZ derisively/RB referred/VBN to/TO as/RB the/DT "/" TV/NNP Baldwin/NNP ./.
"/" Aside/RB from/IN bit/NN parts/NNS in/IN B/NNP movies/NNS ,/, his/PRP$ only/RB major/JJ role/NN was/VBD as/IN Detective/NNP Beau/NNP Felton/NNP in/IN NBC/NNP 's/POS acclaimed/JJ Homicide/NNP :/: Life/NNP on/IN the/DT Street/NNP ./.
Hollywood/NNP always/RB touts/VBZ 35/CD -/: year-old/JJ William/NNP (/( or/CC Billy/NNP ,/, as/IN he/PRP abhors/NNS being/VBG called/VBN in/IN the/DT press/NN )/) as/IN the/DT Baldwin/NNP most/RBS likely/JJ to/TO break/VB through/IN to/TO major/JJ stardom/NN ./.
But/CC he/PRP has/VBZ done/VBN little/JJ since/IN his/PRP$ box/NN office/NN hits/NNS Backdraft/NNP (/( 1991/CD )/) and/CC Sliver/NNP (/( 1993/CD )/) ./.
Stephen/NNP (/( 31/CD )/) remains/VBZ consigned/VBN mainly/RB to/TO teen/JJ flicks/NNS (/( though/IN he/PRP won/VBD acclaim/NN for/IN his/PRP$ supporting/VBG role/NN in/IN The/DT Usual/NNP Suspects/NNP )/) ./.
Textbook/NNP example/NN :/: the/DT 1996/CD comedy/NN Bio-/NNP Dome/NNP ,/, where/WRB he/PRP plays/VBZ opposite/JJ ex-/NN MTV/NNP star/NN Pauly/NNP Shore/NNP ./.
(/( There/EX are/VBP two/CD Baldwin/NNP sisters/NNS :/: Jane/NNP [/( 32/CD ]/) ,/, a/DT physical/JJ therapist/NN in/IN Syracuse/NNP ,/, N/NNP ./.
Y/NNP ./.
,/, and/CC Beth/NNP [/( 42/CD ]/) ,/, a/DT Long/NNP Island/NNP housewife/NN ./.
Both/DT say/VBP they/PRP will/MD never/RB take/VB up/RP acting/VBG ./.
)/)
Profiles/NNP chalk/NN up/RP the/DT brothers/NNS '/POS success/NN to/TO 1/LS )/) good/JJ looks/VBZ and/CC 2/LS )/) on-screen/JJ intensity/NN ./.
The/DT Baldwins/NNP say/VBP they/PRP inherited/VBD both/DT from/IN their/PRP$ handsome/JJ ,/, demanding/VBG father/NN ,/, Alexander/NNP ,/, a/DT devoutly/RB Catholic/NNP social/JJ studies/NNS teacher/NN from/IN Massapequa/NNP ,/, N/NNP ./.
Y/NNP ./.
(/( Alexander/NNP died/VBD in/IN 1983/CD ,/, and/CC the/DT brothers/NNS claim/VBP still/RB to/TO be/VB driven/VBN by/IN their/PRP$ devotion/NN to/TO him/PRP ./.
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It/PRP is/VBZ a/DT Baldwin/NNP commonplace/JJ to/TO say/VB that/IN either/DT Alec/NNP or/CC Billy/NNP will/MD become/VB president/NN ./.
The/DT Baldwin/NNP matriarch/NN ,/, Carol/NNP ,/, sometimes/RB refers/VBZ to/TO herself/PRP in/IN interviews/NNS as/IN Rose/NNP ./.
Had/VBD the/DT Baldwin/NNP patriarch/NN lived/VBD longer/RBR ,/, many/JJ speculate/VB ,/, the/DT brothers/NNS would/MD n't/RB have/VB taken/VBN up/RP acting/VBG ./.
According/VBG to/TO this/DT theory/NN ,/, Alexander/NNP was/VBD adamant/JJ that/IN they/PRP become/VBP lawyers/NNS ,/, and/CC his/PRP$ objections/NNS would/MD have/VB stymied/VBN their/PRP$ careers/NNS ./.
However/RB ,/, Hollywood/NNP proved/VBD irresistible/JJ ./.
While/IN a/DT student/NN at/IN New/NNP York/NNP University/NNP ,/, Alec/NNP was/VBD spotted/VBN by/IN a/DT talent/NN scout/NN and/CC offered/VBD a/DT spot/NN on/IN the/DT soap/NN opera/NN The/DT Doctors/NNS ./.
Stephen/NNP claims/VBZ he/PRP has/VBZ always/RB been/VBN a/DT thespian/JJ ,/, performing/VBG in/IN regional/JJ theater/NN and/CC singing/VBG with/IN the/DT Long/NNP Island/NNP Philharmonic/NNP ./.
But/CC his/PRP$ acting/VBG career/NN took/VBD off/RP only/RB when/WRB an/DT agent/NN spotted/VBD him/PRP working/VBG in/IN a/DT Manhattan/NNP pizza/NN parlor/NN ./.
Billy/NNP and/CC Daniel/NNP say/VBP they/PRP both/DT got/VBD into/IN acting/VBG after/IN they/PRP saw/VBD how/WRB easy/JJ it/PRP was/VBD for/IN their/PRP$ brothers/NNS to/TO make/VB it/PRP ./.
Is/VBZ there/EX a/DT Baldwinian/NNP essence/NN ?/.
If/IN so/RB ,/, what/WP are/VBP its/PRP$ dimensions/NNS ?/.
1/LS The/DT Baldwin/NNP Look/NN ./.
Many/JJ note/NN similarities/NNS in/IN their/PRP$ sinuous/JJ ,/, full/JJ lips/NNS ;/: dimpled/JJ chins/NNS ;/: and/CC "/" intense/JJ eyes/NNS ./.
"/" Profiles/NNP also/RB dwell/NN on/IN the/DT Baldwin/NNP mane/NN ./.
All/DT but/CC Stephen/NNP ,/, who/WP wears/VBZ a/DT bowl/NN cut/NN ,/, are/VBP known/VBN to/TO slick/JJ back/RP their/PRP$ hair/NN with/IN vast/JJ amounts/NNS of/IN gel/NN and/CC mousse/NN ./.
(/( Famous/NNP story/NN :/: It/PRP once/RB took/VBD two/CD days/NNS to/TO shoot/VB a/DT 30/CD second/JJ scene/NN of/IN Billy/NNP driving/VBG a/DT convertible/NN ./.
Afraid/NNP his/PRP$ hair/NN would/MD get/VB out/IN of/IN place/NN ,/, he/PRP stopped/VBD every/DT few/JJ yards/NNS to/TO get/VB regelled/JJ ./.
)/) But/CC there/EX are/VBP differences/NNS too--for/JJ example/NN ,/, body/NN hair/NN ./.
The/DT Los/NNP Angeles/NNP Times/NNP noted/VBD that/IN Alec/NNP has/VBZ chest/NN hair/NN "/" like/IN a/DT gorilla/NN ./.
"/" Meanwhile/RB ,/, Billy/NNP has/VBZ a/DT decorative/JJ tuft/NN on/IN his/PRP$ chest/NN ,/, Stephen/NNP is/VBZ baby-smooth/JJ ,/, and/CC Daniel/NNP has/VBZ yet/RB to/TO take/VB off/RP his/PRP$ clothes/NNS on-screen/JJ ./.
2/LS The/DT Stanislavskian/NNP Baldwin/NNP ./.
All/DT the/DT Baldwins/NNP claim/NN to/TO have/VB been/VBN schooled/JJ in/IN Method/NNP acting/VBG ,/, studying/VBG under/IN teachers/NNS with/IN Russian-sounding/NNP names/NNS ./.
Alec/NNP especially/RB worships/NNS Marlon/NNP Brando/NNP ,/, quoting/VBG incessantly/RB from/IN On/IN the/DT Waterfront/NNP and/CC playing/VBG Stanley/NNP Kowalski/NNP in/IN the/DT Broadway/NNP revival/NN of/IN A/DT Streetcar/NNP Named/VBN Desire/NN ./.
Film/NNP critics/NNS like/IN to/TO gripe/NN that/DT none/NN of/IN the/DT Baldwins/NNP has/VBZ any/DT range/NN :/: They/PRP 're/VBP character/NN actors/NNS with/IN leading-man/JJ bodies/NNS ./.
(/( Each/DT has/VBZ a/DT niche/NN :/: Alec/NNP is/VBZ the/DT ideal/JJ psychopathic/JJ villain/NN ,/, Daniel/NNP the/DT hard-drinking/JJ cop/NN ,/, Billy/NNP the/DT slimy/JJ pretty/RB boy/NN ,/, Stephen/NNP the/DT screwball/NN comedian/NN ./.
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3/LS The/DT Baldwin/NNP as/IN Crusader/NNP ./.
Alec/NNP has/VBZ been/VBN the/DT most/RBS outspoken/JJ politically/RB ./.
Touted/NNP as/IN a/DT potential/JJ Democratic/JJ senatorial/JJ candidate/NN in/IN New/NNP York/NNP ,/, he/PRP was/VBD the/DT main/JJ attraction/NN of/IN a/DT bus/NN tour/NN in/IN the/DT Northeast/NNP ,/, promoting/VBG campaign/NN finance/NN reform/NN ./.
He/PRP has/VBZ also/RB lobbied/VBN for/IN funding/NN for/IN the/DT arts/NNS ./.
Alec/NNP makes/VBZ news/NN with/IN his/PRP$ caustic/JJ condemnations/NNS :/: He/PRP called/VBD Newt/NNP Gingrich/NNP "/" evil/JJ "/" and/CC Alfonse/NNP D/NNP '/POS Amato/NNP "/" the/DT bozo/NN pool/NN attendant/NN from/IN Island/NNP Park/NNP ./.
"/" After/IN graduating/VBG from/IN the/DT State/NNP University/NNP of/IN New/NNP York/NNP at/IN Binghamton/NNP ,/, Billy/NNP interned/JJ for/IN Congressman/NNP Tom/NNP Downey/NNP ./.
Both/DT Billy/NNP and/CC Alec/NNP have/VBP headed/VBN the/DT liberal/JJ actors/NNS '/POS advocacy/NN group/NN the/DT Creative/NNP Coalition/NNP ./.
Stephen/NNP and/CC Daniel/NNP are/VBP apolitical/JJ ./.
4/LS The/DT Baldwin/NNP Bad/NNP Boy/NNP ./.
With/IN Daniel/NNP 's/POS arrest/NN ,/, tabloids/NNS have/VBP dredged/JJ up/RP the/DT long/JJ history/NN of/IN Baldwins/NNP run/VBD amok/RB ./.
Only/RB Billy/NNP has/VBZ a/DT reputation/NN as/IN a/DT straight/JJ arrow/NN ./.
Most/JJS famously/RB ,/, Alec/NNP was/VBD arrested--and/JJ later/RB acquitted--for/JJ allegedly/RB punching/VBG a/DT paparazzo/NN and/CC spraying/VBG shaving/NN cream/NN on/IN the/DT photographer/NN 's/POS car/NN windows/NNS ./.
On/IN the/DT set/VBN ,/, he/PRP is/VBZ known/VBN for/IN his/PRP$ temper/NN ,/, smashing/VBG cell/NN phones/NNS and/CC lobbing/VBG insults/NNS at/IN colleagues/NNS ./.
He/PRP once/RB called/VBD studio/NN executive/NN Jeffrey/NNP Katzenberg/NNP "/" the/DT eighth/JJ dwarf/NN :/: Greedy/NNP ./.
"/" Post-college/NNP ,/, Daniel/NNP worked/VBD as/IN runner/NN for/IN a/DT big-time/JJ bookie/NN ./.
(/( When/WRB his/PRP$ father/NN died/VBD ,/, Daniel/NNP was/VBD in/IN jail/NN for/IN driving/VBG a/DT car/NN with/IN stolen/VBN tags/NNS ./.
)/) Stephen/NNP has/VBZ abused/VBN drugs/NNS ./.
5/LS Baldwin/NNP Babes/NNP ./.
By/IN reputation/NN ,/, Baldwins/NNP play/VB the/DT field/NN ,/, sleeping/VBG around/IN Hollywood/NNP ,/, then/RB settling/VBG down/RB with/IN a/DT beautiful/JJ woman/NN ./.
Before/IN marrying/VBG Basinger/NNP ,/, Alec/NNP was/VBD known/VBN as/IN a/DT playboy/NN and/CC heartbreaker/NN ./.
He/PRP is/VBZ most/RBS famous/JJ for/IN dumping/VBG Northern/NNP Exposure/NNP star/NN Janine/NNP Turner/NNP weeks/NNS before/IN their/PRP$ wedding/NN ./.
Billy/NNP married/VBD Chynna/NNP Phillips/NNP of/IN the/DT pop/NN group/NN Wilson/NNP Phillips/NNP ,/, after/IN flings/NNS with/IN Madonna/NNP and/CC Jennifer/NNP Grey/NNP ./.
Daniel/NNP 's/POS second/JJ wife/NN is/VBZ his/PRP$ Homicide/NNP co-star/JJ Isabella/NNP Hofman/NNP ./.
Stephen/NNP is/VBZ married/VBN to/TO a/DT Brazilian/JJ artist/NN named/VBD Kennya/NNP Deodato/NNP ./.
6/CD Baldwin/NNP Exhibitionism/NNP ./.
Physical/JJ modesty/NN is/VBZ not/RB a/DT Baldwin/NNP trait/NN ./.
Alec/NNP and/CC Kim/NNP Basinger/NNP actually/RB did/VBD the/DT deed/JJ in/IN their/PRP$ sex/NN scenes/NNS in/IN The/DT Getaway/NNP (/( 1994/CD )/) -/: -/: unheard/JJ of/IN in/IN Hollywood/NNP ./.
All/DT but/CC one/CD of/IN Billy/NNP 's/POS major/JJ movies/NNS include/VBP shots/NNS of/IN his/PRP$ rear/JJ ,/, and/CC frontal/JJ nudity/NN scenes/NNS from/IN his/PRP$ movie/NN Sliver/NNP were/VBD trimmed/VBN at/IN the/DT last/JJ minute/NN ./.
In/IN Threesome/NNP (/( 1994/CD )/) ,/, Stephen/NNP participates/VBZ in/IN a/DT ménage/NN à/NN trois/NNS ./.
(/( A/DT very/RB Baldwin/NNP coincidence/NN :/: Both/DT Stephen/NNP 's/POS Threesome/NNP and/CC Billy/NNP 's/POS Three/CD of/IN Hearts/NNPS [/( 1993/CD ]/) are/VBP about/IN bisexual/NN love/NN triangles/NNS ./.
)/)
7/CD Baldwin/NNP Birth/NNP Order/NNP ./.
No/DT profile/NN makes/VBZ the/DT obvious/JJ application/NN of/IN Frank/NNP Sulloway/NNP 's/POS controversial/JJ birth-order/JJ theory/NN ./.
Sulloway/NNP contends/VBZ that/IN firstborn/NN children/NNS are/VBP moralistic/JJ ,/, eager/JJ to/TO please/VB their/PRP$ parents/NNS ,/, and/CC easily/RB angered/VBD ./.
(/( All/DT of/IN which/WDT apply/VBP to/TO Alec/NNP ./.
)/) Middle/JJ children/NNS are/VBP compromisers/NNS ./.
(/( Billy/NNP is/VBZ said/VBN to/TO be/VB the/DT family/NN peacemaker/NN ./.
)/) And/CC later-born/JJ offspring/NN are/VBP rebellious/JJ (/( the/DT case/NN with/IN Stephen/NNP )/) ./.
In/IN Sulloway/NNP 's/POS theory/NN ,/, as/IN in/IN life/NN ,/, Daniel/NNP is/VBZ the/DT category-defying/JJ ,/, black/JJ sheep/NN Baldwin/NNP ./.
Bill/NNP Weld/NNP ,/, the/DT former/JJ Republican/JJ governor/NN of/IN Massachusetts/NNP ,/, wants/VBZ the/DT Senate/NNP to/TO consider/VB his/PRP$ nomination/NN to/TO be/VB U/NNP ./.
S/NNP ./.
ambassador/NN to/TO Mexico/NNP ./.
Jesse/NNP Helms/NNP ,/, the/DT Republican/JJ chairman/NN of/IN the/DT Senate/NNP Foreign/NNP Relations/NNPS Committee/NNP ,/, wants/VBZ to/TO stop/VB him/PRP ./.
Last/JJ week/NN ,/, Weld/NNP quit/VBD his/PRP$ job/NN to/TO go/VB to/TO Washington/NNP to/TO lobby/VB for/IN his/PRP$ cause/NN ./.
Through/IN surrogates/NNS ,/, interviews/NNS ,/, and/CC press/NN conferences/NNS ,/, the/DT two/CD men/NNS are/VBP waging/VBG a/DT war/NN of/IN words/NNS ./.
This/DT war/NN is/VBZ n't/RB bound/VBN by/IN strict/JJ rules/NNS of/IN logic/NN ,/, but/CC it/PRP 's/VBZ more/RBR intellectual/JJ than/IN an/DT arm-twisting/JJ match/NN ./.
It/PRP 's/VBZ a/DT contest/NN of/IN conceptualization/NN and/CC persuasion/NN ./.
Whichever/NNP player/NN successfully/RB frames/NNS the/DT questions/NNS at/IN stake/NN will/MD capture/VB public/JJ opinion/NN and/CC political/JJ support/NN ,/, and/CC thereby/RB win/VB ./.
So/RB far/RB ,/, the/DT war/NN has/VBZ been/VBN waged/VBD on/IN four/CD fronts/NNS :/:
1/LS ./.
Drugs/NNS vs/NNS ./.
"/" social/JJ policy/NN ./.
"/" Helms/NNP has/VBZ stuck/VBN doggedly/RB to/TO a/DT single/JJ issue/NN :/: drugs/NNS ./.
He/PRP points/VBZ out/RP that/IN Weld/NNP favors/VBZ legalizing/VBG marijuana/NN for/IN "/" medical/JJ purposes/NNS "/" (/( which/WDT conservatives/NNS place/VBP on/IN the/DT slippery/JJ slope/NN toward/IN complete/JJ legalization/NN )/) ,/, favors/VBZ providing/VBG addicts/NNS with/IN clean/VB needles/NNS (/( to/TO prevent/VB the/DT spread/NN of/IN AIDS/NNP )/) ,/, and/CC that/IN he/PRP prosecuted/VBD few/JJ drug/NN cases/NNS as/IN a/DT U/NNP ./.
S/NNP ./.
attorney/NN ./.
In/IN short/JJ ,/, says/VBZ Helms/NNP ,/, Weld/NNP is/VBZ soft/JJ on/IN drugs--the/JJ last/JJ thing/NN we/PRP need/NN in/IN an/DT ambassador/NN to/TO Mexico/NNP ./.
Weld/NNP could/MD reply/VB that/IN he/PRP had/VBD opposed/VBN California/NNP 's/POS medical-marijuana/JJ initiative/NN because/IN it/PRP was/VBD too/RB lax/JJ ,/, or/CC that/IN Helms/NNP is/VBZ a/DT pusher/NN for/IN tobacco/NN ,/, or/CC that/IN it/PRP might/MD be/VB a/DT good/JJ idea/NN to/TO stop/VB treating/VBG Mexico/NNP 's/POS drug/NN problem/NN as/RB a/DT "/" war/NN ./.
"/" But/CC Weld/NNP has/VBZ n't/RB touched/VBN the/DT drug/NN question/NN ./.
How/WRB come/VB ?/.
One/CD rule/NN of/IN the/DT frame/NN game/NN is/VBZ to/TO avoid/VB issues/NNS on/IN which/WDT you/PRP 're/VBP guaranteed/VBN to/TO lose/VB ./.
This/DT is/VBZ n't/RB an/DT Ivy/NNP League/NNP debating/VBG society/NN ,/, where/WRB you/PRP can/MD win/VB by/IN ingeniously/RB defending/VBG a/DT difficult/JJ position/NN ./.
In/IN politics/NNS ,/, you/PRP 're/VBP in/IN deep/JJ trouble/NN as/RB soon/RB as/IN you/PRP question/VBP the/DT war/NN on/IN drugs/NNS ./.
This/DT is/VBZ particularly/RB true/JJ if/IN you/PRP 're/VBP fighting/VBG for/IN a/DT job/NN in/IN the/DT Clinton/NNP administration/NN ,/, where/WRB insecurity/NN over/IN the/DT drug/NN war/NN runs/VBZ high/JJ ./.
Just/RB ask/VB Joycelyn/NNP Elders/NNP ./.
Rather/RB than/IN answer/NN Helms/NNP '/POS charge/NN ,/, Weld/NNP shifted/VBD and/CC broadened/VBN the/DT conflict/NN ./.
On/IN July/NNP 15/CD ,/, he/PRP called/VBD a/DT press/NN conference/NN to/TO declare/VB :/: "/" Sen/NNP ./.
Helms/NNP '/POS opposition/NN has/VBZ nothing/NN whatsoever/RB to/TO do/VB with/IN drug/NN policy/NN ./.
It/PRP has/VBZ everything/NN to/TO do/VB with/IN the/DT future/NN of/IN the/DT Republican/NNP Party/NNP ./.
In/IN plain/JJ language/NN ,/, I/PRP am/VBP not/RB Sen/NNP ./.
Helms/NNP '/POS kind/NN of/IN Republican/NNP ./.
I/PRP do/VBP not/RB pass/VB his/PRP$ litmus/NN test/NN on/IN social/JJ policy/NN ./.
Nor/CC do/VBP I/PRP want/VBP to/TO ./.
"/" Overnight/NNP ,/, the/DT Weld-/NNP Helms/NNP standoff/NN became/VBD a/DT media/NNS sensation/NN ./.
This/DT was/VBD n't/RB just/RB about/IN drugs/NNS ,/, reporters/NNS concluded/VBD ./.
It/PRP was/VBD about/IN Helms/NNP '/POS distaste/NN for/IN Weld/NNP 's/POS "/" moderate/JJ "/" views/NNS on/IN social/JJ issues/NNS such/JJ as/IN abortion/NN ./.
With/IN that/DT ,/, the/DT advantage/NN swung/VBD to/TO Weld/NNP ./.
While/IN Helms/NNP has/VBZ the/DT more/RBR popular/JJ position/NN on/IN drugs/NNS ,/, Weld/NNP has/VBZ the/DT more/RBR popular/JJ position/NN on/IN abortion/NN ./.
Helms/NNP spokesman/NN Marc/NNP Thiessen/NNP resisted/VBD this/DT maneuver/NN ./.
He/PRP insisted/VBD Helms/NNP '/POS concern/NN was/VBD drugs/NNS ,/, not/RB ideology/NN ./.
The/DT evidence/NN backs/VBZ Thiessen/NNP up/RB :/: Helms/NNP supported/VBD pro-choice/JJ Republican/NNP Bill/NNP Cohen/NNP of/IN Maine/NNP for/IN secretary/NN of/IN defense/NN ,/, and/CC has/VBZ offered/VBN to/TO confirm/VB Weld/NNP as/IN ambassador/NN to/TO a/DT country/NN without/IN a/DT major/JJ marijuana/NN problem/NN ,/, such/JJ as/IN India/NNP ./.
But/CC in/IN the/DT frame/NN game/NN ,/, such/JJ petty/JJ facts/NNS are/VBP easily/RB overwhelmed/VBN by/IN larger/JJR themes/NNS ./.
Weld/NNP 's/POS spin/NN prevails/VBZ ,/, for/IN several/JJ reasons/NNS ./.
To/TO begin/VB with/IN ,/, Weld/NNP 's/POS argument/NN fits/VBZ nicely/RB into/IN the/DT context/NN of/IN recent/JJ Republican/JJ infighting/NN ./.
Having/VBG come/VB apart/RB over/IN foreign/JJ policy/NN (/( trade/NN with/IN China/NNP )/) and/CC fiscal/JJ policy/NN (/( the/DT House/NNP leadership/NN coup/NN )/) ,/, the/DT Republicans/NNPS seem/VBP ripe/JJ for/IN a/DT civil/JJ war/NN over/IN social/JJ policy/NN ./.
Furthermore/RB ,/, the/DT Washington/NNP press/NN corps/NN never/RB tires/VBZ of/IN writing/VBG about/IN Republican/JJ troubles/NNS on/IN abortion/NN and/CC gay/JJ rights--though/JJ Helms/NNP has/VBZ n't/RB mentioned/VBN either/CC issue/NN in/IN connection/NN with/IN Weld/NNP since/IN the/DT confirmation/NN fight/NN began/VBD ./.
Above/IN all/DT ,/, the/DT press/NN loves/VBZ to/TO personalize/VB debates/NNS ./.
Drug/NN policy/NN is/VBZ boring/JJ ,/, but/CC a/DT fight/NN between/IN a/DT saucy/JJ blue/JJ blood/NN and/CC a/DT surly/RB redneck/NN is/VBZ fun/NN ./.
Helms/NNP was/VBD n't/RB even/RB the/DT first/JJ member/NN of/IN Congress/NNP to/TO oppose/VB Weld/NNP 's/POS nomination/NN ./.
Others/NNS who/WP oppose/VBP Weld/NNP have/VBP pleaded/VBN that/IN Helms/NNP is/VBZ n't/RB the/DT point/NN ./.
It/PRP 's/VBZ a/DT futile/JJ argument/NN ./.
Helms/NNP and/CC his/PRP$ famous/JJ wedge/NN issues/NNS are/VBP just/RB too/RB colorful/JJ ./.
2/LS Ideology/NNP vs/NNS ./.
competence/NN ./.
Congressional/NNP Republicans/NNPS who/WP support/VBP Weld/NNP 's/POS nomination/NN do/VBP n't/RB want/VB their/PRP$ party/NN torn/VBN asunder/RB in/IN the/DT process/NN ./.
Their/PRP$ solution/NN is/VBZ to/TO separate/VB the/DT question/NN of/IN Weld/NNP 's/POS ideology/NN from/IN his/PRP$ competence/NN ./.
They/PRP point/VBP out/IN that/IN he/PRP speaks/VBZ Spanish/JJ ,/, knows/VBZ Mexico/NNP ,/, and/CC is/VBZ smart/JJ and/CC accomplished/VBN ./.
"/" This/DT is/VBZ not/RB about/IN the/DT heart/NN and/CC soul/NN of/IN the/DT Republican/NNP Party/NNP ,/, "/" argued/VBD Rep/NNP ./.
Chris/NNP Shays/NNP ,/, R-C/NNP onn/NN ./.
,/, in/IN a/DT TV/NN debate/NN July/NNP 28/CD ./.
"/" It/PRP 's/VBZ about/IN whether/IN this/DT nominee/NN is/VBZ competent/JJ to/TO serve/VB in/IN Mexico/NNP ./.
"/"
Helms/NNP '/POS supporters/NNS accept/VBP this/DT distinction/NN ,/, because/IN it/PRP subverts/VBZ Weld/NNP 's/POS campaign/NN to/TO broaden/VB the/DT ideological/JJ confrontation/NN ./.
They/PRP argue/VBP that/IN Weld/NNP 's/POS indifference/NN toward/IN the/DT war/NN on/IN drugs/NNS has/VBZ affected/VBN his/PRP$ competence/NN as/IN a/DT law/NN enforcer/NN and/CC will/MD do/VB so/RB again/RB if/IN he/PRP becomes/VBZ ambassador/NN to/TO Mexico/NNP ./.
Weld/NNP ,/, however/RB ,/, maintains/VBZ the/DT fight/NN is/VBZ about/IN the/DT party/NN 's/POS soul/NN ,/, even/RB as/IN Republican/JJ moderates/NNS protest/NN it/PRP is/VBZ n't/RB ./.
The/DT Helms/NNP &slash;/NN Shays/NNP argument/NN (/( for/IN a/DT distinction/NN between/IN ideology/NN and/CC competence/NN )/) is/VBZ analytically/RB more/RBR sophisticated/JJ but/CC viscerally/RB less/RBR compelling/JJ ./.
Which/WDT means/VBZ it/PRP will/MD probably/RB prevail/VB in/IN a/DT confirmation/NN hearing/NN but/CC lose/VB in/IN the/DT court/NN of/IN public/JJ opinion/NN ,/, vanquished/JJ by/IN Weld/NNP 's/POS campaign/NN for/IN libertarian/NN martyrdom/NN ./.
In/IN the/DT frame/NN game/NN ,/, nuance/NN is/VBZ almost/RB always/RB a/DT loser/NN ./.
Remember/VB ,/, the/DT last/JJ guy/NN to/TO argue/VB for/IN a/DT distinction/NN between/IN ideology/NN and/CC competence/NN was/VBD Michael/NNP Dukakis/NNP ./.
Perversely/NNP ,/, Weld/NNP lost/VBD the/DT ideology/NN &slash;/NN competence/NN battle/NN by/IN winning/VBG the/DT drugs/NNS &slash;/NN morality/NN battle/NN ./.
Not/RB only/RB did/VBD he/PRP attack/VBP Helms/NNP July/NNP 15/CD ,/, but/CC he/PRP deliberately/RB embarrassed/VBD the/DT White/NNP House--which/NNP had/VBD refrained/VBN from/IN quarreling/VBG with/IN Helms--by/NNP calling/VBG on/IN Clinton/NNP to/TO speak/VB up/RP for/IN his/PRP$ confirmation/NN ./.
Weld/NNP 's/POS caustic/JJ apostasy/NN handed/VBD his/PRP$ enemies/NNS a/DT persuasive/JJ argument/NN against/IN his/PRP$ fitness/NN for/IN the/DT job--that/JJ he/PRP 's/VBZ "/" undiplomatic/JJ ./.
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3/LS Who/WP started/VBD the/DT fight/NN ?/.
Every/DT kid/NN knows/VBZ that/IN when/WRB a/DT parent/NN catches/VBZ you/PRP fighting/VBG with/IN another/DT kid/NN ,/, the/DT first/JJ thing/NN to/TO do/VB is/VBZ accuse/VBP the/DT other/JJ kid/NN of/IN starting/VBG it/PRP ./.
Weld/NNP should/MD have/VB been/VBN able/JJ to/TO play/VB the/DT victim/NN ,/, since/IN Helms/NNP arguably/RB started/VBD the/DT fight/NN by/IN announcing/VBG in/IN June/NNP that/IN he/PRP would/MD deny/VB Weld/NNP a/DT hearing/NN ./.
But/CC Weld/NNP blew/VBD this/DT moral/JJ advantage/NN by/IN attacking/VBG Helms/NNP July/NNP 15/CD ./.
It/PRP was/VBD n't/RB the/DT first/JJ punch/NN thrown/VBN ,/, but/CC it/PRP was/VBD the/DT first/JJ one/CD most/JJS people/NNS saw/VBD ./.
This/DT allowed/VBN Helms/NNP '/POS spokesman/NN to/TO cast/VB his/PRP$ boss/NN as/IN the/DT victim/NN ./.
Senate/NNP Majority/NNP Leader/NNP Trent/NNP Lott/NNP ,/, R-M/NNP iss/NNS ./.
,/, latched/VBN on/IN to/TO this/DT as/IN an/DT excuse/NN to/TO side/VB with/IN Helms/NNP ./.
Weld/NNP "/" hurt/VBN himself/PRP by/IN attacking/VBG the/DT chairman/NN unfairly/RB and/CC with/IN political/JJ rhetoric/NN that/WDT was/VBD just/RB uncalled/JJ for/IN ,/, "/" Lott/NNP complained/VBD ./.
Belatedly/RB ,/, Weld/NNP is/VBZ trying/VBG to/TO regain/VB the/DT moral/JJ high/JJ ground/NN ./.
On/IN July/NNP 29/CD ,/, he/PRP pleaded/VBD :/: "/" Before/IN I/PRP had/VBD ever/RB met/VBN [/( Helms/NNP ]/) ,/, before/IN the/DT man/NN really/RB knew/VBD anything/NN about/IN me/PRP ,/, he/PRP said/VBD I/PRP was/VBD unfit/JJ to/TO be/VB ambassador/NN ,/, had/VBD loose/JJ lips/NNS ,/, and/CC was/VBD soft/JJ on/IN drugs/NNS ./.
And/CC I/PRP said/VBD ,/, '/" Where/WRB does/VBZ Jesse/NNP Helms/NNP get/VB off/RP saying/VBG all/PDT these/DT mean/NN things/NNS about/IN me/PRP ?/.
'/POS And/CC people/NNS in/IN Washington/NNP threw/VBD up/RP their/PRP$ hands/NNS in/IN alarm/NN and/CC said/VBD ,/, '/" My/PRP$ goodness/NN ,/, he/PRP attacked/VBD the/DT chairman/NN ./.
'/POS "/" Weld/NNP also/RB has/VBZ claimed/VBN to/TO be/VB a/DT victim/NN of/IN Helms/NNP '/POS "/" ideological/JJ extortion/NN ./.
"/"
The/DT "/" ideological/JJ extortion/NN "/" argument/NN is/VBZ particularly/RB ingenious/JJ ./.
Typically/RB ,/, extortion/NN means/VBZ that/IN you/PRP 're/VBP threatening/VBG someone/NN with/IN harm/NN or/CC embarrassment/NN to/TO extract/VB a/DT concession/NN ./.
Helms/NNP has/VBZ no/DT illusions/NNS that/IN he/PRP can/MD make/VB Weld/NNP concede/VB anything/NN ./.
His/PRP$ vow/NN to/TO kill/VB Weld/NNP 's/POS nomination/NN is/VBZ a/DT promise/NN ,/, not/RB a/DT threat/NN ./.
It/PRP 's/VBZ Weld/NNP who/WP 's/VBZ trying/VBG to/TO scare/VB Republicans/NNPS into/IN supporting/VBG him/PRP ,/, by/IN threatening/VBG to/TO turn/VB his/PRP$ fight/NN with/IN Helms/NNP into/IN an/DT ideological/JJ civil/JJ war/NN ./.
His/PRP$ charge/NN of/IN "/" ideological/JJ extortion/NN "/" is/VBZ part/NN of/IN his/PRP$ ideological/JJ extortion/NN ./.
And/CC it/PRP 's/VBZ succeeding/VBG ./.
On/IN Aug/NNP ./.
3/CD ,/, Sen/NNP ./.
Dick/NNP Lugar/NNP ,/, R-I/NNP nd/NN ./.
,/, rescued/VBD Weld/NNP by/IN demanding/VBG that/IN he/PRP get/VBP a/DT hearing/NN ,/, lest/IN his/PRP$ jihad/NN against/IN Helms/NNP ignite/VB "/" civil/JJ war/NN in/IN the/DT Republican/NNP Party/NNP ./.
"/"
4/LS Substance/NNP vs/NNS ./.
process/NN ./.
Having/VBG lost/VBN the/DT advantage/NN on/IN fronts/NNS 2/CD and/CC 3/CD ,/, Weld/NNP has/VBZ opened/VBN a/DT fourth/JJ ,/, more/RBR promising/JJ front/NN recently/RB ./.
He/PRP has/VBZ stopped/VBN debating/VBG the/DT substance/NN of/IN his/PRP$ quarrel/VB with/IN Helms/NNP ,/, and/CC has/VBZ focused/VBN instead/RB on/IN his/PRP$ right/NN to/TO a/DT hearing/NN ./.
At/IN a/DT July/NNP 28/CD press/NN conference/NN ,/, Weld/NNP repeated/VBD his/PRP$ favorite/JJ question/NN six/CD times/NNS :/: "/" I/PRP 'm/VBP going/VBG to/TO be/VB asking/VBG that/IN one/CD insistent/JJ question/NN :/: Why/WRB should/MD there/EX not/RB be/VB a/DT hearing/NN ?/.
Why/WRB should/MD one/CD man/VB ,/, in/IN a/DT democracy/NN ,/, block/VBP the/DT conduct/NN of/IN the/DT people/NNS 's/POS business/NN ?/.
"/"
This/DT new/JJ message/NN helps/VBZ Weld/NNP in/IN the/DT Senate/NNP ,/, because/IN it/PRP allows/VBZ Republicans/NNPS to/TO defend/VB him/PRP without/IN exacerbating/VBG the/DT party/NN 's/POS internal/JJ conflicts/NNS ./.
It/PRP certainly/RB emboldened/VBN Lugar/NNP ./.
"/" A/DT Senate/NNP chairman/NN cannot/NN be/VB dictatorial/JJ ,/, ultimately/RB ,/, when/WRB a/DT majority/NN of/IN the/DT committee/NN ,/, a/DT majority/NN of/IN the/DT Senate/NNP ,/, a/DT majority/NN of/IN the/DT American/JJ people/NNS ,/, want/VBP action/NN ,/, "/" Lugar/NNP said/VBD of/IN Helms/NNP Aug/NNP ./.
3/CD ./.
Likewise/RB ,/, the/DT procedural/JJ argument/NN allows/VBZ the/DT White/NNP House/NNP to/TO challenge/VB Helms/NNP '/POS obstinacy/NN without/IN appearing/VBG to/TO foment/NN the/DT GOP/NNP 's/POS identity/NN crisis/NN ./.
Clinton/NNP spokesman/NN Mike/NNP McCurry/NNP ,/, who/WP had/VBD refused/VBN July/NNP 21/CD to/TO comment/VB on/IN "/" matters/NNS in/IN the/DT other/JJ party/NN ,/, "/" was/VBD so/RB moved/VBN by/IN Weld/NNP 's/POS new/JJ plea/NN for/IN a/DT "/" fair/JJ hearing/NN "/" that/IN he/PRP repeated/VBD that/DT phrase/NN six/CD times/NNS at/IN his/PRP$ July/NNP 31/CD press/NN briefing/NN ./.
But/CC the/DT true/JJ beauty/NN of/IN the/DT "/" give/VB him/PRP a/DT hearing/NN "/" argument/NN is/VBZ that/IN it/PRP capitalizes/NNS on/IN anti-/NN Washington/NNP populism/NN ./.
In/IN his/PRP$ July/NNP 28/CD press/NN conference/NN ,/, Weld/NNP decried/VBD the/DT "/" Washington/NNP rules/NNS "/" that/WDT allow/VBP a/DT single/JJ senator/NN to/TO thwart/VB the/DT people/NNS 's/POS will/MD by/IN refusing/VBG to/TO schedule/VB a/DT hearing/NN ./.
Framed/NNP this/DT way/NN ,/, Weld/NNP 's/POS apostasy/NN becomes/VBZ a/DT virtue/NN instead/RB of/IN a/DT vice/NN ,/, suggesting/VBG candor/NN instead/RB of/IN a/DT lack/NN of/IN diplomacy/NN ./.
Which/WDT player/NN will/MD win/VB the/DT game/NN ?/.
Helms/NNP '/POS allies/NNS say/VBP the/DT nomination/NN is/VBZ doomed/VBN ./.
They/PRP think/VBP Weld/NNP overlooked/VBN the/DT game/NN 's/POS cardinal/NN rule/NN :/: that/IN Congress/NNP has/VBZ its/PRP$ own/JJ rules/NNS ,/, including/VBG the/DT absolute/JJ power/NN of/IN committee/NN chairmen/NNS over/IN supplicants/NNS such/JJ as/IN Weld/NNP ./.
Why/WRB ,/, he/PRP 's/VBZ not/RB even/RB a/DT governor/NN anymore/RB ,/, they/PRP scoff/VBP ./.
He/PRP 's/VBZ just/RB a/DT lowly/JJ citizen/NN ./.
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A/DT ./.
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com/NN ./.
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either/CC with/IN an/DT explanation/NN or/CC without/IN one/CD ./.
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but/CC "/" girlfriend/NN to/TO change/VB this/DT aspect/NN of/IN her/PRP$ personality/NN ./.
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Dear/RB Prudence/NNP ,/,
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And/CC P/NN ./.
S/NNP ./.
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-/: -/: Prudie/NNP ,/, melodically/RB
Dear/RB Prudie/NNP ,/,
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What/WP should/MD I/PRP do/VB ?/.
-/: -/: Freaked/NNP
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Biographer/NNP Robert/NNP D/NNP ./.
Richardson/NNP Jr/NNP ./.
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Goldman/NNP now/RB promotes/VBZ the/DT abolition/NN of/IN unanimous-jury/JJ verdicts/NNS ,/, the/DT adoption/NN of/IN "/" judicial/JJ report/NN cards/NNS ,/, "/" and/CC an/DT end/NN to/TO the/DT lifetime/NN appointment/NN of/IN federal/JJ judges/NNS ./.
"/" Being/VBG active/JJ is/VBZ a/DT way/NN to/TO focus/VB some/DT of/IN that/DT frustration/NN ,/, anger/NN ,/, etc/FW ./.
,/, into/IN something/NN positive/JJ ,/, "/" says/VBZ Goldman/NNP ./.
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"/" God/NNP is/VBZ working/VBG through/IN him/PRP right/RB now/RB ,/, "/" says/VBZ Rabbi/NNP Gary/NNP E/NNP ./.
Johnson/NNP ./.
God/NNP sometimes/RB works/VBZ in/IN mysterious/JJ ways/NNS ./.
So/RB do/VBP the/DT media/NNS ./.
Thus/RB the/DT Goldmans/NNP and/CC daughter/NN Kim/NNP were/VBD back/RB in/IN Washington/NNP in/IN April/NNP for/IN the/DT annual/JJ White/NNP House/NNP Correspondents/NNP '/POS Dinner/NNP ,/, a/DT black-tie/JJ schmoozathon/NN for/IN journalists/NNS ,/, politicians/NNS ,/, and/CC Hollywood/NNP stars/NNS ./.
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How/WRB do/VBP you/PRP make/VBP small/JJ talk/NN about/IN bloody/JJ gloves/NNS and/CC size/NN 12/CD Bruno/NNP Magli/NNP shoes/NNS ?/.
The/DT Goldmans/NNP were/VBD invited/VBN by/IN People/NNS magazine/NN ,/, whose/WP$ editors/NNS graciously/RB passed/VBN along/IN to/TO White/NNP House/NNP aides/NNS the/DT family/NN 's/POS desire/NN to/TO meet/VB President/NNP Clinton/NNP ./.
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The/DT Goldmans/NNP later/RB complained/VBD about/IN getting/VBG only/RB five/CD minutes/NNS alone/RB with/IN the/DT Clintons/NNP ./.
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"/" And/CC they/PRP were/VBD right/JJ ./.
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Goldman/NNP 's/POS voice/NN is/VBZ part/NN of/IN a/DT rising/VBG chorus/NN of/IN high-profile/JJ victims/NNS '/POS rights/NNS advocates/NNS ./.
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If/IN there/EX is/VBZ life/NN after/IN death/NN ,/, Fred/NNP Goldman/NNP will/MD probably/RB chase/VB O/NNP ./.
J/NNP ./.
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Perhaps/RB rightfully/RB so/RB ./.
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"/" I/PRP think/VBP there/EX 's/VBZ something/NN between/IN vengeance/NN and/CC forgiveness/NN ./.
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There/RB is/VBZ ./.
It/PRP 's/VBZ called/VBN peace/NN of/IN mind/NN ./.
I/PRP hope/VBP Fred/NNP Goldman/NNP finds/VBZ it/PRP ./.
But/CC he/PRP 's/VBZ looking/VBG in/IN the/DT wrong/JJ places/NNS ./.
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Yippee/NNP :/: another/DT occasion/NN for/IN bashing/VBG the/DT ratings/NNS board/NN ./.
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My/PRP$ point/NN is/VBZ that/IN the/DT film/NN critics/NNS are/VBP blaming/VBG the/DT wrong/JJ party/NN ./.
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NC-/NNP 17/CD was/VBD originally/RB meant/VBN to/TO eliminate/VB the/DT porn-related/JJ stigma/NN that/WDT came/VBD with/IN the/DT earlier/JJR X/NNP rating/NN ./.
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Take/VB Blockbuster/NNP ,/, which/WDT prides/NNS itself/PRP on/IN being/VBG a/DT "/" family/NN video/NN store/NN ./.
"/" A/DT stroll/VB through/IN the/DT aisles/NNS will/MD take/VB you/PRP past/JJ displays/NNS of/IN such/JJ wholesome/JJ fare/NN as/IN Meat/NNP Cleaver/NNP Massacre/NNP ,/, as/RB well/RB as/IN innumerable/JJ soft-core/JJ made-for-video/JJ serial-killer-stalking-models-in-lingerie/JJ flicks/NNS ./.
You/PRP have/VBP to/TO wonder/VB whose/WP$ family/NN the/DT store/NN caters/VBZ to--the/JJ Mansons/NNP ?/.
But/CC Blockbuster/NNP and/CC other/JJ such/JJ outfits/NN have/VBP ,/, with/IN the/DT help/NN of/IN the/DT MPAA/NNP ,/, given/VBN themselves/PRP a/DT veneer/NN of/IN righteousness/NNS while/IN trafficking/NN in/IN the/DT same/JJ kind/NN of/IN sleaze/NN as/IN every/DT other/JJ entertainment/NN conglomerate/NN ./.
That/DT 's/VBZ capitalism/NN ./.
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"/" He/PRP goes/VBZ on/IN :/: "/" Theaters/NNP would/MD not/RB shun/VB them/PRP ./.
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And/CC because/IN NC-/NNP 17/CD would/MD remain/VB in/IN business/NN ,/, newspapers/NNS ,/, TV/NN stations/NNS ,/, and/CC theaters/NNS would/MD remain/VB free/JJ to/TO discriminate/JJ against/IN it/PRP ./.
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I/PRP wish/VBP I/PRP could/MD support/VB Ebert/NNP 's/POS suggestion/NN but/CC I/PRP 'm/VBP not/RB so/RB sure/JJ that/IN A/DT would/MD work/VB ./.
Was/VBD n't/RB that/IN the/DT purpose/NN of/IN NC-/NNP 17/CD to/TO begin/VB with/RP ?/.
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Before/IN cuts/NNS for/IN its/PRP$ R/NN ,/, there/EX were/VBD allegedly/RB lines/NNS about/IN sex/NN with/IN the/DT Almighty/NNP ./.
A/DT or/CC NC-/NNP 17/CD ?/.
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The/DT larger/JJR issue/NN is/VBZ what/WP the/DT MPAA/NNP 's/POS distinctions/NNS say/VBP about/IN our/PRP$ culture/NN ./.
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"/" I/PRP 'm/VBP fond/JJ of/IN citing/VBG Albert/NNP Brooks/NNP '/POS experience/NN in/IN 1985/CD with/IN Lost/VBD in/IN America/NNP because/IN it/PRP so/RB gorgeously/RB encapsulates/NNS the/DT issue/NN ./.
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A/DT director/NN who/WP frequently/RB tangled/VBN with/IN the/DT ratings/NNS board/NN told/VBD me/PRP an/DT instructive/JJ story/NN ./.
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There/EX 's/VBZ a/DT lot/NN of/IN blood/NN ./.
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Agony/NNP ,/, right/NN ?/.
And/CC very/RB likely--if/JJ I/PRP do/VBP my/PRP$ job/NN correctly--an/JJ NC-/NNP 17/CD ./.
Too/RB explicit/JJ for/IN children/NNS ./.
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The/DT next/JJ step/NN is/VBZ to/TO ask/VB ourselves/PRP what/WP 's/VBZ wrong/JJ with/IN a/DT cinema/NN exclusively/RB for/IN adults--and/JJ why/WRB we/PRP ca/MD n't/RB seem/VB to/TO keep/VB from/IN stigmatizing/VBG it/PRP ./.
Something/NN has/VBZ happened/VBN to/TO the/DT argument/NN over/IN Flytrap/NNP in/IN Washington/NNP ./.
It/PRP 's/VBZ become/VB tedious/JJ ./.
Initially/RB the/DT issues/NNS were/VBD legion/NN ,/, the/DT ramifications/NNS seemingly/RB kaleidoscopic/JJ ,/, the/DT players/NNS unsure/JJ of/IN their/PRP$ positions/NNS ./.
There/EX were/VBD traitors/NNS and/CC apostates/NNS ,/, Clintonite/NNP Clinton/NNP critics/NNS and/CC conservative/JJ presidency-defenders/JJ ,/, and/CC many/JJ who/WP were/VBD simply/RB confused/VBN and/CC bemused/JJ ./.
Now/RB things/NNS have/VBP settled/VBN out/IN ,/, along/IN binary/JJ lines/NNS that/WDT are/VBP all/DT too/RB familiar/JJ ./.
"/" Everyone/NN lies/VBZ about/IN sex/NN ./.
"/" "/" But/CC it/PRP was/VBD under/IN oath/NN ./.
"/" "/" So/RB what/WP ./.
"/" "/" It/PRP 's/VBZ a/DT crime/NN ./.
"/" No/DT it/PRP is/VBZ n't/RB ./.
Yes/UH it/PRP is/VBZ ./.
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"/" "/" Gee/NNP ,/, I/PRP 'm/VBP so/RB glad/JJ I/PRP invited/VBD you/PRP ./.
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But/CC in/IN the/DT rest/NN of/IN America/NNP ,/, the/DT scandal/NN may/MD simply/RB have/VB yet/RB to/TO catch/VB on/IN ./.
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Mulholland/NNP Dive/NNP :/: The/DT Washington/NNP Times/NNP reports/NNS in/IN its/PRP$ April/NNP 11/CD edition/NN that/IN a/DT Democratic/JJ party/NN official/NN from/IN California/NNP ,/, Bob/NNP Mulholland/NNP ,/, is/VBZ gathering/VBG marital/JJ dirt/NN on/IN Republicans/NNPS who/WP might/MD vote/VB on/IN Clinton/NNP 's/POS impeachment/NN ./.
Mulholland/NNP does/VBZ n't/RB duck/VB the/DT charge/NN :/: "/" Many/JJ of/IN the/DT House/NNP Judiciary/NNP members/NNS are/VBP divorced/VBN ,/, and/CC their/PRP$ divorce/NN papers/NNS contain/VBP a/DT lot/NN of/IN interesting/JJ information/NN ,/, and/CC we/PRP 'll/MD be/VB sharing/VBG that/IN with/IN the/DT American/JJ people/NNS ,/, "/" he/PRP tells/VBZ the/DT Times/NNP ./.
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Fair/NNP enough/RB ./.
Honest/NNP blackmail/VB !/.
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Mulholland/NNP is/VBZ good/JJ at/IN his/PRP$ job/NN ./.
If/IN I/PRP were/VBD a/DT Republican/NNP I/PRP 'd/MD worry/VB more/JJR about/IN him/PRP and/CC less/JJR about/IN Sidney/NNP Blumenthal/NNP ./.
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Even/RB Chatterbox/NNP once/RB did/VBD a/DT bit/NN of/IN business/NN with/IN Mulholland/NNP ./.
What/WP kind/NN of/IN business/NN ?/.
Let/VB 's/PRP just/RB say/VBP that/IN a/DT Reagan-/NNP Republican/NNP Senate/NNP candidate/NN in/IN California/NNP was/VBD known/VBN to/TO somewhat/RB hypocritically/RB visit/VB a/DT Los/NNP Angeles/NNP newsstand/NN that/WDT featured/VBD an/DT extensive/JJ selection/NN of/IN adult/NN magazines/NNS ./.
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He/PRP admitted/VBD going/VBG to/TO the/DT club/NN ,/, which/WDT he/PRP called/VBD "/" a/DT cocktail/NN place/NN ./.
"/" Witnesses/NNS confirmed/VBD his/PRP$ newsstand/NN habits/NNS ./.
He/PRP did/VBD not/RB win/VB ./.
Democrat/NNP Barbara/NNP Boxer/NNP ,/, who/WP did/VBD ,/, owes/VBZ Chatterbox/NNP a/DT medium-sized/JJ chit/NN ./.
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Given/VBN this/DT incident/NN ,/, however/RB ,/, Mulholland/NNP would/MD probably/RB be/VB the/DT wrong/JJ spokesman/NN to/TO righteously/RB attack/VB Kenneth/NNP Starr/NNP for/IN trying/VBG to/TO learn/VB about/IN Monica/NNP Lewinsky/NNP 's/POS semi-pornographic/JJ bookstore/NN purchases/NNS ./.
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Note/VB to/TO starving/VBG freelance/NN writers/NNS :/: If/IN you/PRP 've/VBP been/VBN recruited/VBN to/TO write/VB op-ed/JJ opinion/NN pieces/NNS praising/VBG Microsoft/NNP ,/, as/IN part/NN of/IN the/DT phony/JJ Microsoft/NNP "/" grass/NN roots/NNS "/" PR/NNP campaign/NN revealed/VBD in/IN Friday/NNP 's/POS Los/NNP Angeles/NNP Times/NNP ,/, do/VBP n't/RB consider/VB the/DT rent/NN paid/VBN just/RB yet/RB !/.
Specifically/RB ,/, have/VBP you/PRP ever/RB tried/VBD actually/RB getting/VBG a/DT freelance/NN writing/VBG check/NN out/IN of/IN Microsoft/NNP 's/POS notorious/JJ Accounts/NNPS Payable/NNP department/NN ?/.
Expect/VB roughly/RB the/DT same/JJ effort/NN it/PRP might/MD take/VB to/TO obtain/VB payment/NN from/IN the/DT Defense/NNP Department/NNP for/IN a/DT small/JJ anti-ballistic/JJ missile/NN system/NN ./.
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Do/VBP n't/RB believe/VB it/PRP ?/.
You/PRP might/MD want/VB to/TO look/VB up/RP Daniel/NNP Seligman/NNP 's/POS article/NN in/IN the/DT October/NNP 6/CD ,/, 1997/CD Weekly/NNP Standard/NNP on/IN "/" How/WRB Microsoft/NNP Pays/NNP Its/PRP$ Bills/NNS "/" ./.
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Chatterbox/NNP 's/POS theory/NN :/: in/IN the/DT exciting/JJ new/JJ world/NN of/IN personal/JJ computing/NN ,/, you/PRP can/MD create/VB unlimited/JJ amounts/NNS of/IN paperwork/NN without/IN even/RB the/DT constraint/NN of/IN having/VBG to/TO buy/VB the/DT paper/NN !/.
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Recommendation/NNP :/: Demand/NN cash/NN up/RB front/NN ,/, before/IN you/PRP write/VBP a/DT word/NN !/.
It/PRP works/VBZ for/IN Chatterbox/NNP !/.
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Straight/NNP to/TO Video/NNP :/: Chatterbox/NNP (/( having/VBG been/VBN paid/VBN )/) was/VBD about/IN to/TO write/VB an/DT exciting/JJ item/NN about/IN the/DT Fall/NN of/IN the/DT Pundettes--/NNP Laura/NNP Ingraham/NNP out/RB at/IN CBS/NNP !/.
Ann/NNP Coulter/NNP out/RB at/IN MSNBC/NNP !/.
We/PRP 're/VBP bored/VBN with/IN blonde/JJ right-wing/JJ babes/NNS !/.
Etc/NNP ./.
But/CC now/RB Chatterbox/NNP has/VBZ learned/VBN that/IN a/DT )/) Ingraham/NNP will/MD announce/VB a/DT big/JJ deal/NN with/IN NBC/NNP tomorrow/NN ;/: and/CC b/SYM )/) practically/RB all/DT of/IN MSNBC/NNP 's/POS "/" contributors/NNS ,/, "/" not/RB just/RB Coulter/NNP ,/, are/VBP kaput/NN ./.
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Never/RB mind/NN ./.
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Why/WRB Fannie/NNP May/NNP Fear/NN the/DT Post/NNP :/: Thursday/NNP 's/POS fair/JJ and/CC balanced/JJ assessment/NN of/IN Fannie/NNP Mae/NNP 's/POS James/NNP Johnson/NNP mentioned/VBD that/IN the/DT Fannie/NNP Mae/NNP Foundation/NNP and/CC the/DT Washington/NNP Post/NNP cosponsor/NN a/DT series/NN of/IN free/JJ concerts/NNS at/IN the/DT Kennedy/NNP Center/NNP (/( which/WDT Johnson/NNP also/RB heads/VBZ )/) ./.
The/DT concerts/NNS ,/, which/WDT began/VBD in/IN 1997/CD ,/, are/VBP one/CD way/NN for/IN Johnson/NNP to/TO get/VB friendly/JJ with/IN a/DT major/JJ journalistic/JJ institution/NN that/WDT might/MD write/VB nasty/JJ things/NNS about/IN Fannie/NNP Mae/NNP ./.
But/CC Chatterbox/NNP 's/POS boss/NN rightly/RB points/VBZ out/RP that/IN the/DT Post/NNP has/VBZ ,/, in/IN fact/NN ,/, written/VBN nasty/JJ things/NNS about/IN Fannie/NNP Mae/NNP ./.
In/IN January/NNP ,/, 1995/CD ,/, before/IN the/DT Post/NNP -/: Fannie/NNP Mae/NNP cultural/JJ freebies/NNS began/VBD ,/, the/DT Post/NNP gave/VBD prominent/JJ play/NN to/TO a/DT tough/JJ two-part/JJ series/NN by/IN David/NNP Vise/NNP ,/, entitled/VBN "/" The/DT Money/NNP Machine/NNP :/: How/WRB Fannie/NNP Mae/NNP Wields/NNP Power/NNP ./.
"/" The/DT highlight/NN :/: To/TO prevent/VB the/DT financially-stricken/JJ D/NNP ./.
C/NNP ./.
government/NN from/IN trying/VBG to/TO collect/VB some/DT $/$ 300/CD million/CD in/IN local/JJ taxes/NNS ,/, Fannie/NNP Mae/NNP threatens/VBZ to/TO drop/VB its/PRP$ $/$ 3/CD million/CD in/IN support/NN for/IN D/NNP ./.
C/NNP ./.
charities/NNS ./.
And/CC the/DT threat/NN works/VBZ !/.
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Deeply/RB Disturbing/NNP Ginsburg/NNP Quote/NNP of/IN the/DT Week/NNP :/:
"/" Mr/NNP ./.
Starr/NNP ,/, have/VBP you/PRP no/DT shame/NN ?/.
Facts/NNP and/CC law/NN are/VBP always/RB subordinated/VBN to/TO the/DT will/MD of/IN the/DT American/JJ people/NNS ./.
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The/DT Age/NNP of/IN Melbourne/NNP led/VBD its/PRP$ front/JJ page/NN Monday/NNP with/IN an/DT "/" exclusive/JJ "/" report/NN that/IN Indonesian/JJ military/JJ officials/NNS are/VBP systematically/RB covering/VBG up/RP their/PRP$ East/NNP Timor/NNP atrocities/NNS by/IN liquidating/VBG pro-/JJ Jakarta/NNP militiamen/NN involved/VBN in/IN the/DT crimes/NNS ./.
Quoting/VBG Australian/JJ defense/NN and/CC diplomatic/JJ sources/NNS ,/, the/DT paper/NN said/VBD Australia/NNP has/VBZ received/VBN "/" detailed/JJ signals/NNS intelligence/NN "/" about/IN the/DT Indonesian/JJ military/NN 's/POS plans/NNS to/TO cover/VB its/PRP$ tracks/NNS before/IN a/DT proposed/VBN U/NNP ./.
N/NNP ./.
human/JJ rights/NNS investigation/NN ./.
"/" The/DT intelligence/NN is/VBZ believed/VBN to/TO detail/NN conversations/NNS between/IN senior/JJ Indonesian/JJ Army/NNP (/( TNI/NNP )/) figures/NNS in/IN Bali/NNP ,/, West/NNP Timor/NNP and/CC possibly/RB Jakarta/NNP about/IN silencing/VBG senior/JJ and/CC middle-ranking/JJ militiamen/NN who/WP may/MD be/VB persuaded/VBN to/TO assist/VB the/DT UN/NNP with/IN inquiries/NNS ,/, "/" the/DT paper/NN said/VBD ./.
The/DT intelligence/NN shows/VBZ that/IN "/" they/PRP will/MD go/VB to/TO great/JJ lengths--any/JJ length--to/JJ cover/NN their/PRP$ tracks/NNS ahead/RB of/IN such/JJ inquiries/NNS ,/, "/" a/DT source/NN told/VBD the/DT Age/NNP ./.
"/" The/DT information/NN is/VBZ on/IN the/DT lines/NNS that/IN if/IN any/DT militia/NN guys/NNS show/VBP signs/NNS of/IN splitting/NN from/IN the/DT TNI/NNP program/NN ./.
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There/EX are/VBP suggestions/NNS that/IN deaths/NNS have/VBP already/RB occurred/VBN there/RB [/( in/IN West/NNP Timor/NNP ]/) ./.
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It/PRP said/VBD the/DT troops/NNS included/VBD most/JJS of/IN Australia/NNP 's/POS 4/CD ,/, 500/CD soldiers/NNS in/IN East/NNP Timor/NNP ./.
"/" A/DT pattern/NN has/VBZ emerged/VBN of/IN militia/NN launching/VBG small/JJ raids/NNS into/IN East/NNP Timor/NNP to/TO confront/VB the/DT Interfet/NNP forces/NNS ,/, "/" the/DT paper/NN said/VBD ./.
In/IN Singapore/NNP ,/, the/DT Sunday/NNP Straits/NNP Times/NNP reported/VBD from/IN West/NNP Timor/NNP that/IN pro-/JJ Jakarta/NNP militias/NNS are/VBP being/VBG trained/VBN by/IN Indonesian/JJ army/NN defectors/NNS to/TO kill/VB Australian/JJ soldiers/NNS ./.
Capt/NNP ./.
Domingos/NNP Pereira/NNP ,/, a/DT company/NN commander/NN of/IN the/DT notorious/JJ Aitarak/NNP militia/NN ,/, told/VBD the/DT paper/NN that/IN they/PRP hoped/VBD to/TO step/VB up/RP cross-border/JJ attacks/NNS on/IN Australians/NNPS in/IN a/DT month/NN or/CC two/CD ./.
"/" We/PRP do/VBP n't/RB have/VB a/DT chance/NN in/IN a/DT conventional/JJ war/NN ,/, "/" Pereira/NNP said/VBD at/IN one/CD of/IN four/CD border/NN training/NN camps/NNS visited/VBN by/IN the/DT paper/NN 's/POS reporters/NNS ./.
"/" But/CC we/PRP can/MD make/VB it/PRP very/RB painful/JJ for/IN them/PRP in/IN a/DT guerilla/NN war/NN ./.
The/DT Australians/NNPS must/MD die/VB for/IN what/WP they/PRP have/VBP done/VBN to/TO my/PRP$ men/NNS and/CC their/PRP$ families/NNS ./.
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Two/CD pro-/JJ Jakarta/NNP militiamen/NN killed/VBN by/IN Australian/JJ soldiers/NNS in/IN the/DT territory/NN last/JJ Thursday/NNP were/VBD described/VBN in/IN Indonesia/NNP 's/POS leading/VBG daily/JJ ,/, Kompas/NNP ,/, as/IN "/" two/CD Timorese/NNP residents/NNS ./.
"/" The/DT evening/NN newspaper/NN Terbit/NNP ran/VBD a/DT photograph/NN of/IN charred/VBN bodies/NNS in/IN a/DT burnt-out/JJ truck/NN in/IN Dili/NNP with/IN a/DT caption/NN saying/VBG they/PRP had/VBD been/VBN set/VBN alight/NN by/IN Australian/JJ troops/NNS ,/, whereas/IN the/DT foreign/JJ media/NNS all/DT reported/VBD that/IN they/PRP were/VBD victims/NNS of/IN militia/NN terror/NN ./.
In/IN an/DT editorial/NN in/IN its/PRP$ Tuesday/NNP edition/NN ,/, the/DT Jakarta/NNP Post/NNP called/VBD on/IN the/DT ruling/JJ Golkar/NNP Party/NNP to/TO dump/VB President/NN B/NNP ./.
J/NNP ./.
Habibie/NNP as/IN its/PRP$ candidate/NN in/IN the/DT imminent/JJ presidential/JJ election/NN ./.
Habibie/NNP not/RB only/RB bears/VBZ the/DT "/" stigma/NN "/" of/IN the/DT discredited/VBN regime/NN of/IN former/JJ President/NNP Suharto/NNP ,/, but/CC he/PRP has/VBZ also/RB performed/VBN very/RB badly/RB during/IN his/PRP$ time/NN in/IN office/NN ,/, the/DT paper/NN said/VBD ./.
"/" During/IN that/DT time/NN ,/, from/IN May/NNP last/JJ year/NN up/IN to/TO the/DT present/NN ,/, Indonesia/NNP has/VBZ seen/VBN its/PRP$ fortunes/NNS and/CC its/PRP$ international/JJ reputation/NN sink/NN lower/JJR and/CC lower/JJR into/IN the/DT depths/NNS of/IN ignominy/NN ./.
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The/DT Straits/NNP Times/NNP ran/VBD an/DT editorial/JJ Monday/NNP condemning/VBG the/DT Republicans/NNPS in/IN the/DT U/NNP ./.
S/NNP ./.
Senate/NNP for/IN opposing/VBG ratification/NN of/IN the/DT global/JJ nuclear/JJ test/NN ban/NN treaty/NN ./.
The/DT Republicans/NNPS "/" know/VB they/PRP risk/VBP nuclear/JJ proliferation/NN if/IN they/PRP scuttle/VB it/PRP "/" but/CC will/MD do/VB so/RB because/IN they/PRP "/" want/VBP to/TO deny/VB President/NNP Bill/NNP Clinton/NNP his/PRP$ top/JJ foreign/JJ policy/NN goal/NN ,/, "/" the/DT paper/NN said/VBD ./.
"/" If/IN he/PRP fails/VBZ ,/, he/PRP cannot/NN be/VB faulted/VBN for/IN trying/VBG ./.
History/NN will/MD note/VB that/IN it/PRP was/VBD a/DT recalcitrant/JJ Republican/NNP Senate/NNP that/WDT killed/VBD the/DT treaty/NN because/IN of/IN political/JJ infighting/NN ./.
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In/IN Japan/NNP ,/, Asahi/NNP Shimbun/NNP reported/VBD that/IN there/EX were/VBD 32/CD ,/, 863/CD suicides/NNS in/IN Japan/NNP in/IN 1998/CD -/: -/: the/DT highest/JJS number/NN on/IN record/NN ./.
This/DT year/NN could/MD turn/VB out/RP almost/RB as/IN bad/JJ ,/, with/IN 10/CD ,/, 056/CD suicides/NNS reported/VBD during/IN the/DT first/JJ four/CD months/NNS ./.
The/DT problem/NN is/VBZ especially/RB severe/JJ among/IN men/NNS in/IN their/PRP$ 50/CD s/VBZ ,/, of/IN whom/WP 6/CD ,/, 103/CD killed/VBN themselves/PRP in/IN 1998/CD ,/, an/DT increase/NN of/IN 45/CD ./.
7/CD per/IN cent/NN over/IN 1997/CD ./.
"/" The/DT slumping/VBG economy/NN ,/, which/WDT forced/VBD many/JJ companies/NNS to/TO cut/VB jobs/NNS ,/, was/VBD singled/VBN out/IN as/IN a/DT prime/JJ reason/NN for/IN the/DT shocking/JJ phenomenon/NN ,/, "/" the/DT paper/NN said/VBD ./.
The/DT China/NNP Daily/NNP reported/VBD Monday/NNP that/IN China/NNP has/VBZ ordered/VBN complete/JJ safety/NN inspections/NNS of/IN all/DT its/PRP$ nuclear/JJ plants/NNS following/VBG Japan/NNP 's/POS recent/JJ uranium/NN plant/NN accident/NN ./.
The/DT China/NNP National/NNP Nuclear/NNP Corp/NNP ./.
said/VBD the/DT Japanese/JJ disaster/NN was/VBD due/JJ entirely/RB to/TO "/" poor/JJ management/NN and/CC human/JJ error/NN "/" and/CC had/VBD nothing/NN to/TO do/VB with/IN nuclear/JJ technology/NN ./.
Of/IN the/DT three/CD plant/NN workers/NNS involved/VBN in/IN the/DT accident/NN ,/, two/CD were/VBD rookies/NNS and/CC the/DT third/JJ had/VBD very/RB little/RB operational/JJ experience/NN ,/, it/PRP said/VBD ./.
"/" Such/JJ practices/NNS are/VBP totally/RB forbidden/VBN in/IN China/NNP ./.
All/DT nuclear/JJ power/NN operators/NNS in/IN China/NNP are/VBP required/VBN to/TO have/VB licenses/NNS and/CC be/VB well-trained/JJ ./.
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The/DT German/JJ newspapers/NNS led/VBD Monday/NNP with/IN Chancellor/NNP Gerhard/NNP Schröder/NNP 's/POS latest/JJS electoral/JJ humiliation/NN in/IN Berlin/NNP ./.
The/DT International/NNP Herald/NNP Tribune/NNP noted/VBD that/IN this/DT was/VBD the/DT sixth/JJ election/NN defeat/NN this/DT year/NN for/IN his/PRP$ Social/NNP Democrat/NNP Party/NNP ./.
"/" The/DT state/NN losses/NNS have/VBP come/VBN at/IN such/JJ frequent/JJ intervals/NNS this/DT autumn/NN that/IN each/DT is/VBZ known/VBN as/IN a/NNP '/POS Black/NNP Sunday/NNP ,/, '/" "/" the/DT paper/NN said/VBD ./.
In/IN Israel/NNP ,/, the/DT Jerusalem/NNP Post/NNP ran/VBD an/DT editorial/JJ Monday/NNP about/IN the/DT surge/NN of/IN the/DT extreme/JJ right/NN in/IN the/DT recent/JJ Austrian/JJ general/JJ election/NN ./.
It/PRP warned/VBD that/IN the/DT rise/NN of/IN Jörg/NNP Haider/NNP ,/, leader/NN of/IN the/DT Freedom/NNP Party/NNP ,/, is/VBZ no/DT less/RBR alarming/JJ because/IN he/PRP may/MD not/RB be/VB a/DT neo-/NN Nazi/JJ ./.
"/" As/IN a/DT clever/JJ xenophobe/NN ,/, Haider/NNP has/VBZ taken/VBN care/NN to/TO make/VB just/RB enough/RB extreme/JJ statements/NNS to/TO justify/VB his/PRP$ '/POS credentials/NNS '/POS with/IN outright/JJ racists/NNS and/CC neo-/NN Nazis/NNPS ,/, while/IN mainly/RB sticking/VBG to/TO more/RBR acceptable/JJ forms/NNS of/IN extremism/NN ,/, "/" the/DT paper/NN said/VBD ./.
Noting/VBG that/IN he/PRP blames/VBZ whole/JJ classes/NNS of/IN people/NNS for/IN his/PRP$ country/NN 's/POS ills/NNS ,/, it/PRP commented/VBD :/: "/" Singling/NNP out/RP groups/NNS because/IN of/IN nationality/NN is/VBZ no/DT less/RBR racist/JJ than/IN doing/VBG so/RB because/IN of/IN skin/NN color/NN or/CC religion/NN ./.
Though/IN it/PRP is/VBZ often/RB treated/VBN as/IN a/DT milder/JJR form/NN of/IN racism/NN ,/, there/EX is/VBZ no/DT firewall/NN of/IN principle/NN separating/VBG one/CD form/NN of/IN racism/NN from/IN another/DT ./.
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Haider/NNP is/VBZ now/RB the/DT most/RBS successful/JJ xenophobe/NN politician/NN in/IN Europe/NNP ./.
If/IN his/PRP$ hate/VBP politics/NNS are/VBP not/RB universally/RB ostracized/JJ ,/, his/PRP$ power/NN could/MD well/RB grow/VB ,/, with/IN ramifications/NNS that/WDT go/VBP far/RB beyond/IN Austria/NNP itself/PRP ./.
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He/PRP had/VBD been/VBN reluctant/JJ to/TO evidence/NN a/DT formal/JJ interest/NN in/IN the/DT unspeakable/JJ senator/NN ./.
But/CC in/IN fact/NN he/PRP read/VBP all/DT references/NNS to/TO him/PRP and/CC ,/, though/IN only/RB out/IN of/IN sight/NN ,/, collected/VBD voraciously/RB choice/NN items/NNS ./.
He/PRP had/VBD taken/VBN to/TO scissoring/VBG out/RP clippings/NNS from/IN newspapers/NNS (/( when/WRB his/PRP$ secretary/NN was/VBD n't/RB in/IN the/DT room/NN )/) ,/, and/CC tossing/VBG them/PRP into/IN his/PRP$ briefcase/NN ./.
But/CC after/IN a/DT few/JJ weeks/NNS he/PRP decided/VBD that/IN it/PRP would/MD be/VB better/JJR to/TO undertake/VB his/PRP$ project/NN in/IN a/DT more/RBR orderly/JJ way/NN ./.
That/DT was/VBD when/WRB he/PRP told/VBD his/PRP$ secretary/NN ,/, "/" Miss/NNP Gibson/NNP ,/, it/PRP is/VBZ possible/JJ that/IN when/WRB I/PRP do/VBP my/PRP$ memoirs/NNS I/PRP shall/MD have/VB in/IN them/PRP a/DT chapter/NN on/IN the/DT ./.
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grotesqueries/NNS of/IN Senator/NNP McCarthy/NNP ./.
For/IN that/DT reason/NN ,/, I/PRP shall/MD ask/VB you/PRP to/TO clip/VB out/IN of/IN the/DT papers/NNS those/DT articles/NNS or/CC editorials/NNS I/PRP designate/JJ with/IN the/DT initial/JJ '/POS M/NNP ./.
'/POS These/DT are/VBP to/TO be/VB clipped/VBN and/CC put/VBD in/IN a/DT manila/NN folder/NN ,/, in/IN the/DT bottom/JJ drawer/NN "/" -/: -/: he/PRP pointed/VBD down/RB from/IN where/WRB he/PRP sat--/JJ "/" over/IN there/RB ./.
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Day/NNP after/IN day/NN ,/, week/NN after/IN week/NN ,/, month/NN after/IN month/NN ,/, the/DT folder/NN grew/VBD in/IN size/NN ./.
The/DT methodical/JJ Mr/NNP ./.
Acheson/NNP took/VBD to/TO classifying/VBG the/DT entries/NNS according/VBG to/TO his/PRP$ estimate/NN of/IN their/PRP$ ranking/JJ ./.
"/" M-O-/NNP 3/CD "/" parsed/JJ as/IN "/" McCarthy-Outrageous-At/NNP 3/CD rd/NN level/NN ./.
"/" "/" M-P-/NNP 1/CD "/" parsed/JJ as/IN "/" McCarthy-Preposterous-/NNP 1/CD st/NN level/NN ./.
"/" He/PRP had/VBD other/JJ categories/NNS ,/, including/VBG T/NN (/( for/IN Treasonable/NNP )/) and/CC L/NNP (/( for/IN Laughable/NNP )/) ./.
He/PRP also/RB reserved/VBD a/DT classification/NN for/IN criticisms/NNS of/IN McCarthy/NNP that/IN he/PRP especially/RB savored/VBD ./.
His/PRP$ very/RB favorites/NNS earned/VBD ,/, as/IN one/PRP would/MD expect/VB ,/, a/DT "/" 1/CD ,/, "/" whence/NN "/" M-C-/NNP 1/CD ./.
"/" Such/JJ a/DT discovery/NN in/IN a/DT morning/NN paper/NN would/MD put/VB him/PRP in/IN a/DT very/RB good/JJ mood/NN and/CC sometimes/RB he/PRP would/MD even/RB drop/VB a/DT quick/JJ note/NN of/IN commendation/NN to/TO the/DT author/NN ./.
When/WRB Senator/NNP Benton/NNP said/VBD of/IN McCarthy/NNP that/IN he/PRP was/VBD a/DT "/" hit-and-run/JJ propagandist/NN of/IN the/DT Kremlin/NNP model/NN ,/, "/" Mr/NNP ./.
Acheson/NNP had/VBD filed/VBN the/DT remark/NN as/IN an/DT M-C-/NNP 2/CD ,/, and/CC dropped/VBD a/DT note/NN to/TO Benton/NNP ,/, "/" Bill/NNP ,/, nice/JJ score/NN today/NN on/IN McMenace/NNP ./.
Well/RB done/VBN ./.
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This/DT morning/NN 's/POS reference/NN to/TO McCarthy/NNP by/IN Drew/NNP Pearson/NNP in/IN his/PRP$ column/NN had/VBD caused/VBD him/PRP to/TO glow/NN ./.
"/" What/WP he/PRP is/VBZ trying/VBG to/TO do/VB is/VBZ not/RB new/JJ ./.
It/PRP worked/VBD well/RB in/IN Germany/NNP and/CC in/IN Russia/NNP ;/: all/DT voices/NNS except/IN those/DT officially/RB approved/VBN were/VBD silenced/VBN in/IN those/DT lands/NNS by/IN intimidation/NN ./.
"/" But/CC he/PRP decided/VBD against/IN dropping/VBG a/DT note/NN to/TO Pearson/NNP ./.
He/PRP would/MD not/RB wish/VB to/TO run/VB the/DT risk/NN of/IN Pearson/NNP 's/POS quoting/VBG him/PRP ./.
He/PRP could/MD hardly/RB countenance/VB any/DT public/JJ appearance/NN of/IN an/DT ongoing/JJ contention/NN between/IN Dean/NNP Gooderham/NNP Acheson/NNP &slash;/NN Yale/NNP &slash;/NN Secretary/NNP of/IN State/NNP &slash;/NN and/CC Joe/NNP McCarthy/NNP &slash;/NN Chicken/NNP Farmer/NNP &slash;/NN Marquette/NNP -/: -/: wherever/WRB Marquette/NNP was--/JJ &slash;/NN Junior/NNP Senator/NNP from/IN -/: -/: a/DT state/NN that/WDT had/VBD lost/VBN its/PRP$ senses/NNS ./.
He/PRP had/VBD dined/VBN the/DT week/NN before/IN with/IN defeated/VBN Democratic/JJ presidential/JJ candidate/NN Adlai/NNP Stevenson/NNP ./.
Dean/NNP Acheson/NNP enjoyed/VBD the/DT company/NN of/IN Stevenson/NNP but/CC thought/VBD him/PRP indecisive/JJ ./.
Acheson/NNP relished/VBD the/DT story/NN Adlai/NNP had/VBD told/VBN him/PRP ,/, over/IN drinks/NNS at/IN the/DT Metropolitan/NNP Club/NNP ,/, about/IN the/DT dinner/NN with/IN President/NNP Truman/NNP ./.
The/DT President/NNP was/VBD then/RB living/VBG across/IN the/DT street/NN at/IN Blair/NNP House/NNP ,/, while/IN the/DT White/NNP House/NNP was/VBD being/VBG rebuilt/VBN ./.
Truman/NNP had/VBD summoned/VBD him/PRP when/WRB Stevenson/NNP was/VBD still/RB governor/NN of/IN Illinois/NNP ./.
"/" I/PRP walked/VBD in/IN the/DT door/NN and/CC the/DT President/NNP said/VBD ,/, I/PRP mean/VBP just/RB after/IN barely/RB saying/VBG '/POS Hello/UH ,/, '/" he/PRP said/VBD ,/, '/" Adlai/NNP ,/, I/PRP want/VBP you/PRP to/TO run/VB for/IN President/NNP ./.
You/PRP should/MD announce/VB the/DT third/JJ week/NN in/IN April/NNP '/POS -/: -/: this/DT dinner/NN was/VBD in/IN January/NNP ,/, 1952/CD ,/, Dean--/NNP '/POS and/CC say/VB that/IN you/PRP will/MD seek/VB a/DT leave/NN of/IN absence/NN as/IN governor/NN of/IN Illinois/NNP ./.
'/" "/"
"/" I/PRP told/VBD him/PRP I/PRP was/VBD very/RB flattered/JJ by/IN the/DT suggestion/NN but/CC that/IN I/PRP was/VBD committed/VBN to/TO run/VB for/IN re-election/NN as/IN governor/NN of/IN Illinois--/NNP "/"
"/" What/WP did/VBD he/PRP say/VB ?/.
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"/" He/PRP did/VBD n't/RB even/RB acknowledge/VB what/WP I/PRP had/VBD said/VBN ./.
He/PRP went/VBD on/IN and/CC talked/VBD about/IN this/DT and/CC that/IN but/CC at/IN dinner/NN repeated/VBN exactly/RB the/DT same/JJ instructions--/JJ I/PRP was/VBD to/TO run/VB for/IN President/NNP ,/, announce/VBP the/DT third/JJ week/NN in/IN April/NNP ,/, etc/FW ./.
I/PRP gave/VBD him/PRP the/DT same/JJ answer/NN ./.
After/IN dinner/NN he/PRP walked/VBD me/PRP to/TO the/DT door/NN and/CC ,/, you/PRP guessed/VBD it/PRP ,/, said/VBD the/DT identical/JJ thing/NN one/CD more/JJR time/NN ,/, and/CC I/PRP gave/VBD back/RP the/DT identical/JJ answer/NN ./.
Then/RB you/PRP know/VBP what/WP he/PRP said/VBD ,/, Dean/NNP ?/.
'/POS The/DT trouble/NN with/IN you/PRP ,/, Adlai/NNP ,/, is/VBZ you/PRP 're/VBP so/RB indecisive/JJ !/.
'/" "/"
They/PRP both/DT laughed/VBD ./.
Then/RB Acheson/NNP had/VBD looked/VBN up/RB ./.
"/" You/PRP know/VBP ,/, Adlai/NNP ,/, the/DT President/NNP was/VBD quite/RB correct/JJ ,/, you/PRP are/VBP indecisive/JJ ./.
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But/CC at/IN least/JJS Adlai/NNP was/VBD n't/RB equivocal/NN about/IN McCarthy/NNP ./.
Acheson/NNP had/VBD given/VBN an/DT M-C-/NNP 1/CD to/TO Adlai/NNP 's/POS designation/NN of/IN McCarthyism/NNP before/IN the/DT press/NN club/NN as/RB a/DT "/" hysterical/JJ form/NN of/IN putrid/NN slander/NN "/" and/CC as/IN "/" one/CD of/IN the/DT most/RBS unwholesome/JJ manifestations/NNS of/IN our/PRP$ current/JJ disorder/NN ./.
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When/WRB Harold/NNP Epison/NNP came/VBD in/IN to/TO the/DT office/NN of/IN his/PRP$ senior/JJ colleague/NN ,/, just/RB after/IN five/CD ,/, it/PRP was/VBD in/IN order/NN to/TO spend/VB an/DT hour/NN on/IN the/DT appeal/NN he/PRP was/VBD shepherding/VBG to/TO the/DT Appellate/NNP Division/NNP on/IN behalf/NN of/IN their/PRP$ client/NN ,/, the/DT Kingdom/NNP of/IN Iran/NNP ./.
But/CC he/PRP began/VBD by/IN asking/VBG Dean/NNP whether/IN he/PRP had/VBD seen/VBN the/DT reference/NN to/TO McCarthy--/NNP "/" I/PRP caught/VBD it/PRP in/IN the/DT New/NNP York/NNP Daily/NNP News/NNP ,/, which/WDT I/PRP sometimes/RB see/VBP ./.
It/PRP was/VBD n't/RB in/IN any/DT of/IN the/DT Washington/NNP papers/NNS "/" -/: -/: by/IN Owen/NNP Lattimore/NNP ?/.
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No/DT ,/, Acheson/NNP had/VBD n't/RB seen/VBN it/PRP ./.
"/" Somebody/NN apparently/RB asked/VBD Lattimore/NNP after/IN a/DT speech/NN what/WP he/PRP thought/VBD of/IN McCarthy/NNP ./.
He/PRP said--/JJ I/PRP have/VBP this/DT in/IN memory/NN ,/, Dean/NNP !/.
-/: -/: McCarthy/NNP is/VBZ '/POS a/DT base/NN and/CC miserable/JJ creature/NN ./.
'/" "/"
"/" That/DT is/VBZ a/DT thoughtful/JJ summary/NN ,/, "/" Acheson/NNP said/VBD ./.
He/PRP then/RB paused/VBD ./.
"/" Rather/RB a/DT pity/NN it/PRP was/VBD done/VBN by/IN Owen/NNP Lattimore/NNP ./.
He/PRP is/VBZ not/RB exactly/RB a/DT disinterested/JJ party/NN on/IN the/DT McCarthy/NNP question/NN ./.
As/IN a/DT matter/NN of/IN fact/NN ,/, Harold--obviously/NNP to/TO go/VB no/DT further--it/JJ hurts/VBZ me/PRP to/TO say/VB this--/JJ I/PRP think/VBP that/IN miserable/JJ creature/NN was/VBD substantially/RB right/NN on/IN Lattimore/NNP ./.
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But/CC that/IN hardly/RB vitiates/NNS the/DT soundness/NN of/IN Lattimore/NNP 's/POS summary/NN on/IN McCarthy/NNP ./.
"/" He/PRP made/VBD a/DT mental/JJ note/NN to/TO write/VB down/RB Lattimore/NNP 's/POS characterization/NN and/CC slip/VB it/PRP into/IN his/PRP$ folder/NN ./.
"/" You/PRP may/MD be/VB interested/VBN to/TO know/VB ,/, Harold/NNP ,/, that/IN a/DT few/JJ Republicans/NNPS ,/, who/WP are/VBP well/RB situated/VBN ,/, think/VBP McCarthy/NNP has/VBZ gone/VBN far/RB enough/RB ./.
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"/" Surely/RB the/DT question/NN is/VBZ ,/, What/WP does/VBZ Ike/NNP think/VB ?/.
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Acheson/NNP turned/VBD his/PRP$ heard/VBN slowly/RB ,/, as/IN if/IN to/TO say/VB that/IN the/DT words/NNS he/PRP would/MD now/RB say/VB were/VBD sacredly/RB confidential/JJ ./.
"/" He/PRP is/VBZ ,/, I/PRP am/VBP I/PRP think/VBP reliably/RB informed/VBN ,/, prepared/VBN to/TO move/VB ./.
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That/DT is/VBZ enough/RB on/IN that/DT subject/NN ./.
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"/" I/PRP agree/VBP ,/, Dean/NNP ./.
How/WRB 're/VBP you/PRP getting/VBG on/IN with/IN your/PRP$ book/NN ?/.
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"/" I/PRP write/VBP every/DT night/NN ,/, five/CD times/NNS a/DT week/NN ,/, I/PRP try/VBP to/TO do/VB five/CD hundred/CD words/NNS a/DT day/NN ./.
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"/" Have/VBP you/PRP got/VBD a/DT title/NN for/IN it/PRP yet/RB ?/.
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"/" Yes/UH ./.
I/PRP 'm/VBP going/VBG to/TO call/VB it/PRP ,/, A/DT Democrat/NNP Looks/NNP at/IN His/PRP$ Party/NNP ./.
We/PRP 've/VBP lost/VBN a/DT lot/NN of/IN spirit/NN in/IN the/DT Democratic/NNP Party/NNP ,/, in/IN the/DT two/CD years/NNS since/IN Ike/NNP came/VBD in/IN ./.
Of/IN course/NN there/EX 's/VBZ a/DT lot/NN of/IN disequilibrium/NN in/IN the/DT country/NN ./.
You/PRP will/MD find/VB ,/, Harold/NNP ,/, that/IN this/DT is/VBZ always/RB so/RB after/IN a/DT society/NN completes/VBZ a/DT major/JJ effort--in/JJ this/DT case/NN ,/, winning/VBG a/DT world/NN war/NN ./.
Churchill/NNP 's/POS defeat/NN was/VBD a/DT symptom/NN of/IN that/DT kind/NN of--letting/JJ your/PRP$ breath/NN out/RP ./.
The/DT surprise/NN here/RB was/VBD that/IN Mr/NNP ./.
Truman/NNP defeated/VBD Dewey/NNP ./.
But/CC that/IN also/RB meant/VBN that/IN the/DT opposition/NN never/RB got/VBD a/DT chance/NN to/TO exercise/VB its/PRP$ muscles/NNS ./.
Not/RB until/IN Ike/NNP 's/POS victory/NN in/IN 1952/CD ./.
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"/" So/RB your/PRP$ book/NN is/VBZ intended/VBN to/TO do/VB what/WP ?/.
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"/" To/TO put/VB the/DT Democratic/NNP Party/NNP back/RB on/IN its/PRP$ feet/NNS ,/, as/IN the/DT civilized/JJ party/NN ,/, the/DT intelligent/JJ party/NN ./.
A/DT worthwhile/JJ project/NN ,/, would/MD n't/RB you/PRP agree/VB ?/.
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"/" Of/IN course/NN ./.
But/CC you/PRP know/VBP ,/, Dean/NNP ,/, I/PRP hope/VBP you/PRP will/MD confront/VB head-on/JJ the/DT foreign-policy/NN problem/NN ./.
I/PRP agree/VBP with/IN everything/NN you/PRP say/VBP about/IN Senator/NNP McCarthy/NNP ./.
You/PRP know/VBP that/DT ./.
But/CC it/PRP is/VBZ a/DT fact/NN that/IN we/PRP had/VBD to/TO fight/VB a/DT war/NN in/IN Korea/NNP that/IN President/NNP Eisenhower/NNP ended--/JJ "/"
"/" Yes/UH ./.
The/DT war/NN ended/VBD officially/RB five/CD months/NNS after/IN Eisenhower/NNP was/VBD elected--and/JJ three/CD months/NNS after/IN Stalin/NNP died/VBD ./.
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"/" Dean/NNP ,/, you/PRP are/VBP being/VBG the/DT advocate/NN now/RB ./.
We/PRP Democrats/NNPS did/VBD get/VB into/IN that/DT war/NN ,/, we/PRP did--/JJ I/PRP know/VBP hate/VBP that/DT word/NN ,/, '/" lose/VB '/POS China--/NNP "/"
"/" You/PRP are/VBP correct/JJ that/IN we/PRP have/VBP to/TO focus/VB very/RB carefully/RB on/IN what/WP is/VBZ happening/VBG in/IN the/DT Soviet/NNP Union/NNP ./.
We/PRP do/VBP n't/RB know/VB what/WP the/DT triumvirate/NN that/WDT 's/VBZ in/IN power/NN now/RB ,/, Khrushchev/NNP ,/, Bulganin--/NNP I/PRP continue/VBP to/TO refer/VB to/TO it/PRP as/IN a/DT triumvirate/NN though/IN they/PRP executed/VBD Beria/NNP a/DT week/NN ago/RB ,/, good/JJ riddance/NN ./.
What/WP the/DT successors/NNS to/TO Stalin/NNP are/VBP going/VBG to/TO do/VB we/PRP do/VBP n't/RB know/VB ,/, but/CC there/EX are/VBP no/DT signs/NNS they/PRP are/VBP giving/VBG up/RP their/PRP$ commitment/NN to/TO rule/VB the/DT world/NN ./.
But/CC yes/UH ,/, I/PRP am/VBP ready/JJ to/TO say/VB this/DT ,/, with/IN great/JJ care/NN :/: I/PRP will/MD show/VB you/PRP the/DT draft/NN of/IN that/DT chapter/NN ./.
I/PRP will/MD say/VB that/IN it/PRP is/VBZ correct/JJ that/IN the/DT Communists/NNPS ca/MD n't/RB be/VB allowed/VBN to/TO go/VB any/DT further/RB ./.
Well/RB ,/, did/VBD n't/RB Mr/NNP ./.
Truman/NNP say/VBP that/DT ?/.
By/IN engaging/VBG them/PRP in/IN Korea/NNP ?/.
"/" But/CC the/DT challenge/NN will/MD be/VB to/TO distinguish/VB between/IN the/DT right/JJ kind/NN of/IN anti-/NN Communism/NNP and/CC McCarthy/NNP 's/POS anti-/NN Communism/NNP ./.
A/DT big/JJ difference/NN ./.
Harold/NNP ,/, did/VBD you/PRP see/VBP what/WP Henry/NNP Reuss/NNP said/VBD about/IN McCarthy/NNP the/DT other/JJ day/NN ?/.
Reuss/NNP was/VBD a/DT Democratic/JJ contender/NN against/IN McCarthy/NNP in/IN 1952/CD ./.
I/PRP think/VBP I/PRP may/MD just/RB have/VB a/DT copy/NN of/IN the/DT clipping/VBG ./.
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Acheson/NNP leaned/VBD over/RB and/CC pulled/VBD out/RP the/DT bottom/NN left/VBD drawer/NN on/IN his/PRP$ desk/NN ./.
"/" He/PRP said/VBD ,/, '/" Senator/NNP McCarthy/NNP is/VBZ a/DT tax-dodging/JJ ,/, character-assassinating/JJ ,/, racetrack-gambling/JJ ,/, complete/JJ and/CC contemptible/JJ liar/NN ./.
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Acheson/NNP 's/POS face/NN brightened/VBD ./.
He/PRP gave/VBD the/DT closest/JJS he/PRP ever/RB gave/VBD to/TO a/DT giggle/NN ./.
"/" I/PRP wish/VBP I/PRP had/VBD said/VBN that/IN ,/, Harold/NNP ./.
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By/IN Randy/NNP Cohen/NNP
I/PRP give/VBP the/DT headline/NN ,/, you/PRP give/VBP the/DT story/NN ./.
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by/IN 5/CD p/NN ./.
m/NN ./.
ET/NNP Sunday/NNP to/TO e-mail/JJ your/PRP$ answer/NN to/TO newsquiz/NN @/IN slate/NN ./.
com/NN ./.
Responses/NNS to/TO Wednesday/NNP 's/POS question/NN (/( No/UH ./.
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A/DT major/JJ U/NNP ./.
S/NNP ./.
corporation/NN will/MD spend/VB three/CD years/NNS and/CC $/$ 200/CD million/CD to/TO install/VB customer-friendly/JJ equipment/NN ,/, including/VBG small/JJ ,/, mobile/JJ ,/, battery-powered/JJ podiums/NNS ./.
What/WP are/VBP the/DT podiums/NNS for/RP ?/.
"/" Amazon/NNP ./.
com/NN will/MD deliver/VB author/NN readings/NNS directly/RB to/TO your/PRP$ home/NN ,/, rendering/VBG bookstores/NNS yet/RB more/RBR obsolete/JJ ./.
Most/JJS of/IN the/DT $/$ 200/CD million/CD is/VBZ being/VBG spent/VBN not/RB on/IN the/DT podiums/NNS themselves/PRP but/CC rather/RB on/IN the/DT small/JJ ,/, mobile/JJ ,/, battery-powered/JJ Frank/NNP and/CC Malachy/NNP McCourts/NNP who/WP will/MD stand/VB behind/IN them/PRP ./.
"/" -/: -/: Daniel/NNP Radosh/NNP
"/" Disney/NNP World/NNP 's/POS new/JJ '/POS presidential/JJ debates/NNS '/POS bumper/NN cars/NNS ./.
"/" -/: -/: Matthew/NNP Singer/NNP (/( James/NNP Urbaniak/NNP had/VBD a/DT similar/JJ answer/NN referencing/VBG poetry/NN at/IN Barnes/NNP &/CC Noble/NNP ./.
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"/" Who/WP cares/VBZ ?/.
It/PRP 's/VBZ an/DT Internet/NN company/NN ./.
BUY/NNP !/.
"/" -/: -/: Doug/NNP Ingram/NNP (/( similarly/RB ,/, Ellen/NNP Scordato/NNP )/)
"/" If/IN you/PRP 're/VBP saying/VBG they/PRP 're/VBP not/RB urinals/NNS ,/, I/PRP 'm/VBP really/RB embarrassed/JJ ./.
"/" -/: -/: Steven/NNP Miller/NNP
"/" Mice/NNS ./.
It/PRP 's/VBZ the/DT cutest/NN darn/NN thing/NN you/PRP 've/VBP ever/RB seen/VBN ./.
"/" -/: -/: Tim/NNP Carvell/NNP (/( similarly/RB ,/, with/IN a/DT Ross/NNP Perot/NNP chaser/NN ,/, Carl/NNP Spratt/NNP and/CC Russ/NNP Evansen/NNP )/)
Click/NNP for/IN more/JJR responses/NNS ./.
Randy/NNP 's/POS Wrap-/NNP Up/IN
Small/JJ ,/, mobile/JJ ,/, battery-powered--is/JJ there/EX anything/NN more/RBR modern/JJ than/IN that/DT ?/.
Is/VBZ there/EX anything/NN cuter/NN than/IN that/DT ?/.
Is/VBZ there/EX anything/NN more/JJR redolent/NN of/IN vulgar/NN erotic/JJ possibilities/NNS ?/.
If/IN "/" News/NNP Quiz/NNP "/" were/VBD not/RB a/DT quiz/NN but/CC rather/RB a/DT pornographic/JJ Japanese/JJ comic/JJ book/NN ,/, dense/JJ with/IN misogyny/NN and/CC conveniently/RB available/JJ in/IN omnipresent/JJ vending/VBG machines/NNS on/IN the/DT platforms/NNS of/IN swift/JJ ,/, efficient/JJ commuter/NN railways/NNS ,/, those/DT would/MD be/VB the/DT attributes/NNS of/IN the/DT sexed-up/JJ superhero/NN whose/WP$ adventures/NNS we/PRP chronicled/JJ ,/, even/RB if/IN it/PRP made/VBD many/JJ of/IN our/PRP$ fellow/NN passengers/NNS really/RB uncomfortable/JJ ./.
But/CC here/RB in/IN America/NNP ,/, to/TO be/VB creeped/JJ out/IN by/IN unwanted/JJ mass/NN transit/NN eroticism/NN shoved/VBD at/IN you/PRP from/IN every/DT direction/NN ,/, you/PRP must/MD make/VB do/VB with/IN loudmouthed/JJ cell/NN phone/NN sex/NN on/IN the/DT Long/NNP Island/NNP Railroad/NNP ./.
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Dear/RB Prudence/NNP ,/,
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Can/MD you/PRP resend/NN ?/.
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The/DT LAT/NNP lead/NN emphasizes/VBZ the/DT anti-terror/JJ moves/NNS being/VBG made/VBN by/IN the/DT Federal/NNP Aviation/NNP Administration/NNP at/IN airports/NNS ./.
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The/DT WP/NNP lead/NN also/RB promotes/VBZ the/DT significance/NN of/IN a/DT second/JJ border/NN arrest/NN ,/, on/IN Dec/NNP ./.
19/CD ,/, of/IN an/DT Algerian/NNP man/NN and/CC a/DT Canadian/JJ woman/NN trying/VBG to/TO enter/VB Vermont/NNP from/IN Quebec/NNP ./.
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S/NNP ./.
BORDER/NNP ./.
"/" The/DT LAT/NNP lead/NN saves/VBZ the/DT Vermont/NNP arrest/NN until/IN the/DT last/JJ few/JJ paragraphs/NNS ./.
(/( The/DT NYT/NNP runs/VBZ a/DT story/NN about/IN it/PRP inside/IN ./.
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The/DT WP/NNP and/CC NYT/NNP fronts/NNS and/CC USAT/NNP 's/POS money/NN front/JJ report/NN that/IN a/DT well-known/JJ Wall/NNP St/NNP ./.
investment/NN banker/NN was/VBD indicted/VBN Tuesday/NNP on/IN charges/NNS that/IN he/PRP provided/VBD illegal/JJ tips/NNS about/IN pending/VBG bank/NN mergers/NNS to/TO his/PRP$ still-at-large/JJ mistress/NN ,/, described/VBD variously/RB as/IN a/DT stripper/NN ,/, an/DT adult-film/JJ star/NN ,/, and/CC an/DT escort/NN ./.
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S/NNP ./.
nuclear/JJ technology/NN by/IN China/NNP had/VBD focused/VBN prematurely/RB on/IN former/JJ Los/NNP Alamos/NNP scientist/NN Wen/NNP Ho/NNP Lee/NNP ./.
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S/NNP ./.
nuclear/JJ secrets/NNS ,/, often/RB detailing/VBG suspicious/JJ behavior/NN of/IN Lee/NNP ,/, puts/VBZ this/DT one/CD inside/IN ./.
Incidentally/NNP ,/, LAT/NNP columnist/NN Robert/NNP Scheer/NNP noted/VBD yesterday/NN that/IN the/DT NYT/NNP has/VBZ yet/RB to/TO write/VB about/IN a/DT Stanford/NNP University/NNP research/NN team/NN 's/POS critique/NN of/IN the/DT principal/JJ government/NN document/NN making/VBG the/DT case/NN against/IN Lee/NNP and/CC China/NNP ./.
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2/LS in/IN the/DT country/NN ./.
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Do/VBP Jews/NNPS get/VBP drunk/JJ ?/.
Do/VBP Jews/NNPS trash/NN hotel/NN rooms/NNS ?/.
Do/VBP Jews/NNPS defend/VBP themselves/PRP ?/.
Questions/NNS I/PRP never/RB thought/VBD to/TO ask/VB ./.
His/PRP$ father/NN is/VBZ different/JJ ,/, he/PRP maintains/VBZ ,/, by/IN dint/NN of/IN his/PRP$ Brooklyn/NNP roots/NNS ./.
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Jews/NNS ,/, he/PRP writes/VBZ ,/, "/" have/VBP pushed/VBN aside/RB the/DT image/NN of/IN the/DT gangster/NN :/: Forget/VB ./.
Forget/VB when/WRB you/PRP were/VBD bullies/VBZ ./.
When/WRB I/PRP tell/VBP old/JJ Jews/NNPS about/IN this/DT book/NN ,/, ./.
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the/DT blood/NN drains/VBZ from/IN their/PRP$ faces/NNS ./.
"/" Cohen/NNP is/VBZ infuriated/VBD by/IN this/DT purported/JJ tendency/NN to/TO suppress/VB the/DT gangster/NN past/JJ and/CC is/VBZ even/RB more/JJR angered/VBN by/IN attempts/NNS to/TO make/VB light/NN of/IN it/PRP ./.
"/" I/PRP once/RB heard/VBD a/DT comedian/NN refer/VBP jokingly/RB to/TO the/DT Jewish/NNP Mafia/NNP ,/, "/" he/PRP writes/VBZ ./.
"/" The/DT mere/JJ mention/NN of/IN a/DT Jewish/JJ gang/NN broke/VBD up/RP the/DT audience/NN ./.
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-/: -/: "/" entering/VBG stage/NN left/VBD and/CC cutting/VBG him/PRP belly/NN to/TO chin/NN ./.
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:/: The/DT Story/NNP of/IN "/" the/DT Syndicate/NNP ,/, "/" by/IN ,/, also/RB about/IN Jewish/JJ gangsters/NNS ./.
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"/" The/DT same/JJ restless/JJ energy/NN drove/VBD both/DT men/NNS toward/IN invention/NN ./.
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I/PRP would/MD like/VB to/TO say/VB Tolly/NNP was/VBD working/VBG for/IN evil/JJ ,/, my/PRP$ grandfather/NN for/IN good/JJ ,/, but/CC I/PRP do/VBP n't/RB know/VB if/IN it/PRP 's/VBZ that/IN simple/NN ./.
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Books/NNS
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Milosevic/NNP listened/VBD ./.
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Dear/RB Todd/NNP ,/,
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A/DT ./.
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OK/JJ ./.
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Youth/NNP is/VBZ our/PRP$ future/JJ ./.
"/" Yeah/UH ./.
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Love/NN ,/, Merrill/NNP
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S/NNP ./.
Secret/NNP Service/NNP ./.
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Last/JJ fall/NN ,/, muckraker/NN Seymour/NNP Hersh/NNP 's/POS book/NN about/IN John/NNP F/NNP ./.
Kennedy/NNP 's/POS sexual/JJ exploits/NNS relied/VBN on/IN dirt/NN from/IN whistle-blowing/JJ ex-operatives/JJ ./.
Now/RB ,/, Clinton/NNP 's/POS guards/NNS are/VBP being/VBG forced/VBN to/TO tell/VB all/DT about/IN the/DT president/NN 's/POS alleged/VBN affair/NN with/IN Monica/NNP Lewinsky/NNP ./.
It/PRP 's/VBZ an/DT uncomfortable/JJ role/NN for/IN a/DT group/NN that/IN prides/NNS itself/PRP on/IN its/PRP$ low/JJ profile--indeed/JJ ,/, on/IN its/PRP$ secrecy/NN ./.
From/IN the/DT Zapruder/NNP film/NN to/TO the/DT Clint/NNP Eastwood/NNP film/NN ,/, the/DT popular/JJ image/NN of/IN the/DT Secret/NNP Service/NNP agent--stiff/JJ posture/NN ,/, of/IN dark/JJ suit/NN and/CC shades/NNS ,/, the/DT walkie-talkies/NNS ,/, the/DT microphone/NN in/IN the/DT sleeve--is/JJ one/CD of/IN laconic/JJ ,/, unflappable/JJ ,/, and/CC self-abnegating/JJ cool/NN ./.
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Who/WP are/VBP these/DT guys/NNS ,/, anyway/RB ?/.
And/CC how/WRB did/VBD they/PRP develop/VBP such/JJ importance/NN and/CC mystique/NN ?/.
From/IN the/DT beginning/NN ,/, Secret/NNP Service/NNP operatives/NNS have/VBP been/VBN thought/VBN to/TO have/VB pretty/RB sexy/JJ jobs/NNS ./.
Abraham/NNP Lincoln/NNP and/CC Gen/NNP ./.
George/NNP B/NNP ./.
McClellan/NNP conceived/VBD of/IN the/DT organization/NN during/IN the/DT Civil/NNP War/NNP as/IN an/DT espionage/NN agency/NN ./.
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When/WRB Lincoln/NNP fired/VBD the/DT famously/RB inept/JJ McClellan/NNP ,/, Pinkerton/NNP went/VBD ,/, too/RB ./.
He/PRP was/VBD replaced/VBN eventually/RB by/IN a/DT brigadier/NN general/JJ named/VBN La/NNP Fayette/NNP C/NNP ./.
Baker/NNP ,/, who/WP recorded/VBD his/PRP$ exploits/NNS of/IN derring-do/NN in/IN a/DT memoir/NN called/VBD The/DT Secret/NNP Service/NNP in/IN the/DT Late/RB War/NNP (/( 1874/CD )/) -/: -/: the/DT first/JJ in/IN a/DT long/JJ line/NN of/IN agents/NNS '/POS kiss-and-tells/JJ (/( click/NN for/IN a/DT brief/JJ review/NN )/) ./.
Later/RB ,/, Baker/NNP ran/VBD afoul/NN of/IN President/NNP Andrew/NNP Johnson/NNP for/IN having/VBG allegedly/RB set/VBN up/RP his/PRP$ own/JJ espionage/NN network/NN within/IN the/DT White/NNP House/NNP ./.
Johnson/NNP abolished/VBD the/DT organization/NN ,/, and/CC Baker/NNP wound/VBD up/RP testifying/VBG against/IN the/DT president/NN during/IN his/PRP$ impeachment/NN hearings/NNS ./.
Meanwhile/RB ,/, another/DT Secret/NNP Service--the/NNP forerunner/NN of/IN today/NN '/" s--was/JJ created/VBN as/IN a/DT division/NN of/IN the/DT Treasury/NNP Department/NNP ./.
On/IN April/NNP 14/CD ,/, 1865/CD ,/, Lincoln/NNP met/VBD with/IN Treasury/NNP Secretary/NNP Hugh/NNP McCullough/NNP about/IN the/DT need/NN to/TO fight/VB rampant/JJ wartime/NN counterfeiting/VBG ./.
During/IN the/DT war/NN ,/, the/DT U/NNP ./.
S/NNP ./.
government/NN had/VBD issued/VBN its/PRP$ first/JJ paper/NN money/NN ,/, or/CC "/" greenbacks/NNS "/" (/( previously/RB ,/, only/RB private/JJ banks/NNS had/VBD issued/VBN paper/NN notes/NNS )/) ,/, and/CC one-third/NN to/TO one-half/NN of/IN all/DT paper/NN currency/NN in/IN circulation/NN was/VBD believed/VBN to/TO be/VB "/" queer/NN ./.
"/" McCullough/NNP and/CC Lincoln/NNP discussed/VBD setting/VBG up/RP a/DT Secret/NNP Service/NNP to/TO root/VB out/RP counterfeiters/NNS ./.
It/PRP did/VBD n't/RB occur/VB to/TO them/PRP ,/, unfortunately/RB ,/, to/TO have/VB this/DT new/JJ division/NN protect/VBP the/DT president/NN ,/, and/CC that/IN very/RB night/NN Lincoln/NNP was/VBD assassinated/VBN when/WRB the/DT Washington/NNP ,/, D/NNP ./.
C/NNP ./.
,/, policeman/NN assigned/VBN to/TO guard/VB him/PRP wandered/JJ out/IN of/IN Ford/NNP 's/POS Theater/NNP to/TO a/DT tavern/NN down/RP the/DT street/NN ./.
(/( La/NNP Fayette/NNP Baker/NNP 's/POS men/NNS ,/, coincidentally/RB ,/, helped/VBD bring/VB John/NNP Wilkes/NNP Booth/NNP to/TO justice/NN ./.
)/) The/DT assassination/NN delayed/VBD things/NNS ,/, and/CC July/NNP 5/CD ,/, McCullough/NNP swore/VBD in/IN the/DT new/JJ service/NN 's/POS first/JJ chief/NN ,/, the/DT appropriately/RB named/VBN William/NNP P/NN ./.
Wood/NNP ./.
In/IN the/DT absence/NN of/IN other/JJ federal/JJ law/NN enforcement/NN agencies--there/JJ was/VBD no/DT FBI/NNP until/IN 1908/CD -/: -/: the/DT service/NN over/IN time/NN took/VBD on/IN new/JJ jobs/NNS :/: combating/VBG the/DT terrorist/JJ acts/NNS of/IN the/DT Ku/NNP Klux/NNP Klan/NNP ,/, which/WDT had/VBD sprung/VBN up/RP in/IN the/DT Reconstruction/NNP South/NNP ;/: conducting/VBG espionage/NN during/IN the/DT Spanish-/NNP American/NNP War/NNP and/CC World/NNP War/NNP I/PRP ;/: investigating/VBG the/DT Harding/NNP administration/NN 's/POS Teapot/NNP Dome/NNP scandal/NN ;/: and/CC helping/VBG to/TO apprehend/NN the/DT gangster/NN Al/NNP Capone/NNP for/IN tax/NN fraud/NN ./.
Its/PRP$ main/JJ job/NN ,/, though/RB ,/, has/VBZ always/RB remained/VBN fighting/VBG counterfeiting/VBG and/CC other/JJ forms/NNS of/IN fraud/NN :/: check/NN ,/, credit/NN card/NN ,/, postage/NN stamp/NN ,/, food/NN stamp/NN ,/, and/CC the/DT like/JJ ./.
Which/WDT is/VBZ to/TO say/VB ,/, if/IN you/PRP cash/NN your/PRP$ neighbor/NN 's/POS Social/NNP Security/NNP check/NN ,/, it/PRP 's/VBZ the/DT Secret/NNP Service/NNP that/WDT will/MD come/VB after/IN you/PRP ./.
Conspicuously/NNP absent/JJ from/IN the/DT agency/NN 's/POS duties/NNS was/VBD the/DT job/NN of/IN presidential/JJ protection/NN ./.
Until/IN Lincoln/NNP 's/POS murder/NN ,/, no/DT president/NN had/VBD been/VBN assassinated/VBN ./.
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To/TO his/PRP$ good/JJ fortune/NN ,/, both/DT the/DT gun/NN and/CC a/DT backup/NN pistol/NN failed/VBD to/TO fire/VB ./.
In/IN 1881/CD ,/, James/NNP Garfield/NNP was/VBD the/DT second/JJ president/NN to/TO be/VB killed/VBN ,/, and/CC during/IN Grover/NNP Cleveland/NNP 's/POS second/JJ term--a/JJ time/NN of/IN fierce/JJ labor/NN unrest--the/JJ president/NN finally/RB began/VBD using/VBG Secret/NNP Service/NNP agents/NNS ,/, informally/RB ,/, for/IN defense/NN ./.
Only/RB when/WRB Theodore/NNP Roosevelt/NNP took/VBD office/NN following/VBG the/DT 1901/CD assassination/NN of/IN William/NNP McKinley/NNP did/VBD the/DT Treasury/NNP Department/NNP authorize/VB full-time/JJ presidential/JJ protection/NN ./.
Five/CD years/NNS later/RB ,/, Congress/NNP passed/VBD the/DT Sundry/NNP Civil/NNP Expenses/NNS Act/NNP ,/, which/WDT made/VBD the/DT service/NN 's/POS protective/JJ duties/NNS official/NN ./.
For/IN 62/CD years/NNS the/DT Secret/NNP Service/NNP ably/RB sheltered/JJ the/DT president/NN from/IN danger/NN ,/, despite/IN assassination/NN attempts/NNS on/IN Franklin/NNP Roosevelt/NNP (/( as/IN president-elect/NN ,/, in/IN 1933/CD )/) and/CC Harry/NNP Truman/NNP (/( in/IN 1950/CD )/) ./.
John/NNP F/NNP ./.
Kennedy/NNP 's/POS assassination/NN ,/, although/IN the/DT service/NN 's/POS greatest/JJS failure/NN ,/, nonetheless/RB brought/VBN it/PRP renewed/VBD acclaim/NN for/IN its/PRP$ agents/NNS '/POS heroics/NNS ./.
One/CD leapt/VBD onto/IN the/DT president/NN 's/POS moving/VBG limousine/NN to/TO shield/VB Jackie/NNP Kennedy/NNP ,/, while/IN another/DT ,/, Rufus/NNP Youngblood/NNP ,/, gained/VBD fame/NN for/IN covering/VBG Vice/NNP President/NNP Lyndon/NNP Johnson/NNP 's/POS body/NN with/IN his/PRP$ own/JJ ./.
(/( Likewise/RB ,/, Agent/NNP Timothy/NNP McCarthy/NNP was/VBD celebrated/JJ for/IN taking/VBG a/DT bullet/NN for/IN Ronald/NNP Reagan/NNP in/IN 1981/CD ./.
)/) The/DT Kennedy/NNP assassination/NN thus/RB marked/VBD the/DT arrival/NN of/IN the/DT romantic/JJ myth/NN of/IN the/DT self-sacrificing/JJ agent--the/JJ myth/NN that/IN Larry/NNP Cockell/NNP and/CC Clinton/NNP 's/POS other/JJ agents/NNS trade/VBP on/IN when/WRB they/PRP publicize/VB their/PRP$ anguish/NN over/IN having/VBG to/TO betray/NN the/DT president/NN 's/POS trust/NN ./.
In/IN the/NNP '/POS 60/CD s/VBZ and/CC '/POS 70/CD s/VBZ ,/, the/DT danger/NN of/IN assassination/NN seemed/VBD suddenly/RB to/TO expand--/JJ Martin/NNP Luther/NNP King/NNP Jr/NNP ./.
and/CC Robert/NNP Kennedy/NNP were/VBD murdered/VBN in/IN 1968/CD ,/, George/NNP Wallace/NNP was/VBD crippled/VBN in/IN 1972/CD ,/, and/CC Gerald/NNP Ford/NNP was/VBD targeted/VBN twice/RB within/IN three/CD weeks/NNS in/IN 1975/CD -/: -/: and/CC the/DT Secret/NNP Service/NNP 's/POS custodial/JJ duties/NNS expanded/VBN accordingly/RB ./.
Protection/NNP had/VBD been/VBN unofficially/RB extended/VBN to/TO presidents-elect/JJ in/IN 1908/CD ./.
Now/RB ,/, others/NNS came/VBD under/IN the/DT shield/NN :/: former/JJ presidents/NNS (/( 1961/CD )/) ,/, vice/NN presidents/NNS and/CC vice/NN presidents-elect/JJ (/( 1962/CD )/) ,/, former/JJ presidents/NNS '/POS spouses/NNS and/CC families/NNS (/( 1965/CD )/) ,/, presidential/JJ and/CC vice/NN presidential/JJ candidates/NNS (/( 1968/CD )/) ,/, visiting/VBG foreign/JJ heads/NNS of/IN state/NN (/( 1971/CD )/) ,/, vice/NN presidents/NNS '/POS families/NNS (/( 1974/CD )/) ,/, foreign/JJ diplomatic/JJ missions/NNS (/( 1975/CD )/) ,/, and/CC spouses/NNS of/IN foreign/JJ heads/NNS of/IN state/NN (/( 1986/CD )/) ./.
Even/RB the/DT Mona/NNP Lisa/NNP got/VBD Secret/NNP Service/NNP guardianship/NN during/IN her/PRP$ visit/NN to/TO the/DT United/NNP States/NNPS in/IN 1962/CD ./.
Naturally/RB ,/, the/DT agency/NN 's/POS size/NN and/CC budget/NN exploded/VBD (/( see/VB David/NNP Plotz/NNP 's/POS explanation/NN in/IN "/" Strange/NNP Bedfellow/NNP "/" )/) ./.
In/IN 1963/CD it/PRP had/VBD 520/CD employees/NNS and/CC an/DT annual/JJ budget/NN of/IN $/$ 8/CD million/CD ./.
Today/NN it/PRP has/VBZ approximately/RB 4/CD ,/, 600/CD employees/NNS ,/, a/DT $/$ 590/CD million/CD budget/NN ,/, and/CC field/NN offices/NNS around/IN the/DT world/NN ./.
This/DT massive/JJ growth/NN has/VBZ periodically/RB elicited/JJ cries/VBZ from/IN lean-government/JJ types/NNS ./.
What/WP 's/VBZ more/JJR ,/, in/IN our/PRP$ egalitarian/NN times/NNS people/NNS resent/VBP the/DT privilege/NN that/WDT serves/VBZ to/TO insulate/VB a/DT somewhat/RB random/JJ quasi-aristocracy/JJ from/IN contact/NN with/IN citizens/NNS ./.
This/DT same/JJ egalitarianism/NN fuels/NNS the/DT feeling/NN that/IN the/DT Secret/NNP Service/NNP should/MD n't/RB serve/VB ,/, in/IN the/DT mot/NN du/NNP jour/FW ,/, as/IN the/DT president/NN 's/POS "/" Praetorian/NNP Guard/NNP "/" -/: -/: that/IN it/PRP should/MD n't/RB take/VB metaphorical/JJ bullets/NNS to/TO protect/VB his/PRP$ dalliances/NNS ./.
Even/RB that/IN unpleasant/JJ task/NN ,/, however/RB ,/, has/VBZ some/DT precedent/NN ./.
In/IN The/DT Dark/NNP Side/NNP of/IN Camelot/NNP ,/, of/IN course/NN ,/, Hersh/NNP found/VBD four/CD ex-agents/JJ who/WP told/VBD him/PRP about/IN JFK/NNP 's/POS reckless/JJ sexual/JJ escapades/NNS and/CC about/IN how/WRB they/PRP were/VBD pressed/VBN into/IN providing/VBG cover/NN ./.
Less/RBR well/RB known/VBN ,/, if/IN less/RBR salacious/JJ ,/, is/VBZ the/DT fact/NN that/IN in/IN 1915/CD ,/, the/DT Presbyterian/NNP moralist/NN Woodrow/NNP Wilson/NNP ,/, then/RB a/DT recent/JJ widower/NN ,/, used/VBN agents/NNS to/TO run/VB interference/NN for/IN him/PRP in/IN his/PRP$ amorous/JJ pursuits/NNS ./.
Edmund/NNP Starling/NNP ,/, who/WP guarded/VBD Wilson/NNP ,/, wrote/VBD in/IN his/PRP$ memoir/NN :/: "/" Our/PRP$ boss/NN was/VBD in/IN love/NN ./.
He/PRP was/VBD courting/VBG a/DT handsome/JJ widow/NN ,/, Mrs/NNP ./.
Edith/NNP Bolling/NNP Galt/NNP ./.
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it/PRP was/VBD all/DT taking/VBG place/NN at/IN the/DT White/NNP House/NNP ,/, where/WRB Mrs/NNP ./.
Galt/NNP was/VBD brought/VBN by/IN her/PRP$ friends/NNS ./.
"/" Soon/RB ,/, Starling/NNP was/VBD conscripted/JJ into/IN following/VBG the/DT couple/NN on/IN their/PRP$ walks/NNS through/IN Washington/NNP 's/POS Rock/NNP Creek/NNP Park/NNP (/( for/IN more/JJR details/NNS ,/, click/NN )/) and/CC fending/VBG off/RP reporters/NNS ./.
Though/IN Wilson/NNP was/VBD unmarried/JJ ,/, dating/VBG another/DT woman/NN so/RB soon/RB after/IN his/PRP$ wife/NN 's/POS death/NN seemed/VBD vaguely/RB scandalous/JJ in/IN 1915/CD ,/, especially/RB because/RB ,/, as/IN Starling/NNP discreetly/RB put/VBP it/PRP ,/, Wilson/NNP was/VBD afraid/JJ "/" another/DT woman--a/JJ Mrs/NNP ./.
Peck/NNP ,/, whom/WP the/DT President/NNP had/VBD known/VBN years/NNS before--would/JJ make/NN trouble/NN if/IN an/DT engagement/NN were/VBD announced/VBN ./.
"/" Starling/NNP and/CC his/PRP$ colleagues/NNS held/VBD their/PRP$ tongues/NNS ,/, at/IN least/JJS until/IN he/PRP penned/VBN his/PRP$ memoir/NN ./.
History/NN teaches/VBZ few/JJ practical/JJ lessons/NNS ,/, but/CC here/RB it/PRP may/MD have/VB a/DT small/JJ one/CD to/TO offer/VB :/: Larry/NNP Cockell/NNP ,/, call/NN your/PRP$ agent/NN ./.
If/IN you/PRP missed/VBD the/DT review/NN of/IN Secret/NNP Service/NNP kiss-and-tell/JJ memoirs/NNS and/CC other/JJ useful/JJ sources/NNS ,/, click/NN ./.
For/IN more/RBR on/IN President/NNP Wilson/NNP 's/POS chaste/JJ pursuit/NN of/IN Mrs/NNP ./.
Galt/NNP ,/, click/NN ./.
"/" Good/JJ morning/NN again/RB ,/, and/CC happy/JJ St/NNP ./.
Crispin/NNP 's/POS Day/NNP and/CC let/VB 's/POS make/VB a/DT little/JJ history/NN ./.
Today/NN I/PRP am/VBP ending/VBG my/PRP$ lifelong/JJ membership/NN in/IN the/DT Republican/NNP Party/NNP and/CC my/PRP$ campaign/NN for/IN its/PRP$ nomination/NN ,/, and/CC I/PRP 'm/VBP declaring/VBG my/PRP$ intention/NN to/TO seek/VB the/DT nomination/NN of/IN the/DT Reform/NNP Party/NNP for/IN the/DT presidency/NN of/IN the/DT United/NNP States/NNPS of/IN America/NNP ./.
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-/: -/: Pat/NNP Buchanan/NNP ,/, Oct/NNP ./.
25/CD
And/CC gentlemen/NNS in/IN England/NNP now/RB a-bed/JJ Shall/NNP think/VBP themselves/PRP accursed/JJ they/PRP were/VBD not/RB here/RB ,/, And/CC hold/VB their/PRP$ manhoods/NNS cheap/JJ whiles/NNS any/DT speaks/VBZ That/DT fought/VBN with/IN us/PRP upon/IN Saint/NNP Crispin/NNP 's/POS day/NN ./.
-/: -/: King/NNP Henry/NNP V/NNP
Act/NNP IV/NNP ,/, Scene/NNP iii/NN
The/DT English/NNP Camp/NNP ./.
Enter/VB the/DT King/NNP ./.
KING/NNP P/NN ./.
:/: If/IN we/PRP are/VBP marked/VBN to/TO die/VB ,/, our/PRP$ pitchfork/NN 'd/MD brigade/NN is/VBZ enow/NN To/TO do/VB our/PRP$ country/NN loss/NN ;/: and/CC if/IN to/TO live/VB ,/, The/DT fewer/JJR ambassadorships/NNS to/TO hand/VB out/RP ./.
God/NNP 's/POS will/MD !/.
I/PRP pray/NN thee/NN ,/, wish/VBP not/RB one/CD man/NN more/RBR ./.
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Forsooth/NNP ,/, '/" tis/NNS a/DT rich/JJ scam/NN !/.
We/PRP would/MD not/RB die/VB in/IN that/DT man/NN 's/POS company/NN Who/WP would/MD not/RB punch/VB out/IN two/CD Georgetown/NNP cops/NNS When/WRB pulled/VBD over/IN for/IN speeding/VBG ./.
This/DT day/NN is/VBZ called/VBN the/DT feast/NN of/IN Crispian/NNP :/: He/PRP that/IN outlives/NNS this/DT day/NN ,/, and/CC doth/VBZ come/VB over/IN the/DT hill/NN ,/, Will/MD buy/VB a/DT round/NN when/WRB the/DT day/NN is/VBZ named/VBN ,/, And/CC rouse/NN him/PRP at/IN the/DT name/NN of/IN Crispian/NNP ./.
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-/: -/: not/RB Pop/NNP ,/, not/RB Nixon/NNP ,/, not/RB Reagan/NNP !/.
)/) Did/VBD flip/VB the/DT bird/NN to/TO the/DT GOP/NNP !/.
We/PRP few/JJ ,/, we/PRP happy/JJ Jew--/NNP (/( whoops/NNS ;/: Yon/NNP Wall/NNP Street/NNP Shylocks/NNP wo/MD n't/RB soon/RB forget/VB that/WDT slip/VBP )/) ,/, We/PRP band/NN of/IN brothers/NNS ;/: (/( Uh/NNP ,/, no/DT ,/, not/RB you/PRP ,/, Hank/NNP ./.
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He/PRP could/MD have/VB had/VBN the/DT veep/NN slot/NN ,/, Stupid/NNP putz/NN ./.
Exeunt/NNP ./.
If/IN It/PRP 's/VBZ Tuesday/NNP ,/, This/DT Must/MD Be/VB Slate/NNP
On/IN Tuesday/NNP ,/, Nov/NNP ./.
4/CD ,/, we/PRP unveil/VB the/DT latest/JJS version/NN of/IN our/PRP$ contents/NNS or/CC home/NN page/NN ./.
(/( Maybe/RB even/RB a/DT day/NN or/CC two/CD sooner/RBR if/IN Slate/NNP 's/POS hearty/JJ software/NN developers/NNS are/VBP willing/JJ to/TO suspend/VB their/PRP$ centuries-old/JJ common-law/NN right/NN to/TO a/DT three-hour/JJ lunch/NN break/NN ,/, double/JJ helpings/NNS of/IN Caesar/NNP salad/NN and/CC salmon/NN hash/NN ,/, and/CC 1/CD ./.
3/CD liters/NNS of/IN a/DT tolerable/JJ sauvignon/NN blanc/NN ,/, followed/VBN by/IN a/DT nap/NN of/IN at/IN least/JJS two/CD hours/NNS '/POS duration/NN ./.
As/IN provided/VBN in/IN the/DT ancient/JJ Codewriters/NNP '/POS Code/NNP ,/, which/WDT dates/VBZ back/RB to/TO ancient/JJ Sumeria--or/NNP is/VBZ it/PRP Sumatra/NNP ?/.
-/: -/: management/NN is/VBZ forbidden/VBN to/TO wake/NN them/PRP but/CC may/MD send/VB them/PRP back/RB to/TO their/PRP$ computers/NNS if/IN they/PRP awaken/NN by/IN natural/JJ means/NNS before/IN closing/VBG time/NN ./.
)/) Where/WRB was/VBD I/PRP ?/.
Oh/UH yes/UH ,/, our/PRP$ new/JJ contents/NNS page/NN ./.
We/PRP hope/VBP you/PRP like/VBP it/PRP ./.
It/PRP 's/VBZ intended/VBN to/TO be/VB simpler/JJR and/CC clearer/JJR ,/, to/TO require/VB less/JJR scrolling/VBG ,/, and/CC to/TO draw/VB more/JJR attention/NN to/TO our/PRP$ "/" Back/RB of/IN the/DT Book/NNP "/" culture/NN section/NN ./.
This/DT new/JJ page/NN is/VBZ not/RB to/TO be/VB confused/VBN with/IN our/PRP$ (/( also/RB fairly/RB new/JJ )/) Internet/NNP Explorer/NNP 4/CD ./.
0/CD contents/NNS page/NN ,/, designed/VBN to/TO take/VB advantage/NN of/IN the/DT capabilities/NNS of/IN the/DT Internet/NNP Explorer/NNP 4/CD ./.
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"/" The/DT president/NN is/VBZ back/RB !/.
"/" cheered/VBD Steve/NNP Roberts/NNP (/( CNN/NNP 's/POS Late/RB Edition/NNP )/) ./.
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(/( The/DT pundits/NNS were/VBD split/VBN on/IN whether/IN Clinton/NNP deliberately/RB exposed/VBD himself/PRP ,/, Hillary/NNP ,/, and/CC Chelsea/NNP to/TO the/DT photographers/NNS '/POS lenses/NNS ./.
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"/" It/PRP does/VBZ n't/RB get/VB any/DT better/JJR than/IN this/DT for/IN a/DT president/NN ,/, "/" said/VBD Gloria/NNP Borger/NNP (/( PBS/NNP 's/POS Washington/NNP Week/NNP in/IN Review/NNP )/) ./.
Although/IN the/DT president/NN 's/POS two/CD new/JJ modest/JJ social/JJ programs/NNS were/VBD recognized/VBN as/IN "/" warmed-over/JJ Dick/NNP Morris/NNP "/" (/( Mark/NNP Shields/NNP ,/, PBS/NNP 's/POS NewsHour/NNP With/IN Jim/NNP Lehrer/NNP )/) ,/, all/DT saluted/VBD Clinton/NNP for/IN the/DT "/" terrific/JJ "/" politics/NNS ./.
The/DT president/NN 's/POS "/" cradle/NN to/TO grave/JJ "/" proposals/NNS (/( Pat/NNP Buchanan/NNP ,/, The/DT McLaughlin/NNP Group/NNP )/) were/VBD likely/JJ to/TO paralyze/NN the/DT Republicans/NNPS ,/, because/IN nobody/NN wants/VBZ to/TO go/VB on/IN record/NN as/IN being/VBG against/IN child/NN care/NN (/( Paul/NNP Gigot/NNP ,/, NewsHour/NNP )/) ./.
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"/" They/PRP 're/VBP scared/VBN stiff/NN of/IN Bill/NNP Clinton/NNP ,/, "/" said/VBD Shields/NNP of/IN the/DT Republicans/NNPS ./.
One/CD Republican/NNP ,/, Sen/NNP ./.
Phil/NNP Gramm/NNP ,/, R-T/NNP exas/NNS ,/, appeared/VBD more/RBR stupid/JJ than/IN brave/JJ when/WRB he/PRP walked/VBD into/IN the/DT Democrats/NNPS '/POS trap/NN on/IN CBS/NNP 's/POS Face/NNP the/DT Nation/NNP ./.
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)/) ,/, the/DT real/JJ deficit/NN would/MD stand/VB at/IN about/IN $/$ 140/CD billion/CD ./.
Meanwhile/RB ,/, Bill/NNP Kristol/NNP predicted/VBD (/( fervently/RB hoped/VBN ?/.
)/) that/IN the/DT Asian/JJ flu/NN would/MD soon/RB strike/VB the/DT United/NNP States/NNPS ,/, evaporate/VB the/DT surplus/NN ,/, and/CC vanquish/NN the/DT Clinton/NNP juggernaut/NN in/IN the/DT process/NN ./.
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"/" Al/NNP Hunt/NNP (/( CNN/NNP 's/POS Capital/NNP Gang/NN )/) asked/VBD ,/, "/" Is/VBZ Khatami/NNP the/DT Gorbachev/NNP of/IN the/DT Middle/NNP East/NNP ?/.
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The/DT Indonesian/JJ economic/JJ crisis/NN (/( Issue/NN 3/LS )/) was/VBD a/DT bit/NN of/IN a/DT stumper/NN too/RB ./.
Only/RB Thomas/NNP Friedman/NNP (/( Washington/NNP Week/NNP in/IN Review/NNP )/) came/VBD to/TO the/DT studio/NN prepared/VBD ,/, cribbing/VBG from/IN his/PRP$ next/JJ day/NN 's/POS New/NNP York/NNP Times/NNP column/NN :/: According/VBG to/TO a/DT popular/JJ one-liner/JJ in/IN Jakarta/NNP ,/, the/DT ruling/JJ Suharto/NNP family/NN ,/, which/WDT owns/VBZ toll/NN roads/NNS ,/, banks/NNS ,/, and/CC other/JJ businesses/NNS ,/, "/" [/( has/VBZ ]/) everything--but/JJ a/DT sense/NN of/IN shame/NN ./.
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How/WRB might/MD China/NNP respond/VBP to/TO such/JJ an/DT ethnic/JJ war/NN ?/.
he/PRP asked/VBD ./.
Hey/NNP ,/, Kids/NNP !/.
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Who/WP 's/VBZ Minding/NNP the/DT Show/NNP ?/.
The/DT closing/NN credits/NNS of/IN Friday/NNP 's/POS Washington/NNP Week/NNP in/IN Review/NNP listed/VBD Elizabeth/NNP Arnold/NNP ,/, Jeffrey/NNP Birnbaum/NNP ,/, David/NNP Broder/NNP ,/, and/CC Ronald/NNP Brownstein/NNP as/IN the/DT guests/NNS ./.
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The/DT WP/NNP lead/NN details/NNS how/WRB Rep/NNP ./.
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And/CC I/PRP do/VBP n't/RB want/VB to/TO discourage/VB it/PRP ./.
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"/" Do/VBP we/PRP really/RB need/VBP to/TO see/VB this/DT "/" clever/JJ "/" use/NN of/IN "/" yen/NNS "/" in/IN a/DT headline/NN ever/RB ,/, ever/RB again/RB ?/.
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The/DT Journal/NNP 's/POS "/" The/DT Outlook/NNP "/" piece/NN takes/VBZ note/NN of/IN recent/JJ claims/NNS that/IN the/DT Y/NNP 2/CD K/NNP problem/NN will/MD generate/VB a/DT recession/NN of/IN 1974/CD oil-shock/JJ caliber/NN and/CC says/VBZ that/DT 's/VBZ not/RB likely/JJ :/: After/IN all/DT ,/, the/DT twenty-two-day-long/JJ government/NN shut-down/JJ in/IN 1996/CD did/VBD n't/RB do/VB that/DT ,/, nor/CC did/VBD last/JJ summer/NN 's/POS UPS/NNP strike/NN ./.
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7/CD billion/CD in/IN aid/NN ./.
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S/NNP ./.
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Canadian/JJ companies/NNS (/( e/SYM ./.
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The/DT U/NNP ./.
S/NNP ./.
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You/PRP have/VBP to/TO be/VB more/RBR competitive--only/JJ then/RB will/MD you/PRP be/VB able/JJ to/TO celebrate/VB with/IN the/DT family/NN ./.
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Approval/NNP had/VBD lingered/JJ between/IN 35/CD percent/NN and/CC 45/CD percent/NN ,/, with/IN little/JJ help/NN from/IN government/NN leaders/NNS ./.
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An/DT editorial/NN warns/VBZ that/IN NATO/NNP admission/NN is/VBZ "/" not/RB a/DT panacea/NN ./.
"/" NATO/NNP will/MD have/VB a/DT rough/JJ road/NN "/" making/VBG new/JJ friends/NNS out/IN of/IN old/JJ enemies/NNS ,/, "/" and/CC sharing/VBG government/NN information/NN with/IN the/DT Czechs/NNPS ,/, Poles/NNPS ,/, and/CC Hungarians/NNPS will/MD prove/VB "/" a/DT prickly/JJ issue/NN for/IN some/DT time/NN to/TO come/VB ,/, no/DT matter/NN how/WRB trustworthy/NN Prague/NNP ,/, Warsaw/NNP and/CC Budapest/NNP appear/VBP to/TO be/VB ./.
"/" (/( A/DT Slate/NNP "/" Dialogue/NNP "/" on/IN NATO/NNP expansion/NN pits/VBZ Strobe/NNP Talbott/NNP against/IN Jack/NNP Matlock/NNP ./.
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Why/WRB ?/.
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Criticize/NNP the/DT president/NN or/CC his/PRP$ family/NN ./.
Criticize/NNP the/DT military/NN ./.
Point/NNP out/RP the/DT ill-treatment/JJ of/IN Egyptians/NNP in/IN '/POS friendly/JJ '/POS Arab/JJ countries/NNS ,/, especially/RB in/IN Saudi/NNP Arabia/NNP ./.
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Report/NNP on/IN discrimination/NN against/IN Coptic/NNP Christians/NNS ./.
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The/DT headlines/NNS at/IN USA/NNP Today/NNP -/: -/: "/" Senate/NNP Will/NNP Hear/NNP Witnesses/NNS "/" -/: -/: and/CC the/DT Washington/NNP Post/NNP -/: -/: "/" Senate/NNP Votes/NNP to/TO Take/VB Testimony/NN "/" -/: -/: focus/VB on/IN the/DT immediate/JJ event/NN ./.
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"/" The/DT paper/NN 's/POS smaller/JJR subhead/NN notes/NNS that/IN the/DT vote/NN count/NN shows/VBZ Minority/NNP Leader/NNP Daschle/NNP is/VBZ right/NN ,/, a/DT point/NN that/IN the/DT Los/NNP Angeles/NNP Times/NNP elevates/VBZ to/TO the/DT second/JJ line/NN of/IN its/PRP$ banner/NN headline/NN :/: "/" Senators/NNP Reject/NNP Ending/VBG Trial/NNP &slash;/NN 56/CD -/: 44/CD Vote/NN Shows/VBZ GOP/NNP Lacks/NNP Margin/NN to/TO Convict/NNP ./.
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"/" to/TO "/" When/WRB will/MD it/PRP end/VBP ?/.
"/" -/: -/: addressing/VBG the/DT trial/NN schedule/NN from/IN here/RB on/IN out/RP ./.
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(/( But/CC the/DT LAT/NNP notes/VBZ a/DT possible/JJ obstacle/NN :/: the/DT House/NNP managers/NNS are/VBP continuing/VBG to/TO press/VB for/IN live/VB testimony/NN ./.
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Ed/NNP Bryant/NNP ,/, "/" because/IN he/PRP was/VBD the/DT questioner/NN Ms/NNP ./.
Lewinsky/NNP disliked/JJ least/JJS when/WRB she/PRP met/VBD with/IN several/JJ of/IN the/DT managers/NNS last/JJ weekend/NN ./.
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A/DT WP/NNP editorial/NN decries/VBZ the/DT Senate/NNP Armed/NNP Services/NNPS Committee/NNP 's/POS approval/NN of/IN increases/NNS in/IN military/JJ pay/NN and/CC pensions/NNS even/RB more/RBR generous/JJ than/IN those/DT recommended/VBN in/IN the/DT new/JJ Clinton/NNP budget/NN ./.
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The/DT Times/NNP says/VBZ investor/NN complaints/NNS about/IN online/NN trades/NNS have/VBP quadrupled/VBN over/IN the/DT past/JJ year/NN ./.
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C/NNP ./.
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"/" The/DT paper/NN cites/VBZ other/JJ phrases/NNS that/WDT will/MD have/VB to/TO be/VB dropped/VBN if/IN the/DT standard/NN of/IN this/DT case/NN is/VBZ widely/RB adopted/VBN :/: "/" a/DT chink/NN in/IN the/DT armor/NN ,/, "/" and/CC "/" a/DT nip/NN in/IN the/DT air/NN ./.
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These/DT problems/NNS have/VBP taken/VBN on/IN a/DT cultural/JJ existence/NN of/IN their/PRP$ own/JJ and/CC need/VBP to/TO be/VB confronted/VBN in/IN their/PRP$ own/JJ terms/NNS ./.
"/" -/: -/: Dinesh/NNP D/NNP '/POS Souza/NNP in/IN the/DT Weekly/NNP Standard/NNP
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Bush/NNP to/TO speak/VB out/IN on/IN what/WP one/CD sociologist/NN has/VBZ called/VBN "/" the/DT unspoken/NN domestic/JJ crisis/NN of/IN the/DT next/JJ millennium/NN "/" :/: White/NNP criminals/NNS preying/VBG on/IN white/JJ people/NNS ./.
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"/" It/PRP 's/VBZ white/JJ people/NNS who/WP are/VBP suffering/VBG disproportionately/RB yet/RB no/DT white/JJ politicians/NNS want/VBP to/TO talk/VB about/IN it/PRP ,/, "/" said/VBD Herman/NNP Pepper/NNP ,/, a/DT professor/NN at/IN the/DT Eldridge/NNP Cleaver/NNP School/NNP of/IN Law/NNP in/IN Oakland/NNP ,/, Calif/NNP ./.
,/, who/WP has/VBZ written/VBN extensively/RB on/IN the/DT roots/NNS of/IN white/JJ crime/NN ./.
"/" A/DT generation/NN of/IN kids/NNS is/VBZ growing/VBG up/RP in/IN fear/NN and/CC the/DT traditional/JJ white/JJ leadership/NN seems/VBZ out/IN of/IN touch/NN ./.
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A/DT 1998/CD Justice/NNP Department/NNP study/NN of/IN crime/NN in/IN 12/CD American/JJ cities/NNS found/VBD that/IN 58/CD percent/NN of/IN white/JJ crime/NN victims/NNS were/VBD victimized/VBN by/IN fellow/NN whites/NNS ./.
And/CC while/IN crime/NN has/VBZ been/VBN decreasing/VBG ,/, Pepper/NNP notes/NNS that/IN it/PRP is/VBZ falling/VBG most/RBS slowly/RB among/IN whites/NNS ./.
The/DT 1998/CD National/NNP Crime/NNP Victimization/NNP Survey/NNP reports/NNS that/IN while/IN the/DT number/NN of/IN violent/JJ crime/NN victimizations/NNS per/IN 1/CD ,/, 000/CD people/NNS fell/VBD from/IN 49/CD to/TO 42/CD among/IN blacks/NNS ,/, it/PRP only/RB fell/VBD from/IN 38/CD to/TO 36/CD among/IN whites/NNS ./.
Pepper/NNP is/VBZ passionate/JJ that/IN the/DT issue/NN must/MD be/VB addressed/VBN ./.
"/" Fifteen/CD people/NNS died/VBD at/IN the/DT Columbine/NNP High/NNP shootings/NNS ,/, all/DT but/CC one/CD of/IN them/PRP white/JJ ,/, "/" the/DT genial/JJ ,/, bearded/JJ academic/NN said/VBD in/IN a/DT recent/JJ interview/NN ./.
"/" Liberals/NNS want/VBP to/TO blame/VB guns/NNS ./.
Traditional/JJ conservatives/NNS blame/VBP a/DT decline/NN in/IN moral/JJ standards/NNS ,/, which/WDT is/VBZ more/RBR on/IN the/DT mark/NN ./.
But/CC guns/NNS and/CC bad/JJ values/NNS do/VBP n't/RB kill/VB white/JJ people/NNS ./.
White/JJ people/NNS kill/VBP white/JJ people/NNS ./.
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"/" From/IN the/DT Oklahoma/NNP City/NNP bombing/NN to/TO the/DT Atlanta/NNP day/NN trader/NN 's/POS rampage/NN ,/, the/DT pattern/NN is/VBZ clear/JJ ,/, "/" Blanco/NNP wrote/VBD in/IN a/DT recent/JJ article/NN for/IN the/DT Wall/NNP Street/NNP Journal/NNP editorial/NN page/NN ./.
"/" The/DT new/JJ cohort/NN of/IN amoral/NN middle-class/NN white/JJ male/JJ predators/NNS has/VBZ a/DT cultural/JJ existence/NN of/IN its/PRP$ own/JJ ./.
It/PRP must/MD be/VB confronted/VBN in/IN its/PRP$ own/JJ terms/NNS ./.
But/CC virtually/RB no/DT one/CD in/IN the/DT political/JJ class/NN will/MD admit/VB it/PRP ./.
That/DT vacuum/NN creates/VBZ an/DT opportunity/NN for/IN real/JJ leadership/NN ./.
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"/" First/CD ,/, we/PRP said/VBD the/DT message/NN needs/VBZ to/TO be/VB that/IN white/JJ people/NNS have/VBP to/TO pull/VB themselves/PRP up/RP by/IN their/PRP$ bootstraps/NNS ,/, "/" Pepper/NNP said/VBD ./.
"/" Government/NNP is/VBZ not/RB the/DT solution/NN ./.
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"/" Second/JJ ,/, we/PRP said/VBD that/DT government/NN does/VBZ have/VB a/DT limited/JJ role/NN in/IN addressing/VBG the/DT problem/NN ./.
Maybe/RB there/EX should/MD be/VB block/VB grants/NNS to/TO the/DT states/NNS that/WDT would/MD enable/VB them/PRP to/TO give/VB a/DT tax/NN break/NN to/TO every/DT white/JJ teen-ager/NN in/IN America/NNP who/WP buys/VBZ a/DT high-quality/JJ handgun/NN ./.
That/DT would/MD really/RB deter/VB the/DT predators/NNS in/IN the/DT school/NN corridors/NNS ./.
At/IN the/DT same/JJ time/NN it/PRP would/MD teach/VB today/NN 's/POS youth/NN about/IN the/DT real-life/JJ value/NN of/IN the/DT Second/NNP Amendment/NNP ./.
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Blanco/NNP said/VBD he/PRP emphasized/VBD the/DT political/JJ potential/NN of/IN the/DT white-on-white/JJ crime/NN issue/NN for/IN a/DT Republican/NNP presidential/JJ candidate/NN ./.
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"/" Talking/VBG candidly/RB about/IN white/JJ crime/NN is/VBZ a/DT way/NN to/TO break/VB that/DT perception/NN ./.
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"/" The/DT issue/NN is/VBZ really/RB compassion/NN ,/, "/" he/PRP said/VBD ./.
"/" After/IN all/DT ,/, the/DT vast/JJ majority/NN of/IN white/JJ people/NNS are/VBP n't/RB deranged/JJ gunmen/NNS ./.
They/PRP are/VBP hard/JJ working/NN and/CC pay/VB their/PRP$ taxes/NNS too/RB ./.
They/PRP 're/VBP the/DT victims/NNS here/RB ./.
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The/DT editors/NNS of/IN the/DT conservative/JJ journal/NN Always/RB Right/RB wrote/VBD last/JJ week/NN that/IN Pepper/NNP 's/POS argument/NN amounted/VBD to/TO "/" a/DT blame-the-victim-type/JJ approach/NN that/WDT only/RB serves/VBZ to/TO help/VB those/DT in/IN the/DT African-/NNP American/JJ community/NN who/WP want/VBP to/TO avoid/VB sharing/VBG responsibility/NN for/IN getting/VBG at/IN the/DT root/NN causes/NNS of/IN what/WP is/VBZ really/RB a/DT societywide/NN problem/NN ./.
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"/" Nash/NNP 's/POS talk/NN was/VBD n't/RB good/JJ or/CC bad/JJ ,/, "/" said/VBD one/CD mathematician/NN present/JJ ./.
"/" It/PRP was/VBD horrible/JJ ./.
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Nash/NNP went/VBD to/TO Europe/NNP to/TO form/VB a/DT world/NN government/NN ,/, attempting/VBG repeatedly/RB to/TO renounce/VB his/PRP$ U/NNP ./.
S/NNP ./.
citizenship/NN ./.
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O/NNP ./.
R/NN ./.
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(/( Nasar/NNP gives/VBZ an/DT interesting/JJ account/NN of/IN just/RB how/WRB rare/JJ such/JJ remissions/NNS are/VBP among/IN those/DT diagnosed/VBN with/IN schizophrenia/NN ./.
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He/PRP did/VBD fine/NN at/IN the/DT ceremony/NN ,/, by/IN the/DT way/NN ./.
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The/DT Nobel/NNP has/VBZ a/DT terrible/JJ effect/NN on/IN the/DT productivity/NN of/IN many/JJ recipients/NNS ,/, paralyzing/VBG them/PRP with/IN greatness/NN ./.
For/IN Nash/NNP it/PRP was/VBD pure/JJ therapy/NN ./.
Then/RB ,/, too/RB ,/, there/EX is/VBZ the/DT need/NN to/TO take/VB care/NN of/IN his/PRP$ son/NN by/IN Alicia/NNP ,/, who--pleiotropically/JJ ?/.
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D/NNP ./.
program/NN ./.
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The/DT New/NNP York/NNP Times/NNP leads/VBZ with/IN Senate/NNP politicking/NN over/IN the/DT nuclear/JJ test/NN ban/NN treaty/NN ./.
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C/NNP ./.
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P/NN ./.
Minnesota/NNP Gov/NNP ./.
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"/" Rich/NNP casts/VBZ New/NNP York/NNP Mayor/NNP Rudy/NNP Giuliani--who/NNP has/VBZ threatened/VBN to/TO shut/VB down/RP the/DT exhibit/NN of/IN work/NN by/IN a/DT group/NN of/IN young/JJ British/JJ artists/NNS because/IN he/PRP thinks/VBZ it/PRP 's/VBZ full/JJ of/IN anti-/NN Catholic/NNP ,/, "/" sick/JJ stuff/NN "/" -/: -/: as/IN a/DT schoolyard/NN tough/JJ who/WP likes/VBZ to/TO pick/VB on/IN scrawny/NN opponents/NNS ./.
"/" Could/MD it/PRP be/VB that/IN the/DT Brooklyn/NNP ,/, "/" Rich/NNP asks/VBZ ,/, "/" a/DT struggling/VBG museum/NN in/IN an/DT outer/JJ borough/NN ,/, is/VBZ easier/JJR to/TO bully/NN than/IN a/DT Manhattan/NNP cultural/JJ mecca/NN with/IN a/DT heavy-hitting/JJ board/NN bulging/VBG with/IN Giuliani/NNP fat/JJ cats/NNS ?/.
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Is/VBZ it/PRP possible/JJ to/TO forget/VB a/DT memory/NN ?/.
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"/" To/TO refresh/NN your/PRP$ memory/NN ,/, the/DT story/NN 's/POS central/JJ figure/NN ,/, Robert/NNP Van/NNP Buskirk/NNP ,/, claimed/VBD to/TO have/VB watched/VBN as/IN U/NNP ./.
S/NNP ./.
forces/NNS dropped/VBD sarin/NN gas/NN on/IN a/DT Laotian/JJ village/NN ./.
He/PRP also/RB claimed/VBD to/TO have/VB killed/VBN two/CD U/NNP ./.
S/NNP ./.
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Why/WRB ?/.
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Freud/NNP grappled/VBD with/IN this/DT very/JJ dilemma/NN in/IN turn-of-the-century/JJ Vienna/NNP ./.
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"/" Recovered/NNP memory/NN therapy/NN ?/.
Ofshe/NNP prefers/VBZ the/DT term/NN "/" psychotherapy/NN malpractice/NN ./.
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But/CC we/PRP do/VBP have/VBP some/DT clues/NNS ./.
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He/PRP 's/VBZ in/IN a/DT veterans/NNS '/POS recovery/NN group/NN ?/.
But/CC he/PRP was/VBD rated/VBN 4/CD -/: F/NN ./.
He/PRP never/RB was/VBD allowed/VBN to/TO go/VB to/TO Vietnam/NNP !/.
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-/: -/: Jonathan/NNP Mahler/NNP
The/DT devil/NN can/MD cite/VB scripture/NN for/IN his/PRP$ purpose/NN ./.
Ralph/NNP Reed/NNP generally/RB prefers/VBZ Ralph/NNP Waldo/NNP Emerson/NNP and/CC Martin/NNP Luther/NNP King/NNP Jr/NNP ./.
,/, our/PRP$ secular/NN saints/NNS ./.
But/CC the/DT Christian/NNP Coalition/NNP 's/POS executive/NN director/NN makes/VBZ an/DT exception/NN for/IN one/CD biblical/JJ passage/NN ,/, a/DT verse/NN from/IN Paul/NNP ./.
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Critics/NNS on/IN the/DT left/NN blame/NN Reed/NNP for/IN infecting/VBG politics/NNS with/IN religious/JJ fanaticism/NN ./.
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Last/JJ week/NN Reed/NNP announced/VBD his/PRP$ resignation/NN from/IN Pat/NNP Robertson/NNP 's/POS organization/NN ,/, which/WDT Reed/NNP has/VBZ built/VBN into/IN the/DT Republican/NNP Party/NNP 's/POS most/RBS powerful/JJ interest/NN group/NN ./.
When/WRB he/PRP steps/VBZ down/RB Sept/NNP ./.
1/CD ,/, the/DT 35/CD -/: year-old/JJ Reed/NNP will/MD move/VB to/TO Atlanta/NNP and/CC open/JJ Century/NNP Strategies/NNS ,/, which/WDT will/MD advise/VB "/" pro-family/NN ,/, pro-life/JJ ,/, and/CC pro-free-enterprise/JJ candidates/NNS ./.
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This/DT is/VBZ a/DT misreading/VBG ./.
Reed/NNP 's/POS Christian/NNP faith/NN is/VBZ undoubtedly/RB sincere/JJ ,/, but/CC his/PRP$ real/JJ creed/NN is/VBZ Republican/JJ politics/NNS ./.
He/PRP 's/VBZ a/DT political/JJ junkie/NN who/WP models/NNS himself/PRP after/IN Lee/NNP Atwater/NNP ./.
As/IN a/DT teen-ager/NN ,/, he/PRP ran/VBD a/DT direct-mail/JJ campaign/NN for/IN student/NN council/NN ./.
As/IN an/DT undergraduate/NN in/IN the/DT early/JJ '/POS 80/CD s/VBZ ,/, he/PRP became/VBD the/DT College/NNP Republicans/NNPS '/POS master/NN strategist/NN ./.
(/( According/VBG to/TO his/PRP$ pal/NN Grover/NNP Norquist/NNP ,/, the/DT president/NN of/IN the/DT anti-tax/JJ Americans/NNPS for/IN Tax/NNP Reform/NNP ,/, Reed/NNP once/RB instructed/VBD young/JJ Republicans/NNPS about/IN the/DT correct/JJ way/NN to/TO burn/VB a/DT Soviet/JJ flag/NN during/IN a/DT pro-/JJ Solidarity/NNP protest/NN ./.
)/) His/PRP$ tactical/JJ ruthlessness/NNS has/VBZ defined/VBN the/DT Christian/NNP Coalition/NNP ./.
"/" I/PRP paint/VBP my/PRP$ face/NN and/CC travel/NN at/IN night/NN ,/, "/" he/PRP once/RB said/VBD of/IN his/PRP$ work/NN at/IN the/DT coalition/NN ./.
"/" You/PRP do/VBP n't/RB know/VB it/PRP 's/VBZ over/IN until/IN you/PRP 're/VBP in/IN a/DT body/NN bag/NN ./.
You/PRP do/VBP n't/RB know/VB until/IN election/NN night/NN ./.
"/" His/PRP$ books/NNS ,/, Active/JJ Faith/NNP and/CC After/IN the/DT Revolution/NNP ,/, read/VB as/IN much/JJ like/IN primers/NNS on/IN power/NN politics/NNS as/IN religious-right/JJ manifestos/NNS ./.
The/DT strategy/NN ,/, not/RB the/DT scripture/NN ,/, thrills/VBZ him/PRP ./.
And/CC his/PRP$ strategy/NN ,/, not/RB his/PRP$ scripture/NN ,/, revived/VBD the/DT religious/JJ right/JJ ./.
In/IN 1989/CD ,/, Robertson/NNP invited/VBD Reed/NNP to/TO start/VB an/DT organization/NN to/TO expand/VB the/DT grassroots/NNS network/NN from/IN Robertson/NNP 's/POS 1988/CD presidential/JJ campaign/NN ./.
Reed/NNP was/VBD an/DT inspired/VBN choice/NN :/: He/PRP had/VBD enough/JJ principles/NNS to/TO win/VB religious/JJ conservatives/NNS '/POS trust/NN ,/, but/CC not/RB enough/RB to/TO scare/VB everyone/NN else/RB ./.
Reed/NNP recognized/VBD that/IN the/DT religious/JJ right/NN had/VBD staggered/JJ in/IN the/DT mid-/NN '/" 80/CD s/VBZ because/IN it/PRP had/VBD 1/LS )/) depended/VBD too/RB much/RB on/IN national/JJ leaders/NNS and/CC 2/LS )/) alienated/VBN America/NNP with/IN its/PRP$ red-hot/JJ rhetoric/NN ./.
To/TO remedy/VB the/DT first/JJ problem/NN ,/, Reed/NNP established/VBD hundreds/NNS of/IN local/JJ chapters/NNS ./.
Slowly/NNP ,/, that/DT network/NN of/IN activists/NNS took/VBD over/IN school/NN boards/NNS ,/, county/NN commissions/NNS ,/, and/CC state/VB political/JJ parties/NNS ./.
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"/" (/( Reed/NNP hardly/RB ever/RB calls/VBZ the/DT movement/NN "/" religious/JJ ./.
"/" He/PRP labels/VBZ it/PRP "/" pro-family/NN "/" -/: -/: as/IN if/IN anyone/NN is/VBZ "/" anti-family/JJ ./.
"/" )/) He/PRP dumped/VBD the/DT "/" sodomite/NN "/" rhetoric/NN and/CC distanced/JJ himself/PRP from/IN the/DT religious/JJ right/NN 's/POS loonies/NNS (/( including/VBG his/PRP$ own/JJ boss/NN ,/, Robertson/NNP ,/, prone/JJ to/TO anti-/NN Semitic/NNP ravings/NNS and/CC one-world-government/JJ paranoia/NN )/) ./.
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He/PRP even/RB tried/VBD to/TO quell/VB the/DT GOP/NNP 's/POS abortion/NN controversy/NN ,/, seeking/VBG to/TO moderate/VB (/( if/IN only/RB a/DT tiny/JJ bit/NN )/) the/DT language/NN of/IN the/DT 1996/CD GOP/NNP platform/NN ./.
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(/( Reed/NNP has/VBZ also/RB made/VBN overtures/NNS toward/IN black/JJ churches/NNS ,/, home/NN to/TO America/NNP 's/POS most/RBS committed/VBN social/JJ conservatives/NNS ./.
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)/)
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The/DT Family/NNP Research/NNP Council/NNP 's/POS Gary/NNP Bauer/NNP and/CC Eagle/NNP Forum/NNP 's/POS Phyllis/NNP Schlafly/NNP criticized/VBD him/PRP when/WRB he/PRP suggested/VBD softening/VBG the/DT GOP/NNP platform/NN ./.
Some/DT evangelicals/NNS view/VBP Reed/NNP as/IN a/DT compromiser/NN who/WP 'll/MD bend/VB a/DT principle/NN for/IN a/DT tactical/JJ victory/NN ./.
Which/WDT ,/, of/IN course/NN ,/, he/PRP is/VBZ ./.
Not/RB that/IN Christian/NNP conservatives/NNS have/VBP cause/VB to/TO complain/VB ./.
Thanks/NNS to/TO Reed/NNP ,/, the/DT Christian/NNP Coalition/NNP now/RB claims/VBZ 1/CD ./.
9/CD million/CD members/NNS ,/, 2/CD ,/, 000/CD chapters/NNS nationwide/JJ ,/, and/CC a/DT $/$ 27/CD million-a-year/JJ budget/NN ./.
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The/DT coalition/NN distributed/VBD 45/CD million/CD guides/NNS in/IN 1996/CD ./.
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Reed/NNP 's/POS departure/NN will/MD diminish/VB the/DT movement/NN 's/POS influence/NN ./.
The/DT Federal/NNP Election/NNP Committee/NNP investigation/NN of/IN allegations/NNS of/IN partisan/JJ campaigning/NN by/IN the/DT coalition/NN endangers/NNS its/PRP$ tax-exempt/JJ status/NN ./.
Robertson/NNP ,/, who/WP has/VBZ kept/VBN in/IN Reed/NNP 's/POS shadow/NN ,/, may/MD emerge/VB to/TO embarrass/VB the/DT coalition/NN ./.
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)/) The/DT Family/NNP Research/NNP Council/NNP 's/POS Bauer/NNP seems/VBZ most/RBS likely/JJ to/TO replace/VB Reed/NNP as/IN the/DT religious/JJ right/NN 's/POS spokesperson/NN ./.
But/CC he/PRP 's/VBZ much/RB less/RBR politically/RB savvy/JJ ,/, much/RB less/RBR telegenic/JJ ,/, and/CC much/RB more/RBR ideological--qualities/JJ that/WDT wo/MD n't/RB help/VB the/DT movement/NN 's/POS reputation/NN ./.
Reed/NNP ,/, on/IN the/DT other/JJ hand/NN ,/, will/MD see/VB his/PRP$ credibility/NN increase/NN ./.
He/PRP no/RB longer/RB has/VBZ to/TO answer/VB for/IN the/DT erratic/JJ Robertson/NNP ./.
He/PRP can/MD drop/VB the/DT pretense/NN that/IN he/PRP 's/VBZ nonpartisan/JJ ./.
He/PRP stands/VBZ to/TO become/VB the/DT right/NN 's/POS hottest/JJS consultant/NN ,/, the/DT GOP/NNP 's/POS answer/NN to/TO James/NNP Carville/NNP ./.
Republican/JJ consultants/NNS agree/VBP that/IN conservative/JJ candidates/NNS in/IN the/DT South/NNP ,/, Southwest/NNP ,/, Midwest/NNP ,/, and/CC Rocky/NNP Mountains/NNPS will/MD beg/VB for/IN Reed/NNP 's/POS talents/NNS and/CC connections/NNS ./.
Reed/NNP will/MD make/VB a/DT killing/VBG ./.
He/PRP earned/VBD about/IN $/$ 200/CD ,/, 000/CD from/IN the/DT Christian/NNP Coalition/NNP ./.
His/PRP$ future/JJ colleagues/NNS estimate/VBP that/IN as/IN a/DT consultant/NN ,/, he/PRP 'll/MD earn/VB at/IN least/JJS half/PDT a/DT million/CD dollars/NNS a/DT year/NN ,/, and/CC perhaps/RB as/RB much/JJ as/IN $/$ 3/CD million/CD ./.
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(/( He/PRP quotes/VBZ himself/PRP in/IN his/PRP$ books/NNS ,/, the/DT sure/JJ sign/NN of/IN a/DT towering/JJ ego/NN ./.
)/) He/PRP is/VBZ relocating/VBG to/TO his/PRP$ home/NN state/NN of/IN Georgia/NNP ./.
He/PRP 's/VBZ got/VBD plenty/NN of/IN name/NN recognition/NN ./.
Democratic/NNP Sen/NNP ./.
Max/NNP Cleland/NNP barely/RB won/VBD his/PRP$ 1996/CD election/NN ./.
Do/VBP n't/RB be/VB surprised/VBN if/IN Sen/NNP ./.
Reed/NNP takes/VBZ his/PRP$ place/NN in/IN 2002/CD ./.
God/NNP knows/VBZ he/PRP 's/VBZ prepared/VBN for/IN it/PRP ./.
Dear/RB Andrew/NNP ,/, Re/NNP marriage/NN gay/JJ and/CC straight/JJ :/: of/IN course/NN I/PRP can/MD have/VB it/PRP both/DT ways/NNS ./.
Since/IN there/EX is/VBZ marriage/NN ,/, do/VBP I/PRP think/VBP it/PRP should/MD be/VB available/JJ to/TO all/DT ?/.
Yes/UH !/.
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Yes/UH !/.
Is/VBZ there/EX an/DT anti-family/JJ values/NNS "/" left/VBD "/" ?/.
Lower/JJR Manhattan/NNP I/PRP give/VBP you/PRP ./.
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Nobody/NN 's/POS even/RB pierced/JJ !/.
Columnists/NNP and/CC writers/NNS ?/.
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What/WP do/VBP those/DT loaded/VBN words/NNS mean/VBP to/TO you/PRP ?/.
Cheers/NNP ,/, Katha/NNP
PS/NNP ./.
Re/NNP NOW/RB and/CC Paula/NNP Jones/NNP ./.
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But/CC you/PRP know/VBP ,/, it/PRP is/VBZ n't/RB just/RB NOW/RB that/WDT wants/VBZ Paula/NNP Jones/NNP to/TO go/VB away/RB ./.
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But/CC I/PRP may/MD have/VB been/VBN the/DT only/RB one/CD who/WP thought/VBD this/DT ./.
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Which/WDT ,/, from/IN an/DT investing/VBG perspective/NN ,/, means/VBZ you/PRP should/MD blink/VB as/RB often/RB as/IN you/PRP can/MD ./.
And/CC so/RB ,/, on/IN to/TO the/DT Chat/NNP ./.
1/LS ./.
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'/POS Ca/MD n't/RB you/PRP just/RB hear/VBP it/PRP ?/.
'/POS Paw/NNP ,/, the/DT fed/VBN funds/NNS rate/NN just/RB jumped/VBD again/RB ./.
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"/" Since/IN Givens/NNP did/VBD not/RB pass/VB away/RB during/IN the/DT night/NN ,/, her/PRP$ prediction/NN was/VBD not/RB to/TO be/VB ./.
The/DT Globe/NNP says/VBZ that/IN in/IN her/PRP$ divorce/NN papers/NNS ,/, she/PRP revealed/VBD the/DT couple/NN separated/JJ the/DT day/NN they/PRP married/VBD ./.
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Take/VB the/DT saga/NN of/IN actress/NN Geena/NNP Davis/NNP and/CC her/PRP$ third/JJ husband/NN ,/, director/NN Renny/NNP Harlin/NNP ./.
According/VBG to/TO the/DT Globe/NNP ,/, their/PRP$ wedding/NN was/VBD a/DT $/$ 1/CD million/CD extravaganza/NN ./.
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"/" That/DT assessment/NN was/VBD borne/VBN out/IN when/WRB ,/, the/DT Globe/NNP reveals/VBZ ,/, it/PRP turns/VBZ out/RP that/IN Davis/NNP '/POS personal/JJ assistant/NN ,/, Tiffany/NNP Bowne/NNP ,/, returned/VBD to/TO her/PRP$ family/NN in/IN Arizona/NNP not/RB for/IN some/DT R/NN &/CC R/NN but/CC to/TO have/VB Harlin/NNP 's/POS child/NN ./.
This/DT only/RB proves/VBZ another/DT unwritten/JJ rule/NN :/: Never/RB ,/, ever/RB hire/VB a/DT personal/JJ assistant/NN named/VBD Tiffany/NNP ./.
Kelsey/NNP Grammer/NNP and/CC his/PRP$ wife/NN are/VBP still/RB together/RB after/IN their/PRP$ lavish/JJ wedding/NN (/( the/DT pastry/NN chef/NN was/VBD flown/VBN in/IN from/IN Denmark/NNP ,/, says/VBZ the/DT Star/NNP )/) ,/, but/CC all/PDT the/DT tabloids/NNS have/VBP taken/VBN to/TO chronicling/VBG their/PRP$ bumpy/JJ road/NN to/TO bliss/NNS ./.
While/IN exchanging/VBG vows/VBZ ,/, Grammer/NNP was/VBD so/RB overcome/VB that/IN he/PRP burst/VBD into/IN tears/NNS ./.
"/" Excuse/NNP me/PRP ,/, I/PRP 'm/VBP so/RB happy/JJ !/.
"/" he/PRP said/VBD ,/, according/VBG to/TO the/DT Globe/NNP ./.
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"/" You/PRP 're/VBP fat/JJ and/CC I/PRP hate/VBP fat/JJ men/NNS ,/, "/" she/PRP told/VBD him/PRP ./.
Recently/RB ,/, says/VBZ the/DT Enquirer/NNP ,/, Grammer/NNP has/VBZ been/VBN lobbying/VBG Frasier/NNP 's/POS producers/NNS to/TO give/VB his/PRP$ wife/NN a/DT part/NN on/IN the/DT show/NN because/IN she/PRP 's/VBZ so/RB bored/VBN while/IN he/PRP 's/VBZ at/IN work/NN ./.
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The/DT uncle/NN ,/, the/DT Rev/NNP ./.
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"/" She/PRP 'll/MD have/VB to/TO if/IN the/DT Star/NNP is/VBZ accurate/JJ when/WRB it/PRP reports/VBZ that/IN Jackson/NNP has/VBZ talked/VBN about/IN Rowe/NNP serving/VBG as/IN a/DT surrogate/JJ mother/NN for/IN a/DT child/NN artificially/RB conceived/VBD between/IN Jackson/NNP and/CC Presley/NNP ./.
"/" He/PRP 's/VBZ convinced/VBN they/PRP could/MD create/VB the/DT next/JJ Elvis/NNP ,/, "/" says/VBZ the/DT Star/NNP ./.
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"/" But/CC according/VBG to/TO the/DT Globe/NNP ,/, which/WDT helped/VBD douse/NN the/DT Gifford/NNP marriage/NN when/WRB it/PRP videotaped/JJ the/DT sportscaster/NN 's/POS tryst/NN with/IN an/DT unnaturally/RB well-endowed/JJ former/JJ flight/NN attendant/NN ,/, the/DT flame/NN is/VBZ out/RP ./.
"/" Kathie/NNP Lee/NNP to/TO Divorce/NNP Frank/NNP !/.
"/" predicted/VBD a/DT recent/JJ cover/NN ./.
The/DT Star/NNP ,/, meanwhile/RB ,/, is/VBZ hedging/VBG its/PRP$ bets/NNS ./.
It/PRP reported/VBD last/JJ week/NN that/IN Kathie/NNP Lee/NNP is/VBZ planning/VBG to/TO get/VB breast/NN implants/NNS "/" to/TO save/VB her/PRP$ self-esteem--and/JJ maybe/RB her/PRP$ marriage/NN ./.
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"/"
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Take/VB the/DT wedding/NN of/IN Anthony/NNP Quinn/NNP ,/, 82/CD ,/, to/TO his/PRP$ former/JJ secretary/NN ,/, Kathy/NNP Benvin/NNP ,/, 35/CD ,/, the/DT mother/NN of/IN his/PRP$ two/CD young/JJ children/NNS ./.
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"/" You/PRP could/MD see/VB him/PRP growing/VBG younger/JJR before/IN your/PRP$ very/RB eyes/NNS ./.
"/" When/WRB William/NNP Shatner/NNP ,/, 66/CD ,/, married/VBD Nerine/NNP Kidd/NNP ,/, 37/CD ,/, he/PRP told/VBD a/DT friend/NN ,/, according/VBG to/TO the/DT Globe/NNP :/: "/" She/PRP is/VBZ my/PRP$ fountain/NN of/IN youth/NN ./.
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Her/PRP$ love/NN energizes/NNS me/PRP ./.
"/" It/PRP 's/VBZ fortunate/JJ she/PRP is/VBZ not/RB his/PRP$ sole/JJ source/NN of/IN energy--the/JJ Star/NNP reports/NNS she/PRP had/VBD canceled/VBN their/PRP$ wedding/NN plans/VBZ three/CD times/NNS previously/RB ./.
But/CC having/VBG to/TO constantly/RB administer/VB youth/NN serum/NN can/MD send/VB a/DT spouse/NN fleeing/VBG into/IN the/DT arms/NNS of/IN someone/NN who/WP actually/RB is/VBZ young/JJ ./.
Take/VB the/DT case/NN of/IN actor/NN Rod/NNP Steiger/NNP ,/, 72/CD ./.
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Then/RB again/RB ,/, the/DT tabloids/NNS have/VBP to/TO give/VB credit/NN when/WRB love/NN proves/VBZ the/DT cynics/NNS wrong/JJ ./.
That/DT 's/VBZ what/WP the/DT Globe/NNP had/VBD to/TO do/VB last/RB week/NN for/IN actress/NN Bo/NNP Derek/NNP and/CC her/PRP$ director/NN husband/NN ,/, John/NNP ./.
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Concludes/NNP the/DT Globe/NNP :/: "/" She/PRP 's/VBZ more/JJR than/IN a/DT perfect/JJ 10/CD !/.
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But/CC former/JJ Treasury/NNP Secretary/NNP Robert/NNP Rubin/NNP always/RB said/VBD simply/RB that/IN a/DT strong/JJ dollar/NN was/VBD in/IN the/DT best/JJS interests/NNS of/IN the/DT United/NNP States/NNPS ,/, so/IN you/PRP 're/VBP probably/RB pretty/RB safe/JJ to/TO leave/VB it/PRP at/IN that/DT ./.
But/CC that/DT does/VBZ n't/RB mean/VB that/IN the/DT United/NNP States/NNPS needs/VBZ to/TO be/VB too/RB obsessed/VBN with/IN the/DT recent/JJ fall/NN of/IN the/DT dollar/NN against/IN the/DT yen/NN ./.
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So/RB concerns/VBZ that/IN a/DT weak/JJ dollar/NN will/MD spark/VB inflationary/JJ pressures/NNS are/VBP overplayed/JJ ./.
The/DT Japanese/NNPS ,/, on/IN the/DT other/JJ hand/NN ,/, have/VBP reason/NN to/TO worry/VB about/IN the/DT yen/NN 's/POS becoming/VBG too/RB strong/JJ when/WRB their/PRP$ economy/NN is/VBZ still/RB barely/RB limping/VBG along/RB ./.
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(/( It/PRP ca/MD n't/RB act/VB to/TO manipulate/VB interest/NN rates/NNS ,/, since/IN rates/NNS are/VBP already/RB near/IN zero/CD ./.
)/) This/DT would/MD ,/, of/IN course/NN ,/, have/VBP an/DT inflationary/JJ impact/NN ./.
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Japan/NNP remains/VBZ caught/VBN in/IN a/DT liquidity/NN trap/NN ,/, which/WDT means/VBZ that/IN even/RB though/IN money/NN is/VBZ effectively/RB free/JJ ,/, people/NNS are/VBP not/RB using/VBG it/PRP to/TO invest/VB or/CC spend/VB ./.
One/CD way/NN of/IN encouraging/VBG them/PRP to/TO do/VB so/RB is/VBZ to/TO make/VB the/DT cost/NN of/IN not/RB spending/VBG higher/JJR than/IN the/DT cost/NN of/IN saving/VBG ,/, which/WDT is/VBZ to/TO say/VB making/VBG a/DT commitment/NN to/TO inflation/NN ./.
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So/RB if/IN the/DT United/NNP States/NNPS is/VBZ counting/VBG on/IN the/DT bank/NN to/TO help/VB save/VB the/DT dollar/NN ,/, it/PRP should/MD stop/VB and/CC look/VB to/TO something/NN else/RB ./.
Maybe/RB we/PRP could/MD worry/VB about/IN the/DT trade/NN deficit/NN ./.
Jacques/NNP Rapoport/NNP led/VBD the/DT search/NN for/IN something/NN "/" that/WDT was/VBD sweet/JJ rather/RB than/IN violent/JJ ,/, that/IN lingered/JJ for/IN two/CD weeks/NNS ,/, and/CC that/DT suggested/VBD a/DT feeling/NN of/IN cleanliness/NN and/CC well-being/NN rather/RB than/IN of/IN filthiness/NNS being/VBG covered/VBN up/RP ./.
"/" What/WP was/VBD Rapoport/NNP looking/VBG for/RP ?/.
by/IN noon/NN ET/NNP Tuesday/NNP to/TO e-mail/JJ your/PRP$ answer/NN to/TO newsquiz/NN @/IN slate/NN ./.
com/NN ./.
Thursday/NNP 's/POS question/NN (/( No/UH ./.
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"/" Smelly/NNP ,/, Lethargic/NNP ,/, Incoherent/NNP ./.
"/" Ads/NNS in/IN many/JJ papers/NNS caution/VBP that/DT someone/NN like/IN this/DT is/VBZ probably/RB ./.
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what/WP ?/.
"/" Male/NN ./.
"/" -/: -/: Evan/NNP Cornog/NNP
"/" Dead/NNP ./.
"/" -/: -/: Paul/NNP Tullis/NNP (/( Ellen/NNP Macleay/NNP had/VBD a/DT similar/JJ answer/NN ,/, with/IN Tic-/NNP Tacs/NNP ./.
)/)
"/" Electable/NNP ./.
"/" -/: -/: Brooke/NNP Saucier/NNP (/( similarly/RB ,/, Winter/NNP Miller/NNP )/)
"/" Dying/NNP to/TO meet/VB you/PRP !/.
"/" -/: -/: Ananda/NNP Gupta/NNP
"/" Brian/NNP Dennehy/NNP in/IN Death/NN of/IN a/DT Salesman/NN ./.
"/" -/: -/: Chris/NNP Kelly/NNP
"/" A/DT newborn/JJ baby/NN ./.
Mine/NNP 's/VBZ a/DT full/JJ week/NN old/JJ ,/, and/CC he/PRP 's/VBZ still/RB acting/VBG like/IN a/DT drunk/NN ./.
"/" -/: -/: Eric/NNP Fredericksen/NNP
"/" Leno/NNP :/: '/POS Ready/JJ for/IN his/PRP$ Viagra/NNP '/POS ;/: Letterman/NNP :/: '/POS The/DT typical/JJ CBS/NNP viewer/NN '/" ;/: Maher/NNP :/: '/POS Next/JJ to/TO Ariana/NNP ,/, on/IN my/PRP$ immediate/JJ left/VBD ./.
'/POS "/" -/: -/: Daniel/NNP Radosh/NNP
Click/NNP for/IN more/JJR responses/NNS ./.
Randy/NNP 's/POS Wrap-/NNP Up/IN
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As/IN I/PRP understand/VBP it/PRP ,/, Rep/NNP ./.
Bob/NNP Livingston/NNP announced/VBD his/PRP$ resignation/NN ,/, demanded/VBD the/DT president/NN follow/VB suit/NN ,/, and/CC called/VBD for/IN those/DT other/JJ adulterers/NNS ,/, former/JJ Presidents/NNP Kennedy/NNP ,/, Eisenhower/NNP ,/, Roosevelt/NNP ,/, Jackson/NNP ,/, and/CC Jefferson/NNP to/TO return/VB from/IN the/DT dead/JJ and/CC resign/VB retroactively/RB ./.
Livingston/NNP 's/POS rationale/NN seems/VBZ to/TO be/VB that/IN children/NNS take/VBP government/NN officials/NNS as/IN their/PRP$ role/NN models/NNS (/( particularly/RB those/DT in/IN the/DT Federal/NNP Communications/NNP Commission/NNP and/CC the/DT Bureau/NNP of/IN Weights/NNP and/CC Measures--did/NNP I/PRP get/VBP that/DT part/NN right/NN ?/.
)/) ,/, most/JJS of/IN whom/WP now/RB have/VBP the/DT shoe/NN deals/NNS Nike/NNP just/RB canceled/VBD with/IN out/IN of/IN work/NN basketball/NN players/NNS ./.
And/CC of/IN course/NN You/PRP 've/VBP got/VBN Mail/NNP opened/VBD ,/, along/IN with/IN its/PRP$ homosexual/JJ pornographic/JJ knockoff/NN ,/, You/PRP 've/VBP Got/NNP Males/NNPS ./.
I/PRP 'm/VBP exhausted/VBN ./.
But/CC I/PRP wo/MD n't/RB resign/VB ./.
Glassy/NNP Eyed/NNP Answer/NNP
Someone/NN like/IN this/DT is/VBZ probably/RB an/DT inhalant-abusing/JJ teenager/NN ./.
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To/TO find/VB out/IN which/WDT ordinary/JJ household/NN products/NNS will/MD get/VB you/PRP high/JJ ,/, ask/VB your/PRP$ kids/NNS ./.
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Seasonal/NNP Sequels/NNP Extra/NNP
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Can/MD you/PRP tell/VB which/WDT of/IN the/DT follow-ups/JJ are/VBP authentic/JJ ?/.
1/LS ./.
Emmet/NNP Otter/NNP 's/POS Jug-/NNP Band/NNP Christmas/NNP
Emmet/NNP Otter/NNP 's/POS Fur/NNP Coat/NNP Christmas/NNP
2/LS ./.
The/DT House/NNP Without/IN a/DT Christmas/NNP Tree/NN
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4/LS ./.
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5/LS ./.
Le/NNP Martien/NNP de/IN Noël/NNP (/( a/DT k/NN a/DT The/DT Christmas/NNP Martian/NNP )/)
Le/NNP Pere/NNP Noël/NNP est/NN une/NN Ordure/NNP (/( a/DT k/NN a/DT Father/NNP Christmas/NNP Has/VBZ a/DT Funny/NNP Smell/NNP )/)
6/CD ./.
Nestor/NNP ,/, the/DT Long-/NNP Eared/NNP Christmas/NNP Donkey/NNP
Nestor/NNP ,/, the/DT Christmas/NNP Donkey/NNP with/IN Cute/NNP Little/NNP Ears/NNP and/CC an/DT Impressive/NNP Bust/NNP ,/, Thanks/NNS to/TO Cosmetic/NNP Surgery/NNP
7/CD ./.
Weihnachtsfieber/NNP (/( a/DT k/NN a/DT Christmas/NNP Fever/NN )/)
Weihnachten/NNP mit/NN Willy/NNP Wuff/NNP II--Eine/NNP Mama/NNP für/NN Lieschen/NNP
8/CD ./.
The/DT Online/NNP Adventures/NNP of/IN Ozzie/NNP the/DT Elf/NNP
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9/CD ./.
Rudolph/NNP and/CC Frosty/NNP 's/POS Christmas/NNP in/IN July/NNP
Rudolph/NNP and/CC Frosty/NNP 's/POS Binge/NNP and/CC Purge/NNP Weekend/NNP With/IN Calista/NNP Flockhart/NNP
10/CD ./.
Santa/NNP vs/NNS ./.
the/DT Snowman/NNP
Jesus/NNP vs/NNS ./.
Santa/NNP (/( a/DT k/NN a/DT The/DT Spirit/NN of/IN Christmas/NNP )/)
Answer/NNP
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Slate/NNP may/MD publish/VB your/PRP$ name/NN on/IN its/PRP$ site/NN in/IN connection/NN with/IN your/PRP$ submission/NN ./.
Chatterbox/NNP was/VBD intrigued/VBN by/IN Bruce/NNP Orwall/NNP 's/POS Oct/NNP ./.
6/CD story/NN in/IN the/DT Wall/NNP Street/NNP Journal/NNP about/IN how/WRB the/DT diet-pill/JJ maker/NN Metabolife/NNP International/NNP ,/, Inc/NNP ./.
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(/( It/PRP has/VBZ yet/RB to/TO be/VB scheduled/VBN ./.
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Mr/NNP ./.
Ellis/NNP received/VBD five/CD years/NNS '/POS probation/NN in/IN the/DT case/NN ./.
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"/" Hmm/NNP ./.
Is/VBZ Web/NNP journalism/NN "/" commercial/JJ use/NN "/" ?/.
(/( Chatterbox/NNP does/VBZ get/VB paid/VBN to/TO write/VB this/DT column/NN ./.
)/) The/DT user/NN agreement/NN went/VBD on/IN to/TO clarify/VB :/:
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You/PRP can/MD quote/VB the/DT transcript/NN ./.
"/" Fahn/NNP then/RB passed/VBD Chatterbox/NNP on/IN to/TO her/PRP$ boss/NN ,/, Mike/NNP Sitrick/NNP ,/, who/WP repeated/VBD these/DT assurances/NNS ./.
"/" We/PRP 're/VBP not/RB trying/VBG to/TO take/VB what/WP ABC/NNP has/VBZ done/VBN here/RB and/CC say/VB ,/, '/" NBC/NNP ,/, you/PRP can/MD use/VB parts/NNS of/IN Arnold/NNP Diaz/NNP 's/POS interview/NN ./.
'/POS "/" Er/UH ,/, why/WRB not/RB ?/.
What/WP 's/VBZ it/PRP to/TO Metabolife/NNP ?/.
Indeed/RB ,/, should/MD n't/RB Metabolife/NNP be/VB thrilled/VBN at/IN the/DT idea/NN that/IN NBC/NNP News/NNP would/MD stick/VB it/PRP to/TO a/DT competitor/NN that/IN Metabolife/NNP believed/VBD was/VBD out/IN to/TO get/VB them/PRP ?/.
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Or/CC something/NN ./.
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Sen/NNP ./.
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N/NNP ./.
sanctions/NNS ./.
(/( Suggested/NNP slogan/NN :/: "/" We/PRP do/VBP more/JJR surrendering/VBG before/IN 9/CD o'clock/RB than/IN most/JJS soldiers/NNS do/VBP all/DT day/NN ./.
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S/NNP ./.
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P/NN ./.
Morgan/NNP into/IN U/NNP ./.
S/NNP ./.
Steel/NNP ./.
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S/NNP ./.
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in/IN recent/JJ weeks/NNS ./.
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Is/VBZ Jackson/NNP actually/RB planning/NN Sister/NNP Souljah/NNP 's/POS revenge/NN ?/.
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180/CD ?/.
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There/EX are/VBP no/DT byes/NNS for/IN the/DT teams/NNS that/WDT are/VBP playing/VBG in/IN it/PRP ./.
Jack/NNP Kemp/NNP is/VBZ a/DT man/NN of/IN ideas/NNS ./.
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"/" Jack/NNP Kemp/NNP is/VBZ optimistic/JJ ./.
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And/CC the/DT downside/NN ?/.
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Take/VB his/PRP$ so-called/JJ ideas/NNS ./.
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But/CC he/PRP loves/VBZ them/PRP the/DT way/NN a/DT rare-book/JJ collector/NN loves/VBZ his/PRP$ leather/NN volumes/NNS ./.
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A/DT real/JJ man/NN of/IN ideas/NNS loves/VBZ to/TO play/VB with/IN ideas/NNS ./.
Kemp/NNP just/RB loves/VBZ to/TO repeat/VB them/PRP ./.
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"/" Reporters/NNP are/VBP impressed/VBN ./.
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But/CC Jack/NNP Kemp/NNP is/VBZ a/DT propagandist/NN ,/, not/RB a/DT thinker/NN ./.
One/CD small/JJ example/NN ./.
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"/" A/DT little/JJ math/NN reveals/VBZ that/IN this/DT "/" surge/NN "/" implies/VBZ average/JJ annual/JJ GDP/NNP growth/NN of/IN 2/CD ./.
8/CD percent--not/JJ too/RB different/JJ from/IN the/DT 2/CD ./.
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C/NNP ./.
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Indeed/RB ,/, unjustified/JJ optimism/NN is/VBZ more/RBR dangerous/JJ than/IN unjustified/JJ pessimism/NN ./.
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And/CC credit/NN for/IN that/DT compassionate/NN ,/, optimistic/JJ idea/NN goes/VBZ to/TO cruel/JJ ,/, brain-dead/JJ sourpuss/NNS Bob/NNP Dole/NNP ./.
So/RB ,/, credit/NN given/VBN ./.
Now/RB ,/, let/VB 's/POS give/VB Kemp/NNP the/DT going-over/JJ he/PRP deserves/VBZ ./.
Michael/NNP Kinsley/NNP is/VBZ editor/NN of/IN Slate/NNP ./.
Dear/RB Nora/NNP :/:
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(/( Although/IN if/IN the/DT Dow/NNP market/NN fell/VBD to/TO ,/, say/VB ,/, 6/CD ,/, 000/CD tomorrow/NN ,/, we/PRP 'd/MD suddenly/RB have/VB politics/NNS that/WDT mattered/VBN in/IN this/DT country/NN ./.
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If/IN Arthur/NNP Schlesinger/NNP is/VBZ right/NN about/IN his/PRP$ 30/CD -/: year/NN cycles/NNS ,/, it/PRP 's/VBZ time/NN ./.
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To/TO use/VB your/PRP$ phrase/NN :/: just/RB asking/VBG ./.
And/CC finally/RB :/: million-dollar/JJ end/NN tables/NNS ?/.
Million-dollar/JJ end/NN tables/NNS ?/.
Million-dollar/JJ end/NN tables/NNS ?/.
That/DT was/VBD the/DT big/JJ boggler/NN for/IN me/PRP ,/, Duff-and-/NNP Perelman-wise/NNP ./.
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Godzilla/NNP ?/.
)/) tomorrow/NN ./.
Your/PRP$ pal/NN ,/, Kurt/NNP
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For/IN 30/CD years/NNS we/PRP have/VBP been/VBN living/VBG in/IN the/DT Bareheaded/NNP Age/NNP ,/, worrying/VBG intensely/RB about/IN our/PRP$ hair/NN ./.
Many/JJ of/IN us/PRP do/VBP n't/RB even/RB remember/VB the/DT time/NN when/WRB people/NNS would/MD no/DT more/JJR go/NN outdoors/RB without/IN a/DT hat/NN than/IN they/PRP would/MD without/IN shoes/NNS ./.
The/DT exact/JJ character/NN of/IN your/PRP$ hat/NN mattered/VBN a/DT lot/NN then/RB ,/, much/JJ as/IN the/DT look/NN of/IN your/PRP$ hair/NN does/VBZ now/RB ./.
Your/PRP$ hat/NN confirmed/VBD your/PRP$ outfit/NN ,/, putting/VBG the/DT final/JJ seal/NN on/IN whatever/WDT else/RB you/PRP wore/VBD ,/, crowning/JJ your/PRP$ image/NN and/CC arming/NN your/PRP$ ego/NN for/IN social/JJ and/CC professional/JJ life--or/JJ just/RB for/IN itself/PRP ./.
During/IN the/DT summer/NN in/IN the/DT country/NN ,/, my/PRP$ grandfather/NN would/MD put/VB on/IN his/PRP$ hat/NN to/TO go/VB down/RB to/TO the/DT end/NN of/IN the/DT driveway/NN and/CC get/VB the/DT letters/NNS out/IN of/IN the/DT mailbox/NN ./.
I/PRP would/MD laugh/VB at/IN him/PRP ,/, free/JJ of/IN the/DT requirement/NN myself/PRP ;/: but/CC in/IN his/PRP$ youth/NN ,/, even/RB kids/NNS wore/VBD hats/NNS whenever/WRB they/PRP went/VBD outdoors/RB ./.
Hair/NNP rose/VBD up/RB and/CC drove/VBD out/RP hats/NNS in/IN the/DT 1960/CD s--rose/JJ up/RB ,/, spread/NN out/IN ,/, and/CC flowed/VBD down/RB in/IN merciless/JJ torrents/NNS ,/, sweeping/JJ away/RB conventional/JJ hats/NNS as/IN if/IN they/PRP represented/VBD all/DT that/WDT was/VBD loathsome/JJ in/IN civilized/JJ life/NN ./.
A/DT few/JJ cute/JJ hats/NNS ,/, most/JJS of/IN them/PRP faintly/RB satirical/JJ ,/, costumey/NN ,/, and/CC historical/JJ ,/, were/VBD worn/VBN by/IN a/DT few/JJ cute/JJ people/NNS for/IN momentary/JJ effect/NN ./.
But/CC the/DT old/JJ hat/NN rule/NN was/VBD swiftly/RB abolished/VBN ./.
Off/IN came/VBD the/DT top/JJ hat/NN at/IN the/DT opera/NN and/CC the/DT elegant/JJ homburg/NN or/CC fedora/NN for/IN street/NN wear/NN ,/, along/IN with/IN the/DT whole/JJ range/NN of/IN casual/JJ hats/NNS and/CC caps/NNS for/IN men/NNS ./.
Swept/NNP away/RB ,/, too/RB ,/, were/VBD all/PDT the/DT charming/JJ ,/, infinitely/RB various/JJ feminine/JJ hats/NNS that/WDT once/RB made/VBN women/NNS feel/VBP charming/JJ and/CC infinitely/RB various/JJ themselves/PRP ./.
Common/JJ usage/NN once/RB allowed/VBD hat/NN makers/NNS to/TO find/VB markets/NNS for/IN many/JJ heterogeneous/JJ styles/NNS ,/, for/IN much/RB discreetly/RB suggestive/JJ fantasy/NN in/IN shape/NN and/CC trim/VB ./.
Absurdity/NNP was/VBD the/DT obvious/JJ risk/NN then/RB ,/, given/VBN the/DT vast/JJ scope/NN of/IN hat/NN design/NN for/IN women/NNS ./.
Danny/NNP Kaye/NNP once/RB sang/VBD of/IN "/" The/DT little/JJ ones/NNS ,/, the/DT big/JJ ones/NNS ,/, the/DT sat-on-by-a-pig/JJ ones/NNS ,/, &slash;/NN The/DT foolish/JJ ones/NNS that/WDT perch/NN ,/, and/CC the/DT ghoulish/NN ones/NNS that/WDT lurch/VBP ./.
"/" But/CC a/DT man/NN might/MD still/RB be/VB seduced/JJ by/IN an/DT irresistible/JJ feminine/JJ brim/NN ,/, curving/VBG and/CC dipping/VBG to/TO offset/VB a/DT meaningful/JJ glance/NN ./.
The/DT desired/VBN effect/NN appeared/VBD in/IN the/DT movies/NNS on/IN the/DT heads/NNS of/IN Greta/NNP Garbo/NNP and/CC Marlene/NNP Dietrich/NNP and/CC their/PRP$ glamorous/JJ colleagues/NNS ,/, such/JJ as/IN Gene/NNP Tierney/NNP in/IN Laura/NNP in/IN her/PRP$ scene/NN at/IN the/DT Algonquin/NNP with/IN Clifton/NNP Webb/NNP ./.
Along/IN with/IN much/JJ else/RB ,/, women/NNS 's/POS hats/NNS are/VBP no/RB longer/RB a/DT normal/JJ part/NN of/IN the/DT mating/NN game/NN ./.
Women/NNP 's/POS hats/NNS are/VBP out/IN there/RB ,/, but/CC they/PRP 're/VBP all/DT optional/JJ ,/, and/CC the/DT range/NN has/VBZ shrunk/VBN ./.
They/PRP come/VBP in/IN very/RB few/JJ basic/JJ shapes/VBZ (/( like/IN dresses/NNS )/) ,/, and/CC nobody/NN gets/VBZ any/DT basic/JJ training/NN in/IN hat/NN choice/NN or/CC hat/NN management/NN ,/, since/IN real/JJ allure/NN is/VBZ felt/VBN to/TO reside/VB in/IN hair/NN ,/, not/RB in/IN hats/NNS ./.
Real/JJ absurdity/NN ,/, too/RB ,/, of/IN course/NN ./.
But/CC winter/NN is/VBZ coming/VBG ./.
The/DT Hair/NNP Revolution/NNP was/VBD no/DT help/NN in/IN bitter/JJ weather/NN ,/, and/CC for/IN a/DT while/NN everybody/NN but/CC Floridians/NNP and/CC Californians/NNPS simply/RB froze/VBD above/IN the/DT neck/NN ./.
Lately/RB healthy/JJ ,/, utilitarian/JJ hats/NNS have/VBP returned/VBN in/IN force/NN ,/, along/IN with/IN athletic/JJ footgear/NN and/CC down/RB jackets/NNS ,/, and/CC there/EX 's/VBZ even/RB a/DT certain/JJ limited/JJ stylishness/NNS in/IN recent/JJ examples/NNS ./.
Fur/NNP is/VBZ back/RB ,/, too/RB ,/, as/IN are/VBP delicious/JJ pile/NN fabrics/NNS ,/, so/IN that/DT luxury/NN can/MD be/VB combined/VBN with/IN utility/NN ./.
Meanwhile/RB thousands/NNS of/IN watch/NN caps/NNS ,/, ear-flap/JJ caps/NNS ,/, and/CC wool/NN berets/NNS are/VBP available/JJ from/IN street/NN vendors/NNS to/TO provide/VB instant/JJ warmth/NN for/IN passers-by/NNS without/IN much/JJ regard/NN for/IN expressive/JJ charm/NN ./.
In/IN this/DT day/NN of/IN virtual/JJ uniformity/NN ,/, it/PRP 's/VBZ curious/JJ that/IN whenever/WRB a/DT woman/NN wears/VBZ any/DT hat/NN at/IN all/DT ,/, somebody/NN is/VBZ bound/VBN to/TO say/VB ,/, "/" I/PRP love/VBP your/PRP$ hat/NN !/.
"/" -/: -/: as/IN if/IN out/IN of/IN subliminal/JJ nostalgia/NN for/IN the/DT truly/RB great/JJ days/NNS ./.
Nobody/NN says/VBZ this/DT to/TO men/NNS about/IN their/PRP$ baseball/NN caps/NNS ,/, the/DT ubiquity/NN of/IN which/WDT has/VBZ reduced/VBN choices/NNS for/IN men/NNS just/RB as/IN general/JJ hatlessness/NNS has/VBZ diminished/VBN the/DT possibilities/NNS for/IN women/NNS ./.
What/WP are/VBP old-fashioned/JJ hat-loving/JJ men/NNS to/TO do/VB ?/.
Classic/JJ hats/NNS appear/VBP pretentious/JJ and/CC dandified/JJ ./.
But/CC such/JJ men/NNS could/MD never/RB wear--can/JJ barely/RB stomach--headgear/JJ with/IN the/DT inelegance/NN ,/, the/DT laddishness/NNS ,/, the/DT rakishness/NNS ,/, the/DT nerve/NN of/IN a/DT baseball/NN cap/NN ,/, especially/RB one/CD worn/JJ backward/RB ./.
Nevertheless/RB ,/, let/VB us/PRP hope/VBP that/IN the/DT Return/NN of/IN the/DT Hat/NNP is/VBZ at/IN hand/NN ,/, inaugurated/VBN by/IN men/NNS in/IN their/PRP$ baseball/NN caps/NNS ,/, just/RB as/IN the/DT strongest/JJS and/CC longest-lasting/JJ fashion/NN changes/NNS always/RB have/VBP been/VBN inspired/VBN by/IN men/NNS ./.
The/DT hat/NN itself/PRP was/VBD a/DT male/JJ invention/NN and/CC a/DT male/JJ privilege/NN until/IN women/NNS got/VBD tired/JJ of/IN coifs/NNS ,/, veils/NNS ,/, and/CC wimples/NNS in/IN the/DT Renaissance/NNP ./.
Then/RB they/PRP daringly/RB adopted/VBD hats/NNS to/TO profit/VB from/IN the/DT erotic/JJ charge/NN male/JJ elements/NNS always/RB add/VBP to/TO feminine/JJ modes/NNS ./.
Many/JJ women/NNS have/VBP done/VBN this/DT again/RB in/IN the/DT last/JJ decade/NN or/CC so/RB ,/, usually/RB sticking/VBG to/TO masculine/JJ sports/NNS hat/NN shapes/VBZ ,/, baseball/NN caps/NNS among/IN them/PRP ,/, or/CC east/JJ European/JJ rabbinical/JJ effects/NNS to/TO combat/VB the/DT cold/JJ blast/NN ./.
I/PRP bought/VBD a/DT fine/NN example/NN of/IN that/DT kind/NN of/IN winter/NN hat/NN ./.
It/PRP surrounds/NNS my/PRP$ head/NN in/IN a/DT warm/JJ nimbus/JJ of/IN fake/JJ fur/NN ,/, my/PRP$ brow/NN ,/, ears/NNS ,/, and/CC nape/NN encompassed/VBD by/IN golden/JJ foxy/NN fleece/NN ,/, my/PRP$ pate/NN upholstered/JJ with/IN plushy/NN leopard/NN pelt/NN ,/, my/PRP$ beardless/JJ face/NN mitigating/VBG the/DT rabbinical/JJ flavor/NN ./.
I/PRP 've/VBP also/RB acquired/VBN a/DT neat/JJ hat/NN that/WDT makes/VBZ a/DT black/NN ,/, furry/NN sphere/NN out/IN of/IN my/PRP$ whole/JJ skull/NN ,/, leaving/VBG some/DT wisps/NNS of/IN my/PRP$ hair/NN to/TO curl/VB up/RP my/PRP$ cheeks/NNS and/CC down/RP my/PRP$ forehead/NN ,/, Russian/JJ heroine/NN style/NN ./.
More/RBR risky/JJ ,/, since/IN I/PRP 'm/VBP not/RB tall/JJ ,/, is/VBZ my/PRP$ cavalier/JJ hat/NN in/IN silvery/JJ ,/, streaked/VBD brown/JJ and/CC black/JJ velvet/NN ,/, with/IN a/DT biggish/NN mobile/JJ brim/NN for/IN folding/VBG up/RP and/CC down/RB at/IN will/MD ,/, fore/NN and/CC aft/JJ or/CC amidships/NNS ./.
Short/JJ ,/, small/JJ women/NNS have/VBP to/TO remember/VB that/IN they/PRP can/MD quickly/RB resemble/VB a/DT mushroom/NN in/IN anything/NN too/RB big/JJ or/CC a/DT child/NN in/IN anything/NN too/RB cute/JJ ./.
Medium-sized/NNP or/CC large/JJ and/CC tall/JJ women/NNS have/VBP no/DT such/JJ problem/NN and/CC tend/VBP to/TO look/VB good/JJ in/IN any/DT kind/NN of/IN hat/NN ./.
They/PRP only/RB have/VBP to/TO remember/VB to/TO let/VB enough/RB of/IN their/PRP$ face/NN show/NN and/CC not/RB to/TO let/VB the/DT hat/NN flatten/VB them/PRP on/IN top/JJ ,/, so/IN that/IN their/PRP$ full-sized/JJ ,/, shapely/RB head/NN and/CC speaking/VBG eyes/NNS will/MD support/VB the/DT hat/NN 's/POS dashing/VBG impact/NN ,/, and/CC the/DT hat/NN itself/PRP wo/MD n't/RB appear/VB to/TO jam/VB a/DT lid/NN on/IN the/DT body/NN 's/POS expressive/JJ means/NNS ./.
Advice/NNP to/TO all/DT :/: Study/NNP the/DT older/JJR royals/NNS for/IN the/DT way/NN they/PRP manage/VBP good/JJ proportions/NNS ,/, especially/RB the/DT British/NNP Queen/NNP Mum/NNP ,/, and/CC do/VBP n't/RB forget/VB to/TO study/VB your/PRP$ own/JJ full-length/JJ hatted/JJ reflection--front/JJ ,/, back/RB ,/, and/CC profile--before/JJ hitting/VBG the/DT street/NN ./.
Absurdity/NNP forever/RB lurks/NNS ./.
Economist/NNP ,/, Nov/NNP ./.
7/CD
(/( posted/VBD Saturday/NNP ,/, Nov/NNP ./.
7/CD ,/, 1998/CD )/)
The/DT cover/NN editorial/NN marvels/NNS that/IN President/NNP Clinton/NNP has/VBZ been/VBN shown/VBN to/TO be/VB "/" a/DT liar/NN and/CC a/DT philanderer/NN "/" yet/RB "/" still/RB he/PRP comes/VBZ back/RB laughing/VBG ./.
"/" But/CC Republicans/NNPS should/MD pursue/VB impeachment/NN ,/, regardless/RB of/IN the/DT election/NN results/NNS :/: "/" If/IN they/PRP believed/VBD that/IN they/PRP had/VBD grounds/NNS for/IN an/DT inquiry/NN ,/, it/PRP should/MD be/VB a/DT thorough/JJ one/CD ,/, for/IN this/DT election/NN has/VBZ no/DT effect/NN on/IN those/DT grounds/NNS ./.
"/" ./.
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An/DT essay/NN says/VBZ our/PRP$ two-party/JJ system/NN is/VBZ dissolving/VBG ,/, especially/RB at/IN the/DT state/NN level/NN ./.
Republicans/NNS and/CC Democrats/NNPS look/VBP more/JJR and/CC more/RBR like/IN each/DT other/JJ ./.
GOP/NNP governors/NNS such/JJ as/IN George/NNP W/NNP ./.
Bush/NNP and/CC Tommy/NNP Thompson/NNP are/VBP the/DT leading/VBG edge/NN of/IN this/DT movement/NN ./.
State/NN voters/NNS do/VBP n't/RB care/VB about/IN parties/NNS :/: They/PRP just/RB want/VBP politicians/NNS who/WP get/VBP the/DT job/NN done/VBN ./.
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The/DT Economist/NNP ,/, marking/VBG its/PRP$ "/" Science/NNP and/CC Technology/NNP "/" section/NN 's/POS 20/CD th/NN anniversary/NN ,/, offers/VBZ a/DT challenging/VBG science/NN quiz/NN ./.
Question/NNP No/UH ./.
2/LS :/: "/" What/WP is/VBZ unusual/JJ about/IN the/DT sheep/NN on/IN the/DT Scottish/NNP island/NN of/IN Foula/NNP ?/.
a/DT )/) They/PRP eat/VBP sea/NN birds/NNS ./.
b/SYM )/) They/PRP eat/VBP seaweed/JJ ./.
c/SYM )/) They/PRP eat/VBP each/DT other/JJ ./.
"/" If/IN you/PRP are/VBP going/VBG take/NN the/DT quiz/NN ,/, stop/VB reading/NN now/RB ./.
The/DT answer/NN is/VBZ a/DT )/) ./.
New/NNP Republic/NNP ,/, Nov/NNP ./.
23/CD
(/( posted/VBD Friday/NNP ,/, Nov/NNP ./.
6/CD ,/, 1998/CD )/)
The/DT lead/JJ article/NN in/IN the/DT election/NN cover/NN package/NN heralds/NNS the/DT onset/NN of/IN "/" liberal/JJ centrism/NN "/" -/: -/: cautious/JJ reform/NN pegged/VBN to/TO New/NNP Deal/NNP themes/NNS ./.
Similarly/RB ,/, the/DT cover/NN editorial/NN attributes/VBZ the/DT election/NN results/NNS to/TO a/DT groundswell/NN of/IN American/JJ moderatism/NN :/: Most/JJS people/NNS are/VBP happy/JJ ,/, so/RB why/WRB vote/NN for/IN radical/JJ changes/NNS ?/.
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TNR/NNP criticizes/VBZ pols/NNS on/IN both/DT sides/NNS of/IN the/DT campaign/NN finance/NN debate/NN ./.
One/CD article/NN warns/VBZ Democrats/NNPS (/( notably/RB soft/JJ money/NN spurning/VBG Sen/NNP ./.
Russell/NNP Feingold/NNP ,/, the/DT narrow/JJ victor/NN in/IN Wisconsin/NNP )/) not/RB to/TO obscure/VB "/" real/JJ "/" themes/NNS by/IN overemphasizing/VBG campaign/NN finance/NN reform/NN ./.
Another/DT piece/NN raps/NNS Republican/NNP National/NNP Senatorial/NNP Committee/NNP Chairman/NNP Mitch/NNP McConnell/NNP for/IN allowing/VBG money/NN to/TO substitute/VB for/IN good/JJ politics/NNS ./.
New/NNP York/NNP Times/NNP Magazine/NNP ,/, Nov/NNP ./.
8/CD
(/( posted/VBD Thursday/NNP ,/, Nov/NNP ./.
5/CD ,/, 1998/CD )/)
The/DT cover/NN story/NN profiles/NNS George/NNP C/NNP ./.
Wolfe/NNP ,/, the/DT producer/NN at/IN New/NNP York/NNP 's/POS Joseph/NNP Papp/NNP Public/NNP Theater/NNP ./.
Wickedly/NNP smart/JJ ,/, acid/JJ tongued/JJ ,/, and/CC black/JJ ,/, Wolfe/NNP deeply/RB intimidates/NNS actors/NNS ,/, choreographers/NNS ,/, and/CC theater/NN honchos/NNS ./.
Last/JJ year/NN Wolfe/NNP battled/VBD kidney/NN failure/NN and/CC won/VBD ./.
This/DT year/NN he/PRP 's/VBZ stubbornly/RB producing/VBG an/DT expensive/JJ and/CC risky/JJ version/NN of/IN On/IN the/DT Town/NNP ,/, despite/IN severe/JJ doubts/NNS in/IN the/DT industry/NN that/IN the/DT musical/JJ could/MD ever/RB be/VB a/DT success/NN ./.
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A/DT fascinating/JJ story/NN describes/VBZ and/CC denounces/NNS solitary/JJ confinement/NN ,/, a/DT punishment/NN now/RB inflicted/VBD on/IN 8/CD percent/NN to/TO 10/CD percent/NN of/IN prison/NN inmates/NNS ./.
Out/IN of/IN their/PRP$ cells/NNS for/IN just/RB one/CD hour/NN a/DT day/NN ,/, the/DT inmates/NNS grow/VBP slowly/RB insane/JJ and/CC even/RB more/RBR violent/JJ and/CC unstable/JJ than/IN when/WRB they/PRP entered/VBD prison/NN ./.
Many/JJ psychologists/NNS believe/VBP the/DT treatment/NN is/VBZ inhumane/JJ ./.
Wardens/NNP disagree/VBP ./.
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A/DT story/NN profiles/NNS famous/JJ horse/NN race/NN prognosticator/NN Andrew/NNP Beyer/NNP ./.
Beyer/NNP ,/, the/DT racing/VBG columnist/NN for/IN the/DT Washington/NNP Post/NNP ,/, dropped/VBD out/IN of/IN Harvard/NNP to/TO follow/VB horses/NNS and/CC invented/VBD a/DT race/NN analysis/NN system/NN that/WDT revolutionized/VBD horse/NN play/NN ./.
Time/NNP and/CC Newsweek/NNP ,/, Nov/NNP ./.
9/CD
(/( posted/VBD Tuesday/NNP ,/, Nov/NNP ./.
3/CD ,/, 1998/CD )/)
Time/NNP 's/POS cover/NN package/NN attacks/NNS corporate/JJ welfare/NN :/: "/" In/IN some/DT ways/NNS ,/, it/PRP represents/VBZ pork-barrel/JJ legislation/NN of/IN the/DT worst/JJS order/NN ./.
The/DT difference/NN ,/, of/IN course/NN ,/, is/VBZ that/IN instead/RB of/IN rewarding/VBG the/DT poor/JJ ,/, it/PRP rewards/VBZ the/DT powerful/JJ ./.
"/" In/IN Philadelphia/NNP ,/, the/DT government/NN subsidized/VBN a/DT shipyard/NN to/TO the/DT tune/NN of/IN $/$ 323/CD ,/, 000/CD per/IN job--the/JJ jobs/NNS themselves/PRP will/MD pay/VB about/IN $/$ 50/CD ,/, 000/CD each/DT ./.
Corporate/JJ welfare/NN lets/VBZ politicians/NNS claim/VBP they/PRP 've/VBP created/VBN new/JJ jobs/NNS while/IN wasting/VBG your/PRP$ tax/NN money/NN ./.
The/DT package/NN is/VBZ by/IN populist/JJ muckrakers/NNS Donald/NNP Barlett/NNP and/CC James/NNP Steele/NNP ,/, who/WP won/VBD fame/NN and/CC notoriety/NN for/IN their/PRP$ 1996/CD Philadelphia/NNP Inquirer/NNP series/NN "/" America/NNP :/: Who/WP Stole/NNP the/DT Dream/NN ?/.
"/" ./.
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Newsweek/NNP 's/POS cover/NN package/NN surveys/NNS hot/JJ new/JJ tech/NN towns/NNS ./.
New/NNP Silicon/NNP Valleys/NNP have/VBP sprouted/JJ in/IN places/NNS such/JJ as/IN Boise/NNP ,/, Idaho/NNP ;/: Cambridge/NNP ,/, England/NNP ;/: and/CC Bangalore/NNP ,/, India/NNP ./.
Keys/NNP to/TO tech/NN success/NN :/: nearby/JJ research/NN institutions/NNS ,/, an/DT educated/VBN talent/NN pool/NN ,/, free-flowing/JJ venture/NN capital/NN ,/, and/CC that/IN Valley-style/NNP ,/, go-for-broke/JJ ,/, entrepreneurial/JJ spirit/NN ./.
Time/NN notes/VBZ the/DT rising/VBG popularity/NN of/IN Web/NNP "/" palaces/NNS ./.
"/" Palaces/NNP let/VBD animated/VBN "/" avatars/NNS "/" -/: -/: characters/NNS Netizens/NNP create/VB for/IN themselves--interact/JJ in/IN a/DT graphic/JJ environment/NN ./.
When/WRB you/PRP type/NN words/NNS ,/, they/PRP appear/VBP in/IN a/DT thought/VBN bubble/NN above/IN your/PRP$ avatar/NN 's/POS head/NN ./.
Current/JJ popular/JJ palaces/NNS :/: The/DT South/JJ Park/NNP palace/NN and/CC ,/, you/PRP guessed/VBD it/PRP ,/, porn/NN sites/NNS ./.
U/NNP ./.
S/NNP ./.
News/NNP &/CC World/NNP Report/NNP ,/, Nov/NNP ./.
9/CD
(/( posted/VBD Tuesday/NNP ,/, Nov/NNP ./.
3/CD ,/, 1998/CD )/)
The/DT cover/NN story/NN reports/NNS on/IN new/JJ DNA/NNP tests/NNS confirming/VBG that/IN Thomas/NNP Jefferson/NNP fathered/JJ at/IN least/JJS one/CD child/NN by/IN his/PRP$ slave/NN Sally/NNP Hemings/NNP ./.
Many/JJ Hemings/NNP descendants/NNS were/VBD unaware/JJ of/IN any/DT African-/NNP American/JJ ancestry/NN (/( Hemings/NNP was/VBD a/DT mulatto/NN )/) and/CC equally/RB unaware/JJ that/IN they/PRP were/VBD related/VBN to/TO a/DT president/NN ./.
An/DT accompanying/VBG article/NN traces/VBZ the/DT evolving/VBG debate/NN among/IN historians/NNS ,/, several/JJ of/IN whom/WP proclaimed/VBD Jefferson/NNP 's/POS purity/NN and/CC must/MD now/RB admit/VB to/TO grave/JJ error/NN ./.
Another/DT piece/NN wonders/VBZ how/WRB the/DT Jefferson/NNP legacy/NN might/MD change/VB :/: "/" While/IN it/PRP will/MD require/VB a/DT rather/RB large/JJ stretch/NN to/TO transform/VB Jefferson/NNP from/IN a/DT thinking/VBG man/NN 's/POS racist/JJ to/TO a/DT multicultural/NN hero/NN ,/, some/DT commentators/NNS are/VBP sure/JJ to/TO make/VB the/DT leap/NN ./.
"/" ./.
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A/DT story/NN challenges/VBZ the/DT fairness/NN of/IN the/DT death/NN penalty/NN ,/, noting/VBG the/DT significant/JJ numbers/NNS of/IN death/NN row/NN inmates/NNS who/WP have/VBP been/VBN found/VBN innocent/JJ before/IN they/PRP could/MD be/VB executed/VBN ./.
Illinois/NNP has/VBZ executed/VBN 11/CD men/NNS ,/, but/CC found/VBD nine/CD more/RBR on/IN death/NN row/NN innocent/JJ ./.
Six/CD of/IN those/DT nine/CD were/VBD minorities/NNS accused/VBN of/IN crimes/NNS against/IN white/JJ victims/NNS ./.
The/DT New/NNP Yorker/NNP ,/, Nov/NNP ./.
9/CD
(/( posted/VBD Tuesday/NNP ,/, Nov/NNP ./.
3/CD ,/, 1998/CD )/)
An/DT essay/NN argues/VBZ that/IN True/JJ at/IN First/CD Light/NNP ,/, labeled/VBN as/IN an/DT Ernest/NNP Hemingway/NNP novel/NN ,/, should/MD not/RB have/VB been/VBN published/VBN ./.
The/DT book/NN was/VBD winnowed/JJ from/IN more/JJR than/IN 800/CD pages/NNS to/TO about/IN half/NN that/DT length/NN in/IN a/DT ham-handed/JJ editing/NN process/NN that/WDT would/MD have/VB horrified/JJ Hemingway/NNP ,/, who/WP carefully/RB chose/VBD every/DT word/NN he/PRP wrote/VBD ./.
Besides/IN ,/, Papa/NN requested/VBD that/DT none/NN of/IN his/PRP$ unfinished/JJ work/NN be/VB posthumously/RB published/VBN ./.
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A/DT cautionary/JJ tale/NN of/IN the/DT Internet/NN boom/NN chronicles/VBZ the/DT failure/NN of/IN a/DT tech/NN startup/NN called/VBD PointCast/NNP ./.
An/DT early/JJ "/" push/VB technology/NN "/" firm/NN ,/, PointCast/NNP was/VBD on/IN the/DT verge/NN of/IN being/VBG bought/VBN out/IN for/IN huge/JJ dough/NN ./.
Suddenly/RB ,/, the/DT bottom/NN dropped/VBD out/IN when/WRB push/VB fell/VBN from/IN favor/NN and/CC "/" portals/NNS "/" became/VBD the/DT next/JJ big/JJ thing/NN ./.
Weekly/NNP Standard/NNP ,/, Nov/NNP ./.
9/CD
(/( posted/VBD Tuesday/NNP ,/, Nov/NNP ./.
3/CD ,/, 1998/CD )/)
The/DT cover/NN story/NN praises/VBZ Benjamin/NNP Netanyahu/NNP for/IN standing/NN firm/NN in/IN negotiations/NNS with/IN the/DT Palestinian/NNP Authority/NNP ./.
Bibi/NNP has/VBZ savvily/RB refused/VBN to/TO concede/VB territory/NN to/TO the/DT Palestinians/NNPS ,/, knowing/VBG that/IN he/PRP will/MD need/VB land/VB as/IN a/DT bargaining/NN chip/NN during/IN final/JJ settlement/NN talks/NNS ./.
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"/" Why/WRB indeed/RB ?/.
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C/NNP ./.
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In/IN 1992/CD ,/, and/CC to/TO a/DT lesser/JJR extent/NN in/IN 1996/CD ,/, Perot/NNP managed/VBD to/TO unite/VB both/DT Anderson/NNP progressives/NNS and/CC Wallace/NNP populists/NNS ,/, but/CC if/IN history/NN is/VBZ any/DT guide/NN ,/, nobody/NN will/MD pull/VB off/IN that/DT miracle/NN in/IN this/DT election/NN ./.
John/NNP Anderson/NNP 's/POS progressive/JJ Republicanism/NNP belonged/VBD to/TO the/DT distinctive/JJ political/JJ tradition/NN of/IN Greater/NNP New/NNP England--a/NNP territory/NN that/IN arcs/NNS from/IN Maine/NNP to/TO the/DT Pacific/NNP Northwest/NNP and/CC was/VBD settled/VBN by/IN 19/CD th/NN -/: century/NN Yankee/NNP Protestant/JJ settlers/NNS ./.
The/DT Yankee/NNP 's/POS secularized/JJ Puritanism/NNP combines/VBZ an/DT enthusiasm/NN for/IN social/JJ reform--such/JJ as/IN abolitionism/NN ,/, Prohibition/NNP ,/, women/NNS 's/POS suffrage/NN ,/, civil/JJ rights/NNS ,/, eugenics/NNS ,/, and/CC the/DT anti-smoking/JJ crusade--with/JJ an/DT often-priggish/JJ moralism/NN and/CC an/DT apocalyptic/JJ horror/NN of/IN "/" corruption/NN ./.
"/" Most/JJS third-party/JJ movements/NNS have/VBP originated/VBN in/IN Greater/NNP New/NNP England/NNP ./.
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And/CC Prohibition/NNP divided/VBD liquor-hating/JJ Northern/NNP Protestants/NNPS from/IN beer-loving/JJ Germans/NNPS ./.
Even/RB so/RB ,/, the/DT Protestant/JJ pietism/NN of/IN many/JJ Germanic/NNP Americans/NNPS meshed/JJ neatly/RB with/IN the/DT Puritan/NNP religious/JJ culture/NN of/IN New/NNP Englanders/NNP and/CC their/PRP$ western/JJ cousins/NNS ,/, while/IN socialist/JJ enthusiasms/NNS were/VBD easily/RB merged/VBN with/IN Social/NNP Gospel/NNP Protestantism/NNP in/IN the/DT northern-tier/JJ states/NNS ./.
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Southern/JJ populism/NN ,/, which/WDT earlier/RBR had/VBD produced/VBN Huey/NNP P/NN ./.
Long/NNP ,/, Georgia/NNP 's/POS Tom/NNP Watson/NNP ,/, and/CC the/DT Southern/NNP supporters/NNS of/IN William/NNP Jennings/NNP Bryan/NNP ,/, spawned/VBD George/NNP Wallace/NNP ./.
Populism/NNP has/VBZ more/RBR often/RB found/VBD a/DT home/NN in/IN the/DT Highland/NNP South/NNP than/IN in/IN the/DT coastal/JJ "/" black/JJ belt/NN ,/, "/" which/WDT has/VBZ been/VBN dominated/VBN since/IN colonial/NN times/NNS by/IN the/DT elitist/NN conservatism/NN of/IN ruling-class/JJ Bourbon/NN families/NNS and/CC their/PRP$ allies/NNS ./.
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Buchanan/NNP is/VBZ its/PRP$ latest/JJS incarnation/NN ./.
Perot/NNP united/VBN Anderson/NNP progressives/NNS and/CC Wallace/NNP populists/NNS ,/, but/CC in/IN an/DT unstable/JJ pairing/VBG ./.
Wallace/NNP 's/POS supporters/NNS were/VBD social/JJ conservatives/NNS who/WP favored/VBD activist/NN government/NN ,/, as/RB long/RB as/IN it/PRP benefited/VBD them/PRP and/CC their/PRP$ families/NNS ,/, while/IN Anderson/NNP 's/POS voters/NNS were/VBD social/JJ liberals/NNS more/RBR concerned/JJ with/IN good/JJ government/NN than/IN with/IN expensive/JJ government/NN ./.
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In/IN the/DT minds/NNS of/IN the/DT skinflint/NN progressives/NNS ,/, spending/NN money/NN one/CD does/VBZ not/RB have/VB is/VBZ a/DT form/NN of/IN moral/JJ depravity/NN ./.
The/DT deficit/NN issue/NN mobilized/VBD Jacksonian/NNP populists/NNS because/IN it/PRP spoke/VBD to/TO their/PRP$ fears/NNS about/IN a/DT remote/JJ government/NN dominated/VBN by/IN the/DT rich/JJ and/CC powerful/JJ ./.
Unlike/IN deficit/NN reduction/NN ,/, the/DT trade/NN issue/NN divided/VBD populist/JJ protectionists/NNS from/IN progressives/NNS ,/, many/DT of/IN whom/WP favor/NN free/JJ trade/NN ./.
Thanks/NNS to/TO his/PRP$ deficit-reduction/NN coalition/NN ,/, Perot/NNP won/VBD more/JJR votes/NNS in/IN 1992/CD than/IN any/DT third-party/JJ presidential/JJ candidate/NN since/IN "/" Bull/NNP Moose/NNP "/" Progressive/NNP Theodore/NNP Roosevelt/NNP in/IN 1912/CD ./.
Perot/NNP 's/POS 19/CD percent/NN of/IN the/DT total/JJ bettered/JJ Wallace/NNP 's/POS 13/CD ./.
5/LS percent/NN in/IN 1968/CD and/CC Anderson/NNP 's/POS 7/CD percent/NN in/IN 1980/CD ./.
The/DT core/NN of/IN Perot/NNP 's/POS support/NN that/DT year/NN was/VBD New/NNP England/NNP and/CC Greater/NNP New/NNP England/NNP ,/, with/IN his/PRP$ best/JJS state--no/JJ surprise--/JJ Yankee/NNP Maine/NNP ./.
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The/DT progressives/NNS preferred/VBN government/NN by/IN experts/NNS to/TO mob/NN rule/NN ;/: Perot/NNP claimed/VBD that/IN "/" smart/JJ people/NNS "/" in/IN Washington/NNP already/RB had/VBD the/DT plans/NNS ,/, all/DT that/WDT was/VBD lacking/VBG was/VBD the/DT will/MD to/TO implement/VB them/PRP ./.
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Ignorant/NNP Perot/NNP critics/NNS called/VBD his/PRP$ technocratic/JJ approach/NN "/" fascism/NN ,/, "/" when/WRB it/PRP was/VBD old-fashioned/JJ American/JJ progressivism/NN ./.
The/DT progressives/NNS ,/, like/IN their/PRP$ predecessors/NNS among/IN the/DT Mugwumps--the/NNP independent-minded/JJ Republicans/NNPS who/WP spurned/VBD their/PRP$ party/NN 's/POS presidential/JJ candidate/NN in/IN 1884/CD -/: -/: and/CC Liberal/NNP Republicans/NNPS and/CC Whigs/NNP and/CC Federalists/NNP ,/, have/VBP long/RB favored/VBN fiscal/JJ conservatism/NN ./.
Perot/NNP and/CC his/PRP$ Concord/NNP Coalition/NNP allies/NNS ,/, the/DT New/NNP Englanders/NNP Paul/NNP Tsongas/NNP and/CC Warren/NNP Rudman/NNP ,/, were/VBD as/IN horrified/JJ by/IN the/DT federal/JJ deficit/NN as/IN the/DT Mugwumps/NNP had/VBD been/VBN appalled/VBN by/IN the/DT support/NN of/IN Bryanite/NNP populists/NNS for/IN bimetallism/NN and/CC as/IN the/DT Liberal/NNP Republicans/NNPS ,/, a/DT generation/NN earlier/RBR in/IN the/DT Gilded/NNP Age/NNP ,/, had/VBD been/VBN frightened/VBN by/IN paper/NN money/NN ./.
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Long/NNP and/CC "/" Sockless/NNP Jerry/NNP "/" Simpson/NNP ./.
Perot/NNP did/VBD very/RB poorly/RB in/IN the/DT conservative/JJ South--but/NNP his/PRP$ showing/VBG was/VBD best/JJS in/IN parts/NNS of/IN the/DT South/NNP that/WDT had/VBD voted/VBN for/IN George/NNP Wallace/NNP ./.
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A/DT century/NN ago/RB ,/, Northern/NNP progressives/NNS such/JJ as/IN The/DT Nation/NNP 's/POS E/NNP ./.
L/NNP ./.
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In/IN the/DT 1890/CD s/VBZ ,/, Mugwumps/NNP such/JJ as/IN Godkin/NNP crusaded/JJ for/IN free/JJ trade/NN and/CC against/IN tariff/NN protection/NN for/IN corrupt/JJ manufacturers/NNS ./.
In/IN the/DT 1990/CD s/VBZ ,/, northern/JJ fiscal/JJ conservatives/NNS such/JJ as/IN Anderson/NNP ,/, Tsongas/NNP ,/, and/CC Rudman/NNP have/VBP backed/VBN free-trade/JJ agreements/NNS such/JJ as/IN NAFTA/NNP ./.
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Buchanan/NNP can/MD be/VB described/VBN as/IN a/DT Southern/NNP populist/NN ,/, as/IN can/MD Pat/NNP Choate/NNP and/CC Ross/NNP Perot/NNP ,/, whose/WP$ populist/JJ sentiments/NNS appear/VBP to/TO have/VB triumphed/VBD over/IN their/PRP$ progressive/JJ principles/NNS ./.
Former/NNP Colorado/NNP Gov/NNP ./.
Richard/NNP Lamm/NNP ,/, who/WP attempted/VBD to/TO wrest/VB leadership/NN of/IN the/DT party/NN away/RB from/IN Perot/NNP ,/, is/VBZ a/DT classic/JJ Greater/NNP New/NNP England/NNP progressive/JJ ,/, as/IN is/VBZ former/JJ Connecticut/NNP Gov/NNP ./.
Lowell/NNP Weicker/NNP ,/, whose/WP$ name/NN was/VBD circulated/VBN as/IN a/DT possible/JJ Reform/NNP Party/NNP nominee/NN ./.
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And/CC it/PRP 's/VBZ not/RB stretching/VBG to/TO assign/VB Donald/NNP Trump/NNP to/TO the/DT Northern/NNP progressive/JJ camp/NN ./.
If/IN Perot/NNP backs/VBZ Buchanan/NNP ,/, then/RB the/DT capture/NN of/IN the/DT Reform/NNP Party/NNP by/IN right-wing/JJ Southern/NNP populists/NNS is/VBZ likely/JJ ./.
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(/( Also/RB see/VB "/" Christians/NNS as/IN Victims/NNP ?/.
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"/" Nor/CC do/VBP I/PRP speak/VBP as/IN a/DT Rockefeller/NNP Republican/NNP ./.
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ELLEN/NNP :/:
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D/NNP ./.
'd/MD in/IN '/POS 70/CD ./.
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John/NNP McCain/NNP ./.
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And/CC of/IN course/NN his/PRP$ POW/NNP résumé/NN ./.
I/PRP wish/VBP boomer/NN pundits/NNS would/MD get/VB over/IN the/DT guilt/NN of/IN not/RB serving/VBG in/IN Vietnam/NNP :/: They/PRP were/VBD right/JJ ./.
It/PRP was/VBD a/DT stupid/JJ war/NN and/CC not/RB worth/JJ fighting/NN and/CC dying/VBG for/IN ./.
Get/VB over/IN not/RB having/VBG that/IN "/" experience/NN ./.
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I/PRP wonder/NN how/WRB his/PRP$ family/NN feels/VBZ about/IN his/PRP$ quixotic/JJ ,/, and/CC ultimately/RB selfish/JJ ,/, presidential/JJ campaign/NN ?/.
If/IN I/PRP were/VBD one/CD of/IN his/PRP$ five/CD daughters/NNS ,/, I/PRP 'd/MD be/VB sort/NN of/IN pissed/JJ ./.
But/CC Forbes/NNP has/VBZ caught/VBN the/DT presidential/JJ aphrodisiac/NN ./.
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The/DT Voice/NNP has/VBZ added/VBN a/DT new/JJ biweekly/RB column/NN called/VBN "/" Pucker/NNP Up/IN ,/, "/" about/IN anal/NN sex/NN ./.
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"/" He/PRP then/RB asks/VBZ editor/NN Don/NNP Forst/NNP if/IN that/DT is/VBZ n't/RB a/DT bit/NN too/RB much/JJ ./.
Jesus/NNP ,/, what/WP prudes/NNS we/PRP have/VBP in/IN the/DT media/NNS !/.
Anal/NNP sex/NN in/IN the/DT Voice/NNP ,/, or/CC NYPress/NNP ,/, is/VBZ the/DT norm/NN ./.
I/PRP 'm/VBP sure/JJ readers/NNS wo/MD n't/RB raise/VB an/DT eyebrow/NN ./.
Best/JJS ,/, RUSS/NNP
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(/( Well/RB ,/, it/PRP will/MD fluctuate/VB ,/, of/IN course/NN ./.
)/) Beaten/NNP down/RB by/IN last/JJ week/NN 's/POS producer/NN price/NN index/NN number/NN and/CC the/DT myriad/JJ misreadings/NNS of/IN Alan/NNP Greenspan/NNP 's/POS comments/NNS ,/, stocks/NNS came/VBD roaring/VBG back/RP this/DT week/NN after/IN the/DT consumer/NN price/NN index/NN for/IN September/NNP was/VBD reasonable/JJ and/CC Microsoft/NNP reported/VBD blowout/NN numbers--no/JJ doubt/NN all/DT due/NN to/TO Slate/NNP ,/, in/IN some/DT complicated/VBN way/NN that/IN not/RB even/RB we/PRP can/MD fully/RB comprehend/NN ./.
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I/PRP hope/VBP nothing/NN else/RB important/JJ happens/VBZ between/IN the/DT time/NN I/PRP write/VBP this/DT and/CC you/PRP read/VBP it/PRP ,/, but/CC if/IN it/PRP does/VBZ ,/, just/RB ask/VB the/DT closest/JJS 7/CD -/: year-old/JJ about/IN it/PRP ./.
He/PRP 'll/MD probably/RB give/VB you/PRP a/DT version/NN much/JJ like/IN the/DT one/CD in/IN the/DT previous/JJ paragraph/NN ./.
And/CC so/RB ,/, on/IN to/TO the/DT Cocktail/NNP Chat/NNP !/.
1/LS ./.
"/" AOL/NNP announced/VBD that/IN it/PRP would/MD be/VB investing/VBG $/$ 800/CD million/CD in/IN PC/NN maker/NN Gateway/NNP ,/, and/CC that/IN it/PRP would/MD be/VB entering/VBG a/DT partnership/NN with/IN Gateway/NNP that/WDT should/MD give/VB AOL/NNP easier/JJR access/NN to/TO people/NNS who/WP buy/VBP Gateway/NNP PCs/NNS ,/, and/CC Gateway/NNP easier/JJR access/NN to/TO AOL/NNP customers/NNS ./.
Since/IN Gateway/NNP 's/POS company/NN mascot/NN is/VBZ a/DT cow/NN ,/, speculation/NN has/VBZ immediately/RB arisen/VBN that/IN its/PRP$ version/NN of/IN the/DT online/NN service/NN will/MD be/VB called/VBN America/NNP MOOnline/NNP ./.
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1/LS a/DT ./.
"/" Think/VBP of/IN that/DT as/IN a/DT Henny/NNP Youngman/NNP joke/NN for/IN the/DT age/NN of/IN the/DT New/NNP Economy/NNP ./.
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"/" IBM/NNP met/VBD Wall/NNP Street/NNP estimates/NNS but/CC saw/VBD its/PRP$ market/NN capitalization/NN drop/NN by/IN a/DT staggering/JJ $/$ 40/CD billion/CD after/IN it/PRP warned/VBD that/IN its/PRP$ sales/NNS in/IN the/DT next/JJ two/CD quarters/NNS ,/, well/RB into/IN next/JJ year/NN ,/, would/MD be/VB sharply/RB lower/JJR because/IN customers/NNS are/VBP so/RB worried/VBN about/IN the/DT Y/NNP 2/CD K/NNP problem/NN ./.
Curiously/RB ,/, other/JJ tech/NN giants/NNS ,/, like/IN Sun/NNP Microsystems/NNPS ,/, Microsoft/NNP ,/, and/CC EMC/NNP have/VBP said/VBN that/IN Y/NNP 2/CD K/NNP concerns/NNS are/VBP having/VBG little/JJ or/CC no/DT effect/NN on/IN their/PRP$ business/NN ./.
But/CC this/DT does/VBZ raise/NN an/DT interesting/JJ question/NN :/: What/WP will/MD be/VB the/DT latest/JJS date/NN that/IN a/DT company/NN mentions/VBZ Y/NNP 2/CD K/NNP as/IN a/DT reason/NN for/IN poor/JJ performance/NN ?/.
I/PRP 'm/VBP guessing/VBG July/NNP 2002/CD ./.
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3/LS ./.
"/" Tobacco/NNP companies/NNS '/POS stock/NN prices/NNS dropped/VBD yet/RB again/RB ,/, with/IN Philip/NNP Morris/NNP plummeting/VBG 24/CD percent/NN in/IN two/CD days/NNS and/CC R/NN ./.
J/NNP ./.
Reynolds/NNP falling/VBG 15/CD percent/NN ./.
Director/NNP Michael/NNP Mann/NNP must/MD be/VB astonished/JJ at/IN the/DT powerful/JJ effect/NN the/DT early/JJ screenings/NNS of/IN his/PRP$ anti-tobacco-company/JJ movie/NN The/DT Insider/NNP have/VBP had/VBN ./.
Though/IN it/PRP 's/VBZ possible/JJ that/IN a/DT Florida/NNP jury/NN handing/VBG down/RP a/DT verdict/NN in/IN a/DT class-action/JJ suit/NN that/WDT could/MD mean/VB the/DT companies/NNS will/MD be/VB shelling/VBG out/IN even/RB more/RBR multibillion-dollar/JJ payments/NNS might/MD have/VB something/NN to/TO do/VB with/IN the/DT downturn/NN ./.
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"/" Gillette/NNP ,/, which/WDT in/IN the/DT past/JJ year/NN has/VBZ made/VBN a/DT habit/NN of/IN letting/VBG Wall/NNP Street/NNP down/RB ,/, did/VBD so/RB again/RB Thursday/NNP when/WRB it/PRP announced/VBD that/IN sales/NNS in/IN the/DT next/JJ quarter/NN would/MD be/VB lower/JJR because/IN it/PRP was/VBD going/VBG to/TO trim/VB its/PRP$ inventory/NN of/IN razor/NN blades/NNS ./.
Gillette/NNP also/RB said/VBD it/PRP was/VBD contemplating/VBG selling/VBG off/RP some/DT of/IN its/PRP$ poorly/RB performing/VBG divisions/NNS ./.
Reuters/NNP reported/VBD that/IN Gillette/NNP 's/POS shares/VBZ were/VBD '/POS bludgeoned/VBN '/POS in/IN after-hours/JJ trading/NN ./.
Presumably/RB with/IN a/NNP '/POS blunt/VB ,/, heavy/JJ object/VBP '/POS ?/.
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5/LS ./.
"/" A/DT bus-stop/JJ ad/NN for/IN a/DT personal-injury/JJ lawyer/NN here/RB in/IN Brooklyn/NNP tells/VBZ potential/JJ clients/NNS to/TO call/VB this/DT number/NN :/: '/POS 1/CD -/: 877/CD -/: I-CAN-SUE/NNP ./.
'/POS Does/VBZ n't/RB Matlock/NNP have/VB that/IN on/IN his/PRP$ business/NN card/NN ,/, too/RB ?/.
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6/CD ./.
"/" Martha/NNP Stewart/NNP Omnimedia/NNP went/VBD public/JJ Tuesday/NNP and/CC nearly/RB doubled/VBD in/IN its/PRP$ first/JJ day/NN of/IN trading/NN ,/, after/IN some/DT dubious/JJ trading/NN shenanigans/NNS in/IN its/PRP$ first/JJ hour/NN ./.
According/VBG to/TO the/DT New/NNP York/NNP Times/NNP ,/, '/" The/DT offering/NN was/VBD hot/JJ in/IN large/JJ part/NN because/IN the/DT founder/NN of/IN the/DT company/NN is/VBZ so/RB well/RB known/VBN ./.
'/POS Ah/UH ,/, yes/UH ./.
I/PRP 'd/MD almost/RB forgotten/VBN that/IN legendary/JJ chapter/NN in/IN Graham/NNP and/CC Dodd/NNP 's/POS Security/NNP Analysis/NNP :/: '/POS On/IN the/DT Importance/NNP of/IN Fame/NNP in/IN Valuing/NNP Stocks/NNS ./.
'/" "/"
7/CD ./.
"/" Drug/NNP maker/NN Eli/NNP Lilly/NNP saw/VBD its/PRP$ profits/NNS rise/VBP 15/CD percent/NN in/IN the/DT most/RBS recent/JJ quarter/NN ,/, meeting/NN estimates/NNS ,/, but/CC its/PRP$ shares/NNS fell/VBD nonetheless/RB when/WRB it/PRP announced/VBD that/IN Prozac/NNP sales/NNS were/VBD down/RB significantly/RB ./.
Count/VBP depression/NN as/IN yet/RB another/DT casualty/NN of/IN the/DT booming/JJ U/NNP ./.
S/NNP ./.
economy/NN ./.
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The/DT New/NNP Northwest/NNP 's/POS distinguishing/VBG feature/NN is/VBZ n't/RB rain/VB or/CC money/NN or/CC coffee/NN ./.
It/PRP 's/VBZ Chihuly/NNP ./.
Not/RB "/" Dale/NNP Chihuly/NNP ./.
"/" Not/RB "/" glass/NN art/NN by/IN Dale/NNP Chihuly/NNP ./.
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Chihuly/NNP 's/POS work/NN does/VBZ n't/RB say/VB anything/NN outright/JJ about/IN us/PRP ,/, but/CC he/PRP 's/VBZ the/DT best/JJS mirror/VBP we/PRP 've/VBP got/VBN for/IN divining/VBG what/WP we/PRP 've/VBP come/VBN to/TO today/NN ./.
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J/NNP ./.
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Television/NNP existed/VBD in/IN those/DT elections/NNS and/CC was/VBD spreading/VBG rapidly/RB into/IN millions/NNS of/IN homes/NNS ./.
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But/CC to/TO start/VB out/RB ,/, here/RB are/VBP some/DT of/IN the/DT subjects/NNS "/" Net/NNP Election/NNP "/" is/VBZ likely/JJ to/TO consider/VB and/CC reconsider/VB over/IN the/DT next/JJ 14/CD months/NNS ./.
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Net/JJ Organizing/NNP
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Republicans/NNS targeted/VBD for/IN defeat/NN may/MD harness/NN the/DT same/JJ techniques/NNS in/IN self-defense/JJ ./.
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com/NN and/CC HillaryNo/NNP ./.
com/NN ./.
Those/DT with/IN little/JJ inclination/NN to/TO hand/VB out/RP leaflets/NNS at/IN rainy/NN commuter/NN stations/NNS at/IN rush/NN hour/NN can/MD become/VB "/" e-volunteers/JJ ./.
"/" By/IN using/VBG the/DT Web/NNP in/IN this/DT way/NN ,/, a/DT campaign/NN can/MD convert/VB mass/NN support/NN into/IN grass/NN roots/NNS support/VBP ./.
Steve/NNP Forbes/NNP '/POS Internet/NN guru/NN Rick/NNP Segal/NNP tried/VBD to/TO work/VB the/DT Iowa/NNP straw/NN poll/NN this/DT way/NN ./.
He/PRP set/VBD up/RP a/DT national/JJ e-mail/JJ tree/NN designed/VBN to/TO get/VB people/NNS to/TO send/VB their/PRP$ friends/NNS in/IN Iowa/NNP to/TO Ames/NNP as/IN Forbes/NNP supporters/NNS ./.
How/WRB great/JJ an/DT effect/NN it/PRP had/VBD is/VBZ hard/JJ to/TO say/VB ./.
Net/JJ Advertising/NNP
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e/SYM ./.
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But/CC it/PRP is/VBZ certain/JJ to/TO grow/VB as/IN a/DT share/NN of/IN the/DT total/NN ./.
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Already/RB ,/, Al/NNP Gore/NNP has/VBZ plans/NNS to/TO focus/VB on/IN women-oriented/JJ sites/NNS ./.
Steve/NNP Forbes/NNP intends/VBZ to/TO advertise/VB on/IN day/NN trading/NN and/CC investment/NN sites/NNS ,/, where/WRB people/NNS who/WP might/MD vote/VB for/IN him/PRP are/VBP likely/JJ to/TO be/VB found/VBN ./.
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Techniques/NNP and/CC conventions/NNS that/WDT will/MD come/VB to/TO seem/VB eternal/JJ and/CC inevitable/JJ will/MD actually/RB be/VB invented/VBN in/IN the/DT coming/VBG months/NNS ./.
Net/JJ Issues/NNS
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What/WP we/PRP have/VBP yet/RB to/TO see/VB ,/, but/CC can/MD expect/VB fairly/RB soon/RB ,/, are/VBP politicians/NNS who/WP fit/VBP the/DT computer/NN industry/NN 's/POS political/JJ profile/NN ./.
Internet/NN politics/NNS are/VBP basically/RB soft/JJ libertarian--liberal/JJ on/IN social/JJ issues/NNS ,/, anti-tax/JJ ,/, and/CC anti-regulation/JJ (/( but/CC pro-environment/NN and/CC pro-gun/JJ control/NN )/) ./.
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Net/JJ Coverage/NNP
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Thanks/NNS to/TO the/DT Web/NNP ,/, it/PRP may/MD be/VB entirely/RB repealed/VBN in/IN 2000/CD ./.
These/DT days/NNS ,/, everyone/NN has/VBZ a/DT Web/NNP site/NN and/CC a/DT big/JJ established/VBN news/NN organization/NN can/MD drop/VB an/DT election-transforming/JJ scoop/NN into/IN the/DT mix/NN at/IN any/DT hour/NN of/IN the/DT day/NN or/CC night/NN ,/, just/RB as/IN Matt/NNP Drudge/NNP can/MD ./.
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One/CD role/NN model/NN may/MD be/VB Minnesota/NNP Gov/NNP ./.
Jesse/NNP Ventura/NNP ,/, who/WP integrated/VBN the/DT real/JJ and/CC the/DT virtual/JJ to/TO an/DT impressive/JJ degree/NN in/IN his/PRP$ Web-savvy/NNP 1998/CD campaign/NN ./.
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To/TO a/DT considerable/JJ degree/NN ,/, his/PRP$ Web/NNP site/NN was/VBD where/WRB his/PRP$ campaign/NN actually/RB happened/VBD ./.
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Whether/IN anyone/NN will/MD be/VB watching/NN is/VBZ yet/RB another/DT question/NN ./.
Click/NNP here/RB to/TO visit/VB the/DT Industry/NNP Standard/NNP ./.
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If/IN anything/NN ,/, he/PRP 's/VBZ learned/VBD that/IN NATO/NNP lacks/VBZ the/DT political/JJ will/MD to/TO punish/VB him/PRP ./.
The/DT paper/NN predicts/VBZ that/IN "/" killing/VBG in/IN Kosovo/NNP is/VBZ not/RB likely/JJ to/TO stop/VB ./.
"/" Britain/NNP 's/POS Daily/NNP Telegraph/NNP agrees/VBZ ,/, saying/VBG :/: "/" No/DT one/NN has/VBZ gained/VBN from/IN the/DT chaotic/JJ '/POS peace/NN conference/NN ./.
'/POS ./.
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"/" The/DT same/JJ editorial/NN also/RB says/VBZ that/IN Albright/NNP 's/POS "/" humiliating/JJ climb-down/JJ "/" will/MD hurt/VB her/PRP$ credibility/NN in/IN future/JJ international/JJ crises/NNS ./.
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Sixteen/NNP people/NNS were/VBD killed/VBN ,/, and/CC more/JJR than/IN 20/CD are/VBP missing/VBG ./.
Recent/JJ avalanches/NNS in/IN France/NNP ,/, Austria/NNP ,/, Italy/NNP ,/, and/CC Switzerland/NNP have/VBP killed/VBN dozens/NNS of/IN people/NNS ./.
An/DT estimated/VBN 20/CD ,/, 000/CD tourists/NNS are/VBP currently/RB stranded/VBN in/IN snowed-in/JJ resort/NN towns/NNS throughout/IN the/DT Alps/NNP ./.
The/DT Times/NNP of/IN London/NNP reports/NNS that/IN three/CD Britons/NNP are/VBP being/VBG tried/VBN in/IN a/DT French/JJ court/NN for/IN recklessly/RB endangering/VBG rescuers/NNS '/POS lives/NNS by/IN going/VBG "/" off/IN piste/NN "/" (/( off/RP the/DT marked/VBN trail/NN )/) at/IN a/DT ski/NN resort/NN near/IN Albertville/NNP ./.
The/DT lost/VBD Londoners/NNP contacted/VBD the/DT authorities/NNS on/IN a/DT cell/NN phone/NN and/CC were/VBD brought/VBN to/TO safety/NN without/IN injuries/NNS to/TO skiers/NNS or/CC rescuers/NNS ./.
The/DT trial/NN is/VBZ attracting/VBG attention/NN in/IN English/NNP papers/NNS because/IN some/DT of/IN the/DT Alpine/NNP avalanches/NNS this/DT winter/NN have/VBP been/VBN attributed/VBN to/TO irresponsible/JJ off/IN piste/NN skiers/NNS ./.
(/( Astonishingly/NNP ,/, the/DT brief/JJ Times/NNP story/NN finds/VBZ room/NN to/TO list/VB each/DT defendant/NN 's/POS income/NN ,/, as/RB in/IN "/" Mr/NNP Fairley/NNP ,/, a/DT father/NN of/IN two/CD ,/, earns/VBZ about/IN £/NN 46/CD ,/, 000/CD a/DT year/NN as/IN European/JJ sales/NNS manager/NN for/IN a/DT medical/JJ equipment/NN firm/NN ./.
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The/DT profile/NN sketches/NNS "/" Big/NNP Daddy/NNP "/" as/IN a/DT playful/JJ old/JJ duffer--e/JJ ./.
g/SYM ./.
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"/" The/DT interviewer/NN notably/RB refrains/NNS from/IN asking/VBG any/DT hard/JJ questions/NNS about/IN ,/, say/VB ,/, the/DT 200/CD ,/, 000/CD Ugandans/NNP thought/VBD to/TO have/VB died/VBN under/IN Amin/NNP 's/POS rule/NN ./.
Perhaps/RB this/DT is/VBZ because/IN before/IN the/DT interview/NN Amin/NNP told/VBD the/DT reporter/NN that/IN "/" his/PRP$ people/NNS "/" in/IN Uganda/NNP "/" say/VBP they/PRP know/VBP you/PRP ,/, the/DT place/NN you/PRP stay/VBP and/CC when/WRB you/PRP get/VBP home/NN ./.
"/" Amin/NNP lives/NNS in/IN Jeddah/NNP ,/, Saudi/NNP Arabia/NNP ,/, on/IN a/DT Saudi/JJ pension/NN ;/: he/PRP has/VBZ five/CD satellite/NN dishes/NNS ,/, drives/VBZ a/DT white/JJ Cadillac/NNP ,/, and/CC enjoys/VBZ fishing/NN in/IN the/DT Red/NNP Sea/NNP ./.
"/" We/PRP 've/VBP just/RB been/VBN sent/VBN a/DT memo/NN telling/VBG us/PRP we/PRP 're/VBP not/RB supposed/VBN to/TO talk/VB to/TO the/DT media/NNS ,/, "/" said/VBD the/DT young/JJ male/JJ clerk/NN at/IN Barnes/NNP &/CC Noble/NNP when/WRB I/PRP asked/VBD if/IN he/PRP was/VBD selling/VBG a/DT lot/NN of/IN copies/NNS of/IN The/DT Rules/NNPS :/: Time/NNP Tested/NNP Secrets/NNP for/IN Capturing/NNP the/DT Heart/NNP of/IN Mr/NNP ./.
Right/RB ,/, the/DT slender/JJ ,/, much-publicized/JJ manual/JJ of/IN retro/NN dating/VBG strategy/NN for/IN women/NNS ./.
"/" But/CC yes/UH "/" -/: -/: eyeball/NN roll/NN ,/, sigh/NN ,/, grimace--/JJ "/" it/PRP 's/VBZ flying/VBG out/IN of/IN here/RB ./.
"/" There/EX went/VBD my/PRP$ theory/NN that/IN the/DT book/NN 's/POS sales/NNS (/( advertised/VBN as/IN 800/CD ,/, 000/CD )/) reflected/VBD warehouse-size/JJ orders/NNS from/IN the/DT same/JJ cabal/NN that/WDT inflated/VBD the/DT numbers/NNS for/IN Ancient/NNP Evenings/NNP ,/, The/DT Closing/NN of/IN the/DT American/NNP Mind/VB ,/, A/DT Brief/NNP History/NN of/IN Time/NNP ,/, and/CC many/JJ other/JJ supposed/VBN huge/JJ sellers/NNS that/IN you/PRP 've/VBP never/RB actually/RB seen/VBN outside/IN a/DT bookstore/NN ./.
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Certainly/RB the/DT B/NNP &/CC N/NNP clerk/NN ,/, a/DT dating/VBG man/NN if/IN I/PRP ever/RB saw/VBD one/CD ,/, took/VBD them/PRP seriously/RB ./.
"/" It/PRP 's/VBZ all/DT about/JJ mind/NN games/NNS ,/, "/" he/PRP volunteered/VBD scornfully/RB ./.
"/" I/PRP hate/VBP that/DT book/NN ./.
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"/" Mind/VB games/NNS "/" is/VBZ right/JJ ./.
The/DT thesis/NN of/IN Ellen/NNP Fein/NNP and/CC Sherrie/NNP Schneider/NNP 's/POS book/NN is/VBZ that/IN for/IN women/NNS who/WP want/VBP to/TO marry/VB ,/, lunacy/NN is/VBZ the/DT best/JJS policy/NN ./.
Women/NNP who/WP take/VBP the/DT initiative--a/JJ broad/JJ category/NN of/IN behavior/NN that/WDT includes/VBZ most/JJS signs/NNS of/IN life/NN ,/, not/RB to/TO mention/VB common/JJ politeness--/JJ "/" destroy/VB male/JJ ambition/NN and/CC animal/NN drive/NN ./.
Men/NN are/VBP born/VBN to/TO respond/VB to/TO challenge/VB ./.
Take/VB away/RB challenge/NN and/CC their/PRP$ interest/NN wanes/VBZ ./.
"/" So/RB ,/, become/VBP a/DT Rules/NNPS Girl/NNP ./.
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You/PRP could/MD see/VB The/DT Rules/NNPS as/IN a/DT weird/JJ fantasia/NN on/IN the/DT theme/NN of/IN ,/, "/" Why/WRB buy/VB the/DT cow/NN if/IN you/PRP can/MD get/VB the/DT milk/NN for/IN free/JJ ?/.
"/" But/CC what/WP sets/NNS it/PRP apart/RB from/IN ,/, say/VB ,/, "/" Dear/RB Abby/NNP ,/, "/" is/VBZ the/DT demented/JJ ,/, quasi-military/JJ precision/NN of/IN the/DT Rules/NNPS ./.
Buy/VB a/DT timer/NN and/CC set/VBD it/PRP for/IN 10/CD minutes/NNS when/WRB he/PRP calls/VBZ ./.
Practice/NNP the/DT rules/NNS on/IN the/DT doorman/NN and/CC the/DT butcher--let/JJ them/PRP say/VBP "/" hello/UH "/" first/JJ to/TO you/PRP ./.
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Do/VBP n't/RB just/RB read/VB the/DT Rules--memorize/NNP them/PRP ./.
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Actually/RB ,/, no/UH ./.
Life/NNP 's/POS much/RB more/RBR complicated/JJ ./.
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"/" Why/WRB ?/.
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Vote/NN for/IN him/PRP ./.
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He/PRP is/VBZ irresistible/JJ ./.
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(/( If/IN he/PRP were/VBD a/DT Democrat/NNP leading/VBG the/DT fight/NN against/IN tobacco/NN and/CC campaign/NN corruption/NN ,/, no/DT one/PRP would/MD care/VB ./.
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He/PRP has/VBZ a/DT knack/NN for/IN flattering/JJ reporters/NNS ./.
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McCain/NNP ,/, by/IN contrast/NN ,/, is/VBZ transparent/JJ ./.
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He/PRP asks/VBZ them/PRP for/IN advice/NN ./.
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1/LS way/NN to/TO ensure/VB a/DT favorable/JJ article/NN is/VBZ to/TO ask/VB the/DT reporter/NN for/IN advice/NN ./.
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He/PRP is/VBZ unpopular/JJ in/IN the/DT Senate/NNP ./.
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)/) But/CC they/PRP also/RB dislike/VBP him/PRP for/IN good/JJ reasons/NNS ./.
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(/( Well/RB ,/, why/WRB not/RB ?/.
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He/PRP does/VBZ not/RB recognize/VB quid/NN pro/FW quo/NN politics/NNS ./.
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He/PRP resisted/VBD his/PRP$ captors/NNS alone/RB and/CC endured/VBD years/NNS in/IN solitary/JJ confinement/NN ./.
At/IN the/DT Naval/NNP Academy/NNP ,/, McCain/NNP was/VBD nicknamed/VBN "/" Punk/NNP ,/, "/" and/CC that/DT 's/VBZ what/WP he/PRP is/VBZ ./.
He/PRP suspects/VBZ authority/NN and/CC challenges/NNS orthodoxy/NN ./.
It/PRP 's/VBZ why/WRB he/PRP 's/VBZ a/DT great/JJ story/NN and/CC a/DT great/JJ troublemaker/NN ./.
It/PRP 's/VBZ also/RB why/WRB he/PRP would/MD make/VB a/DT lousy/JJ president/NN ./.
Being/VBG president/NN is/VBZ not/RB about/IN bucking/VBG authority/NN ,/, it/PRP 's/VBZ about/IN being/VBG authority/NN ./.
It/PRP 's/VBZ not/RB about/IN resisting/VBG coercion/NN ,/, it/PRP 's/VBZ about/IN coercing/VBG ,/, and/CC bargaining/NN ,/, and/CC sucking/VBG up/RP ,/, and/CC twisting/VBG arms/NNS ,/, and/CC telling/VBG little/JJ lies/NNS ./.
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So/IN he/PRP should/MD stay/VB in/IN the/DT Senate/NNP and/CC continue/VB to/TO make/VB trouble/NN ./.
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This/DT describes/VBZ McCain/NNP 's/POS penchant/NN for/IN apologies/NNS ./.
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16/CD meeting/NN ./.
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S/NNP ./.
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S/NNP ./.
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Movies/NNP
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"/" (/( Read/NNP the/DT rest/NN of/IN Edelstein/NNP 's/POS review/NN ./.
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Book/NNP
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Friedman/NNP (/( Farrar/NNP ,/, Straus/NNP &/CC Giroux/NNP )/) ./.
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"/" (/( Click/NNP to/TO read/VB Weisberg/NNP 's/POS review/NN in/IN Slate/NNP ./.
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Snap/NNP Judgment/NNP
Movie/NNP
Idle/JJ Hands/NNP (/( Columbia/NNP Pictures/NNP )/) ./.
Another/DT campy/NN teen/JJ horror/NN flick/NN ./.
Shocker/NNP :/: Critics/NNS say/VBP it/PRP 's/VBZ trite/NN and/CC unoriginal/NN (/( it/PRP follows/VBZ a/DT boy/NN with/IN a/DT demonically/RB possessed/VBN hand/NN )/) ./.
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Offspring/NNP
Bechet/NNP Dumaine/NNP Allen/NNP ./.
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In/IN The/DT Luck/NNP of/IN the/DT Bodkins/NNP ,/, P/NN ./.
G/NNP ./.
Wodehouse/NNP remarked/VBD on/IN the/DT ./.
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look/NN of/IN furtive/JJ shame/NN ,/, the/DT shifty/NN ,/, hangdog/NN look/NN which/WDT announces/VBZ that/IN an/DT Englishman/NNP is/VBZ about/IN to/TO talk/VB French/JJ ./.
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The/DT inimitable/JJ Mr/NNP ./.
Wodehouse/NNP was/VBD ,/, as/IN usual/JJ ,/, spot-on/JJ with/IN his/PRP$ characterization/NN ./.
We/PRP insatiable/JJ travelers/NNS have/VBP seen/VBN similar/JJ scenes/NNS enacted/VBD many/JJ times/NNS around/IN the/DT watering/NN holes/NNS of/IN the/DT world/NN ,/, from/IN Calais/NNP to/TO the/DT fleshpots/NNS of/IN Douala/NNP ,/, from/IN Quebec/NNP to/TO the/DT silver/NN strands/NNS of/IN the/DT Côte/NNP d/SYM '/POS Ivoire/NNP ./.
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Mr/NNP ./.
Average/NNP Scot/NNP does/VBZ not/RB ,/, for/IN one/CD ./.
The/DT intricacies/NNS of/IN the/DT Gallic/NNP subjunctive/JJ do/VBP not/RB worry/VB him/PRP at/IN all/DT ,/, and/CC for/IN the/DT best/JJS reason/NN in/IN the/DT world/NN :/: he/PRP does/VBZ not/RB even/RB bother/VB to/TO try/VB ./.
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But/CC Scots/NNP have/VBP long/RB been/VBN inured/JJ to/TO such/JJ slurs/NNS ./.
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Huv/NNP ye/NN seen/VBN ma/NN gaffer/NN ,/, Jim/NNP ?/.
he/PRP queried/VBN ./.
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I/PRP do/VBP n't/RB think/VB I/PRP know/VBP your/PRP$ boss/NN ,/, I/PRP hedged/JJ craftily/RB ./.
What/WP does/VBZ he/PRP look/VBP like/IN ?/.
The/DT little/JJ man/NN took/VBD off/IN his/PRP$ cap/NN ./.
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He/PRP glanced/VBD at/IN her/PRP$ ,/, the/DT world-weary/JJ eyes/NNS of/IN Old/NNP Scotia/NNP and/CC the/DT prelapsarian/NN ingenuousness/NNS of/IN Young/NNP Picardie/NNP 's/POS meeting/NN in/IN a/DT fleeting/JJ look/NN that/WDT spanned/VBD the/DT ages/NNS ./.
He/PRP coughed/VBD harshly/RB and/CC spat/NN copiously/RB on/IN the/DT ground/NN ./.
Then/RB he/PRP let/VBP her/PRP$ have/VBP it/PRP with/IN both/DT barrels/NNS ./.
Och/NNP ,/, he/PRP intoned/JJ with/IN Bren-gun/NNP rapidity/NN ,/, He/PRP 's/VBZ jeest/NN a/DT nyatterin/NN '/" wee/NN nyaff/NN wi/NN '/" a/DT skelly/RB cacke/NN '/" e/SYM an/DT '/POS a/DT manky/NN ,/, broony-kinna/JJ gansey/NN ./.
When/WRB he/PRP had/VBD gone/VBN ,/, my/PRP$ young/JJ French/JJ friend/NN asked/VBD me/PRP in/IN understandable/JJ bewilderment/NN ,/, What/WP sort/NN of/IN language/NN was/VBD that/DT ?/.
English/NNP ,/, I/PRP replied/VBD innocently/RB ./.
English/NNP ?/.
?/.
!/.
!/.
Well/RB ,/, yes/UH ,/, sort/NN of/IN ./.
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Oh/UH my/PRP$ God/NNP !/.
she/PRP exclaimed/JJ ,/, appalled/VBN ./.
And/CC I/PRP am/VBP supposed/VBN to/TO be/VB a/DT translator/NN !/.
What/WP on/IN earth/NN was/VBD he/PRP saying/VBG ?/.
I/PRP thought/VBD carefully/RB for/IN a/DT moment/NN or/CC two/CD before/IN committing/VBG myself/PRP :/:
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Then/RB her/PRP$ teeth/NNS clicked/VBD shut/VBN and/CC she/PRP lanced/JJ me/PRP with/IN a/DT look/NN of/IN frosted/JJ French/JJ steel/NN ./.
I/PRP theenk/NN you/PRP are/VBP taking/VBG the/DT meeckey/NN out/IN of/IN me/PRP ,/, she/PRP ground/VBD out/IN savagely/RB ./.
And/CC off/RP she/PRP flounced/JJ ./.
The/DT Auld/NNP Alliance/NNP must/MD have/VB been/VBN strong/JJ indeed/RB to/TO put/VB up/RP with/IN seven/CD centuries/NNS of/IN this/DT sort/NN of/IN stuff/NN ./.
Balloonist/NNP lands/NNS in/IN hot/JJ water/NN with/IN ex-minister/JJ 's/POS wife/NN ./.
[/NN Headline/NNP in/IN The/DT Times/NNP ,/, n/NN ./.
d/SYM ./.
Submitted/NNP by/IN ./.
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It/PRP would/MD also/RB ban/VB public/JJ consumption/NN of/IN alcohol/NN and/CC wild/JJ dogs/NNS in/IN these/DT areas/NNS ./.
[/NN From/IN an/DT article/NN by/IN Andrew/NNP Jack/NNP about/IN La/NNP Rochelle/NNP ,/, France/NNP ,/, in/IN the/DT Financial/NNP Times/NNP ,/, ./.
Submitted/NNP by/IN ./.
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But/CC on/IN return/NN trips/NNS to/TO my/PRP$ birth/NN place/NN ,/, the/DT Northumbrian/NNP influence/NN would/MD show/VB and/CC I/PRP would/MD be/VB baited/JJ as/IN a/DT Geordie/NNP ./.
(/( I/NN have/VBP since/IN gone/VBN international/JJ :/: I/PRP 'm/VBP a/DT Pommie/NNP in/IN Australia/NNP and/CC an/DT Aussie/NNP when/WRB back/RB in/IN England/NNP !/.
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While/IN in/IN Northumberland/NNP I/PRP did/VBD serve/VB my/PRP$ time/NN on/IN a/DT coble/JJ ,/, a/DT traditional/JJ fishing/NN boat/NN working/VBG out/IN of/IN that/DT tiny/JJ harbor/NN not/RB far/RB from/IN the/DT Scottish/NNP border/NN ,/, and/CC it/PRP was/VBD during/IN those/DT years/NNS at/IN sea/NN that/IN I/PRP learned/VBD some/DT of/IN the/DT more/RBR subtle/JJ intricacies/NNS of/IN Northumbrian/NNP ,/, in/IN particular/JJ that/IN most/JJS flexible/JJ of/IN all/DT words--/JJ Aye/NNP ./.
I/PRP remember/VBP walking/VBG down/RB to/TO the/DT harbor/NN ,/, early/JJ one/CD very/RB misty/NN morning/NN ,/, with/IN a/DT friend/NN from/IN Yorkshire/NNP who/WP was/VBD coming/VBG out/IN on/IN the/DT boat/NN to/TO watch/VB us/PRP haul/NN the/DT creaves/NNS (/( lobster/NN pots/NNS )/) ./.
As/IN we/PRP neared/VBD the/DT village/NN we/PRP met/VBD an/DT older/JJR fisherman/NN heading/VBG in/IN the/DT opposite/JJ direction/NN ./.
He/PRP glanced/VBD up/RB as/IN we/PRP passed/VBD ,/, shook/VBD his/PRP$ head/NN and/CC uttered/VBD a/DT terse/JJ greeting/NN ./.
Thick/NNP ,/, eh/NN ?/.
Aye/NNP ,/, I/PRP replied/VBD ./.
That/DT was/VBD the/DT sum/NN total/NN of/IN the/DT conversation/NN ./.
After/IN a/DT few/JJ minutes/NNS of/IN deep/JJ reflection/NN ,/, my/PRP$ Yorkshire/NNP friend/NN could/MD contain/VB himself/PRP no/RB longer/RB ./.
What/WP was/VBD that/IN all/DT about/RP ?/.
he/PRP asked/VBD ./.
He/PRP said/VBD that/IN it/PRP was/VBD very/RB foggy/JJ today/NN and/CC he/PRP thought/VBD that/IN the/DT boats/NNS would/MD probably/RB not/RB be/VB going/VBG out--he/JJ asked/VBD me/PRP if/IN I/PRP was/VBD of/IN the/DT same/JJ opinion/NN ./.
I/PRP said/VBD that/IN I/PRP agreed/VBD with/IN him/PRP ./.
My/PRP$ friend/NN lapsed/VBN back/RB into/IN thought/VBD ,/, stunned/VBN by/IN the/DT hidden/VBN complexity/NN of/IN such/JJ a/DT brief/JJ exchange/NN ./.
Unknown/JJ to/TO him/PRP ,/, the/DT conversation/NN down/RB at/IN the/DT harbor/NN would/MD be/VB even/RB more/RBR perplexing/JJ ./.
The/DT smaller/JJR boats/NNS had/VBD no/DT radio/NN or/CC radar/NN ,/, so/IN it/PRP was/VBD customary/JJ ,/, during/IN adverse/JJ weather/NN conditions/NNS ,/, for/IN the/DT fishermen/NNS to/TO congregate/NN around/IN whatever/WDT spot/NN at/IN the/DT harbor/NN offered/VBD the/DT maximum/NN shelter/NN from/IN the/DT weather/NN of/IN the/DT day/NN ./.
After/IN an/DT appropriate/JJ period/NN of/IN time/NN ,/, some/DT sort/NN of/IN taciturn/NN group/NN decision/NN would/MD be/VB made/VBN on/IN whether/IN or/CC not/RB the/DT boats/NNS would/MD go/VB out/RP that/DT morning/NN ./.
Sometimes/RB the/DT men/NNS would/MD stand/VB for/IN several/JJ hours/NNS ,/, all/DT attention/NN turned/VBD to/TO the/DT prevailing/VBG conditions--and/JJ anything/NN else/RB that/WDT might/MD happen/VB by/IN ./.
As/IN we/PRP joined/VBD the/DT inevitable/JJ group/NN gathered/VBD at/IN the/DT end/NN of/IN the/DT old/JJ lime/NN kilns/NNS ,/, one/CD man/NN looked/VBD up/RB ./.
The/DT conversation/NN went/VBD something/NN like/IN this/DT :/:
Aye/NNP ?/.
(/( In/IN a/DT short/JJ rising/NN tone/NN as/IN if/IN to/TO say/VB ,/, Who/WP 's/VBZ this/DT stranger/NN with/IN you/PRP ?/.
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Another/DT fisherman/NN turned/VBD his/PRP$ head/NN ./.
Aye/NNP ,/, aye/NN ./.
(/( These/DT were/VBD two/CD level-sounding/JJ words/NNS meaning/VBG So/RB your/PRP$ mate/NN 's/POS going/VBG out/IN with/IN you/PRP ,/, is/VBZ he/PRP ?/.
It/PRP was/VBD more/JJR of/IN a/DT statement/NN than/IN a/DT question/NN ./.
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Another/DT voice/NN added/VBD :/:
H/NNP '/POS aye/NN ./.
(/( With/IN an/DT expulsion/NN of/IN breath/NN ,/, and/CC going/VBG down/RB at/IN the/DT end/NN :/: He/PRP 'll/MD be/VB lucky/JJ to/TO go/VB anywhere/RB today/NN ,/, with/IN all/PDT this/DT fog/NN ./.
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And/CC another/DT ./.
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Aye/NNP '/POS he/PRP ./.
(/( This/DT had/VBD a/DT long/JJ dip/NN in/IN the/DT middle/NN ,/, with/IN a/DT short/JJ ending/NN :/: That/DT 's/VBZ right/NN ,/, very/RB lucky/JJ to/TO get/VB out/RP ./.
He/PRP 'll/MD be/VB lucky/JJ to/TO climb/VB down/RB onto/IN the/DT boat/NN ./.
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Then/RB a/DT more/JJR resigned/VBD sound/NN came/VBD from/IN within/IN the/DT group/NN ./.
It/PRP was/VBD almost/RB a/DT sigh/NN :/:
Aye/NNP ./.
(/( I/NN think/VBP everything/NN that/IN you/PRP all/DT just/RB said/VBN is/VBZ correct/JJ ,/, I/PRP do/VBP n't/RB think/VB that/IN the/DT mist/NN will/MD clear/VB ,/, not/RB this/DT morning/NN ./.
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Aye/NNP ./.
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Silence/NNP again/RB ./.
An/DT old/JJ bomb/NN of/IN a/DT car/NN bounced/VBD past/JJ with/IN several/JJ rough-looking/JJ youths/NNS inside/IN ./.
Aye/NNP !/.
(/( Quite/RB strong/JJ ,/, starting/VBG low/JJ ,/, rising/VBG to/TO the/DT end/NN ,/, as/IN if/IN to/TO say/VB ,/, Going/VBG far/RB too/RB fast/RB !/.
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Aye/NNP !/.
(/( More/JJR of/IN a/DT growl/NN :/: Yes/UH ,/, a/DT ridiculous/JJ speed/NN to/TO be/VB traveling/VBG ;/: and/CC what/WP are/VBP they/PRP doing/VBG ,/, driving/VBG about/IN at/IN this/DT time/NN of/IN day/NN anyway/RB ?/.
Up/IN to/TO no/DT good/NN if/IN you/PRP ask/VBP me/PRP ./.
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Silence/NNP ./.
A/DT big/JJ lift/NN (/( sea/NN ,/, wave/NN )/) came/VBD in/IN the/DT harbor/NN and/CC all/PDT the/DT boats/NNS made/VBD a/DT run/NN on/IN their/PRP$ rope/NN ends/NNS ./.
It/PRP was/VBD studied/VBN thoughtfully/RB ,/, the/DT implications/NNS for/IN the/DT prospects/NNS of/IN the/DT day/NN mulled/JJ over/IN ./.
Aye/NNP !/.
(/( Long/NNP and/CC strong/JJ ,/, quite/RB a/DT dip/NN in/IN the/DT middle/JJ :/: Not/RB only/RB is/VBZ it/PRP misty/NN ,/, but/CC the/DT sea/NN is/VBZ making/VBG too/RB !/.
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Aye/NNP !/.
(/( Short/JJ ,/, resigned/VBD ,/, exhaled/VBD as/IN a/DT sigh/NN :/: I/PRP ca/MD n't/RB see/VB that/IN we/PRP 'll/MD be/VB out/IN today/NN ,/, just/RB you/PRP mark/VBP my/PRP$ words/NNS ./.
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Aye/NNP ./.
(/( Fairly/NNP level/NN ,/, slight/JJ dip/NN ,/, then/RB rise/NN toward/IN the/DT end/NN :/: That/DT 's/VBZ right/NN ,/, we/PRP 'd/MD have/VB been/VBN far/RB better/RB off/RP staying/VBG in/IN bed/NN ./.
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More/JJR silence/NN ./.
One/CD of/IN the/DT fishermen/NNS lazily/RB drew/VBD his/PRP$ knife/NN out/IN of/IN his/PRP$ trouser/NN pocket/NN ;/: he/PRP laboriously/RB opened/VBD it/PRP and/CC began/VBD to/TO sharpen/VB the/DT blade/NN on/IN the/DT corner/NN of/IN the/DT sandstone/NN wall/NN ./.
There/EX are/VBP providence-tempting/JJ implications/NNS to/TO be/VB considered/VBN in/IN an/DT act/NN like/IN this/DT ./.
Aye/NNP !/.
(/( Throaty/NNP ,/, short/JJ ,/, rise/NN at/IN the/DT end/NN ,/, hint/NN of/IN disgust/NN :/: I/PRP do/VBP n't/RB know/VB what/WP you/PRP 're/VBP sharpening/VBG that/DT thing/NN for/IN ./.
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H/NNP '/POS aye/NN !/.
(/( Strong/JJ ,/, definite/JJ but/CC falling/VBG :/: Put/VB your/PRP$ knife/NN away/RB ,/, man/NN ,/, you/PRP 'll/MD only/RB make/VB things/NNS worse/JJR ./.
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One/CD man/NN looked/VBD up/RB at/IN the/DT mist/NN ./.
His/PRP$ face/NN scanned/JJ the/DT bland/JJ emptiness/NNS of/IN the/DT full/JJ sky/NN ./.
Aye/NNP ./.
(/( Descending/NNP ,/, exhaled/VBD ,/, slightly/RB wavy/NN ,/, almost/RB a/DT touch/NN of/IN ridicule/NN :/: Well/RB ,/, you/PRP lot/NN can/MD do/VB what/WP you/PRP like/VBP ,/, I/PRP 've/VBP been/VBN here/RB long/RB enough/RB ,/, I/PRP 'm/VBP off/IN back/RB home/NN ./.
)/)
Aye/NNP !/.
(/( Short/JJ ,/, sharp/JJ ,/, level/NN :/: Me/PRP too/RB !/.
This/DT was/VBD followed/VBN by/IN other/JJ Ayes/NNP of/IN agreement/NN ,/, but/CC all/DT different/JJ ./.
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Aye/NNP ,/, aye/NN ./.
(/( First/CD one/CD level/NN ,/, second/JJ one/CD descending/VBG :/: We/PRP 'll/MD not/RB do/VB any/DT good/NN down/RB here/RB ./.
I/PRP think/VBP we/PRP 've/VBP made/VBN our/PRP$ decision/NN ./.
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The/DT men/NNS started/VBD to/TO move/VB off/RP ,/, each/DT going/VBG his/PRP$ own/JJ way/NN ./.
My/PRP$ skipper/NN turned/VBD to/TO me/PRP ./.
Aye/NNP ./.
(/( Short/JJ ,/, to/TO the/DT point/NN :/: That/DT 's/VBZ it/PRP my/PRP$ bonnie/NN lad/NN ./.
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My/PRP$ Yorkshire/NNP friend/NN looked/VBD inquiringly/RB into/IN my/PRP$ face/NN ./.
Does/VBZ this/DT mean/NN we/PRP 're/VBP not/RB going/VBG out/IN to/TO sea/NN ?/.
What/WP could/MD I/PRP say/VB ?/.
Aye/NNP ./.
There/EX 's/VBZ many/VB a/DT glitch/NN '/" twixt/NN script/NN and/CC speech/NN ./.
For/IN a/DT start/NN ,/, the/DT script/NN might/MD be/VB mis-typed/JJ or/CC semi-legible/JJ ,/, and/CC the/DT speaker/NN ignorant/NN ./.
On/IN a/DT state/NN occasion/NN during/IN the/DT Queen/NNP 's/POS recent/JJ visit/NN to/TO Namibia/NNP ,/, the/DT master/NN of/IN ceremonies/NNS introduced/VBD Her/PRP$ Majesty/NNP as/IN Queen/NNP Elizabeth/NNP the/DT eleventh/NN ./.
And/CC on/IN an/DT Irish/JJ radio/NN requests/NNS program/NN a/DT few/JJ years/NNS ago/RB ,/, the/DT presenter/NN launched/VBN into/IN a/DT dedication/NN to/TO this/DT effect/NN :/: And/CC now/RB ,/, a/DT special/JJ message/NN for/IN John/NNP Donachy/NNP of/IN Ballycloran/NNP ,/, who/WP is/VBZ a/DT hundred-and-eleven/JJ !/.
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no/DT he/PRP 's/VBZ not/RB ,/, he/PRP 's/VBZ ill/JJ ./.
And/CC of/IN course/NN ,/, even/RB the/DT clearest/NN of/IN scripts/NNS and/CC brightest/JJS of/IN speakers/NNS will/MD produce/VB occasional/JJ misfires/NNS ,/, such/JJ as/IN :/:
faulty/JJ accessing/VBG :/: a/DT funfair/NN of/IN trumpets/VBZ ;/: a/DT prawn/NN in/IN the/DT game/NN ;/: I/PRP know/VBP you/PRP like/VBP the/DT back/NN of/IN my/PRP$ head/NN ./.
mispronunciations/NNS :/: deteriate/NN ;/: cow-orkers/JJ ;/: Grenada/NNP as/IN if/IN written/VBN Granada/NNP ./.
botched/VBN tongue-twisters/JJ :/: shallow/JJ and/CC slipshod/JJ shatire/NN ;/: that/IN disquieting/JJ condition/NN called/VBD Kwok/NNP 's/POS Quease/NNP ;/: the/DT fire/NN at/IN the/DT Tirestone/NNP fire/NN tactory/NN ./.
spoonerisms/NNS and/CC similar/JJ transpositions/NNS :/: submersive/JJ elephants/NNS within/IN the/DT party/NN ;/: a/DT cross-fannel/JJ cherry/NN ;/: Tonight/NNP 's/POS orchestral/JJ concert/NN comes/VBZ to/TO you/PRP from/IN the/DT Bath/NNP Room/NNP at/IN Pump/NNP ./.
As/IN long/RB ago/RB as/IN the/DT mid/JJ 1960/CD s/VBZ ,/, the/DT phenomenon/NN was/VBD conspicuous/JJ enough/RB to/TO inspire/VB the/DT title/NN of/IN a/DT comedy/NN series/NN on/IN BBC/NNP radio/NN ,/, I/PRP 'm/VBP Sorry/JJ I/PRP 'll/MD Read/NNP That/DT Again/RB (/( whence/NN the/DT title/NN of/IN the/DT current/JJ I/PRP 'm/VBP Sorry/JJ I/PRP Have/VBP n't/RB a/DT Clue/NNP )/) -/: -/: the/DT catchphrase/NN adopted/VBN by/IN radio/NN presenters/NNS as/IN part/NN of/IN their/PRP$ retrieval/NN strategy/NN ./.
For/IN all/DT their/PRP$ humor/NN and/CC popularity/NN ,/, such/JJ types/NNS of/IN deviation/NN are/VBP in/IN reality/NN neither/DT very/RB common/JJ nor/CC particularly/RB revealing/VBG ./.
The/DT interesting/JJ types/NNS of/IN deviation/NN are/VBP the/DT more/RBR common/JJ ,/, yet/RB less/RBR recognized/VBN types/NNS (/( widely/RB unrecognized/JJ ,/, it/PRP seems/VBZ ,/, perhaps/RB because/IN seldom/RB funny/JJ )/) ./.
They/PRP are/VBP mistakes/NNS at/IN sentence/NN level/NN rather/RB than/IN word/NN level/NN ;/: prosodic/JJ rather/RB than/IN lexical/JJ mistakes/NNS ;/: mistakes/NNS of/IN stress/NN ,/, intonation/NN ,/, and/CC syntactic/JJ segmenting/VBG :/: in/IN effect/NN ,/, accentuating/VBG the/DT wrong/JJ word/NN or/CC syllable/NN ,/, modulating/VBG the/DT pitch/NN incorrectly/RB (/( a/DT rising/VBG rather/RB than/IN falling/VBG tone/NN ,/, say/VB ,/, or/CC a/DT questioning/VBG rather/RB than/IN affirming/VBG tone/NN )/) ,/, and/CC pausing/VBG in/IN the/DT wrong/JJ place/NN ./.
A/DT well-known/JJ literary/JJ example/NN is/VBZ Quince/NNP 's/POS mis-structuring/JJ of/IN his/PRP$ prologue/NN within/IN A/DT Midsummer/NNP Night/NNP 's/POS Dream/NN :/:
Consider/VB then/RB we/PRP come/VBP but/CC in/IN despite/IN ./.
We/PRP do/VBP not/RB come/VB as/IN minding/VBG to/TO content/VB you/PRP [/( etc/FW ]/) ./.
And/CC ponder/VB these/DT old/JJ parlor-game/JJ jokes/NNS :/:
What/WP is/VBZ THIS/NNP thing/NN called/VBD ,/, Love/NN ?/.
(/( inquisitively/RB )/)
Pick/VB your/PRP$ OWN/NNP strawberries/NNS !/.
(/( indignantly/RB )/)
There/EX are/VBP 23/CD full-time/JJ professors/NNS and/CC ten/CD ¦/NN odd/JJ teaching/NN assistants/NNS ./.
(/( tiny/JJ pause/NN after/IN ten/CD rather/RB than/IN after/IN odd/JJ )/)
It/PRP 's/VBZ now/RB ten/CD o'clock/RB Greenwich/NNP ./.
Meantime/RB ,/, here/RB is/VBZ the/DT news/NN ./.
Greenpeace/NNP divers/NNS yesterday/NN blew/VBD ¦/NN up/RP an/DT effluent/JJ pipeline/NN in/IN the/DT Irish/NNP Sea/NNP ./.
(/( tiny/JJ pause/NN after/IN blew/VBD rather/RB than/IN after/IN up/RB )/)
Underlying/VBG such/JJ jokes/NNS is/VBZ a/DT crucial/JJ linguistic/JJ law/NN :/: a/DT written/VBN sentence/NN carries/VBZ a/DT higher/JJR risk/NN of/IN ambiguity/NN than/IN a/DT spoken/VBN sentence/NN ./.
The/DT stage/NN directions/NNS within/IN a/DT written/VBN &slash;/NN printed/VBD sentence/NN are/VBP rudimentary--being/JJ almost/RB always/RB of/IN just/RB the/DT following/VBG four/CD kinds/NNS (/( in/IN descending/VBG order/NN of/IN explicitness/NNS )/) :/:
typeface/NN (/( italics/NNS or/CC boldface/NN ,/, say/VB ,/, to/TO encourage/VB the/DT reader/NN to/TO accentuate/NN the/DT word/NN )/) ;/:
punctuation/NN (/( a/DT sentence/NN ending/VBG with/IN an/DT exclamation/NN point/NN ,/, say/VB ,/, prompts/VBZ a/DT quite/RB different/JJ reading/NN from/IN one/CD ending/VBG with/IN ellipsis/NNS dots/NNS )/) ;/:
word/NN order/NN (/( position/NN an/DT element/NN later/RB in/IN a/DT sentence--in/JJ English/NNP ,/, at/IN any/DT rate--and/JJ its/PRP$ chances/NNS of/IN taking/VBG the/DT main/JJ stress/NN are/VBP usually/RB increased/VBN )/) ;/:
Since/IN these/DT cues/NNS are/VBP so/RB rudimentary/JJ ,/, ambiguity/NN pervades/NNS written/VBN sentences--sentences/JJ in/IN isolation/NN ,/, that/IN is--and/JJ the/DT transition/NN to/TO a/DT spoken/VBN version/NN can/MD therefore/RB be/VB a/DT hazardous/JJ procedure/NN ./.
Can/MD you/PRP read/VB out/IN loud/JJ the/DT following/VBG sentences/NNS ,/, for/IN instance/NN ,/, without/IN feeling/NN torn/VBN between/IN rival/JJ renderings/NNS ?/.
Do/VBP you/PRP understand/VBP ?/.
(/( inquiringly/RB ,/, or/CC menacingly/RB )/)
I/PRP spoke/VBD to/TO his/PRP$ secretary/NN yesterday/NN ./.
(/( accentuating/VBG secretary/NN ,/, or/CC yesterday/NN )/)
She/PRP has/VBZ n't/RB scooped/VBD me/PRP ,/, has/VBZ she/PRP ?/.
(/( confidently/RB ,/, or/CC anxiously/RB )/)
When/WRB can/MD I/PRP meet/VB your/PRP$ French/JJ mistress/NN ?/.
She/PRP tried/VBD shooting/VBG herself/PRP ./.
Build/NNP thee/NN more/RBR stately/JJ mansions/NNS ./.
Do/VBP you/PRP think/VB we/PRP should/MD postpone/VB or/CC cancel/VB the/DT meeting/NN ?/.
Where/WRB the/DT genuinely/RB informative/JJ stage/NN directions/NNS reside/VB is/VBZ not/RB within/IN the/DT written/VBN sentence/NN itself/PRP ,/, but/CC in/IN the/DT sweep/NN of/IN the/DT preceding/VBG sentences--in/JJ the/DT context/NN ./.
It/PRP is/VBZ context/NN that/WDT makes/VBZ smoothly/RB intelligible/JJ reading/NN possible/JJ ./.
Context/NNP ,/, the/DT Great/NNP Disambiguator/NNP ./.
Written/VBN sentences/NNS that/IN in/IN isolation/NN appear/VBP ambiguous/JJ will/MD snap/NN into/IN focus/VB when/WRB enmeshed/JJ in/IN a/DT larger/JJR discourse/NN ;/: moreover/RB ,/, written/VBN language/NN has/VBZ the/DT advantage/NN over/IN spoken/VBN language/NN in/IN that/IN it/PRP allows/VBZ rereading/VBG (/( and/CC reading/NN ahead/RB )/) in/IN order/NN to/TO ensure/VB an/DT accurate/JJ interpretation/NN of/IN a/DT given/VBN sentence/NN ./.
Consider/VB how/WRB indeterminate/JJ the/DT following/VBG sentence/NN is/VBZ ,/, out/IN of/IN context/NN :/: on/IN which/WDT word/NN should/MD the/DT main/JJ emphasis/NN fall/NN ?/.
The/DT UN/NNP team/NN has/VBZ also/RB criticized/VBN the/DT Bosnian/NNP Serbs/NNP for/IN various/JJ violations/NNS of/IN the/DT ceasefire/NN ./.
But/CC put/VBD the/DT sentence/NN in/IN context/NN ,/, and/CC it/PRP suddenly/RB becomes/VBZ quite/RB clear/JJ where/WRB the/DT emphasis/NN lies/NNS :/:
UN/NNP observers/NNS have/VBP criticized/VBN Bosnian/NNP Muslims/NNPS for/IN moving/VBG men/NNS and/CC heavy/JJ guns/NNS into/IN a/DT demilitarized/JJ zone/NN south/RB of/IN Sarajevo/NNP ./.
The/DT UN/NNP team/NN has/VBZ also/RB criticized/VBN the/DT Bosnian/NNP Serbs/NNP for/IN various/JJ violations/NNS of/IN the/DT ceasefire/NN ./.
[/NN approximate/JJ transcript/NN of/IN a/DT news/NN report/NN on/IN the/DT BBC/NNP World/NNP Service/NNP ,/, 11/CD May/NNP 1994/CD ]/NN
Obviously/RB it/PRP is/VBZ on/IN the/DT word/NN Serbs/NNP that/IN the/DT main/JJ stress/NN should/MD fall/VB (/( to/TO point/VB up/RP the/DT contrast/NN ,/, established/VBN in/IN the/DT preceding/VBG sentence/NN ,/, with/IN the/DT word/NN Muslims/NNPS )/) ./.
Unfortunately/RB ,/, the/DT newsreader/NN failed/VBD to/TO render/VB it/PRP that/DT way/NN ./.
He/PRP placed/VBD the/DT main/JJ stress/NN on/IN also/RB ,/, overlooking/VBG the/DT parallelism/NN of/IN the/DT sentences/NNS and/CC the/DT contrast/NN that/IN it/PRP was/VBD intended/VBN to/TO foster/VB ./.
In/IN doing/VBG so/RB ,/, he/PRP made/VBD nonsense/NN of/IN the/DT report/NN ./.
What/WP accounts/NNS for/IN this/DT tendency/NN of/IN theirs/PRP to/TO misread/NN ?/.
Sometimes/RB it/PRP is/VBZ a/DT clear-cut/JJ matter/NN of/IN fatigue/NN or/CC inattention/NN ,/, speaking/VBG trippingly/RB ,/, without/IN attending/VBG to/TO meaning/VBG ./.
(/( In/IN fairness/NN ,/, it/PRP does/VBZ sometimes/RB happen/VB that/IN they/PRP have/VBP little/JJ or/CC no/DT time/NN to/TO acquaint/NN themselves/PRP with/IN the/DT script/NN before/IN reading/VBG it/PRP on/IN air/NN :/: stop-press/JJ reports/NNS flash/VBP up/RB on/IN the/DT Autocue/NNP ;/: urgent/JJ traffic/NN bulletins/NNS or/CC revised/VBN continuity/NN announcements/NNS have/VBP to/TO be/VB read/VBN unpreviewed/JJ from/IN a/DT last-/JJ printout/NN ./.
)/) And/CC they/PRP neglect/NN ,/, through/IN ignorance/NN or/CC overconfidence/NN ,/, to/TO take/VB the/DT elementary/JJ precautions/NNS that/WDT would/MD guard/VB against/IN such/JJ lapses/NNS :/: above/IN all/DT ,/, to/TO mark/VB up/RP their/PRP$ scripts/NNS ,/, the/DT way/NN actors/NNS do--inserting/JJ a/DT vertical/JJ pause/NN here/RB ,/, or/CC a/DT curving/VBG tonemarker/NN there/RB ,/, or/CC an/DT underlining/VBG to/TO cue/NN emphasis/NN ,/, or/CC three/CD dots/NNS to/TO indicate/VB a/DT dying/VBG fall/NN ./.
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Even/RB pre-recorded/JJ broadcasts/NNS yield/VBP a/DT good/JJ crop/NN of/IN clangers/NNS ./.
(/( Of/IN the/DT six/CD examples/NNS quoted/VBN below/IN ,/, four/CD fall/NN into/IN that/DT category/NN ./.
)/) Perhaps/RB cost-cutting/JJ (/( which/WDT the/DT BBC/NNP ,/, for/IN example/NN ,/, seems/VBZ to/TO regard/VB as/IN one/CD of/IN its/PRP$ main/JJ functions/NNS these/DT days/NNS )/) has/VBZ led/VBN to/TO cornercutting--before/JJ ,/, during/IN ,/, and/CC after/IN the/DT recording/NN session/NN :/: less/RBR run-through/JJ time/NN ,/, less/JJR editorial/NN monitoring/NN ,/, less/JJR post-production/NN checking/NN and/CC polishing/VBG|NN ./.
Here/RB is/VBZ a/DT brief/JJ selection/NN of/IN examples/NNS (/( limited/VBN to/TO BBC/NNP programs/NNS )/) from/IN the/DT dozens/NNS I/PRP collected/VBD during/IN the/DT summer/NN of/IN 1994/CD ./.
They/PRP are/VBP broadly/RB of/IN two/CD kinds/NNS :/: those/DT in/IN which/WDT the/DT wrong/JJ word/NN is/VBZ accentuated/JJ and/CC those/DT in/IN which/WDT the/DT pause/NN is/VBZ wrongly/RB positioned/VBN (/( or/CC perhaps/RB ,/, in/IN technical/JJ parlance/NN ,/, examples/NNS of/IN faulty/JJ tonicity/NN and/CC faulty/JJ tonality/NN ,/, respectively/RB )/) ./.
Continuity/NNP announcer/NN ,/, on/IN BBC/NNP 2/CD TV/NN :/:
Cataclysmic/NNP events/NNS in/IN the/DT cosmos/NNS are/VBP taking/VBG place/NN tonight/NN ./.
At/IN this/DT moment/NN ,/, Jupiter/NNP should/MD be/VB on/IN the/DT receiving/VBG end/NN of/IN the/DT first/JJ gigantic/JJ comet/NN MASS/NNP ./.
(/( The/DT main/NN stress/NN should/MD be/VB on/IN first/JJ or/CC gigantic/JJ or/CC comet/NN rather/RB than/IN on/IN mass/NN ./.
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Barry/NNP Norman/NNP ,/, on/IN BBC/NNP 1/CD TV/NN :/:
Ladybird/NNP Ladybird/NNP is/VBZ not/RB ,/, however/RB ,/, a/DT polemic/JJ ./.
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Nor/CC is/VBZ it/PRP an/DT attack/NN on/IN the/DT social/JJ WORKERS/NNS ,/, although/IN they/PRP do/VBP sometimes/RB appear/VB overzealous/JJ ./.
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(/( Shift/NNP the/DT stress/NN from/IN workers/NNS to/TO social/JJ ./.
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Prof/NNP ./.
Robert/NNP Wistrich/NNP ,/, in/IN a/DT lecture/NN given/VBN on/IN BBC/NNP Radio/NNP 3/CD :/:
Dreyfus/NNP was/VBD pardoned/VBD in/IN time/NN ¦/NN for/IN the/DT Universal/NNP Exhibition/NNP in/IN Paris/NNP in/IN 1900/CD ./.
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and/CC his/PRP$ innocence/NN solemnly/RB proclaimed/VBD six/CD years/NNS later/RB ./.
(/( The/DT unwanted/JJ pause/NN after/IN time/NN reveals/VBZ a/DT misreading/VBG of/IN his/PRP$ own/JJ sentence/NN ./.
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Chris/NNP Serle/NNP ,/, on/IN BBC/NNP Radio/NNP 4/CD :/:
As/IN he/PRP talked/VBD about/IN his/PRP$ life/NN ¦/NN and/CC played/VBD his/PRP$ catholic/JJ selection/NN of/IN Desert/NNP Island/NNP discs/NNS ,/, ¦/NN ¦/NN it/PRP became/VBD clear/JJ that/IN he/PRP 's/VBZ a/DT DOER/NNP ¦/NN and/CC not/RB a/DT PONDERER/NNP ¦/NN on/IN life/NN 's/POS inequities/NNS ./.
(/( Get/VB rid/JJ of/IN that/DT last/JJ pause/NN ,/, and/CC place/VB the/DT second/NN of/IN the/DT emphases/NNS more/RBR on/IN inequities/NNS than/IN on/IN ponderer/NN ;/: the/DT current/JJ rhythmic/JJ and/CC intonational/NN pattern/NN thoroughly/RB misconstrues/NNS the/DT construction/NN ./.
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Continuity/NNP announcer/NN on/IN BBC/NNP 1/CD TV/NN :/:
It/PRP 's/VBZ downhill/RB all/PDT the/DT way/NN ,/, ¦/NN in/IN the/DT SECOND/NNP of/IN tonight/NN 's/POS films/NNS ¦/NN starring/VBG ROBERT/NNP REDFORD/NNP ./.
(/( Considering/VBG that/IN the/DT previous/JJ film/NN had/VBD been/VBN The/DT Sting/NNP ,/, the/DT announcer/NN is/VBZ missing/VBG the/DT point/NN when/WRB he/PRP allows/VBZ a/DT pause/NN after/IN films/NNS and/CC then/RB accentuates/NNS Robert/NNP Redford/NNP :/: surely/RB the/DT last/JJ three/CD words/NNS really/RB constitute/VBP a/DT restrictive/JJ rather/RB than/IN a/DT nonrestrictive/JJ phrase/NN ./.
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Dr/NNP ./.
Roy/NNP Porter/NNP ,/, on/IN BBC/NNP Radio/NNP 4/CD :/:
How/WRB then/RB did/VBD it/PRP happen/VBP ¦/NN that/IN a/DT successful/JJ and/CC wealthy/JJ country/NN ¦/NN declined/VBD to/TO become/VB one/CD of/IN the/DT poorest/JJS in/IN the/DT world/NN ?/.
(/( Shift/NNP the/DT second/JJ pause/NN so/IN that/IN it/PRP follows/VBZ rather/RB than/IN precedes/VBZ declined/VBN ,/, and/CC the/DT sentence/NN is/VBZ changed--utterly--from/JJ its/PRP$ intended/VBN sense/NN ./.
)/)
Wo/NNP n't/RB someone/NN tell/VBP the/DT big/JJ broadcasting/NN companies/NNS that/IN accurate/JJ script-reading/JJ involves/VBZ more/JJR than/IN accurate/JJ pronunciation/NN ?/.
Is/VBZ n't/RB it/PRP time/NN ,/, for/IN instance/NN ,/, that/IN the/DT News/NNP and/CC Current/NNP Affairs/NNP producers/NNS at/IN the/DT BBC/NNP ,/, and/CC the/DT Talks/NNS producers/NNS as/IN well/RB ,/, began/VBD taking/VBG advice/NN not/RB just/RB from/IN the/DT BBC/NNP 's/POS excellent/JJ Pronunciation/NNP Unit/NNP but/CC from/IN its/PRP$ wonderful/JJ Drama/NNP Department/NNP ?/.
Insectarium/NNP buzzes/VBZ in/IN heart/NN of/IN city/NN of/IN buggerly/RB love/NN ./.
[/NN Headline/NNP in/IN The/DT (/( Durham/NNP ,/, North/NNP Carolina/NNP )/) Herald-/NNP Sun/NNP ,/, ./.
Submitted/NNP by/IN ./.
]/NN
He/PRP could/MD not/RB shake/VB the/DT dread/NN feeling/NN that/IN he/PRP and/CC all/PDT the/DT others/NNS who/WP had/VBD been/VBN involved/VBN in/IN those/DT projects/NNS were/VBD sitting/VBG on/IN a/DT bomb/NN that/IN ,/, sooner/RBR or/CC later/RB ,/, would/MD explode/VB in/IN their/PRP$ faces/NNS ./.
[/NN From/IN The/DT Acting/NNP President/NNP ,/, by/IN Bob/NNP Schieffer/NNP and/CC Gary/NNP Paul/NNP Gates/NNP ,/, E/NNP ./.
P/NN ./.
Dutton/NNP ,/, p/NN ./.
273/CD ./.
Submitted/NNP by/IN ./.
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[/NN I/PRP ]/) n/NN our/PRP$ attempt/NN to/TO provide/VB direction/NN on/IN how/WRB to/TO control/VB and/CC mitigate/VB damages/NNS ,/, it/PRP appears/VBZ we/PRP neglected/VBD to/TO empathize/VB with/IN the/DT fact/NN that/IN orchestrating/VBG such/JJ efforts/NNS may/MD have/VB been/VBN difficult/JJ for/IN you/PRP ./.
[/NN Letter/NNP from/IN William/NNP C/NNP ./.
Turnbull/NNP ,/, Jr/NNP ./.
,/, of/IN Chubb/NNP Group/NNP of/IN Insurance/NNP Companies/NNPS ,/, ./.
Submitted/NNP by/IN ./.
]/NN
This/DT brief/JJ article/NN describes/VBZ and/CC illustrates/VBZ the/DT struggle/NN of/IN Hieronymus/NNP Stoat/NNP (/( 1947/CD -/: )/) to/TO produce/VB a/DT completely/RB new/JJ literature/NN ./.
In/IN his/PRP$ own/JJ words/NNS :/:
The/DT concept/NN of/IN things/NNS happening/NN is/VBZ inherently/RB bourgeois/NNS and/CC ultimately/RB capitalist-imperialist/JJ ./.
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By/IN definition/NN ./.
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[/NN From/IN Hillbilly/NNP ,/, WHRB/NNP (/( Harvard/NNP University/NNP 's/POS radio/NN station/NN )/) ,/, Cambridge/NNP ,/, Massachusetts/NNP ,/, ./.
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We/PRP watch/VBP out/IN for/IN the/DT S/NNP ./.
Q/NNP ./.
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A/DT ./.
Q/NNP ./.
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\/NN gen/NN ./.
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The/DT fates/NNS of/IN two/CD massive/JJ proposals/NNS to/TO ease/VB conjection/NN in/IN the/DT city/NN centre/NN ./.
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are/VBP still/RB undecided/JJ ./.
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Submitted/NNP by/IN ./.
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e/SYM ./.
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Mr/NNP ./.
Mohapatra/NNP is/VBZ on/IN solid/JJ ground/NN in/IN buttressing/VBG his/PRP$ argument/NN with/IN the/DT two/CD widely/RB diverging/VBG definitions/NNS of/IN capitalism/NN ./.
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It/PRP would/MD have/VB been/VBN interesting/JJ and/CC enlightening/VBG to/TO learn/VB how/WRB the/DT communist/NN state/NN ,/, which/WDT called/VBD itself/PRP a/DT Democratic/NNP Republic/NNP ,/, defined/VBD the/DT form/NN of/IN government/NN which/WDT its/PRP$ every/DT action/NN perverted/JJ and/CC defiled/JJ ./.
Intrigued/NNP by/IN Milton/NNP Horowitz/NNP 's/VBZ A/DT Discouraging/NNP Word/NNP [/( OBITER/NNP DICTA/NNP ,/, XXII/NNP ,/, 1/CD ,/, 13/CD ]/) ,/, I/PRP set/VBD about/IN tracking/VBG the/DT word/NN balagan/NN along/IN its/PRP$ etymological/JJ course/NN back/RB from/IN the/DT modern/JJ Hebrew/NNP into/IN which/WDT ,/, according/VBG to/TO Milton/NNP Horowitz/NNP quoting/VBG Herman/NNP Wouk/NNP ,/, the/DT word/NN was/VBD borrowed/VBN from/IN Russian/JJ ./.
The/DT entry/NN for/IN the/DT Russian/JJ word/NN in/IN the/DT Tolkovyi/NNP Slovar/NNP '/POS Russkogo/NNP Yazyka/NNP (/( Moscow/NNP ,/, 1935/CD )/) ,/, reads/VBZ as/IN follows/VBZ ,/, as/IN transliterated/JJ and/CC translated/VBN :/:
Balagan/NNP [/( Pers/NNP ./.
balahana/NN balcony/NN ]/) ./.
1/LS ./.
A/DT light/JJ wooden/JJ structure/NN for/IN shows/VBZ at/IN fairs/NNS ./.
2/LS ./.
An/DT amateur/JJ theatrical/JJ production/NN with/IN primitive/JJ scenery/NN ;/: a/DT theatrical/JJ style/NN based/VBN on/IN imitation/NN of/IN this/DT primitive/JJ stage-craft/JJ (/( theatrical/JJ term/NN )/) ./.
Balagan/NNP art/NN ./.
Balagan/NNP concepts/NNS in/IN Meyerhold/NNP 's/POS productions/NNS ./.
II/NNP By/IN extension/NN :/: A/DT balagan-like/JJ show/NN ,/, i/NNP ./.
e/SYM ./.
a/DT crude/NN ,/, artistically/RB tasteless/JJ ,/, disordered/JJ ,/, frivolous/JJ one/CD (/( derogatory/JJ )/) ./.
The/DT actors/NNS '/POS clowning/VBG turned/VBN the/DT comedy/NN into/IN a/DT balagan/NN ./.
This/DT is/VBZ no/DT session/NN ,/, but/CC a/DT kind/NN of/IN balagan/NN ./.
3/LS ./.
A/DT temporary/JJ wooden/JJ vendors/NNS '/POS booth/NN at/IN a/DT fair/NN ./.
The/DT Russko-/NNP Angliiskii/NNP Slovar/NNP '/POS ,/, compiled/VBN under/IN the/DT general/JJ direction/NN of/IN Professor/NNP A/DT ./.
I/PRP ./.
Smirnitsky/NNP (/( Sixth/NNP Edition/NNP ;/: E/NNP ./.
P/NN ./.
Dutton/NNP &/CC Co/NNP ,/, New/NNP York/NNP ,/, 1959/CD )/) ,/, defines/VBZ the/DT Russian/JJ word/NN in/IN English/NNP as/IN follows/VBZ :/:
Balagan/NNP ,/, 1/CD ./.
(/( wooden/JJ structure/NN )/) booth/NN ;/: (/( for/IN presentations/NNS )/) show-booth/JJ ;/: 2/CD ./.
show/NN ;/: (/( extended/VBN meaning/VBG )/) farce/NN ,/, tomfoolery/NN ,/, preposterous/JJ piece/NN of/IN buffoonery/NN ./.
Does/VBZ not/RB one/CD come/VB away/RB from/IN these/DT definitions/NNS of/IN the/DT Russian/JJ word/NN with/IN the/DT impression/NN that/IN whoever/WP infected/JJ Milton/NNP Horowitz/NNP 's/POS software/NN may/MD have/VB taken/VBN the/DT discouraging/VBG word/NN directly/RB from/IN Russian/JJ rather/RB than/IN from/IN Hebrew/NNP ?/.
According/VBG to/TO Wouk/NNP 's/POS footnote/NN ,/, as/IN quoted/VBN by/IN Mr/NNP ./.
Horowitz/NNP ,/, in/IN modern/JJ Hebrew/NNP balagan/NN has/VBZ come/VBN to/TO mean/VB mess/NN ,/, foul-up/NN ,/, snafu/NN ,/, fiasco/NN ./.
But/CC the/DT Russian/JJ meaning/NN of/IN a/DT booth/NN for/IN crude/NN ,/, vulgar/NN buffoonery/NN seems/VBZ to/TO fit/VB better/VB the/DT trick/NN title/NN that/WDT appeared/VBD on/IN Mr/NNP ./.
Horowitz/NNP 's/POS computer/NN screen/NN ./.
Also/RB interesting/JJ is/VBZ the/DT indication/NN in/IN the/DT Tolkovyi/NNP Slovar/NNP '/POS that/IN the/DT word/NN is/VBZ of/IN Persian/NNP origin/NN and/CC that/IN in/IN Persian/NNP it/PRP means/VBZ balcony/NN ./.
Balahana/NNP looks/VBZ a/DT lot/NN like/IN our/PRP$ English/NNP word/NN balcony/NN ;/: so/IN I/PRP looked/VBD up/RB balcony/NN in/IN The/DT Random/NNP House/NNP Dictionary/NNP of/IN the/DT English/NNP Language/NNP (/( 1966/CD )/) ,/, where/WRB I/PRP found/VBD the/DT etymology/NN given/VBN as/IN :/:
balconye/NN </NN It/PRP balcone/NN </NN balc/NN (/( o/NN )/) scaffold/NN (/( </NN OHG/NNP balcho/NN beam/NN )/)
Webster/NNP 's/POS Third/NNP New/NNP International/NNP Dictionary/NNP gives/VBZ a/DT similar/JJ etymology/NN ,/, stating/VBG that/DT balcony/NN is/VBZ ultimately/RB of/IN Gmc/NNP origin/NN ./.
The/DT Tolkovyi/NNP Slovar/NNP '/POS states/NNS that/IN the/DT Russian/JJ word/NN for/IN balcony/NN (/( balkon/NN )/) is/VBZ borrowed/VBN from/IN Italian/JJ ,/, which/WDT took/VBD it/PRP from/IN Persian/NNP ,/, not/RB the/DT Germanic/NNP languages/NNS ./.
So/RB which/WDT authorities/NNS are/VBP right/RB ,/, the/DT American/JJ dictionaries/NNS or/CC the/DT Tolkovyi/NNP Slovar/NNP '/" ?/.
Did/VBD the/DT Italians/NNPS take/VBP their/PRP$ word/NN balcone/NN from/IN some/DT Germanic/NNP tongue/NN and/CC pass/VB it/PRP on/IN into/IN English/NNP ,/, Russian/JJ ,/, and/CC other/JJ languages/NNS ;/: or/CC did/VBD Italian/JJ take/NN the/DT word/NN from/IN the/DT Persian/NNP balahana/NN ,/, as/IN Russian/JJ did/VBD balagan/NN ,/, at/IN least/JJS according/VBG to/TO the/DT Tolkovyi/NNP Slovar/NNP '/" ?/.
Etymologies/NNP in/IN the/DT OED/NNP ,/, The/DT Random/NNP House/NNP Unabridged/NNP ,/, and/CC Kluge/NNP 's/POS Etymologisches/NNP Wörterbuch/NNP der/NNP deutschen/NN Sprache/NNP have/VBP cognates/NNS of/IN balagan/NN &slash;/NN balcony/NN popping/VBG up/RP in/IN Slovene/NNP (/( blazina/NN )/) ,/, Greek/JJ ,/, and/CC most/RBS significantly/RB in/IN Lithuanian/NNP (/( balǽienas/NNS )/) ,/, purportedly/RB the/DT most/RBS conservative/NN of/IN the/DT Indo-/NNP European/JJ languages/NNS ./.
I/PRP suggest/VBP that/IN these/DT scattered/VBN avatars/NNS of/IN balagan/NN &slash;/NN balcony/NN evidence/NN descent/NN from/IN a/DT single/JJ Proto-/NNP Indo-/NNP European/JJ root/NN ,/, most/RBS prolifically/RB in/IN Italian/JJ and/CC Persian/NNP ./.
In/IN response/NN to/TO the/DT letter/NN from/IN Mrs/NNP ./.
Maughan/NNP S/NNP ./.
Mason/NNP [/( XXI/NNP ,/, 4/CD ,/, 17/CD ]/) regarding/VBG the/DT odor/NN emanating/VBG from/IN Pozzuoli/NNP (/( Naples/NNP )/) ,/, I/PRP did/VBD not/RB know/VB there/EX was/VBD a/DT refinery/NN there/RB ,/, but/CC I/PRP do/VBP know/VB that/IN it/PRP 's/VBZ a/DT sulfur/NN area/NN (/( probably/RB a/DT bath/NN in/IN ancient/JJ times/NNS )/) ,/, and/CC it/PRP does/VBZ smell/NN to/TO high/JJ heaven/NN ./.
I/PRP know/VBP :/: during/IN WW/NNP I/PRP was/VBD stationed/VBN in/IN Naples/NNP and/CC we/PRP would/MD go/VB to/TO Pozzuoli/NNP ./.
In/IN Charles/NNP Stough/NNP 's/POS delightful/JJ article/NN ,/, Insulting/NNP Nicknames/NNP Give/VB Journalists/NNS Something/NN to/TO Be/VB Proud/NNP of/IN [/( XXI/NNP ,/, 4/CD ]/) ,/, he/PRP gives/VBZ The/DT Grope/NNP and/CC Flail/NNP for/IN Canada/NNP 's/POS national/JJ newspaper/NN of/IN record/NN ,/, The/DT (/( Toronto/NNP )/) Globe/NNP and/CC Mail/NNP ./.
Another/DT common/JJ nickname/NN ,/, bestowed/VBN by/IN a/DT satirical/JJ paper/NN called/VBN Frank/NNP ,/, is/VBZ The/DT Glock/NNP und/NN Spiel/NNP ,/, probably/RB a/DT sly/JJ dig/NN at/IN the/DT Globe/NNP 's/POS conservative/JJ leanings/NNS ./.
I/PRP have/VBP heard/VBN Sydney/NNP 's/POS counterpart/NN to/TO the/DT Globe/NNP referred/VBD to/TO as/IN the/DT Australian/JJ ,/, and/CC ,/, earlier/RBR this/DT year/NN ,/, on/IN International/NNP Women/NNP 's/POS Day/NNP ,/, Edinburgh/NNP 's/VBZ The/DT Scotsman/NNP changed/VBD its/PRP$ masthead/NN to/TO The/DT Scotswoman/NNP for/IN the/DT day/NN ./.
In/IN England/NNP ,/, there/EX is/VBZ a/DT well-known/JJ summary/NN of/IN the/DT country/NN 's/POS best-known/JJS papers/NNS ./.
Here/RB is/VBZ as/RB much/JJ as/IN I/PRP can/MD remember/VB (/( possibly/RB inaccurately/RB as/RB well/RB as/RB incompletely/RB )/) ;/: perhaps/RB another/DT reader/NN can/MD supply/VB the/DT full/JJ version/NN :/:
The/DT Telegraph/NNP is/VBZ read/VBN by/IN those/DT who/WP think/VBP they/PRP run/VBP the/DT country/NN ;/:
The/DT Times/NNP is/VBZ read/VBN by/IN those/DT who/WP actually/RB run/VBP the/DT country/NN ;/:
The/DT Independent/NNP is/VBZ read/VBN by/IN those/DT who/WP think/VBP they/PRP should/MD run/VB the/DT country/NN ;/:
The/DT Mail/NNP is/VBZ read/VBN by/IN those/DT who/WP think/VBP whoever/WP runs/VBZ the/DT country/NN 's/VBZ a/DT bunch/NN of/IN bastards/NNS ;/:
The/DT Express/NNP is/VBZ read/VBN by/IN those/DT who/WP think/VBP aliens/NNS run/VBP the/DT country/NN ;/:
And/CC the/DT Sun/NNP is/VBZ read/VBN by/IN those/DT who/WP do/VBP n't/RB care/VB who/WP runs/VBZ the/DT country/NN as/RB long/RB as/IN she/PRP 's/VBZ got/VBD great/JJ tits/NNS ./.
In/IN A/DT Billingsgate/NNP in/IN Kerala/NNP ,/, by/IN O/NNP ./.
Abooty/NNP [/( XXII/NNP ,/, 4/CD ]/) ,/, we/PRP read/VBP ,/, ./.
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Magnesia/NNP (/( a/DT metal-bearing/JJ region/NN in/IN Greece/NNP )/) ./.
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There/EX were/VBD two/CD cities/NNS in/IN Asia/NNP Minor/NNP called/VBD Magnesia/NNP :/: one/CD was/VBD in/IN the/DT Kingdom/NNP of/IN Lydia/NNP on/IN the/DT river/NN Hermos/NNP below/IN Mt/NNP ./.
Sipylon/NNP ;/: the/DT other/JJ ,/, usually/RB called/VBN Magnesia/NNP on/IN the/DT Maiander/NNP [/( Meander/NNP river/NN ]/) ,/, was/VBD in/IN the/DT region/NN called/VBD Ionia/NNP ./.
It/PRP is/VBZ probably/RB the/DT Lydian/NNP city/NN whose/WP$ name/NN provided/VBD the/DT word/NN magnesium/NN as/RB well/RB as/IN related/VBN words/NNS ,/, like/IN magnet/NN ./.
Lydian/NNP Magnesia/NNP survives/VBZ as/IN the/DT city/NN of/IN Manisa/NNP ,/, in/IN what/WP is/VBZ now/RB Turkey/NNP ./.
To/TO expand/VB on/IN Robert/NNP J/NNP ./.
Powers/NNP 's/POS EPISTOLA/NNP [/( ibid/NN ./.
]/NN shrimp/NN is/VBZ not/RB the/DT only/JJ shr/NN -/: word/NN pronounced/VBD sr-/NN in/IN the/DT South/NNP :/: shrink/VB and/CC shrapnel/NN may/MD be/VB added/VBN to/TO the/DT list/NN ./.
Other/JJ southern/JJ pronunciations/NNS that/WDT strike/NN the/DT northern/JJ ear/NN as/IN different/JJ are/VBP :/:
[/NN oil/NN ]/) all/DT [/( fΙθ/NN ]/) fifth/JJ
kst/NN ]/) asked/VBD [/( har/NN ]/) hair/NN
[/NN `/`` bΙdnιs/NNS ]/) business/NN [/( `/`` pou/NN \/NN ?/.
\/NN l/NN ]/) Paul/NNP
[/NN `/`` biy/NN \/NN ?/.
\/NN n/NN ]/) billion/CD [/( `/`` w/NN \/NN ?/.
\/NN d/SYM \/NN ?/.
\/NN nt/RB ]/) was/VBD n't/RB
Re/NNP :/: No/DT Boys/NNPS Named/VBN Sue/NNP ,/, But/CC ./.
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,/, by/IN Hilary/NNP M/NNP ./.
Howard/NNP [/( XXII/NNP ,/, 1/CD ,/, 7/CD ]/) ./.
1/LS ./.
John/NNP Wayne/NNP 's/POS real/JJ name/NN was/VBD Marion/NNP Morrison/NNP ./.
2/LS ./.
The/DT author/NN 's/POS name/NN was/VBD Joyce/NNP Cary/NNP ,/, not/RB Carey/NNP ./.
3/LS ./.
The/DT author/NN notes/NNS that/IN Shirley/NNP had/VBD mainly/RB masculine/JJ associations/NNS for/IN centuries/NNS ./.
A/DT major/JJ American/JJ sportswriter/NN for/IN the/DT Washington/NNP Post/NNP was/VBD (/( the/DT male/NN )/) Shirley/NNP Povish/NNP ,/, most/JJS noted/VBN for/IN his/PRP$ article/NN on/IN Don/NNP Larson/NNP 's/POS 1956/CD perfect/JJ game/NN in/IN the/DT World/NNP Series/NNP ./.
It/PRP began/VBD ,/, Hell/NNP froze/VBD over/IN ./.
There/EX has/VBZ recently/RB been/VBN some/DT opinion/NN in/IN VERBATIM/NNP [/( XXI/NNP ,/, 3/CD ,/, 21/CD ]/) concerning/VBG the/DT acronym/NN AWOL/NNP ./.
I/PRP suppose/VBP it/PRP does/VBZ n't/RB matter/VB all/DT that/IN much/JJ whether/IN someone/NN is/VBZ absent/JJ without/IN leave/NN or/CC absent/JJ without/IN official/NN leave--in/JJ either/CC case/NN ,/, he/PRP or/CC she/PRP is/VBZ probably/RB in/IN for/IN a/DT heapa/NN trouble/NN ./.
But/CC ,/, for/IN my/PRP$ two/CD cents/NNS '/POS worth/JJ ,/, when/WRB I/PRP was/VBD in/IN the/DT U/NNP ./.
S/NNP ./.
Army/NNP ,/, early/JJ 1950/CD s/VBZ (/( Korea/NNP ,/, Land/NNP of/IN the/DT Morning/NNP Calm/NNP ,/, sometimes/RB referred/VBD to/TO as/IN Frozen/NNP Chosen/NNP )/) ,/, I/PRP was/VBD in/IN a/DT battalion/NN personnel/NNS unit/NN and/CC handled/VBN daily/JJ Morning/NNP Reports/NNPS from/IN each/DT battery/NN ./.
This/DT included/VBN manpower/NN accounting/NN ./.
We/PRP always/RB saw/VBD the/DT term/NN and/CC heard/VBD it/PRP and/CC used/VBD it/PRP as/IN absent/JJ without/IN leave/NN ./.
While/IN we/PRP had/VBD few/JJ or/CC no/DT real/JJ instances/NNS of/IN AWOL/NNP ,/, it/PRP was/VBD reported/VBN daily/RB ./.
The/DT use/NN of/IN WO/NNP for/IN without/IN meant--to/JJ us/PRP ,/, anyway--that/JJ a/DT person/NN who/WP was/VBD gone/VBN ,/, missing/VBG ,/, could/MD n't/RB be/VB found/VBN ,/, etc/FW ./.
,/, was/VBD absent/JJ and/CC had/VBD been/VBN granted/VBD no/DT leave--/JJ official/NN ,/, unofficial/JJ ,/, or/CC what/WP have/VBP you/PRP ./.
This/DT was/VBD AWOL/NNP ./.
There/EX could/MD be/VB leaves/NNS of/IN unofficial/JJ nature/NN (/( often/RB called/VBN hip-pocket/JJ leave/NN )/) ,/, but/CC those/DT were/VBD not/RB reported/VBN as/IN any/DT kind/NN of/IN leave/NN :/: they/PRP compensated/VBN a/DT person/NN some/DT time/NN off/RP for/IN a/DT job/NN well/RB done/VBN or/CC for/IN a/DT long/JJ period/NN in/IN action/NN and/CC were/VBD not/RB charged/VBN against/IN ordinary/JJ leave/NN allowances/NNS ./.
But/CC being/VBG AWOL/NNP was/VBD a/DT no-no/NN ,/, whether/IN official/NN or/CC unofficial/JJ ./.
The/DT Editor/NNP 's/POS comments/NNS on/IN ./.
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prejudice/NN against/IN Negroes/NNP in/IN many/JJ Western/JJ societies/NNS ./.
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[/NN XXI/NNP ,/, 3/CD ,/, 9/CD ]/) were/VBD apt/JJ but/CC somewhat/RB incomplete/JJ ./.
I/PRP saw/VBD equally/RB severe/JJ prejudice/NN against/IN people/NNS of/IN darker/JJR skin/NN ,/, often/RB including/VBG Negroes/NNP ,/, by/IN non-/NN Whites/NNP in/IN two/CD major/JJ Asian/JJ countries/NNS in/IN which/WDT I/PRP worked/VBD (/( 1968/CD -/: 70/CD ,/, 1978/CD -/: 83/CD )/) and/CC in/IN fourteen/CD sub-/NN Saharan/NNP African/JJ countries/NNS in/IN which/WDT I/PRP worked/VBD (/( 1972/CD -/: 74/CD )/) ./.
Bigotry/NNP against/IN Blacks/NNPS ,/, sadly/RB ,/, is/VBZ not/RB confined/VBN to/TO Western/JJ societies/NNS ./.
E/NNP ./.
A/DT ./.
Livingston/NNP 's/POS communication/NN [/( XXI/NNP ,/, 3/CD ]/) certainly/RB struck/VBD a/DT responsive/JJ chord/NN in/IN me/PRP ./.
I/PRP have/VBP been/VBN troubled/VBN by/IN the/DT use/NN of/IN African-/NNP American/NNP and/CC AfroAmerican/NNP to/TO describe/VB the/DT people/NNS in/IN question/NN ,/, especially/RB since/IN a/DT dear/RB friend/NN of/IN mine/NN ,/, who/WP is/VBZ solid/JJ Caucasian/NNP ,/, emigrated/VBD from/IN South/NNP Africa/NNP and/CC is/VBZ now/RB a/DT citizen/NN and/CC thus/RB is/VBZ aptly/RB described/VBN as/IN an/DT African-/NNP American/NNP !/.
Since/IN I/PRP recently/RB had/VBD the/DT privilege/NN of/IN seeing/VBG the/DT revival/NN of/IN Showboat/NNP on/IN Broadway/NNP ,/, I/PRP was/VBD particularly/RB interested/JJ in/IN the/DT lyrics/NNS of/IN Old/NNP Man/NNP River/NNP ./.
When/WRB I/PRP was/VBD a/DT child/NN in/IN the/DT early/JJ 1930/CD 's/POS ,/, the/DT song/NN was/VBD sung/VBN with/IN the/DT words/NNS :/: Darkies/NNP all/DT work/NN ,/, etc/FW ./.
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When/WRB Frank/NNP Sinatra/NNP recorded/VBD it/PRP ,/, he/PRP said/VBD Here/RB we/PRP all/DT work/NN ,/, etc/FW ./.
,/, fitting/JJ the/DT meter/NN but/CC supposedly/RB more/RBR correct/JJ politically/RB ./.
I/PRP never/RB had/VBD any/DT reason/NN to/TO suspect/VB that/IN the/DT original/NN was/VBD other/JJ then/RB Darkies/NNP until/IN I/PRP recently/RB acquired/VBD a/DT CD/NNP of/IN songs/NNS from/IN American/JJ musical/JJ shows/VBZ which/WDT were/VBD recorded/VBN in/IN England/NNP as/IN performed/VBN there/RB ./.
Please/VB look/VB at/IN the/DT lyrics/NNS of/IN the/DT song/NN in/IN the/DT enclosed/VBN copy/NN of/IN the/DT notes/NNS which/WDT accompanied/VBD the/DT CD/NNP ./.
I/PRP suspect/VBP strongly/RB that/IN this/DT is/VBZ the/DT way/NN it/PRP was/VBD performed/VBN in/IN London/NNP ./.
What/WP I/PRP now/RB wonder/VBP is/VBZ whether/IN anyone/NN can/MD authenticate/NN these/DT words/NNS as/IN being/VBG the/DT actual/JJ words/NNS when/WRB the/DT show/NN was/VBD first/RB performed/VBN in/IN this/DT country/NN in/IN 1927/CD ./.
(/( Incidentally/NNP ,/, I/PRP was/VBD happy/JJ to/TO see/VB the/DT corrigendum/NN of/IN the/DT misattribution/NN of/IN authorship/NN of/IN Poplollies/NNP and/CC bellibones/NNS ,/, since/IN I/PRP was/VBD the/DT one/CD who/WP called/VBD it/PRP to/TO Susan/NNP 's/POS attention/NN !/.
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Let/VB me/PRP just/RB add/VBP how/WRB much/JJ I/PRP have/VBP enjoyed/VBN and/CC continue/VB to/TO enjoy/VB your/PRP$ magazine/NN ./.
I/PRP am/VBP probably/RB one/CD of/IN your/PRP$ longest-standing/JJ subscribers/NNS (/( a/DT very/RB awkward/JJ locution/NN but/CC I/PRP am/VBP probably/RB not/RB one/CD of/IN your/PRP$ oldest/JJS )/) ./.
The/DT relevant/JJ verses/NNS are/VBP :/:
Niggers/NNP all/DT work/NN on/IN de/IN Mississippi/NNP ,/,
Niggers/NNP all/DT work/NN while/IN de/IN white/JJ folk/NN play/NN ,/,
Pullin/NNP '/POS dem/NN boats/NNS from/IN de/IN dawn/NN till/IN sunset/NN ,/,
Gittin/NNP '/POS no/DT rest/NN till/IN de/IN Judgement/NNP Day/NNP ./.
(/( ©/NN 1927/CD T/NN ./.
B/NNP ./.
Harms/NNP Company/NNP ./.
Copyright/NNP renewed/VBD ./.
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VERBUM/NNP SAP/NNP
In/IN Act/NNP III/NNP ,/, Scene/NNP 3/CD ,/, of/IN Much/JJ Ado/NNP About/IN Nothing/NN ,/, Constable/NNP Dogberry/NNP exclaims/VBZ ,/, Hah/NNP ,/, ah/NN ha/NN !/.
Well/RB ,/, masters/NNS ,/, goodnight/NN ./.
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In/IN Act/NNP II/NNP ,/, Scene/NNP 1/CD ,/, of/IN The/DT Tempest/NNP ,/, Sebastian/NNP blurts/NNS out/IN ,/, Ha/NNP ,/, ha/NN ,/, ha/NN !/.
And/CC Act/NNP IV/NNP ,/, Scene/NNP 2/CD ,/, of/IN Troilus/NNP and/CC Cressida/NNP contains/VBZ one/CD Ah/UH ah/NN !/.
and/CC two/CD Ha/NNP ha/NN !/.
s/VBZ ./.
Which/WDT goes/VBZ to/TO show/VB ,/, perhaps/RB among/IN other/JJ things/NNS ,/, that/IN the/DT Bard/NNP was/VBD no/DT surer/NN on/IN his/PRP$ feet/NNS when/WRB it/PRP comes/VBZ to/TO the/DT peripatetic/JJ letter/NN h/NN than/IN the/DT rest/NN of/IN us/PRP ./.
Its/PRP$ now-you-see-it-now-you-do/JJ n't/RB habits/NNS have/VB haunted/VBN English/NNP speakers/NNS of/IN virtually/RB every/DT generation/NN since/IN The/DT Venerable/NNP Bede/NNP was/VBD an/DT altar/NN boy/NN ./.
Although/IN dropping/VBG or/CC adding/VBG an/DT un-/NN Standard/NNP h/NN became/VBD a/DT social/JJ stigma/NN only/RB in/IN the/DT 19/CD th/NN century/NN ,/, the/DT habit/NN itself/PRP is/VBZ ancient/JJ ./.
In/IN his/PRP$ preface/NN to/TO the/DT Lay/NNP of/IN Havelok/NNP the/DT Dane/NNP (/( c/SYM ./.
1300/CD )/) ,/, Walter/NNP Skeat/NNP cited/VBD several/JJ h/NN -/: bombs/NNS ,/, including/VBG holde/NN for/IN old/JJ ,/, hevere/NN for/IN ever/RB ,/, and/CC Henglishe/NNP for/IN English/NNP ./.
In/IN addition/NN he/PRP found/VBD a/DT handful/NN of/IN instances/NNS where/WRB the/DT title/NN character/NN was/VBD rendered/VBN as/IN Avelok/NNP ./.
Indeed/RB ,/, the/DT earlier/JJR Anglo-/NNP Saxons/NNP had/VBD little/JJ more/JJR luck/NN with/IN the/DT voodoo/NN h/NN ;/: in/IN a/DT brief/JJ article/NN in/IN an/DT 1888/CD issue/NN of/IN Notes/NNS and/CC Queries/NNP ,/, Prof/NNP ./.
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Winnie/NNP possibly/RB thought/VBD his/PRP$ cat/NN suit/NN was/VBD the/DT cat/NN 's/POS whiskers/NNS ,/, i/NNP ./.
e/SYM ./.
,/, good/JJ ,/, satisfactory/JJ ,/, perfect/JJ ,/, ideal/JJ for/IN the/DT task/NN ./.
The/DT cat/NN 's/POS whiskers/NNS is/VBZ a/DT term/NN possibly/RB first/RB used/VBN in/IN 1927/CD ,/, by/IN Dorothy/NNP L/NNP ./.
Sayers/NNP in/IN her/PRP$ novel/NN Unnatural/NNP Death/NNP ./.
Maybe/RB the/DT early/JJ uses/NNS of/IN the/DT cat/NN whisker/NN or/CC cat/NN 's/POS whisker/NN ,/, a/DT thin/JJ wire/NN for/IN establishing/VBG contact/NN on/IN a/DT crystal/NN (/( wireless/JJ )/) set/VBN was/VBD thought/VBN to/TO be/VB the/DT same/JJ when/WRB the/DT listener/NN was/VBD successful/JJ ./.
Similar/JJ to/TO the/DT cat/NN 's/POS whiskers/NNS is/VBZ the/DT cat/NN 's/POS pyjamas/NNS meaning/VBG anything/NN that/WDT is/VBZ very/RB good/JJ ,/, attractive/JJ ;/: American/NNP in/IN origin/NN from/IN around/IN 1920/CD ,/, it/PRP had/VBD become/VBN Briticized/NNP by/IN 1923/CD ./.
However/RB ,/, according/VBG to/TO Eric/NNP Partridge/NNP ,/, in/IN his/PRP$ Dictionary/NNP of/IN Slang/NNP and/CC Unconventional/NNP English/NNP ,/, the/DT word/NN was/VBD obsolete/JJ in/IN the/DT UK/NNP by/IN 1934/CD ;/: but/CC it/PRP was/VBD far/RB from/IN dead/JJ in/IN Australia/NNP as/RB late/RB as/IN 1965/CD ./.
In/IN the/DT same/JJ war/NN those/DT night/NN fighter/NN pilots/NNS who/WP ,/, because/IN they/PRP could/MD see/VB well/RB in/IN near-darkness/JJ ,/, shot/NN down/RB numerous/JJ enemy/NN aircraft/NN were/VBD said/VBN to/TO be/VB cat-eyed/JJ ./.
A/DT famous/JJ ace/NN pilot/NN was/VBD known/VBN as/IN Cat/NNP '/POS s-eyes/JJ Cunningham/NNP ./.
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A/DT cathouse/NN is/VBZ a/DT brothel/NN ,/, cat/NN being/VBG a/DT former/JJ word/NN for/IN prostitute/NN ./.
Perhaps/RB some/DT of/IN the/DT latter/JJ drank/NN cat/NN 's/POS water/NN ,/, a/DT 19/CD th-century/JJ term/NN for/IN gin/NN ./.
Catting/NNP was/VBD a/DT word/NN for/IN chasing/VBG after/IN the/DT female/JJ sex/NN ,/, i/NNP ./.
e/SYM ./.
,/, a/DT man/NN out/IN on/IN the/DT a/DT tomcat/NN ?/.
Cattery/NNP is/VBZ the/DT name/NN for/IN the/DT place/NN where/WRB numbers/NNS of/IN animal/NN cats/NNS are/VBP housed/VBN ./.
A/DT cat-hole/JJ or/CC cat-flap/JJ is/VBZ the/DT entry/NN and/CC exit/NN site/NN in/IN a/DT door/NN for/IN a/DT household/NN 's/POS cat/NN ,/, the/DT difference/NN being/VBG that/IN a/DT cat-hole/JJ is/VBZ merely/RB a/DT hole/NN in/IN the/DT door/NN ,/, whereas/IN a/DT cat-flap/JJ is/VBZ hinged/JJ to/TO swing/VB to/TO and/CC fro/RB and/CC close/VB the/DT opening/NN automatically/RB ./.
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Gossip/NNP over/IN the/DT tea/NN cups/NNS perhaps/RB ?/.
Other/JJ authorities/NNS hold/VBP that/DT cat/NN lap/NN was/VBD slops/NNS ;/: the/DT stuff/NN a/DT cat/NN will/MD lap/NN ./.
A/DT catnap/NN is/VBZ a/DT short/JJ sleep/NN ,/, sometimes/RB after/IN a/DT meal/NN ,/, as/IN a/DT cat/NN is/VBZ wont/NN to/TO have/VB ./.
Catnip/NNP is/VBZ the/DT American/JJ name/NN for/IN a/DT plant/NN known/VBN elsewhere/RB as/IN catmint/NN ./.
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Cat/NNP dirt/NN is/VBZ not/RB what/WP might/MD be/VB thought/VBN ,/, but/CC a/DT type/NN of/IN clay/NN ./.
Catbrain/NNP is/VBZ a/DT soil/NN containing/VBG clay/NN mixed/VBN with/IN stones/NNS ./.
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Ironically/RB ,/, although/IN cats/NNS are/VBP reputed/VBN to/TO dislike/VB water/NN and/CC getting/VBG wet/JJ ,/, there/EX are/VBP numerous/JJ words/NNS using/VBG cat/NN for/IN nautical/JJ and/CC maritime/NN items/NNS ./.
Cat/NNP is/VBZ abbreviated/JJ from/IN catamaran/NN ,/, used/VBN in/IN trade/NN names/NNS like/IN Hobie/NNP Cat/NNP ./.
A/DT catamaran/NN is/VBZ a/DT raft/NN of/IN logs/NNS lashed/VBD together/RB or/CC a/DT boat/NN formed/VBN of/IN two/CD hulls/NNS held/VBN together/RB by/IN a/DT bridgelike/NN framework/NN ./.
The/DT word/NN catamaran/NN comes/VBZ from/IN the/DT Tamil/NNP kattu/NN binding/JJ ,/, katta/NN to/TO tie/VB ,/, and/CC maram/NN wood/NN ,/, meaning/VBG logs/NNS ./.
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This/DT procedure/NN ,/, before/IN the/DT days/NNS of/IN the/DT stockless/JJ anchor/NN ,/, was/VBD known/VBN as/IN catting/VBG the/DT anchor/NN ./.
A/DT cat/NN purchase/NN is/VBZ a/DT rope/NN tackle/VB used/VBN for/IN hauling/VBG an/DT anchor/NN ,/, especially/RB on/IN a/DT cat/NN davit/NN ,/, a/DT light/JJ crane/NN used/VBN on/IN small/JJ vessels/NNS to/TO hoist/NN an/DT anchor/NN so/IN it/PRP can/MD then/RB be/VB swung/VBN round/NN to/TO lower/VB the/DT anchor/NN on/IN to/TO the/DT deck/NN or/CC overboard/RB ./.
A/DT cat/NN pennant/NN is/VBZ the/DT small/JJ pennant/NN used/VBN either/CC as/IN a/DT marker/NN for/IN an/DT anchor/NN buoy/VB or/CC as/IN a/DT signal/NN that/IN a/DT vessel/NN is/VBZ at/IN anchor/NN ./.
A/DT catenary/JJ is/VBZ the/DT curve/NN of/IN the/DT anchor/NN cable/NN between/IN the/DT anchor/NN on/IN the/DT sea/NN bed/NN and/CC the/DT vessel/NN ./.
Cat/NNP '/POS s-paw/JJ has/VBZ several/JJ meanings/NNS ./.
One/CD is/VBZ the/DT slight/JJ ripple/NN on/IN the/DT surface/NN of/IN an/DT otherwise/RB flat/JJ sea/NN ,/, interpreted/VBN by/IN sailors/NNS as/IN portending/VBG a/DT breeze/NN ./.
A/DT variation/NN is/VBZ a/DT light/JJ breeze/NN ,/, just/RB strong/JJ enough/RB to/TO ruffle/NN the/DT water/NN surface/NN ./.
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A/DT catshank/NN is/VBZ a/DT knot/NN similar/JJ to/TO a/DT sheepshank/NN but/CC with/IN an/DT extra/JJ turn/NN through/RP the/DT loops/NNS to/TO prevent/VB their/PRP$ slipping/VBG through/IN ./.
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This/DT version/NN came/VBD from/IN the/DT fable/NN of/IN the/DT monkey/NN which/WDT used/VBD a/DT cat/NN 's/POS paw/NN to/TO draw/VB hot/JJ chestnuts/NNS from/IN a/DT fire/NN ./.
A/DT century/NN later/RB the/DT term/NN cat/NN '/" s-foot/JJ was/VBD used/VBN for/IN a/DT dupe/NN ./.
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There/EX are/VBP many/JJ uses/NNS of/IN cat/NN in/IN the/DT naming/NN of/IN wild/JJ species/NNS ,/, some/DT having/VBG tenuous/JJ associations/NNS ./.
A/DT cater-pillar/JJ is/VBZ the/DT larva/NN of/IN a/DT butterfly/NN or/CC moth/NN ,/, coming/VBG from/IN the/DT Old/NNP French/JJ chate/NN pelouse/NN ,/, hairy/JJ cat/NN ./.
This/DT dates/NNS back/RB to/TO 1440/CD and/CC the/DT word/NN catyrpel/NN ,/, worm/NN among/IN the/DT fruit/NN ./.
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In/IN the/DT 19/CD th/NN century/NN totally/RB different/JJ was/VBD cat/NN '/" s-head/JJ ,/, it/PRP being/VBG a/DT non-nautical/JJ term/NN for/IN the/DT end/NN of/IN shoulder/NN of/IN mutton/NN ./.
A/DT cat-bird/JJ is/VBZ an/DT American/JJ thrush/NN ,/, with/IN a/DT call/NN like/IN that/DT of/IN a/DT cat/NN ./.
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Cat/NNP '/POS s-foot/JJ is/VBZ another/DT name/NN for/IN the/DT British/JJ wild/JJ plant/NN ground/NN ivy/NN ,/, so/RB called/VBN from/IN the/DT resemblance/NN of/IN the/DT shape/NN of/IN the/DT leaves/NNS to/TO the/DT print/NN of/IN a/DT cat/NN 's/POS paws/NNS ./.
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Male/NN readers/NNS will/MD know/VB what/WP cat/NN 's/POS hair/NN is/VBZ (/( or/CC was--older/JJ men/NNS remembering/VBG it/PRP from/IN long/RB ago/RB )/) down/RB on/IN the/DT face/NN of/IN youths/NNS before/IN the/DT beard/NN grows/VBZ ./.
CORRIGENDA/NNP
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Mohapatra/NNP [/( XXII/NNP 1/CD ,/, 1/CD ]/) :/: their/PRP$ proper/JJ order/NN is/VBZ easily/RB determined/VBN in/IN the/DT reading/NN ,/, so/IN we/PRP shall/MD not/RB bother/VB to/TO clarify/VB it/PRP here/RB ./.
We/PRP thought/VBD we/PRP could/MD ignore/VB the/DT error/NN and/CC it/PRP would/MD go/VB away/RB ,/, but/CC readers/NNS keep/VBP reminding/VBG us/PRP of/IN what/WP might/MD be/VB called/VBN ,/, because/IN of/IN its/PRP$ prominence/NN ,/, a/DT typogiraffical/JJ error/NN :/: in/IN Murdering/NNP the/DT Language/NNP [/( OBITER/NNP DICTA/NNP ,/, XX/NNP ,/, 4/CD ,/, 5/CD ]/) ,/, the/DT grammatically/RB proper/JJ form/NN would/MD have/VB been/VBN Omar/NNP m/NN '/" a/DT tuée/NN ,/, (/( reflecting/VBG the/DT feminine/JJ gender/NN of/IN the/DT preceding/VBG m/NN '/" )/) and/CC not/RB ,/, as/IN printed/VBN ,/, tué/NN ./.
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Mrs/NNP ./.
Wm/NNP ./.
Henry/NNP Montague/NNP ,/, St/NNP ./.
Augustine/NNP ,/, Florida/NNP ./.
[/NN From/IN an/DT advertisement/NN for/IN Condensed/NNP Eggs/NNP ]/NN
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Kidney/NNP ./.
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King/NNP 's/POS Evil/NNP ./.
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Baldness/NNP ./.
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flow/NN ./.
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Toothache/NNP ./.
Convalescence/NNP ./.
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of/IN Urine/NNP ./.
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[/NN Secondary/JJ sense/NN in/IN
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under/IN ambassy/NN )/) ./.
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after-wit/JJ ,/, wisdom/NN that/WDT comes/VBZ [/( ./.
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engaged/VBN in/IN by/IN
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[/NN We/PRP should/MD have/VB correspondents/NNS to/TO
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[/NN obsolete/JJ ]/NN
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prize/NN ./.
[/NN Sense/NN not/RB in/IN OED/NNP ./.
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[/NN rare/JJ ]/) [/( obsolete/JJ ]/NN
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2/LS ./.
Med/NNP ./.
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Also/RB fig/NN ./.
1803/CD W/NNP ./.
TAYLOR/NNP in/IN Ann/NNP ./.
Rev/NNP ./.
1/LS ./.
273/CD From/IN the/DT eruptive/JJ fever/NN of/IN democratic/JJ effervescence/NN ,/, countries/NNS recover/VBP by/IN slight/JJ and/CC temperate/NN affusions/NNS of/IN concession/NN ./.
1844/CD T/NN ./.
GRAHAM/NNP Dom/NNP ./.
Med/NNP ./.
752/CD In/IN very/RB acute/JJ attacks/NNS of/IN yellow/JJ fever/NN ./.
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we/PRP resort/VBP to/TO the/DT use/NN of/IN purgatives/NNS ,/, and/CC the/DT cold/JJ affusion/NN ./.
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g/SYM ./.
,/, [/( akkum/NN '/" pa-ne/JJ ]/) ./.
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Such/JJ entries/NNS must/MD be/VB retained/VBN for/IN they/PRP are/VBP encountered/VBN in/IN reading/NN ./.
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For/IN another/DT thing/NN ,/, we/PRP must/MD pay/VB close/JJ attention/NN to/TO historical/JJ information--not/JJ about/IN the/DT language/NN ,/, but/CC about/IN the/DT culture/NN ./.
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Logophobia/NNP
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Shades/NNP of/IN The/DT Manchurian/NNP Candidate/NNP !/.
She/PRP was/VBD sitting/VBG in/IN a/DT chair/NN and/CC immediately/RB fell/VBD out/IN when/WRB sex/NN was/VBD mentioned/VBN ,/, according/VBG to/TO the/DT woman/NN 's/POS defense/NN attorney/NN ./.
It/PRP is/VBZ not/RB a/DT subject/NN for/IN flippancy/NN ,/, one/PRP must/MD concede/VB ,/, especially/RB in/IN the/DT circumstances/NNS surrounding/VBG the/DT case/NN ./.
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The/DT trial/NN of/IN the/DT molester/NN is/VBZ becoming/VBG difficult/JJ to/TO prosecute/VB ,/, for/IN every/DT time/NN the/DT molestee/NN is/VBZ called/VBN to/TO testify/VB ,/, she/PRP faints/NNS ,/, even/RB if/IN the/DT prosecutor/NN so/RB much/JJ as/IN spells/VBZ the/DT word/NN s-e-x/JJ ./.
How/WRB the/DT event/NN was/VBD reported/VBN in/IN the/DT first/JJ instance/NN is/VBZ not/RB revealed/VBN ./.
It/PRP might/MD be/VB suggested/VBN that/IN Ameslan/NNP be/VB employed/VBN or/CC that/IN the/DT woman/NN be/VB asked/VBN to/TO demonstrate/VB what/WP took/VBD place/NN using/VBG dolls/NNS ,/, as/IN they/PRP do/VBP when/WRB asking/VBG children/NNS to/TO testify/VB ./.
Readers/NNS may/MD draw/VB their/PRP$ own/JJ conclusions/NNS and/CC opinions/NNS on/IN the/DT subject/JJ ;/: it/PRP would/MD n't/RB do/VB for/IN us/PRP to/TO comment/VB ./.
Have/VBP a/DT nice/JJ day/NN
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My/PRP$ name/NN is/VBZ Bruce/NNP and/CC I/PRP 'll/MD be/VB your/PRP$ waiter/NN today/NN and/CC the/DT Bunny/NNP Dip/VB ./.
But/CC it/PRP seems/VBZ here/RB to/TO stay/VB ,/, and/CC ,/, on/IN reflection/NN ,/, merits/NNS comment/VB ./.
It/PRP ill/JJ behooves/NNS us/PRP to/TO criticize/VB its/PRP$ emptiness/NNS ,/, for/IN we/PRP all/DT utter/JJ Good/JJ morning/NN ,/, Good/JJ afternoon/NN ,/, Goodby/NNP ,/, How/WRB are/VBP you/PRP ?/.
,/, Hello/UH ,/, and/CC numerous/JJ other/JJ salutational/NN and/CC valedictory/NN remarks/NNS in/IN the/DT course/NN of/IN the/DT day/NN ./.
It/PRP is/VBZ likely/JJ that/IN Good/JJ day/NN had/VBD its/PRP$ origins/NNS in/IN Have/VBP a/DT good/JJ day/NN ,/, which/WDT is/VBZ not/RB very/RB different/JJ from/IN Have/VBP a/DT nice/JJ day/NN ,/, either/CC in/IN meaning/VBG or/CC in/IN spirit/NN ./.
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Good/JJ day/NN has/VBZ taken/VBN on/IN other/JJ connotations/NNS ,/, depending/VBG on/IN its/PRP$ prosodic/JJ features/NNS (/( stress/NN pattern/NN )/) ./.
A/DT straightforward/JJ Good/JJ day/NN '/" ,/, with/IN little/JJ stress/NN on/IN good/JJ ,/, is/VBZ the/DT neutral/JJ greeting/NN ;/: Good/JJ '/POS day/NN '/" ,/, with/IN equal/JJ stress/NN and/CC even/RB a/DT slight/JJ pause/NN between/IN the/DT words/NNS ,/, uttered/VBD emphatically/RB ,/, is/VBZ tantamount/JJ to/TO dismissal/NN ;/: the/DT Australian/NNP G/NNP '/POS dye/NN is/VBZ again/RB the/DT neutral/JJ expression/NN on/IN meeting/NN or/CC parting/NN ./.
Till/IN something/NN else/RB comes/VBZ along/IN or/CC we/PRP all/DT agree/VBP to/TO go/VB back/RB to/TO better/RBR established/JJ clichés/NNS ,/, we/PRP might/MD as/RB well/RB get/VB used/VBN to/TO Have/VB a/DT nice/JJ day/NN and/CC its/PRP$ variant/NN ,/, (/( You/PRP )/) have/VBP a/DT good/JJ one/CD ,/, now/RB :/: the/DT alternative/NN is/VBZ to/TO stay/VB at/IN home/NN ./.
Laurence/NNP Urdange/NNP
Paul/NNP Blackford/NNP 's/POS article/NN [/( Some/DT English/NNP Loanwords/NNP in/IN Thai/NNP ,/, XXI/NNP ,/, 1/CD ,/, 5/CD ]/) brought/VBN to/TO my/PRP$ mind/NN my/PRP$ favourite/NN chunk/NN of/IN Thai/NNP vocabulary/JJ and/CC ,/, incidentally/RB ,/, another/DT loanword/NN from/IN English/NNP (/( from/IN Thai/NNP for/IN Travellers/NNP ,/, DK/NNP Arts/NNP ,/, Bangkok/NNP )/) :/:
Krapaow/NNP thue/NN puying/VBG bags/NNS ,/, ladies/NNS '/POS
Krapaow/NNP thasanachorn/NN bags/NNS ,/, travelling/VBG
Krapaow/NNP ekka-sarn/JJ bags/NNS ,/, brief/JJ
Krapaow/NNP James/NNP Bond/NNP attaché/NN case/NN
Krapaow/NNP rot-mai/JJ bus/NN conductor/NN
I/PRP never/RB did/VBD figure/NN out/IN that/IN last/JJ one/CD ./.
The/DT NATO/NNP bombing/NN campaign/NN against/IN Yugoslavia/NNP was/VBD declared/VBN "/" a/DT disaster/NN "/" Wednesday/NNP in/IN Toronto/NNP 's/POS Globe/NNP and/CC Mail/NNP ,/, which/WDT could/MD not/RB have/VB condemned/VBN it/PRP more/RBR severely/RB ./.
It/PRP has/VBZ been/VBN "/" an/DT unrelieved/JJ disaster/NN not/RB just/RB for/IN the/DT North/NNP Atlantic/NNP Treaty/NNP Organization/NNP ,/, but/CC for/IN the/DT very/JJ people/NNS the/DT bombing/NN was/VBD meant/VBN to/TO protect/VB ,/, "/" it/PRP said/VBD ./.
The/DT NATO/NNP attacks/NNS have/VBP brought/VBN about/IN a/DT wave/NN of/IN righteous/JJ nationalism/NN as/IN Yugoslavs/NNP rallied/VBD behind/IN the/DT man/NN that/IN many/JJ of/IN them/PRP loathed/VBD ./.
"/" Safe/NNP in/IN their/PRP$ high-tech/JJ jets/NNS and/CC distant/JJ command/NN posts/NNS ,/, NATO/NNP forces/NNS have/VBP so/RB far/RB escaped/VBD without/IN a/DT single/JJ casualty/NN ,/, "/" the/DT paper/NN said/VBD ./.
"/" It/PRP is/VBZ the/DT Albanians--and/NNP of/IN course/NN the/DT Serbs/NNP of/IN Yugoslavia/NNP too--who/JJ are/VBP paying/VBG the/DT price/NN for/IN the/DT bombing/NN ./.
And/CC what/WP does/VBZ NATO/NNP plan/NN to/TO do/VB about/IN it/PRP ?/.
Why/WRB ,/, bomb/NN some/DT more/JJR ,/, of/IN course/NN ./.
"/" The/DT Globe/NNP and/CC Mail/NNP said/VBD that/IN NATO/NNP 's/POS motives/NNS had/VBD been/VBN good--/JJ "/" it/PRP wanted/VBD to/TO stop/VB Mr/NNP ./.
Milosevic/NNP ,/, protect/VBP the/DT Albanians/NNS and/CC save/VB its/PRP$ own/JJ reputation/NN in/IN the/DT bargain/NN ./.
Too/RB many/JJ times/NNS ,/, the/DT West/NNP has/VBZ threatened/VBN dire/JJ consequences/NNS and/CC then/RB done/VBN nothing/NN ./.
It/PRP is/VBZ right/NN to/TO feel/VB guilty/JJ about/IN acting/VBG too/RB late/RB in/IN Bosnia/NNP ,/, and/CC not/RB at/IN all/DT in/IN Rwanda/NNP ./.
But/CC true/JJ atonement/NN requires/VBZ sacrifice/VB ./.
In/IN expiating/VBG its/PRP$ guilt/NN over/IN past/JJ failures/NNS ,/, the/DT West/NNP has/VBZ instead/RB sacrificed/JJ the/DT lives/NNS of/IN the/DT helpless/JJ civilians/NNS of/IN Kosovo/NNP ./.
That/DT is/VBZ unforgivable/JJ ./.
"/"
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"/" No/DT ,/, no/DT ,/, "/" he/PRP told/VBD Corriere/NNP della/NN Sera/NNP of/IN Milan/NNP ,/, Italy/NNP ./.
"/" NATO/NNP 's/POS campaign/NN began/VBD specifically/RB to/TO stop/VB the/DT violence/NN ./.
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And/CC we/PRP are/VBP doing/VBG everything/NN we/PRP can/MD to/TO stop/VB it/PRP ./.
"/" Corriere/NNP also/RB carried/VBD an/DT interview/NN Wednesday/NNP with/IN President/NNP Kiro/NNP Gilgorov/NNP of/IN Macedonia/NNP ,/, who/WP took/VBD the/DT same/JJ line/NN ./.
Slobodan/NNP Milosevic/NNP had/VBD been/VBN planning/VBG the/DT "/" ethnic/JJ cleansing/NN "/" for/IN months/NNS ,/, he/PRP said/VBD ./.
Gilgorov/NNP called/VBD for/IN NATO/NNP humanitarian/JJ aid/NN for/IN the/DT Kosovar/NNP refugees/NNS pouring/VBG into/IN his/PRP$ country/NN and/CC said/VBD the/DT Russians/NNPS were/VBD the/DT only/JJ people/NNS in/IN a/DT position/NN to/TO influence/VB Milosevic/NNP ./.
The/DT only/JJ outcome/NN he/PRP ruled/VBD out/IN was/VBD a/DT world/NN war/NN ./.
"/" The/DT Soviet/NNP Union/NNP does/VBZ n't/RB exist/VB anymore/RB ,/, so/IN whom/WP would/MD a/DT world/NN war/NN be/VB between/IN ?/.
"/" he/PRP asked/VBD ./.
"/" If/IN there/EX is/VBZ a/DT risk/NN ,/, it/PRP is/VBZ that/IN the/DT conflict/NN will/MD destabilize/VB other/JJ countries/NNS ./.
"/"
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"/" The/DT same/JJ concentration/NN of/IN effort/NN and/CC the/DT same/JJ plethora/NN of/IN assets/NNS lavished/VBN on/IN the/DT aerial/JJ war/NN against/IN Serbia/NNP must/MD now/RB be/VB applied/VBN to/TO the/DT task/NN of/IN housing/NN and/CC caring/VBG for/IN the/DT refugees/NNS reeling/VBG out/IN of/IN Kosovo/NNP ,/, "/" it/PRP said/VBD ./.
"/" That/DT no/DT preparations/NNS of/IN this/DT kind/NN were/VBD made/VBN by/IN the/DT governments/NNS dealing/VBG with/IN Milosevic/NNP or/CC by/IN the/DT alliance/NN military/JJ staffs/NNS as/IN they/PRP laid/VBD their/PRP$ plans/NNS ,/, is/VBZ worse/JJR than/IN a/DT pity/NN ./.
It/PRP shows/VBZ how/WRB feckless/JJ Europe/NNP and/CC America/NNP have/VBP been/VBN in/IN their/PRP$ approach/NN to/TO this/DT crisis/NN ,/, and/CC should/MD at/IN a/DT later/JJ time/NN be/VBP the/DT subject/NN of/IN a/DT serious/JJ inquiry/NN ./.
"/"
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And/CC no/DT hope/VBP ./.
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"/" It/PRP said/VBD the/DT West/NNP would/MD have/VB to/TO struggle/VB to/TO reintegrate/NN Russia/NNP into/IN international/JJ institutions/NNS and/CC that/IN the/DT International/NNP Monetary/NNP Fund/NNP should/MD begin/VB this/DT process/NN by/IN providing/VBG Russia/NNP with/IN a/DT generous/JJ loan/NN ./.
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But/CC Russian/JJ newspapers/NNS ,/, published/VBD Tuesday/NNP before/IN the/DT offer/NN was/VBD made/VBN and/CC rejected/VBN ,/, were/VBD enthusiastic/JJ about/IN Primakov/NNP 's/POS attempt/NN at/IN mediation/NN ./.
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But/CC George/NNP F/NNP ./.
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Being/VBG ,/, Nothingness/NNP ,/, and/CC Peanuts/NNP
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"/" Well/RB ,/, what/WP does/VBZ n't/RB ?/.
-/: -/: George/NNP F/NNP ./.
Will/NNP ,/, on/IN the/DT legacy/NN of/IN Charles/NNP Schulz/NNP 's/POS cartoon/NN strip/NN (/( This/DT Week/NNP )/)
Last/JJ Word/NNP
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-/: -/: William/NNP F/NNP ./.
Buckley/NNP Jr/NNP ./.
,/, on/IN George/NNP W/NNP ./.
Bush/NNP 's/POS remark/NN that/IN Christ/NNP had/VBD "/" changed/JJ [/( his/PRP$ ]/) heart/NN "/" (/( Fox/NNP News/NNP Sunday/NNP )/)
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And/CC I/PRP assume/VBP he/PRP 's/VBZ pro-/JJ Earned/NNP Income/NNP Tax/NNP Credit/NNP ,/, blessed/VBN are/VBP the/DT poor/JJ ./.
-/: -/: Al/NNP Hunt/NNP ,/, on/IN the/DT same/JJ topic/NN (/( Capital/NNP Gang/NN )/)
"/" Accept/NNP my/PRP$ confessions/NNS ,/, O/NNP Lord/NNP ./.
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'/" "/"
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Dear/RB Esquire/NNP readers/NNS ,/,
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"/"
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)/) is/VBZ n't/RB sufficient/JJ ./.
I/PRP must/MD apologize/VB for/IN my/PRP$ apology/NN ./.
The/DT White/NNP House/NNP issued/VBD a/DT statement/NN this/DT week/NN saying/VBG the/DT president/NN "/" appreciates/VBZ and/CC accepts/VBZ Mr/NNP ./.
Brock/NNP 's/POS apology/NN ./.
"/" Will/MD this/DT embolden/NN him/PRP to/TO embark/VB on/IN sexual/JJ adventures/NNS ?/.
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Emmett/NNP Tyrrell/NNP Jr/NNP ./.
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"/" How/WRB much/JJ do/VBP they/PRP want/VBP ?/.
"/" I/PRP quoted/VBD him/PRP as/IN saying/VBG ./.
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Now/RB that/IN I/PRP 'm/VBP off/RP it/PRP ,/, I/PRP rat/NN him/PRP out/RP ./.
Sorry/JJ ./.
And/CC then/RB there/EX 's/VBZ Isikoff/NNP ./.
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And/CC I/PRP did/VBD n't/RB even/RB pick/VB up/RP the/DT check/NN !/.
Sorry/JJ about/IN that/DT ./.
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Whoops/NNP ,/, I/PRP did/VBD n't/RB write/VB that/DT ./.
Daniel/NNP Wattenberg/NNP did/VBD ./.
Please/VB forgive/VB him/PRP ./.
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I/PRP am/VBP vexed/VBN by/IN this/DT connection/NN now/RB that/IN I/PRP know/VBP the/DT real/JJ messiah/NN is/VBZ ./.
./.
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All/DT will/MD be/VB revealed/VBN in/IN time/NN ./.
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S/NNP ./.
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Regretfully/NNP ,/,
David/NNP Brock/NNP
P/NN ./.
S/NNP ./.
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Let/VB 's/PRP have/VBP lunch/NN ./.
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What/WP about/IN 3/CD feet/NNS ?/.
asked/VBD Chief/NNP Justice/NNP William/NNP Rehnquist/NNP ./.
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What/WP ?/.
Send/VB your/PRP$ answer/NN by/IN 5/CD p/NN ./.
m/NN ./.
ET/NNP Sunday/NNP to/TO newsquiz/NN @/IN slate/NN ./.
com/NN ./.
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What/WP was/VBD going/VBG on/IN in/IN the/DT warehouses/NNS ?/.
"/" Industrial/NNP Light/NNP &/CC Magic/NNP wizards/NNS trying/VBG to/TO make/VB Kevin/NNP Costner/NNP hot/JJ again/RB ./.
"/" -/: Jon/NNP Hotchkiss/NNP
"/" Ricky/NNP Martin/NNP was/VBD filming/VBG his/PRP$ triumphant/NN return/NN to/TO the/DT gay/JJ porn/NN industry/NN ./.
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"/" -/: Michael/NNP J/NNP ./.
Basial/NNP
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Do/VBP n't/RB worry/VB ,/, though/IN ;/: they/PRP put/VBP a/DT stop/NN to/TO it/PRP ./.
"/" -/: Tim/NNP Carvell/NNP
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"/" -/: Matthew/NNP Singer/NNP (/( Steven/NNP Davis/NNP had/VBD a/DT similar/JJ answer/NN ./.
)/)
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"/" -/: Maia/NNP Cowan/NNP (/( similarly/RB ,/, Katha/NNP Pollitt/NNP and/CC Mark/NNP Wegener/NNP )/)
Click/NNP for/IN more/JJR answers/NNS ./.
Randy/NNP 's/POS Wrap-/NNP Up/IN
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This/DT did/VBD n't/RB make/VB him/PRP any/DT less/RBR popular/JJ in/IN Paris/NNP where/WRB he/PRP was/VBD catnip/NN to/TO the/DT ladies/NNS ./.
In/IN 1768/CD ,/, Luigi/NNP Galvani/NNP ran/VBD electric/JJ current/NN through/IN the/DT legs/NNS of/IN a/DT freshly/RB killed/VBN frog/NN making/VBG them/PRP twitch/VB and/CC no/DT doubt/NN contributing/VBG to/TO the/DT bad/JJ feelings/NNS most/JJS frogs/NNS have/VBP about/IN their/PRP$ place/NN in/IN the/DT sciences/NNS ./.
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And/CC so/RB perhaps/RB the/DT two/CD things/NNS we/PRP can/MD say/VB with/IN confidence/NN about/IN electricity/NN are/VBP that/IN 1/LS )/) it/PRP 's/VBZ tough/JJ to/TO be/VB a/DT frog/NN 2/LS )/) unless/IN you/PRP 've/VBP been/VBN kissed/JJ by/IN Sally/NNP Gilbert/NNP ./.
Highly/NNP Potent/NNP Answer/NNP
Somebody/NN was/VBD growing/VBG hydroponic/JJ pot/NN ./.
Police/NNP charged/VBD Francisco/NNP Dandraia/NNP and/CC Frank/NNP Salinas/NNP with/IN criminal/JJ possession/NN of/IN marijuana/NN and/CC stealing/VBG electricity/NN ./.
The/DT pair/NN is/VBZ accused/VBN of/IN tapping/VBG into/IN Long/NNP Island/NNP Power/NNP Authority/NNP electric/JJ lines/NNS for/IN the/DT current/NN to/TO run/VB 1/CD ,/, 000/CD -/: watt/NN high-intensity/JJ halide/NN lamps/NNS and/CC carbon/NN dioxide/NN generators/NNS to/TO stimulate/VB the/DT growth/NN of/IN pot/NN plants/NNS in/IN high-tech/JJ hydroponic/JJ tanks/NNS ./.
This/DT system/NN produces/VBZ mature/VBP plants/NNS in/IN four/CD to/TO six/CD weeks/NNS instead/RB of/IN the/DT several/JJ months/NNS required/VBN under/IN ordinary/JJ growing/VBG conditions/NNS ./.
The/DT excellent/JJ "/" connoisseur/NN 's/POS cannabis/NNS "/" sold/VBN for/IN $/$ 5/CD ,/, 000/CD a/DT pound/NN ./.
The/DT men/NNS spliced/JJ into/IN the/DT LIPA/NNP power/NN lines/NNS not/RB to/TO avoid/VB paying/VBG for/IN electricity/NN but/CC to/TO avoid/VB the/DT huge/JJ electric/JJ bills/NNS ,/, about/IN $/$ 50/CD ,/, 000/CD over/IN 13/CD months/NNS ,/, that/WDT would/MD have/VB called/VBN attention/NN to/TO their/PRP$ operation/NN ./.
But/CC heat/NN dispersal/NN was/VBD their/PRP$ undoing/NN ./.
Cold/NNP Comfort/NNP Extra/NNP
Participants/NNS were/VBD invited/VBN to/TO devise/VB a/DT photo/NN caption/NN cliché/NN of/IN the/DT "/" Winter/NNP Turns/VBZ Cold/NNP ;/: People/NNP Don/NNP Hats/NNP ,/, Gloves/NNP "/" variety/NN for/IN any/DT news/NN outlet/NN ./.
Los/NNP Angeles/NNP Times/NNP -/: style/NN :/: "/" After/IN yesterday/NN 's/POS freak/NN snowstorm/NN ,/, two/CD Angelenos/NNP in/IN parkas/NNS walk/VBP past/JJ the/DT Staples/NNP Center/NNP (/( TM/NNP )/) ,/, the/DT city/NN 's/POS dynamic/JJ new/JJ sports/NNS ,/, entertainment/NN and/CC convention/NN palace/NN ,/, which/WDT can/MD be/VB arranged/VBN in/IN a/DT variety/NN of/IN configurations/NNS for/IN concerts/NNS (/( continued/VBD on/IN Page/NNP B/NNP 2/LS )/) ./.
"/" -/: Chris/NNP Hammett/NNP
"/" It/PRP fits/VBZ !/.
Homeless/JJ man/NN beams/VBZ as/IN he/PRP tries/VBZ on/IN mitten/NN found/VBD in/IN trash/NN can/MD ./.
"/" -/: Katha/NNP Pollitt/NNP
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J/NNP ./.
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'/POS "/" -/: John/NNP Yanosko/NNP
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JFK/NNP Jr/NNP ./.
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)/) ./.
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Campaign-finance/NNP reform/NN ?/.
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NAFTA/NNP ?/.
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-/: -/: Neenyah/NNP Ostrommanaging/NNP editor/NN New/NNP York/NNP Native/NNP
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Bush/NNP ,/, who/WP missed/VBD the/DT first/JJ three/CD debates/NNS ./.
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"/" Analysts/NNS differed/VBD as/IN to/TO whether/IN Bush/NNP 's/POS subdued/VBN performance/NN was/VBD or/CC tepid/JJ and/CC formulaic/JJ ;/: but/CC they/PRP agreed/VBD that/IN this/DT cautious/JJ approach/NN would/MD keep/VB him/PRP ahead/RB ./.
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(/( Slate/NNP 's/POS Jacob/NNP Weisberg/NNP the/DT candidate/NN 's/POS performances/NNS in/IN Arizona/NNP ,/, and/CC "/" "/" rounds/NNS up/RP the/DT opinions/NNS on/IN last/JJ week/NN 's/POS debate/NN ./.
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A/DT maintenance/NN company/NN was/VBD convicted/VBN of/IN mishandling/VBG hazardous/JJ material/NN linked/VBN to/TO the/DT ValuJet/NNP crash/NN ./.
SabreTech/NNP ,/, a/DT Florida/NNP contractor/NN ,/, was/VBD found/VBN guilty/JJ on/IN nine/CD of/IN 24/CD counts/VBZ related/VBN to/TO the/DT 1996/CD accident/NN that/WDT killed/VBD 110/CD people/NNS ./.
Two/CD employees/NNS were/VBD acquitted/VBN of/IN lying/VBG on/IN repair/NN records/NNS ./.
The/DT company/NN ,/, which/WDT is/VBZ out/IN of/IN business/NN but/CC not/RB bankrupt/JJ ,/, could/MD be/VB fined/VBN $/$ 2/CD ./.
25/CD million/CD ./.
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It/PRP was/VBD n't/RB a/DT crime/NN ./.
"/" Victims/NNP '/POS families/NNS debated/VBN whether/IN the/DT convictions/NNS showed/VBD that/IN 1/LS )/) "/" corporations/NNS cannot/NN put/VBD the/DT almighty/NN dollar/NN before/IN safety/NN "/" ;/: or/CC 2/LS )/) they/PRP can/MD do/VB just/RB that/DT ./.
The/DT World/NNP Trade/NNP Organization/NNP 's/POS Seattle/NNP meeting/NN ended/VBD with/IN no/DT new/JJ accord/NN ./.
Previous/JJ WTO/NNP rules/NNS will/MD remain/VB in/IN effect/NN since/IN negotiators/NNS failed/VBD to/TO agree/VB on/IN how/WRB to/TO reduce/VB trade/NN barriers/NNS further/RB ./.
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Seattle/NNP 's/POS police/NN chief/NN announced/VBD that/IN he/PRP would/MD resign/VB and/CC "/" takes/VBZ full/JJ responsibility/NN for/IN the/DT riots/NNS ./.
"/" Clinton/NNP critics/NNS called/VBD the/DT talks/NNS "/" an/DT embarrassment/NN "/" and/CC accused/VBD the/DT administration/NN of/IN failing/VBG to/TO make/VB a/DT clear/JJ case/NN for/IN free/JJ trade/NN ./.
Protesters/NNP hailed/VBD it/PRP as/IN a/DT victory/NN for/IN their/PRP$ movement/NN ,/, which/WDT they/PRP claimed/VBD had/VBN turned/VBN public/JJ opinion/NN against/IN the/DT WTO/NNP ./.
But/CC delegates/NNS chalked/VBN up/RP the/DT collapse/NN to/TO "/" the/DT complexity/NN and/CC novelty/NN of/IN the/DT issues/NNS ,/, [/( which/WDT ]/) strained/VBN the/DT capacity/NN of/IN delegations/NNS to/TO make/VB decisions/NNS ./.
"/" (/( In/IN "/" ,/, "/" William/NNP Saletan/NNP dissects/NNS the/DT debate/NN between/IN the/DT WTO/NNP 's/POS critics/NNS and/CC defenders/NNS ,/, and/CC in/IN "/" ,/, "/" Paul/NNP Krugman/NNP argues/VBZ that/IN the/DT WTO/NNP 's/POS opponents/NNS have/VBP it/PRP all/DT wrong/NN ./.
"/" "/" sums/NNS up/RP analysts/NNS '/POS reactions/NNS to/TO the/DT hubbub/NN ./.
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Both/DT teams/NNS are/VBP undefeated/JJ ./.
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The/DT rosy/JJ spin/NN :/: The/DT computer/NN method/NN is/VBZ working/VBG ./.
The/DT gloomy/JJ spin/NN :/: Playoffs/NNP would/MD be/VB better/JJR ./.
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All/DT four/CD victims/NNS are/VBP expected/VBN to/TO survive/VB ./.
The/DT suspected/VBN shooter/NN was/VBD described/VBN as/IN a/DT well-liked/JJ honor/NN student/NN with/IN no/DT disciplinary/JJ record/NN ./.
When/WRB asked/VBD why/WRB he/PRP did/VBD it/PRP ,/, he/PRP reportedly/RB said/VBD ,/, "/" I/PRP 'm/VBP crazy/JJ ./.
"/" The/DT police/NN spin/NN :/: The/DT crime/NN was/VBD random/JJ ,/, not/RB "/" a/DT hate/NN thing/NN ./.
"/" Parents/NNS '/POS spin/NN :/: That/DT 's/VBZ all/PDT the/DT more/RBR frightening/JJ ./.
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"/" Their/PRP$ "/" coup/NN de/IN théâtre/NN "/" has/VBZ served/VBN as/IN a/DT reminder/NN "/" that/IN dithering/VBG loses/VBZ to/TO derring-do/NN ,/, "/" the/DT paper/NN said/VBD :/: "/" This/DT may/MD have/VB been/VBN a/DT media-dominated/JJ war/NN ;/: but/CC to/TO halt/VB and/CC advance/NN to/TO allow/VB the/DT cameras/NNS to/TO catch/VB up/RP is/VBZ a/DT grotesque/JJ irresponsibility/NN ./.
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"/" NATO/NNP should/MD continue/VB to/TO deny/VB Russia/NNP its/PRP$ own/JJ sector/NN in/IN Kosovo/NNP ,/, but/CC should/MD also/RB soothe/VB its/PRP$ wounded/VBN pride/NN by/IN "/" admitting/VBG that/IN the/DT West/NNP has/VBZ been/VBN cavalier/JJ in/IN its/PRP$ treatment/NN of/IN the/DT former/JJ superpower/NN and/CC that/IN it/PRP now/RB has/VBZ to/TO be/VB given/VBN a/DT seat/NN at/IN the/DT commanding/JJ table/NN ./.
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On/IN the/DT Right/RB ,/, the/DT Daily/NNP Telegraph/NNP criticized/VBD the/DT United/NNP States/NNPS for/IN being/VBG too/RB accommodating/VBG to/TO Russia/NNP ./.
It/PRP is/VBZ hardly/RB surprising/VBG that/IN a/DT cardinal/NN aim/NN of/IN Russian/JJ policy/NN is/VBZ to/TO counter/VB NATO/NNP 's/POS influence/NN in/IN central/JJ Europe/NNP ,/, "/" and/CC the/DT role/NN of/IN honest/JJ broker/NN between/IN the/DT West/NNP and/CC Belgrade/NNP gave/VBD them/PRP an/DT ideal/JJ opportunity/NN to/TO do/VB so/RB ,/, "/" the/DT paper/NN said/VBD ./.
"/" Trusting/NNP them/PRP with/IN that/DT task/NN prolonged/JJ the/DT air/NN campaign/NN and/CC has/VBZ now/RB seriously/RB queered/JJ KFOR/NNP 's/POS pitch/NN ,/, "/" it/PRP added/VBD ./.
"/" NATO/NNP cannot/NN blame/VBP the/DT Russians/NNPS for/IN making/VBG difficulties/NNS ./.
The/DT fault/NN lies/VBZ in/IN giving/VBG them/PRP such/JJ an/DT opportunity/NN ./.
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"/" Bill/NNP Clinton/NNP might/MD well/RB ask/VB this/DT question/NN of/IN Boris/NNP Yeltsin/NNP when/WRB they/PRP meet/VBP in/IN Cologne/NNP ,/, Germany/NNP ,/, on/IN Saturday/NNP ,/, the/DT paper/NN said/VBD ,/, but/CC "/" it/PRP is/VBZ n't/RB certain/JJ that/IN his/PRP$ answer/NN will/MD be/VB very/RB convincing/JJ ./.
"/" In/IN Germany/NNP Monday/NNP ,/, the/DT Frankfurter/NNP Allgemeine/NNP Zeitung/NNP called/VBD the/DT move/NN "/" Yeltsin/NNP 's/POS coup/NN "/" but/CC added/VBD in/IN a/DT front-page/JJ comment/NN that/IN the/DT next/JJ few/JJ days/NNS would/MD show/VB whether/IN Yeltsin/NNP has/VBZ only/RB been/VBN acting/VBG on/IN whim/NN or/CC whether/IN there/EX 's/VBZ a/DT strategy/NN behind/IN it/PRP ./.
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Conservatives/NNS trounced/JJ the/DT Left/NNP in/IN Italy/NNP as/IN well/RB ,/, where/WRB the/DT party/NN of/IN TV/NN magnate/NN Silvio/NNP Berlusconi/NNP ,/, a/DT former/JJ prime/JJ minister/NN ,/, came/VBD in/IN first/NN ./.
But/CC in/IN France/NNP ,/, the/DT Socialists/NNPS triumphed/VBD ./.
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"/" Confessing/NNP to/TO interviewer/NN Alessandra/NNP Farkas/NNP that/IN The/DT New/NNP Yorker/NNP was/VBD still/RB in/IN the/DT red/NN ,/, Remnick/NNP said/VBD he/PRP is/VBZ pleased/VBN that/IN it/PRP has/VBZ been/VBN rechristened/JJ "/" the/DT most/RBS authoritative/JJ and/CC prestigious/JJ weekly/NN on/IN the/DT planet/NN "/" because/IN "/" when/WRB you/PRP 're/VBP the/DT best/JJS in/IN your/PRP$ field/NN ,/, it/PRP 's/VBZ inevitable/JJ that/IN sooner/RBR or/CC later/RB you/PRP become/VBP profitable/JJ ./.
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"/" Asked/VBN if/IN he/PRP agreed/VBD that/IN the/DT quality/NN of/IN the/DT world/NN 's/POS press/NN is/VBZ in/IN decline/NN ,/, Remnick/NNP replied/VBD :/: "/" We/PRP are/VBP the/DT living/VBG proof/NN of/IN the/DT opposite/JJ :/: Investing/VBG in/IN quality/NN has/VBZ and/CC always/RB will/MD have/VB a/DT place/NN in/IN the/DT market/NN ./.
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And/CC do/VBP you/PRP know/VBP why/WRB ?/.
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Left-wing/NNP critics/NNS are/VBP appalled/VBN at/IN the/DT waste/NN of/IN $/$ 1/CD ./.
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"/" (/( Visit/NNP the/DT official/JJ site/NN ./.
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Cookie/NNP 's/POS Fortune/NNP (/( October/NNP Films/NNP )/) ./.
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However/RB ,/, several/JJ critics/NNS are/VBP not/RB so/RB keen/JJ ./.
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The/DT rest/NN ?/.
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Books/NNS
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com/NN ./.
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Why/WRB teachers/NNS but/CC not/RB social/JJ workers/NNS ?/.
Why/WRB social/JJ workers/NNS but/CC not/RB nurses/NNS ?/.
Why/WRB nurses/NNS and/CC not/RB police/VB ?/.
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She/PRP truly/RB believed/VBD him/PRP ./.
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2/LS ./.
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So/RB what/WP is/VBZ Starr/NNP hiding/VBG up/RP his/PRP$ sleeve/NN ?/.
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"/" (/( See/VB Question/NNP 5/CD ./.
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Well/RB ,/, what/WP did/VBD Clinton/NNP and/CC Lewinsky/NNP actually/RB do/VBP ?/.
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4/LS ./.
What/WP was/VBD one/CD ,/, just/RB one/CD ,/, of/IN the/DT questions/NNS that/IN Clinton/NNP refused/VBD to/TO answer/VB ?/.
Insert/NNP your/PRP$ extremely/RB graphic/JJ question/NN here/RB ./.
5/LS ./.
Who/WP really/RB wrote/VBD the/DT Talking/VBG Points/NNPS ?/.
a/DT )/) Monica/NNP ./.
We/PRP mean/VBP it/PRP ./.
b/SYM )/) Bill/NNP Clinton/NNP ,/, dictated/VBN to/TO Monica/NNP ./.
c/SYM )/) Bruce/NNP Lindsey/NNP ,/, dictated/VBN to/TO Monica/NNP ./.
d/SYM )/) Linda/NNP Tripp/NNP ./.
e/SYM )/) A/DT handsome/JJ ,/, mysterious/JJ stranger/NN ./.
6/CD Why/WRB was/VBD n't/RB Clinton/NNP more/JJR contrite/NN and/CC less/RBR aggressive/JJ during/IN The/DT Speech/NNP ?/.
a/DT )/) Hillary/NNP urged/VBD him/PRP to/TO fight/VB back/RB ,/, not/RB roll/VB over/IN ./.
b/SYM )/) He/PRP knew/VBD Starr/NNP would/MD n't/RB care/VB how/WRB apologetic/JJ he/PRP was/VBD ,/, so/IN he/PRP decided/VBD to/TO take/VB the/DT offensive/JJ and/CC win/VB the/DT PR/NNP war/NN ./.
c/SYM )/) He/PRP is/VBZ n't/RB sorry/JJ and/CC does/VBZ n't/RB think/VB he/PRP lied/VBD ./.
d/SYM )/) All/DT of/IN the/DT above/JJ ./.
7/CD ./.
Who/WP made/VBD the/DT first/JJ move/NN ,/, Monica/NNP or/CC Bill/NNP ?/.
a/DT )/) Monica/NNP ./.
b/SYM )/) Bill/NNP ./.
8/CD ./.
Will/MD Hillary/NNP stick/VB with/IN Bill/NNP or/CC ditch/NN him/PRP like/VBP a/DT hot/JJ potato/NN as/RB soon/RB as/IN he/PRP is/VBZ out/IN of/IN office/NN ?/.
a/DT )/) Stick/NNP ./.
b/SYM )/) Ditch/NNP ./.
9/CD How/WRB low/JJ must/MD Clinton/NNP 's/POS approval/NN ratings/NNS sink/VBP before/IN Republicans/NNPS pursue/VBP impeachment/NN ?/.
a/DT )/) 70/CD percent/NN ./.
b/SYM )/) 60/CD percent/NN ./.
c/SYM )/) 50/CD percent/NN ./.
d/SYM )/) 40/CD percent/NN ./.
e/SYM )/) How/WRB can/MD you/PRP be/VB so/RB cynical/JJ ?/.
His/PRP$ poll/NN numbers/NNS are/VBP irrelevant/JJ ./.
They/PRP will/MD impeach/NN him/PRP if/IN he/PRP has/VBZ committed/VBN impeachable/JJ offenses/NNS ,/, no/DT matter/NN how/WRB popular/JJ he/PRP is/VBZ ./.
10/CD ./.
Will/MD the/DT Lewinsky/NNP tapes/NNS ever/RB be/VB released/VBN ?/.
If/IN so/IN ,/, will/MD they/PRP destroy/VB Clinton/NNP 's/POS reputation/NN ?/.
a/DT )/) Yes/UH ,/, yes/UH (/( because/IN they/PRP 're/VBP so/RB much/RB worse/JJR than/IN we/PRP imagine/VBP )/) ./.
b/SYM )/) Yes/UH ,/, no/DT (/( because/IN we/PRP have/VBP already/RB imagined/VBN the/DT worst/JJS )/) ./.
c/SYM )/) Yes/UH ,/, no/DT (/( because/IN Monica/NNP will/MD sound/VB too/RB flaky/JJ to/TO take/VB seriously/RB )/) ./.
d/SYM )/) No/DT ,/, no/UH ./.
11/CD Did/VBD Clinton/NNP 's/POS aides/NNS really/RB believe/VBP his/PRP$ denials/NNS ?/.
If/IN yes/UH ,/, why/WRB ?/.
If/IN no/DT ,/, why/WRB did/VBD n't/RB they/PRP quit/VBN ?/.
a/DT )/) No/DT ,/, they/PRP really/RB did/VBD n't/RB think/VB it/PRP mattered/VBN ./.
b/SYM )/) No/DT ,/, they/PRP did/VBD n't/RB want/VB to/TO embarrass/VB the/DT administration/NN ./.
c/SYM )/) Yes/UH ,/, they/PRP trusted/VBD him/PRP absolutely/RB ./.
d/SYM )/) Yes/UH ,/, they/PRP never/RB asked/VBD ./.
e/SYM )/) Yes/UH ,/, they/PRP were/VBD willfully/RB delusional/NN ./.
12/CD ./.
With/IN whom/WP did/VBD Clinton/NNP plot/NN cover/NN stories/NNS to/TO cover/VB up/RP the/DT Lewinsky/NNP affair/NN ?/.
a/DT )/) With/IN Betty/NNP Currie/NNP about/IN the/DT gifts/NNS and/CC Monica/NNP 's/POS visits/NNS ./.
b/SYM )/) With/IN Monica/NNP about/IN everything/NN ./.
c/SYM )/) With/IN Bruce/NNP Lindsey/NNP about/IN everything/NN ./.
d/SYM )/) With/IN Vernon/NNP Jordan/NNP about/IN getting/VBG her/PRP$ a/DT job/NN ./.
e/SYM )/) Any/DT combination/NN of/IN the/DT above/JJ ./.
13/CD What/WP is/VBZ Bruce/NNP Lindsey/NNP 's/POS role/NN in/IN all/PDT this/DT ?/.
a/DT )/) Knew/NNP about/IN affair/NN ,/, did/VBD nothing/NN to/TO help/VB or/CC hinder/VB it/PRP ./.
b/SYM )/) Knew/NNP about/IN affair/NN ,/, helped/VBD hide/VB it/PRP from/IN Hillary/NNP and/CC outsiders/NNS in/IN harmless/JJ ways/NNS ./.
c/SYM )/) Knew/NNP about/IN affair/NN ,/, helped/VBD clean/VB it/PRP up/RP in/IN questionable/JJ ways/NNS (/( Talking/VBG Points/NNPS ,/, etc/FW ./.
)/) ./.
d/SYM )/) Innocent/JJ bystander/NN ./.
14/CD ./.
Will/MD Starr/NNP subpoena/VB the/DT president/NN ?/.
a/DT )/) No/DT ,/, Starr/NNP got/VBD enough/RB on/IN Monday/NNP to/TO nail/VB him/PRP ./.
b/SYM )/) No/DT ,/, Starr/NNP does/VBZ n't/RB want/VB to/TO risk/VB constitutional/JJ crisis/NN ./.
c/SYM )/) Yes/UH ,/, Clinton/NNP ducked/JJ too/RB many/JJ important/JJ questions/NNS ./.
d/SYM )/) Yes/UH ,/, just/RB to/TO annoy/NN Clinton/NNP ./.
15/CD Starr/NNP is/VBZ probably/RB constitutionally/RB barred/VBN from/IN indicting/VBG the/DT president/NN ./.
Whom/NNP will/MD he/PRP indict/VB in/IN the/DT Lewinsky/NNP matter/NN ?/.
a/DT )/) Bruce/NNP Lindsey/NNP ./.
b/SYM )/) Vernon/NNP Jordan/NNP ./.
c/SYM )/) Betty/NNP Currie/NNP ./.
d/SYM )/) Bill/NNP Richardson/NNP ./.
e/SYM )/) William/NNP Ginsburg/NNP ,/, just/RB for/IN the/DT hell/NN of/IN it/PRP ./.
f/SYM )/) None/NN of/IN the/DT above/JJ ./.
16/CD ./.
Clinton/NNP knew/VBD that/IN Monica/NNP Lewinsky/NNP and/CC Kathleen/NNP Willey/NNP were/VBD out/IN there/RB ./.
So/RB why/WRB did/VBD n't/RB he/PRP settle/VBP the/DT Paula/NNP Jones/NNP lawsuit/NN rather/RB than/IN risk/NN exposure/NN ?/.
a/DT )/) Paula/NNP Jones/NNP was/VBD actually/RB lying/VBG ,/, and/CC Clinton/NNP refused/VBD to/TO cave/NN to/TO her/PRP$ blackmail/VB ./.
b/SYM )/) Clinton/NNP assumed/VBD they/PRP would/MD never/RB find/VB Willey/NNP and/CC Lewinsky/NNP ./.
c/SYM )/) Clinton/NNP assumed/VBD they/PRP would/MD find/VB Willey/NNP and/CC Lewinsky/NNP but/CC also/RB assumed/VBD Willey/NNP and/CC Lewinsky/NNP would/MD stay/VB silent/JJ ,/, because/IN his/PRP$ women/NNS usually/RB do/VBP ./.
d/SYM )/) Clinton/NNP is/VBZ a/DT fool/NN ./.
17/CD The/DT Supreme/NNP Court/NNP permitted/VBD the/DT Jones/NNP suit/NN in/IN part/NN because/IN it/PRP would/MD not/RB distract/VB the/DT president/NN from/IN his/PRP$ job/NN ./.
Would/MD the/DT justices/NNS have/VB let/VBN the/DT Jones/NNP suit/NN proceed/VB if/IN they/PRP had/VBD known/VBN it/PRP would/MD produce/VB the/DT Flytrap/NNP circus/NN ?/.
a/DT )/) Yes/UH ./.
b/SYM )/) No/UH ./.
18/CD ./.
Does/VBZ Clinton/NNP really/RB believe/VBP oral/JJ sex/NN is/VBZ not/RB adultery/NN ?/.
a/DT )/) Yes/UH ./.
b/SYM )/) No/UH ./.
c/SYM )/) "/" Well/RB ,/, it/PRP 's/VBZ complicated/VBN ./.
./.
./.
"/"
19/CD According/VBG to/TO some/DT reports/NNS ,/, only/RB 40/CD percent/NN of/IN Tripp/NNP 's/POS testimony/NN was/VBD about/IN Flytrap/NNP ./.
So/RB what/WP was/VBD the/DT rest/NN about/RP ?/.
a/DT )/) Vince/NNP Foster/NNP 's/POS death/NN ./.
b/SYM )/) Kathleen/NNP Willey/NNP ./.
c/SYM )/) Threats/NNP by/IN White/NNP House/NNP staffers/NNS against/IN Tripp/NNP ./.
d/SYM )/) Her/PRP$ secret/JJ tapes/NNS of/IN other/JJ "/" friends/NNS "/" talking/VBG about/IN their/PRP$ sex/NN lives/NNS ./.
20/CD ./.
What/WP gifts/NNS did/VBD Monica/NNP give/VB Clinton/NNP ?/.
a/DT )/) The/DT gold-and-navy/JJ tie/NN on/IN the/DT front/JJ page/NN of/IN today/NN 's/POS New/NNP York/NNP Times/NNP ./.
b/SYM )/) The/DT blue/JJ tie/NN he/PRP wore/VBD during/IN The/DT Speech/NNP ./.
c/SYM )/) A/DT jack-o/JJ '/POS -/: lantern/NN pin/NN ./.
d/SYM )/) A/DT copy/NN of/IN Vox/NNP ./.
e/SYM )/) Sexually/NNP suggestive/JJ tapes/NNS ./.
f/SYM )/) All/DT of/IN the/DT above/JJ ./.
And/CC ,/, for/IN extra/JJ credit/NN :/:
21/CD ./.
What/WP 's/VBZ on/IN that/DT dress/NN ,/, anyway/RB ?/.
a/DT )/) Semen/NNP ./.
b/SYM )/) Toothpaste/NNP ./.
c/SYM )/) Laundry/NNP detergent/NN ./.
d/SYM )/) Lemon-swirl/NNP yogurt/NN ./.
e/SYM )/) Nothing/NN ./.
My/PRP$ guesses/NNS ,/, for/IN the/DT record/NN ,/, are/VBP :/:
1/LS :/: b/SYM ;/: 2/CD :/: e/SYM ;/: 3/CD :/: c/SYM ;/: 4/CD :/: anything/NN about/IN the/DT dress/NN ;/: 5/CD :/: b/SYM ;/: 6/CD :/: d/SYM ;/: 7/CD :/: b/SYM ;/: 8/CD :/: a/SYM ;/: 9/CD :/: c/SYM ;/: 10/CD :/: b/SYM ;/: 11/CD :/: b/SYM ;/: 12/CD :/: e/SYM ;/: 13/CD :/: c/SYM ;/: 14/CD :/: a/SYM ;/: 15/CD :/: a/SYM ;/: 16/CD :/: c/SYM ;/: 17/CD :/: b/SYM ;/: 18/CD :/: c/SYM ;/: 19/CD :/: b/SYM ;/: 20/CD :/: f/SYM ;/: 21/CD :/: a/DT ./.
"/" Flytrap/NNP Today/NNP "/" :/: The/DT complete/JJ chronicles/VBZ ./.
Slate/NNP 's/POS Complete/JJ Flytrap/NNP Coverage/NNP
Address/NNP your/PRP$ e-mail/JJ to/TO the/DT editors/NNS to/TO letters/NNS @/IN slate/NN ./.
com/NN ./.
Please/VB include/VBP your/PRP$ address/NN and/CC daytime/JJ phone/NN number/NN (/( for/IN confirmation/NN only/RB )/) ./.
A/DT Utilitarian/NNP Burial/NNP
In/IN your/PRP$ "/" Egghead/NNP "/" column/NN ,/, it/PRP is/VBZ stated/VBN that/IN Jeremy/NNP Bentham/NNP 's/POS corpse/NN was/VBD preserved/VBN according/VBG to/TO his/PRP$ wishes/NNS ./.
Unfortunately/RB ,/, as/RB so/RB often/RB happens/VBZ ,/, his/PRP$ last/JJ wishes/NNS were/VBD not/RB fulfilled/VBN in/IN accordance/NN with/IN his/PRP$ will/MD ./.
His/PRP$ wish/VBP was/VBD to/TO have/VB his/PRP$ clothed/VBN skeleton/NN displayed/VBD ,/, not/RB a/DT dressed/VBN ,/, mummified/JJ corpse/NN ./.
I/PRP attach/VBP herewith/NN the/DT ./.
-/: -/: Robert/NNP Bjorkland/NNP Toronto/NNP
True/NNP Grits/NNP
In/IN his/PRP$ "/" Dialogue/NNP "/" on/IN population/NN ,/, Ben/NNP Wattenberg/NNP refers/VBZ to/TO something/NN slicing/VBG through/IN something/NN else/RB "/" like/IN a/DT laser/NN through/IN grits/NNS ./.
"/"
The/DT metaphor/NN is/VBZ initially/RB appealing/VBG ,/, but/CC on/IN further/RBR examination/NN it/PRP demands/VBZ clarification/NN from/IN Engineer/NNP Wattenberg/NNP ./.
A/DT laser/NN strikes/NNS one/CD as/IN a/DT particularly/RB infelicitous/JJ tool/NN for/IN grits-slicing/JJ ./.
Awkwardness/NNP aside/RB (/( we/PRP 're/VBP not/RB talking/VBG laser/NN pen-pointers/JJ here/RB ;/: do/VBP we/PRP take/VBP the/DT laser/NN to/TO the/DT breakfast/NN table/NN or/CC the/DT grits/NNS to/TO the/DT laser/NN ?/.
)/) ,/, at/IN least/JJS two/CD practical/JJ difficulties/NNS arise/VBP :/: As/IN the/DT slicing/VBG begins/VBZ ,/, some/DT considerable/JJ quantity/NN of/IN steam/NN should/MD be/VB produced/VBN ,/, shielding/VBG the/DT subject/JJ grits/NNS from/IN our/PRP$ slicing/VBG instrument/NN ./.
Moreover/RB ,/, sliced/JJ grits/NNS show/VBP a/DT disconcerting/VBG tendency/NN toward/IN self-healing/JJ ./.
I/PRP 'm/VBP reminded/VBN of/IN thousands/NNS of/IN Egyptian/JJ extras/NNS following/VBG Charlton/NNP Heston/NNP into/IN the/DT (/( temporarily/RB )/) parted/VBD Red/NNP Sea/NNP ./.
Will/MD the/DT grits/NNS stay/VBP sliced/JJ ?/.
I/PRP think/VBP not/RB ./.
-/: -/: Jonathan/NNP Lundell/NNP Half/NN Moon/NNP Bay/NNP ,/, Calif/NNP ./.
Why/WRB Could/MD n't/RB He/PRP Be/VB Kam/NNP Ho/NNP ?/.
Or/CC Chin/NNP Fong/NNP ?/.
From/IN "/" Today/NN 's/POS Papers/NNP "/" on/IN Jan/NNP ./.
23/CD :/: "/" Amidst/NNP all/PDT this/DT ,/, Jack/NNP Lord/NNP and/CC his/PRP$ hair/NN died/VBD ./.
The/DT obits/NNS fail/VBP to/TO clear/VB up/RP an/DT abiding/VBG mystery/NN :/: Why/WRB did/VBD Kam/NNP Fong/NNP play/VB '/POS Chin/NNP Ho/NNP '/" ?/.
Why/WRB could/MD n't/RB he/PRP just/RB be/VB '/POS Kam/NNP Fong/NNP '/POS ?/.
"/"
Sorry/JJ ,/, but/CC this/DT is/VBZ pretty/RB offensive/JJ ./.
Would/MD Shuger/NNP ever/RB have/VB said/VBN :/: "/" Why/WRB did/VBD Irving/NNP Goldberg/NNP play/VB '/POS Sol/NNP Bernstein/NNP '/" ?/.
Why/WRB could/MD n't/RB he/PRP just/RB be/VB '/POS Irving/NNP Goldberg/NNP '/POS ?/.
"/" or/CC "/" Why/WRB did/VBD Luigi/NNP Santini/NNP play/VB '/POS Giuseppi/NNP Romano/NNP '/" ?/.
Why/WRB could/MD n't/RB he/PRP just/RB be/VB '/POS Luigi/NNP Santini/NNP '/POS ?/.
"/" That/DT boy/NN needs/VBZ an/DT editor/NN ./.
Ca/MD n't/RB you/PRP pay/VB somebody/NN else/RB to/TO stay/VB up/RP all/DT night/NN to/TO keep/VB a/DT lid/NN on/IN his/PRP$ ,/, er/UH ,/, excesses/NNS ?/.
-/: -/: Gary/NNP Krist/NNP
Greed/NNP Goeth/NNP Before/IN a/DT Fall/NN
Nancy/NNP Griffin/NNP writes/VBZ in/IN "/" Hollywood/NNP Strikes/NNS Back/RB "/" that/IN Michael/NNP Eisner/NNP extended/VBD an/DT olive/NN branch/NN to/TO former/JJ friend/NN Mike/NNP Ovitz/NNP ,/, but/CC Ovitz/NNP declined/VBD to/TO accept/VB it/PRP ./.
She/PRP then/RB notes/VBZ that/IN Ovitz/NNP might/MD be/VB someone/NN whose/WP$ pride/NN exceeds/VBZ his/PRP$ greed/NN ./.
This/DT is/VBZ an/DT absurd/JJ statement/NN ./.
Ovitz/NNP did/VBD n't/RB engineer/VB a/DT $/$ 90/CD -/: million/CD severance/NN package/NN because/IN he/PRP was/VBD proud/JJ of/IN leaving/VBG Disney/NNP or/CC his/PRP$ brainchild/NN ,/, Creative/NNP Artists/NNP Agency/NNP ./.
And/CC now/RB that/IN he/PRP has/VBZ more/JJR money/NN than/IN God/NNP (/( or/CC ,/, at/IN least/JJS ,/, Oral/NNP Roberts/NNP )/) ,/, he/PRP does/VBZ n't/RB need/VB Eisner/NNP 's/POS friendship/NN ./.
He/PRP can/MD open/VB a/DT studio/NN on/IN his/PRP$ own/JJ and/CC thumb/VB his/PRP$ nose/NN at/IN everyone/NN else/RB ./.
-/: -/: Brian/NNP Hamburg/NNP West/NNP Hills/NNP ,/, Calif/NNP ./.
The/DT Troubles/NNP
In/IN "/" The/DT Luck/NNP of/IN the/DT Irish/JJ ,/, "/" James/NNP Surowiecki/NNP makes/VBZ statements/NNS that/WDT are/VBP flat-out/JJ false/JJ ,/, and/CC omits/VBZ many/JJ issues/NNS that/WDT are/VBP at/IN the/DT real/JJ root/NN of/IN the/DT problems/NNS ./.
The/DT Irish/NNP Republican/NNP Army/NNP always/RB notifies/VBZ ahead/RB of/IN time/NN when/WRB a/DT bomb/NN will/MD be/VB set/VBN off/RP in/IN a/DT civilian/JJ area/NN ./.
There/EX is/VBZ an/DT established/VBN code/NN just/RB for/IN that/DT ./.
He/PRP omitted/VBD this/DT fact/NN ./.
When/WRB Surowiecki/NNP calls/VBZ the/DT Irish/NNP Catholics/NNPS a/DT minority/NN he/PRP should/MD point/VB out/IN that/IN they/PRP make/VBP up/RB 45/CD percent/NN of/IN Northern/NNP Ireland/NNP ./.
But/CC only/RB 5/CD percent/NN of/IN Irish/NNP Catholics/NNPS have/VBP been/VBN accepted/VBN into/IN the/DT police/NN force/NN ./.
Further/RB ,/, there/EX was/VBD no/DT mention/NN of/IN the/DT release/NN of/IN Robert/NNP "/" Basher/NNP "/" Bates/NNP ./.
Bates/NNP ,/, who/WP took/VBD part/NN in/IN dozens/NNS of/IN murders/NNS of/IN Catholics/NNPS ,/, has/VBZ spent/VBN less/JJR time/NN in/IN prison/NN than/IN Joe/NNP Doherty/NNP ,/, who/WP was/VBD convicted/VBN of/IN one/CD killing/VBG ./.
(/( Bates/NNP '/POS method/NN was/VBD to/TO beat/VB the/DT victims/NNS with/IN hammers/NNS and/CC then/RB dismember/VB them/PRP with/IN butcher/NN knives/NNS ./.
)/)
Finally/RB ,/, the/DT founding/NN fathers/NNS of/IN the/DT United/NNP States/NNPS promised/VBD to/TO help/VB free/JJ Ireland/NNP ./.
On/IN Oct/NNP ./.
4/CD ,/, 1778/CD ,/, Ben/NNP Franklin/NNP assured/VBD the/DT Irish/JJ ,/, who/WP made/VBD up/RP half/NN of/IN Washington/NNP 's/POS army/NN ,/, that/IN he/PRP was/VBD "/" charged/VBN to/TO assure/VB you/PRP that/WDT means/VBZ will/MD be/VB found/VBN by/IN the/DT Continental/NNP Congress/NNP to/TO establish/VB your/PRP$ freedom/NN ./.
"/" On/IN June/NNP 17/CD ,/, 1781/CD ,/, Franklin/NNP said/VBD of/IN Ireland/NNP ,/, "/" Now/RB is/VBZ the/DT time/NN for/IN France/NNP and/CC the/DT United/NNP States/NNPS to/TO help/VB secure/VB her/PRP$ independence/NN ./.
"/"
Had/VBD America/NNP kept/VBD its/PRP$ word/NN ,/, Surowiecki/NNP would/MD n't/RB have/VB anything/NN to/TO lie/VB about/IN ./.
-/: -/: M/NNP ./.
G/NNP ./.
McCormick/NNP Glen/NNP Oaks/NNP ,/, N/NNP ./.
Y/NNP ./.
Address/NNP your/PRP$ e-mail/JJ to/TO the/DT editors/NNS to/TO letters/NNS @/IN slate/NN ./.
com/NN ./.
Please/VB include/VBP your/PRP$ address/NN and/CC daytime/JJ phone/NN number/NN (/( for/IN confirmation/NN only/RB )/) ./.
Sunday/NNP afternoon/NN ,/, 20/CD of/IN history/NN 's/POS greatest/JJS basketball/NN players/NNS headlined/VBD a/DT Madison/NNP Square/NNP Garden/NNP fund-raiser/NN for/IN Bill/NNP Bradley/NNP ./.
Bradley/NNP 's/POS former/JJ New/NNP York/NNP Knicks/NNP teammates/NNS Dick/NNP Barnett/NNP ,/, Dave/NNP DeBusschere/NNP ,/, Walt/NNP Frazier/NNP ,/, Jerry/NNP Lucas/NNP ,/, Earl/NNP Monroe/NNP ,/, and/CC Willis/NNP Reed/NNP sang/VBD Bradley/NNP 's/POS praises/VBZ ,/, as/IN did/VBD Kareem/NNP Abdul-/NNP Jabbar/NNP ,/, Bob/NNP Cousy/NNP ,/, Julius/NNP Erving/NNP ,/, John/NNP Havlicek/NNP ,/, Moses/NNP Malone/NNP ,/, Oscar/NNP Robertson/NNP ,/, Bill/NNP Russell/NNP ,/, and/CC Bill/NNP Walton/NNP ./.
The/DT event/NN ,/, complete/JJ with/IN cheerleaders/NNS ,/, movie/NN stars/NNS ,/, and/CC lights/NNS and/CC music/NN reminiscent/NN of/IN an/DT NBA/NNP game/NN ,/, enthralled/JJ the/DT press/NN ./.
"/" Bradley/NNP Throws/NNP Garden/NNP Party/NNP ,/, Scores/NNS ,/, "/" whooped/JJ the/DT Washington/NNP Post/NNP ./.
Bradley/NNP has/VBZ pitched/VBN himself/PRP as/IN a/DT man/NN of/IN substance/NN in/IN a/DT world/NN corrupted/JJ by/IN glitz/NN ./.
As/IN Russell/NNP put/VBD it/PRP at/IN the/DT gala/NN ,/, "/" In/IN these/DT days/NNS of/IN spin/NN control/NN ,/, Bill/NNP Bradley/NNP is/VBZ one/CD of/IN the/DT most/RBS honest/JJ people/NNS I/PRP 've/VBP ever/RB met/VBN ./.
"/" So/IN it/PRP 's/VBZ worth/JJ asking/NN whether/IN the/DT jocks/NNS '/POS media/NNS blitz/NN for/IN Bradley/NNP ,/, punctuated/JJ by/IN their/PRP$ full-court/JJ press/NN on/IN Sunday/NNP 's/POS political/JJ talk/NN shows/NNS ,/, conveyed/VBD anything/NN of/IN substance/NN ./.
The/DT question/NN posed/VBN by/IN NBC/NNP 's/POS Tim/NNP Russert--/NNP "/" Why/WRB do/VBP former/JJ opponents/NNS and/CC teammates/NNS support/VBP Bill/NNP Bradley/NNP for/IN president/NN ?/.
"/" -/: -/: raises/VBZ a/DT prior/JJ question/NN :/: Why/WRB should/MD we/PRP care/VBP ?/.
On/IN the/DT talk/NN shows/NNS ,/, the/DT players/NNS testified/VBD that/IN Bradley/NNP is/VBZ "/" intelligent/JJ ,/, "/" "/" knowledgeable/JJ ,/, "/" "/" well-rounded/JJ ,/, "/" "/" compassionate/NN ,/, "/" "/" concerned/VBN ,/, "/" "/" wonderful/JJ ,/, "/" "/" a/DT great/JJ leader/NN ,/, "/" "/" a/DT great/JJ listener/NN ,/, "/" and/CC "/" a/DT good/JJ person/NN ./.
"/" They/PRP applauded/VBD his/PRP$ "/" honesty/NN ,/, "/" "/" integrity/NN ,/, "/" "/" respect/NN ,/, "/" and/CC "/" quiet/JJ strength/NN ./.
"/" They/PRP recalled/VBD that/IN he/PRP "/" played/VBD very/RB hard/JJ ,/, "/" "/" played/VBN by/IN the/DT rules/NNS ,/, "/" and/CC "/" was/VBD always/RB interested/JJ in/IN the/DT needs/NNS of/IN people/NNS ./.
"/" They/PRP asserted/VBD that/IN he/PRP "/" loves/VBZ his/PRP$ country/NN "/" and/CC seeks/VBZ "/" the/DT good/NN of/IN as/IN many/JJ people/NNS as/IN possible/JJ ./.
"/"
These/DT platitudes/NNS are/VBP probably/RB true/JJ ./.
But/CC why/WRB did/VBD they/PRP dominate/VBP the/DT three/CD major/JJ networks/NNS Sunday/NNP morning/NN ?/.
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"/" That/DT explanation/NN ,/, however/RB ,/, turns/VBZ out/IN not/RB to/TO be/VB true/JJ of/IN many/JJ of/IN Bradley/NNP 's/POS jocks/NNS ./.
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…/NN I/PRP did/VBD n't/RB have/VB a/DT personal/JJ relationship/NN ./.
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Nevertheless/RB ,/, they/PRP praised/VBD his/PRP$ political/JJ career/NN ./.
"/" He/PRP 's/VBZ had/VBD good/JJ leadership/NN qualities/NNS as/IN a/DT senator/NN ,/, "/" said/VBD Lucas/NNP ./.
DeBusschere/NNP agreed/VBD :/: "/" He/PRP 's/VBZ a/DT leader/NN ./.
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"/" Russell/NNP added/VBD ,/, "/" He/PRP 's/VBZ had/VBD some/DT experience/NN in/IN national/JJ politics/NNS ./.
And/CC then/RB he/PRP got/VBD away/RB for/IN a/DT while/NN …/NN which/WDT is/VBZ sometimes/RB very/RB helpful/JJ ./.
"/" Again/RB ,/, how/WRB do/VBP the/DT assertions/NNS of/IN former/JJ basketball/NN players/NNS clarify/VB this/DT question/NN ?/.
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"/" The/DT question/NN sounded/VBD like/IN a/DT joke/NN ,/, but/CC it/PRP was/VBD n't/RB ,/, and/CC Erving/NNP answered/VBD it/PRP ./.
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The/DT athletes/NNS '/POS testimonials/NNS did/VBD nothing/NN to/TO remedy/VB that/DT deficit/NN ./.
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This/DT is/VBZ something/NN Bill/NNP sees/VBZ ./.
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"/" No/DT doubt/NN Cousy/NNP has/VBZ lived/VBN his/PRP$ life/NN properly/RB ./.
So/RB have/VBP my/PRP$ neighbors/NNS ./.
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…/NN I/PRP 'd/MD be/VB stupid/JJ if/IN I/PRP did/VBD n't/RB do/VB that/DT ./.
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Dear/RB Jim--/NNP
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The/DT U/NNP ./.
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What/WP was/VBD that/DT ?/.
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Further/RB appeals/NNS are/VBP guaranteed/VBN :/: "/" U/NNP ./.
S/NNP ./.
Supreme/NNP Court/NNP ,/, here/RB we/PRP come/VBP ,/, "/" one/CD activist/NN told/VBD the/DT WP/NNP ./.
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Previously/RB ,/, cases/NNS were/VBD handled/VBN by/IN California/NNP 's/POS district/NN attorneys/NNS ,/, with/IN little/RB statewide/JJ supervision/NN ./.
This/DT fragmented/JJ system/NN proved/VBD ineffective/JJ :/: In/IN L/NNP ./.
A/DT ./.
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The/DT new/JJ laws/NNS transfer/VB the/DT attorneys/NNS '/POS duties/NNS to/TO new/JJ county/NN offices/NNS ,/, which/WDT will/MD be/VB overseen/VBN by/IN a/DT new/JJ statewide/JJ Department/NNP of/IN Child/NNP Support/NN ./.
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The/DT bill/NN was/VBD rushed/VBN through/IN the/DT parliament/NN Thursday/NNP and/CC engendered/JJ protest/NN from/IN students/NNS who/WP feared/VBD that/IN the/DT law/NN could/MD lead/VB to/TO a/DT military/JJ coup/NN ./.
Officials/NNS claim/VBP that/IN the/DT act/NN would/MD actually/RB decrease/VB military/JJ power/NN ./.
Three/CD protesters/NNS and/CC a/DT police/NN officer/NN were/VBD killed/VBN during/IN the/DT protests/NNS ./.
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The/DT NYT/NNP says/VBZ why/WRB this/DT is/VBZ important/JJ :/: A/DT similar/JJ discrepancy/NN in/IN May/NNP 1998/CD helped/VBD fuel/NN protests/NNS that/WDT toppled/VBD the/DT Suharto/NNP regime/NN ./.
The/DT WP/NNP front/NN tells/VBZ of/IN Bob/NNP Dole/NNP 's/POS growing/VBG fund-raising/JJ role/NN in/IN his/PRP$ wife/NN 's/POS campaign/NN ./.
Dole/NNP is/VBZ targeting/VBG his/PRP$ past/JJ supporters/NNS ,/, many/JJ of/IN them/PRP generous/JJ Bush/NNP donors/NNS ,/, claiming/VBG that/IN no/DT matter/NN who/WP wins/VBZ ,/, Libby/NNP 's/POS campaign/NN is/VBZ good/JJ for/IN the/DT GOP/NNP ./.
One/CD source/NN claims/NNS that/IN Dole/NNP actually/RB combed/VBN through/IN Bush/NNP 's/POS list/NN of/IN donors/NNS for/IN contact/NN names/NNS (/( a/DT violation/NN of/IN FEC/NNP regulations/NNS )/) ./.
Some/DT sources/NNS suggest/VBP that/IN Dole/NNP 's/POS redoubled/JJ efforts/NNS are/VBP "/" penance/NN "/" for/IN disparaging/VBG comments/NNS he/PRP had/VBD made/VBN about/IN the/DT campaign/NN ./.
The/DT LAT/NNP fronts/NNS a/DT scrutiny/NN of/IN online/NN chat/VB room/NN stings/NNS ./.
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And/CC in/IN such/JJ cases/NNS ,/, contact/NN is/VBZ usually/RB initiated/VBN in/IN mainstream/NN chat/VB areas/NNS ./.
The/DT more/RBR hard-core/JJ rooms/NNS ,/, it/PRP seems/VBZ ,/, are/VBP now/RB frequented/JJ largely/RB by/IN undercover/JJ agents/NNS ./.
Liberté/NNP ,/, égalité/NN ,/, T/NN &/CC A/DT :/: Marianne/NNP ,/, France/NNP 's/POS buxom/NN equivalent/NN of/IN Uncle/NNP Sam/NNP ,/, is/VBZ best/RBS known/VBN as/IN the/DT topless/JJ revolutionary/NN in/IN Delacroix/NNP 's/POS Liberty/NNP Leading/NNP the/DT People/NNS ./.
But/CC in/IN the/DT past/JJ two/CD centuries/NNS ,/, she/PRP has/VBZ appeared/VBN in/IN many/JJ guises/NNS ,/, modeled/VBD after/IN many/JJ different/JJ women/NNS ./.
A/DT front/JJ page/NN NYT/NNP story/NN reports/NNS that/WDT controversy/NN has/VBZ erupted/VBN over/IN who/WP will/MD be/VB the/DT model/NN for/IN Marianne/NNP 2000/CD ./.
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USA/NNP Today/NNP leads/VBZ with/IN the/DT decision/NN by/IN Ted/NNP Kaczynski/NNP 's/POS lawyers/NNS to/TO abandon/VB a/DT mental/JJ defect/NN defense/NN ./.
The/DT New/NNP York/NNP Times/NNP and/CC the/DT Los/NNP Angeles/NNP Times/NNP lead/VB with/IN the/DT decision/NN by/IN international/JJ bankers/NNS to/TO allow/VB South/NNP Korea/NNP to/TO delay/VB debt/NN repayments/NNS ./.
The/DT Washington/NNP Post/NNP goes/VBZ with/IN a/DT guilty/JJ plea/NN by/IN the/DT world/NN 's/POS largest/JJS poultry/NN company/NN ,/, Tyson/NNP Foods/NNP ,/, in/IN a/DT political/JJ corruption/NN case/NN ./.
The/DT USAT/NNP lead/NN also/RB reports/NNS on/IN revelations/NNS that/IN the/DT Department/NNP of/IN Justice/NNP turned/VBD down/RB Kaczynski/NNP 's/POS offer/NN to/TO plead/VB guilty/JJ in/IN return/NN for/IN a/DT sentence/NN of/IN life/NN in/IN prison/NN ,/, referring/VBG only/RB to/TO "/" published/VBN accounts/NNS ./.
"/" The/DT paper/NN should/MD have/VB given/VBN credit/NN to/TO the/DT NYT/NNP ,/, which/WDT broke/VBD the/DT story/NN yesterday/NN ./.
The/DT WP/NNP does/VBZ give/VB that/DT credit/NN in/IN its/PRP$ Kaczynski/NNP story/NN ,/, carried/VBD inside/IN today/NN ,/, but/CC not/RB until/IN the/DT sixth/JJ paragraph/NN ./.
C'mon/VB people/NNS !/.
Admit/NNP it/PRP up/RP front/NN :/: Sometimes/RB other/JJ papers/NNS get/VBP there/RB first/JJ ./.
The/DT Post/NNP story/NN quotes/VBZ a/DT Kaczynski/NNP family/NN lawyer/NN asking/VBG what/WP purpose/NN going/VBG for/IN the/DT death/NN penalty/NN serves/VBZ "/" except/IN to/TO punish/VB [/( brother/NN ]/) David/NNP for/IN the/DT rest/NN of/IN his/PRP$ life/NN ./.
"/" The/DT WP/NNP also/RB runs/VBZ an/DT editorial/NN questioning/VBG the/DT DOJ/NNP stance/NN ,/, as/IN does/VBZ the/DT NYT/NNP ./.
On/IN the/DT other/JJ hand/NN ,/, today/NN 's/POS Richard/NNP Cohen/NNP column/NN in/IN the/DT Post/NNP quotes/NNS badly/RB injured/VBN Unabomber/NNP victim/NN David/NNP Gerlernter/NNP saying/VBG ,/, "/" I/PRP would/MD sentence/NN him/PRP to/TO death/NN ./.
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If/IN someone/NN handed/VBD me/PRP a/DT gun/NN or/CC showed/VBD me/PRP the/DT switch/NN on/IN the/DT chair/NN ,/, ./.
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I/PRP would/MD kill/VB him/PRP myself/PRP ./.
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The/DT WP/NNP 's/POS Tyson/NNP story/NN reports/NNS that/IN the/DT company/NN pleaded/VBD guilty/JJ to/TO giving/VBG former/JJ agriculture/NN secretary/NN Mike/NNP Espy/NNP $/$ 12/CD ,/, 000/CD in/IN illegal/JJ gratuities/NNS and/CC consented/VBD to/TO pay/VB $/$ 6/CD million/CD in/IN fines/NNS and/CC costs/NNS ./.
The/DT gifts/NNS were/VBD given/VBN to/TO Espy/NNP while/IN his/PRP$ department/NN was/VBD considering/VBG poultry-related/JJ actions/NNS that/IN portended/JJ millions/NNS of/IN dollars/NNS in/IN extra/JJ costs/NNS to/TO the/DT company/NN ./.
The/DT NYT/NNP runs/VBZ an/DT AP/NNP account/NN of/IN the/DT matter/NN on/IN p/NN ./.
11/CD ./.
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The/DT Post/NNP does/VBZ n't/RB make/VB the/DT point/NN ,/, but/CC this/DT is/VBZ all/DT too/RB typical/JJ :/: Something/NN abstract/JJ called/VBD the/DT "/" corporation/NN "/" is/VBZ fined/VBN while/IN the/DT actual/JJ executives/NNS (/( think/VBP what/WP that/DT word/NN means/VBZ :/: people/NNS who/WP get/VBP things/NNS done/VBN )/) go/VB merrily/RB along/IN ./.
"/" Today/NN 's/POS Papers/NNP "/" received/VBD a/DT number/NN of/IN sage/NN emails/NNS from/IN readers/NNS pointing/VBG out/RP an/DT oops/NNS in/IN yesterday/NN 's/POS column/NN :/: California/NNP 's/POS gun/NN control/NN climate/NN was/VBD n't/RB affected/VBN by/IN the/DT Brady/NNP bill/NN because/IN it/PRP already/RB had/VBD in/IN place/NN a/DT much/RB stricter/JJR waiting-and-checking/JJ statute/NN covering/VBG handgun/NN purchases/NNS ./.
Still/RB ,/, that/IN waiting/VBG period/NN was/VBD increased/VBN in/IN recent/JJ years/NNS to/TO its/PRP$ current/JJ 15/CD days/NNS and/CC it/PRP would/MD be/VB worthwhile/JJ for/IN papers/NNS like/IN the/DT LAT/NNP to/TO study/VB and/CC report/NN on/IN its/PRP$ relationship/NN to/TO the/DT homicide/NN decrease/NN in/IN L/NNP ./.
A/DT ./.
In/IN anticipation/NN of/IN congressional/JJ debate/NN on/IN the/DT topic/NN early/JJ next/JJ year/NN ,/, the/DT Wall/NNP Street/NNP Journal/NNP serves/VBZ up/RP a/DT primer/NN on/IN the/DT marriage/NN tax/NN penalty--when/JJ married/VBN people/NNS end/VBP up/RP paying/VBG more/JJR in/IN taxes/NNS than/IN they/PRP would/MD if/IN they/PRP each/DT were/VBD single/JJ ./.
The/DT Journal/NNP explains/VBZ that/IN it/PRP 's/VBZ actually/RB a/DT fairly/RB nuanced/JJ topic/NN ./.
For/IN one/CD thing/NN ,/, more/RBR married/JJ couples/NNS enjoy/VBP a/DT marriage/NN bonus/NN than/IN suffer/VB a/DT marriage/NN penalty/NN (/( 51/CD percent/NN to/TO 42/CD percent/NN )/) ./.
For/IN another/DT ,/, it/PRP 's/VBZ hard/JJ to/TO make/VB any/DT changes/NNS that/WDT do/VBP n't/RB create/VB a/DT huge/JJ drop/NN in/IN revenues/NNS and/CC &slash;/NN or/CC even/RB worse/JJR inequities/NNS :/: for/IN instance/NN ,/, eliminating/VBG the/DT marriage/NN penalty/NN straight-out/JJ would/MD simply/RB lower/VB the/DT tax/NN rates/NNS on/IN most/JJS wealthier/JJR households/NNS ./.
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-/: -/: and/CC on/IN the/DT other/JJ ,/, they/PRP 're/VBP not/RB thinking/VBG enough/RB ./.
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Dear/RB Sarah/NNP ,/,
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That/DT 's/VBZ the/DT one/CD part/NN he/PRP ca/MD n't/RB help/VB ./.
Would/MD you/PRP write/VB this/DT sentence/NN substituting/VBG "/" Jewish/JJ "/" or/CC "/" black/JJ "/" or/CC "/" Native/NNP American/NNP "/" ?/.
Tom/NNP Hanks/NNP embodies/VBZ all/DT he/PRP embodies/VBZ ./.
You/PRP do/VBP n't/RB like/VB it/PRP ,/, find/VBP another/DT actor/NN ./.
To/TO some/DT degree/NN every/DT actor/NN simply/RB is/VBZ what/WP he/PRP is/VBZ ./.
Does/VBZ Denzel/NNP Washington/NNP ever/RB put/VBP you/PRP in/IN mind/NN of/IN treacly/RB black-guy/JJ triumphalism/NN ?/.
In/IN The/DT Bone/NNP Collector/NNP ,/, for/IN example/NN ?/.
Or/CC are/VBP both/DT Hanks/NNP and/CC Washington/NNP in/IN scripts/NNS you/PRP do/VBP n't/RB like/VB because/IN as/IN scripts/NNS they/PRP embody/VBP treacly/RB triumphalism/NN ?/.
But/CC of/IN course/NN America/NNP loves/VBZ Tom/NNP Hanks/NNP ./.
Quite/RB often/RB I/PRP do/VBP ,/, too/RB ./.
I/PRP think/VBP it/PRP is/VBZ important/JJ that/IN as/IN film/NN critics/NNS we/PRP stay/VBP in/IN touch/NN with/IN ordinary/JJ audiences--not/JJ to/TO reflect/VB their/PRP$ values/NNS ,/, because/IN we/PRP must/MD have/VB our/PRP$ own/JJ ,/, but/CC to/TO understand/VB them/PRP ./.
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The/DT most/RBS offensive/JJ example/NN of/IN that/DT trend/NN ,/, of/IN course/NN ,/, was/VBD Fight/VB Club/NNP ,/, which/WDT I/PRP notice/VBP is/VBZ very/RB absent/JJ from/IN most/JJS of/IN the/DT year-end/NN best-film/JJ lists/NNS ./.
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Best/JJS ,/, Roger/NNP
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Barak/NNP has/VBZ "/" artfully/RB protected/VBN his/PRP$ freedom/NN of/IN movement/NN ,/, "/" the/DT paper/NN said/VBD in/IN an/DT editorial/NN ./.
"/" He/PRP has/VBZ built/VBN a/DT government/NN that/DT cannot/NN be/VB brought/VBN down/RB by/IN any/DT single/JJ party/NN ,/, surrounded/VBN himself/PRP with/IN a/DT deliberately/RB weak/JJ cabinet/NN ,/, and/CC left/VBN outside/IN his/PRP$ government/NN a/DT demoralized/JJ and/CC confused/VBN opposition/NN of/IN less/JJR than/IN a/DT third/JJ of/IN the/DT Knesset/NNP ./.
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"/" Ha/NNP '/POS aretz/NN ,/, which/WDT led/VBD its/PRP$ front/JJ page/NN Wednesday/NNP with/IN a/DT report/NN that/IN Barak/NNP is/VBZ planning/VBG to/TO seek/VB détente/NN with/IN Israel/NNP 's/POS "/" enemy/NN number/NN one/CD ,/, "/" Iran/NNP ,/, against/IN strong/JJ objections/NNS by/IN his/PRP$ own/JJ military/JJ intelligence/NN ,/, also/RB pointed/VBD out/IN in/IN its/PRP$ Wednesday/NNP editorial/NN that/IN Barak/NNP has/VBZ "/" achieved/VBN his/PRP$ fundamental/JJ goal--a/JJ government/NN unthreatened/JJ by/IN a/DT sword/NN of/IN Damocles/NNP over/IN its/PRP$ head/NN ./.
"/" It/PRP said/VBD that/IN the/DT hopes/NNS and/CC expectations/NNS of/IN "/" the/DT entire/JJ public/JJ "/" are/VBP with/IN him/PRP ./.
Abroad/RB ,/, the/DT Times/NNP of/IN London/NNP said/VBD Barak/NNP 's/POS overtures/NNS toward/IN Israel/NNP 's/POS neighbors/NNS will/MD be/VB "/" widely/RB welcomed/VBD "/" but/CC warned/VBD that/IN he/PRP needs/VBZ to/TO get/VB a/DT move/NN on/IN ./.
Although/IN he/PRP now/RB enjoys/VBZ "/" a/DT formidable/JJ amount/NN of/IN individual/JJ political/JJ authority/NN ,/, "/" it/PRP is/VBZ unlikely/JJ that/IN he/PRP will/MD "/" be/VB able/JJ to/TO retain/VB such/JJ power/NN on/IN a/DT permanent/JJ basis/NN ,/, "/" the/DT paper/NN said/VBD in/IN an/DT editorial/NN ./.
"/" It/PRP will/MD not/RB be/VB long/RB before/IN the/DT Labour/NNP Party/NNP starts/VBZ to/TO resent/VB its/PRP$ semi-detached/JJ leader/NN ,/, before/IN secular/NN and/CC religious/JJ parties/NNS find/VBP cause/VB to/TO conspire/VBP against/IN each/DT other/JJ within/IN the/DT Cabinet/NNP ,/, and/CC before/IN the/DT voters/NNS demand/VBP immediate/JJ action/NN on/IN other/JJ domestic/JJ issues/NNS ./.
"/" A/DT comment/NN piece/NN in/IN the/DT Independent/NNP of/IN London/NNP Wednesday/NNP said/VBD that/IN Barak/NNP has/VBZ come/VBN to/TO power/VB "/" with/IN the/DT immense/JJ advantage/NN of/IN succeeding/VBG Benjamin/NNP Netanyahu/NNP ,/, who/WP ,/, in/IN three/CD years/NNS ,/, became/VBD the/DT most/RBS widely/RB detested/JJ Israeli/JJ leader/NN at/IN home/NN and/CC abroad/RB since/IN the/DT formation/NN of/IN the/DT state/NN ./.
Mr/NNP Netanyahu/NNP is/VBZ now/RB expected/VBN to/TO disappear/VB ,/, unlamented/JJ in/IN Israel/NNP ,/, on/IN to/TO the/DT American/JJ lecture/NN tour/NN circuit/NN ,/, though/IN there/EX are/VBP no/DT signs/NNS of/IN anybody/NN offering/VBG the/DT $/$ 60/CD ,/, 000/CD he/PRP is/VBZ asking/VBG for/IN a/DT single/JJ speech/NN ./.
"/"
In/IN Paris/NNP ,/, Le/NNP Figaro/NNP ,/, which/WDT led/VBD its/PRP$ front/JJ page/NN with/IN Barak/NNP 's/POS advocacy/NN of/IN a/DT "/" peace/NN of/IN the/DT brave/JJ "/" between/IN Israel/NNP and/CC its/PRP$ Arab/JJ neighbors/NNS ,/, published/VBD an/DT interview/NN Wednesday/NNP with/IN Egyptian/NNP President/NNP Hosni/NNP Mubarak/NNP ,/, who/WP described/VBD Barak/NNP as/RB a/DT "/" promising/JJ "/" prime/JJ minister/NN who/WP will/MD "/" probably/RB adopt/VB the/DT same/JJ line/NN as/IN [/( assassinated/VBD Prime/NNP Minister/NNP Yitzhak/NNP ]/) Rabin/NNP ./.
"/" Mubarak/NNP also/RB said/VBD he/PRP hopes/VBZ to/TO arrange/VB an/DT Arab/JJ summit/NN meeting--the/JJ first/NN since/IN 1996/CD -/: -/: in/IN the/DT autumn/NN ,/, with/IN the/DT inclusion/NN of/IN Iraq/NNP "/" at/IN a/DT level/NN of/IN participation/NN still/RB to/TO be/VB determined/VBN ./.
"/" Asked/VBN why/WRB Yugoslav/NNP President/NNP Slobodan/NNP Milosevic/NNP caved/VBD in/IN to/TO American/JJ military/JJ pressure/NN while/IN President/NNP Saddam/NNP Hussein/NNP of/IN Iraq/NNP has/VBZ not/RB ,/, Mubarak/NNP replied/VBD ,/, "/" One/CD lives/NNS in/IN Europe/NNP ,/, the/DT other/JJ in/IN the/DT Middle/NNP East/NNP ./.
"/" In/IN Italy/NNP ,/, Corriere/NNP della/NN Sera/NNP of/IN Milan/NNP published/VBD an/DT interview/NN with/IN Rabin/NNP 's/POS widow/NN ,/, Leah/NNP ,/, who/WP warmly/RB praised/VBD Barak/NNP as/IN a/DT brilliant/JJ man/NN who/WP will/MD push/VB the/DT peace/NN process/NN forward/RB and/CC finish/VB the/DT work/NN her/PRP$ husband/NN did/VBD until/IN his/PRP$ murder/NN in/IN November/NNP 1995/CD ./.
Barak/NNP will/MD create/VB a/DT completely/RB different/JJ climate/NN from/IN that/DT of/IN the/DT past/JJ three/CD years/NNS ,/, during/IN which/WDT Netanyahu/NNP "/" continually/RB went/VBD back/RB on/IN his/PRP$ word/NN with/IN the/DT Arabs/NNPS and/CC nurtured/VBD the/DT culture/NN of/IN distrust/NN ,/, "/" she/PRP said/VBD ./.
In/IN Russia/NNP Tuesday/NNP ,/, Izvestiya/NNP published/VBD a/DT rare/JJ interview/NN with/IN President/NNP Boris/NNP Yeltsin/NNP in/IN which/WDT he/PRP said/VBD he/PRP will/MD retire/VB next/JJ year/NN when/WRB his/PRP$ current/JJ term/NN of/IN office/NN ends/VBZ and/CC hand/NN over/IN power/NN to/TO a/DT successor/NN elected/VBN by/IN the/DT people/NNS ./.
While/IN this/DT disclosure/NN failed/VBD to/TO excite/VB those/DT observers/NNS who/WP think/VBP that/IN the/DT main/JJ issue/NN is/VBZ whether/IN Yeltsin/NNP will/MD live/RB to/TO see/VB out/RP his/PRP$ term/NN ,/, it/PRP was/VBD described/VBN in/IN the/DT Moscow/NNP Times/NNP as/IN "/" noteworthy/JJ "/" in/IN view/NN of/IN the/DT speculation/NN that/WDT has/VBZ been/VBN going/VBG on/IN in/IN the/DT Russian/JJ media/NNS for/IN years/NNS that/IN he/PRP will/MD never/RB voluntarily/RB give/VB up/RP power/NN ./.
The/DT president/NN told/VBD Izvestiya/NNP that/IN he/PRP has/VBZ a/DT successor/NN in/IN mind/NN but/CC will/MD not/RB identify/VB him/PRP because/IN "/" as/RB soon/RB as/IN I/PRP name/VBP him/PRP ,/, he/PRP wo/MD n't/RB be/VB let/VBN live/VB calmly/RB ,/, he/PRP will/MD be/VB henpecked/JJ ./.
"/" But/CC he/PRP warned/VBD against/IN this/DT person/NN being/VBG regarded/VBN as/IN "/" a/DT successor/NN to/TO the/DT throne/NN ,/, "/" since/IN the/DT next/JJ head/NN of/IN state/NN will/MD be/VB chosen/VBN not/RB by/IN Yeltsin/NNP ,/, but/CC by/IN the/DT Russian/JJ people/NNS ./.
Yeltsin/NNP also/RB confirmed/VBD that/IN the/DT body/NN of/IN Lenin/NNP will/MD eventually/RB be/VB removed/VBN from/IN the/DT mausoleum/NN in/IN Red/NNP Square/NNP and/CC buried/VBN in/IN an/DT ordinary/JJ grave/JJ (/( a/DT story/NN taken/VBN up/RP Wednesday/NNP on/IN the/DT front/JJ page/NN of/IN Germany/NNP 's/POS Die/VBP Welt/NNP )/) ./.
"/" The/DT question/NN is/VBZ when/WRB ,/, "/" he/PRP said/VBD ./.
"/" The/DT problem/NN is/VBZ a/DT serious/JJ one/CD ./.
Lenin/NNP in/IN his/PRP$ mausoleum/NN is/VBZ an/DT historical/JJ symbol/NN of/IN our/PRP$ past/JJ ,/, but/CC I/PRP agree/VBP with/IN Alexiy/NNP II/NNP ,/, patriarch/NN of/IN all/DT Russia/NNP ,/, when/WRB he/PRP says/VBZ that/IN it/PRP is/VBZ n't/RB Christian-like/NNP behavior/NN to/TO keep/VB the/DT body/NN of/IN a/DT long-dead/JJ person/NN on/IN public/JJ display/NN ./.
"/"
The/DT Times/NNP of/IN London/NNP led/VBD its/PRP$ front/JJ page/NN Wednesday/NNP with/IN the/DT jailing/VBG in/IN Serbia/NNP of/IN a/DT TV/NN technician/NN who/WP sparked/VBD the/DT biggest/JJS anti-/NN Milosevic/NNP demonstration/NN since/IN the/DT Kosovo/NNP war/NN by/IN breaking/VBG into/IN a/DT broadcast/NN of/IN a/DT basketball/NN championship/NN match/NN to/TO urge/VB viewers/NNS to/TO take/VB to/TO the/DT streets/NNS ./.
The/DT demonstration/NN by/IN around/IN 30/CD ,/, 000/CD people/NNS in/IN the/DT town/NN of/IN Leskovac/NNP was/VBD one/CD of/IN several/JJ across/IN Serbia/NNP Monday/NNP ./.
The/DT tabloid/JJ Daily/NNP Express/NNP reported/VBD Tuesday/NNP that/IN attempts/NNS to/TO secure/VB asylum/NN for/IN Milosevic/NNP in/IN Libya/NNP ,/, South/NNP Africa/NNP ,/, Russia/NNP ,/, or/CC China/NNP have/VBP all/DT come/VBP to/TO nothing/NN ./.
Most/JJS British/JJ papers/NNS also/RB reported/VBD a/DT speech/NN in/IN the/DT House/NNP of/IN Lords/NNPS Tuesday/NNP in/IN which/WDT former/JJ Prime/NNP Minister/NNP Margaret/NNP Thatcher/NNP said/VBD that/IN Britain/NNP 's/POS treatment/NN of/IN the/DT former/JJ Chilean/JJ dictator/NN Gen/NNP ./.
Augusto/NNP Pinochet/NNP has/VBZ left/VBN her/PRP$ country/NN 's/POS "/" reputation/NN for/IN loyalty/NN and/CC fair/NN dealing/NN in/IN tatters/NNS ./.
"/" She/PRP said/VBD that/IN his/PRP$ arrest/NN while/IN under/IN sedation/NN in/IN a/DT London/NNP hospital/NN was/VBD "/" inhumane/JJ "/" and/CC "/" unlawful/JJ ,/, "/" and/CC that/IN while/IN Chileans/NNP have/VBP so/RB far/RB responded/VBD to/TO it/PRP "/" with/IN great/JJ restraint/NN ,/, "/" it/PRP should/MD not/RB be/VB assumed/VBN that/IN they/PRP will/MD continue/VB to/TO do/VB so/RB ,/, "/" particularly/RB if/IN Sen/NNP ./.
Pinochet/NNP ,/, who/WP is/VBZ not/RB in/IN the/DT best/JJS of/IN health/NN ,/, were/VBD to/TO die/VB in/IN Britain/NNP ./.
"/" In/IN an/DT editorial/NN ,/, the/DT conservative/JJ Daily/NNP Telegraph/NNP agreed/VBD with/IN Thatcher/NNP that/IN Tony/NNP Blair/NNP 's/POS government/NN was/VBD doing/VBG Britain/NNP unnecessary/JJ harm/NN "/" merely/RB to/TO enable/VB the/DT vengeful/JJ pack/NN in/IN pursuit/NN of/IN Pinochet/NNP to/TO settle/VB their/PRP$ scores/NNS ./.
"/"
While/IN Chatterbox/NNP was/VBD n't/RB paying/VBG attention/NN ,/, the/DT Old/NNP Executive/NNP Office/NNP Building/NNP ,/, a/DT grand/JJ Second/NNP Empire/NNP pile/NN that/WDT stands/VBZ beside/IN the/DT White/NNP House/NNP and/CC houses/VBZ White/NNP House/NNP aides/NNS who/WP are/VBP n't/RB quite/RB important/JJ enough/RB to/TO get/VB offices/NNS in/IN the/DT executive/NN mansion/NN ,/, was/VBD renamed/VBN the/DT Dwight/NNP D/NNP ./.
Eisenhower/NNP Executive/NNP Office/NNP Building/NNP ./.
This/DT was/VBD apparently/RB in/IN tribute/NN not/RB to/TO Eisenhower/NNP but/CC to/TO John/NNP Chafee/NNP ,/, an/DT Eisenhowerish/NNP Republican/JJ senator/NN from/IN Rhode/NNP Island/NNP ,/, who/WP had/VBD sponsored/VBN the/DT bill/NN to/TO rename/VB the/DT OEOB/NNP ,/, as/IN it/PRP 's/VBZ known/VBN ,/, shortly/RB before/IN he/PRP died/VBD on/IN Oct/NNP ./.
26/CD ./.
(/( To/TO read/VB the/DT AP/NNP story/NN about/IN all/PDT this/DT ,/, click/NN here/RB ./.
)/)
Chatterbox/NNP has/VBZ no/DT problem/NN naming/VBG something/NN else/RB in/IN Washington/NNP after/IN Eisenhower/NNP ,/, a/DT great/JJ general/JJ and/CC a/DT pretty/RB good/JJ president--there/JJ 's/POS already/RB a/DT theater/NN named/VBN after/IN him/PRP in/IN the/DT Kennedy/NNP Center/NNP for/IN the/DT Performing/VBG Arts--but/NNP what/WP about/IN his/PRP$ erstwhile/NN boss/NN ,/, Franklin/NNP Roosevelt/NNP ?/.
Time/NNP is/VBZ reportedly/RB getting/VBG ready/JJ to/TO name/VB him/PRP Man/NN of/IN the/DT Century/NNP ,/, and/CC there/EX seems/VBZ to/TO be/VB general/JJ agreement/NN that/IN he/PRP was/VBD the/DT best/JJS president/NN the/DT United/NNP States/NNPS produced/VBD during/IN the/DT last/JJ 100/CD years/NNS ./.
But--apart/NNP from/IN the/DT FDR/NNP Memorial/NNP ,/, built/VBD only/RB a/DT few/JJ years/NNS ago--no/JJ other/JJ public/JJ structure/NN in/IN Washington/NNP that/IN Chatterbox/NNP can/MD think/VB of/IN is/NNS named/VBN after/IN him/PRP ./.
(/( The/DT Roosevelt/NNP Bridge/NNP is/VBZ named/VBN after/IN Teddy/NNP ./.
)/) Considering/VBG that/IN FDR/NNP built/VBD much/JJ of/IN Washington/NNP ,/, this/DT seems/VBZ very/RB unfair/JJ ./.
FDR/NNP buffs/NNS who/WP want/VBP to/TO set/VB things/NNS right/NN are/VBP invited/VBN to/TO get/VB in/IN touch/NN with/IN one/CD another/DT in/IN the/DT Fray/NNP ./.
Chatterbox/NNP 's/POS only/RB request/NN is/VBZ that/IN they/PRP not/RB choose/VBP the/DT New/NNP Executive/NNP Office/NNP Building/NNP ,/, just/RB up/RP the/DT street/NN from/IN the/DT OEOB/NNP ,/, because/IN it/PRP 's/VBZ really/RB ugly/JJ ./.
This/DT week/NN President/NNP Clinton/NNP went/VBD to/TO New/NNP York/NNP to/TO raise/VB campaign/NN money/NN for/IN Rep/NNP ./.
Charles/NNP Schumer/NNP ,/, D-N/NNP ./.
Y/NNP ./.
,/, who/WP is/VBZ running/VBG for/IN the/DT U/NNP ./.
S/NNP ./.
Senate/NNP ./.
Schumer/NNP ,/, who/WP sits/VBZ on/IN the/DT House/NNP Judiciary/NNP Committee/NNP ,/, voted/VBD last/JJ week/NN not/RB to/TO launch/VB a/DT broad/JJ impeachment/NN inquiry/NN against/IN Clinton/NNP ./.
Now/RB that/IN the/DT inquiry/NN has/VBZ begun/VBN ,/, Schumer/NNP eventually/RB will/MD have/VB to/TO vote/VB on/IN whether/IN to/TO recommend/VB that/IN Clinton/NNP be/VB impeached/VBN ./.
Republicans/NNS are/VBP challenging/VBG the/DT ethics/NNS of/IN this/DT transaction/NN ./.
House/NNP Majority/NNP Whip/NNP Tom/NNP DeLay/NNP ,/, R-T/NNP exas/NNS ,/, says/VBZ it/PRP 's/VBZ "/" quite/RB unseemly/JJ for/IN the/DT president/NN of/IN the/DT United/NNP States/NNPS ,/, whose/WP$ fate/NN is/VBZ in/IN the/DT hands/NNS of/IN the/DT Judiciary/NNP Committee/NNP ./.
./.
./.
to/TO raise/VB a/DT lot/NN of/IN money/NN for/IN a/DT member/NN who/WP sits/VBZ on/IN that/DT committee/NN ./.
"/" DeLay/NNP says/VBZ that/IN Clinton/NNP 's/POS "/" war/NN room/NN is/VBZ totally/RB engaged/VBN in/IN jury/NN tampering/VBG "/" and/CC that/IN "/" Schumer/NNP ought/MD to/TO recuse/NN himself/PRP ./.
"/"
The/DT "/" jury/NN tampering/VBG "/" metaphor/NN has/VBZ been/VBN circulating/VBG ever/RB since/IN Independent/NNP Counsel/NNP Kenneth/NNP Starr/NNP submitted/VBD his/PRP$ impeachment/NN referral/NN to/TO Congress/NNP ./.
The/DT metaphor/NN supposes/NNS that/IN members/NNS of/IN Congress/NNP are/VBP Clinton/NNP 's/POS jurors/NNS and/CC must/MD be/VB protected/VBN accordingly/RB ./.
Six/CD days/NNS after/IN receiving/VBG Starr/NNP 's/POS report/NN ,/, DeLay/NNP and/CC other/JJ Republican/JJ leaders/NNS in/IN Congress/NNP sent/VBD FBI/NNP Director/NNP Louis/NNP Freeh/NNP a/DT letter/NN protesting/VBG the/DT dissemination/NN of/IN "/" prurient/NN allegations/NNS "/" about/IN the/DT "/" personal/JJ lives/NNS "/" of/IN members/NNS of/IN Congress/NNP ./.
The/DT GOP/NNP leaders/NNS suggested/VBD that/IN "/" the/DT White/NNP House/NNP or/CC its/PRP$ allies/NNS "/" were/VBD engaged/VBN in/IN "/" an/DT organized/VBN campaign/NN of/IN slander/NN and/CC intimidation/NN "/" that/WDT was/VBD "/" no/RB different/JJ than/IN threatening/VBG jurors/NNS to/TO change/VB their/PRP$ verdicts/NNS in/IN organized/VBN crime/NN trials/NNS ./.
"/" House/NNP Speaker/NNP Newt/NNP Gingrich/NNP raised/VBD the/DT "/" jury/NN tampering/VBG "/" issue/NN in/IN public/JJ appearances/NNS ./.
Some/DT Democrats/NNPS similarly/RB bristled/VBD at/IN Clinton/NNP 's/POS lobbying/NN against/IN the/DT impeachment/NN inquiry/NN ./.
"/" Do/VBP n't/RB tamper/VB with/IN this/DT jury/NN ,/, "/" Sen/NNP ./.
Robert/NNP Byrd/NNP ,/, D-W/NNP ./.
V/NNP ./.
,/, admonished/JJ the/DT White/NNP House/NNP ./.
The/DT Clinton/NNP camp/NN dismisses/VBZ the/DT jury/NN metaphor/NN as/IN absurd/JJ ./.
"/" There/EX are/VBP probably/RB members/NNS of/IN the/DT Republican/JJ leadership/NN campaigning/NN for/IN Republican/JJ members/NNS of/IN the/DT House/NNP Judiciary/NNP Committee/NNP ,/, "/" Clinton/NNP spokesman/NN Joe/NNP Lockhart/NNP observed/VBD in/IN response/NN to/TO DeLay/NNP 's/POS objection/NN ./.
"/" I/PRP do/VBP n't/RB think/VB it/PRP 's/VBZ a/DT legitimate/JJ issue/NN ./.
"/"
But/CC why/WRB not/RB embrace/VB the/DT metaphor/NN and/CC its/PRP$ implications/NNS instead/RB ?/.
Rule/NN 24/CD of/IN the/DT Federal/NNP Rules/NNPS of/IN Criminal/NNP Procedure/NNP details/NNS various/JJ grounds/NNS on/IN which/WDT jurors/NNS may/MD be/VB deemed/VBN "/" unable/JJ or/CC unqualified/JJ to/TO perform/VB their/PRP$ duties/NNS ./.
"/" These/DT include/VBP "/" acquaintance/NN or/CC relationship/NN with/IN attorneys/NNS or/CC witnesses/NNS "/" (/( in/IN this/DT case/NN ,/, chiefly/RB Clinton/NNP and/CC Starr/NNP )/) and/CC biases/NNS regarding/VBG "/" credibility/NN of/IN witnesses/NNS "/" (/( in/IN this/DT case/NN ,/, whether/IN Starr/NNP 's/POS witnesses/NNS would/MD automatically/RB be/VB regarded/VBN more/RBR favorably/RB )/) ./.
The/DT rule/NN cites/VBZ precedents/NNS under/IN which/WDT the/DT "/" defendants/NNS '/POS right/NN to/TO be/VB tried/VBN by/IN impartial/JJ jury/NN included/VBD [/( the/DT ]/) right/NN to/TO examination/NN designed/VBN to/TO ascertain/VB possible/JJ prejudices/NNS of/IN prospective/JJ jurors/NNS ./.
"/" Furthermore/RB ,/, the/DT "/" trial/NN judge/NN "/" is/VBZ authorized/VBN to/TO "/" remove/VB "/" any/DT juror/NN during/IN the/DT trial/NN ,/, "/" whenever/WRB facts/NNS are/VBP presented/VBN which/WDT convince/VBP [/( the/DT ]/) trial/NN judge/NN that/DT [/( the/DT ]/) juror/NN 's/POS ability/NN to/TO perform/VB his/PRP$ duty/NN as/IN juror/NN is/VBZ impaired/VBN ./.
"/"
If/IN ,/, as/IN DeLay/NNP imagines/VBZ ,/, members/NNS of/IN Congress/NNP were/VBD to/TO be/VB treated/VBN like/IN jurors/NNS ,/, the/DT presiding/VBG officer/NN would/MD never/RB get/VB around/IN to/TO the/DT question/NN of/IN "/" tampering/VBG ./.
"/" He/PRP 'd/MD dismiss/VB the/DT whole/JJ panel/NN for/IN cause/NN ./.
Recent/JJ "/" Frame/NNP Games/NNPS "/"
"/" Reverse/VBP Triangulation/NNP "/" :/: How/WRB Clinton/NNP 's/POS immoderation/NN helps/VBZ the/DT Democrats/NNPS look/VBP moderate/JJ ./.
(/( posted/VBD Wednesday/NNP ,/, Oct/NNP ./.
7/CD ,/, 1998/CD )/)
"/" The/DT Nixon/NNP Analogy/NNP "/" :/: Why/WRB the/DT Flytrap-/NNP Watergate/NNP comparison/NN will/MD backfire/VB ./.
(/( posted/VBD Friday/NNP ,/, Oct/NNP ./.
2/CD ,/, 1998/CD )/)
Slate/NNP 's/POS Complete/JJ Flytrap/NNP Coverage/NNP
On/IN Wednesday/NNP ,/, the/DT Future/NNP Homemakers/NNP of/IN America/NNP made/VBD a/DT startling/JJ announcement/NN ./.
What/WP ?/.
Send/VB your/PRP$ answer/NN by/IN noon/NN ET/NNP Thursday/NNP to/TO newsquiz/NN @/IN slate/NN ./.
com/NN ./.
Tuesday/NNP 's/POS Question/NNP (/( No/UH ./.
270/CD )/) -/: -/: "/" Crisis/NNP Management/NNP "/" :/:
"/" I/PRP did/VBD n't/RB even/RB want/VB to/TO talk/VB about/IN chocolate-chip/JJ cookies/NNS ,/, really/RB ./.
I/PRP shaved/VBD my/PRP$ beard/NN and/CC stopped/VBD wearing/VBG hats/NNS ./.
"/" Who/WP said/VBD this/DT about/IN what/WP ?/.
"/" Famous/NNP Amos/NNP ,/, after/IN being/VBG profiled/VBN and/CC strip-searched/JJ one/CD too/RB many/JJ times/NNS on/IN the/DT New/NNP Jersey/NNP Turnpike/NNP ./.
"/" -/: -/: Dan/NNP Ricci/NNP
"/" Donna/NNP Shalala/NNP ,/, in/IN reference/NN to/TO some/DT new/JJ Health/NNP and/CC Human/NNP Services/NNPS crap/NN ./.
"/" -/: -/: Jon/NNP Hotchkiss/NNP
"/" George/NNP W/NNP ./.
Bush/NNP ./.
I/PRP do/VBP n't/RB know/VB what/WP he/PRP was/VBD talking/VBG about/IN ,/, and/CC I/PRP do/VBP n't/RB really/RB care/VB ./.
What/WP matters/NNS is/VBZ that/IN he/PRP can/MD win/VB this/DT ,/, and/CC we/PRP 're/VBP backing/VBG him/PRP all/PDT the/DT way/NN ./.
"/" -/: -/: Daniel/NNP Radosh/NNP
"/" This/DT was/VBD the/DT disillusioned/JJ Jesus/NNP speaking/VBG days/NNS after/IN performing/VBG the/DT miracle/NN of/IN the/DT loaves/NNS and/CC fishes/NNS ./.
Knowing/VBG he/PRP had/VBD lost/VBN his/PRP$ grip/NN on/IN the/DT crowd/NN when/WRB they/PRP inquired/VBD what/WP was/VBD for/IN dessert/NN ,/, he/PRP decided/VBD to/TO make/VB a/DT radical/JJ change/NN in/IN his/PRP$ life/NN ./.
"/" -/: -/: Ellen/NNP Macleay/NNP
"/" Queen/NNP Elizabeth/NNP ,/, complaining/VBG about/IN just/RB everything/NN ,/, describes/VBZ the/DT disguise/VB that/WDT enabled/VBD her/PRP to/TO sneak/VBP out/IN of/IN Edinburgh/NNP a/DT day/NN early/JJ ./.
"/" -/: -/: Steve/NNP Bodow/NNP (/( Sean/NNP Fitzpatrick/NNP and/CC Matthew/NNP Cole/NNP had/VBD similar/JJ answers/NNS ./.
)/)
Click/NNP for/IN more/JJR answers/NNS ./.
Randy/NNP 's/POS Wrap-/NNP Up/IN
By/IN far/RB the/DT most/RBS frequent/JJ response/NN involved/VBD Hillary/NNP Clinton/NNP ,/, the/DT once/RB and/CC future/JJ baker/NN ,/, or/CC nonbaker/NN ,/, who/WP today/NN begins/VBZ her/PRP$ four-day/JJ "/" listening/VBG tour/NN "/" at/IN the/DT Moynihan/NNP Farm/NNP ./.
(/( Fun/NNP With/IN Juxtaposition/NNP :/: Which/WDT is/VBZ the/DT more/RBR ludicrous/JJ expression/NN ,/, "/" listening/VBG tour/NN "/" or/CC "/" Moynihan/NNP Farm/NNP "/" ?/.
)/) Unimpressed/NNP with/IN her/PRP$ upstate/JJ forays/NNS ,/, Rudolph/NNP Giuliani/NNP ,/, her/PRP$ likely/JJ Senate/NNP rival/NN ,/, boasts/VBZ :/: "/" Every/DT time/NN I/PRP have/VBP gone/VBN up/RP there/RB ,/, I/PRP have/VBP gotten/VBN the/DT sense/NN that/IN they/PRP like/VBP me/PRP ./.
I/PRP think/VBP they/PRP like/VBP what/WP I/PRP did/VBD with/IN New/NNP York/NNP ./.
"/" (/( Fun/NNP With/IN Prepositions/NNP :/: Instead/RB of/IN "/" with/IN "/" New/NNP York/NNP ,/, substitute/NN "/" to/TO ./.
"/" )/) Like/IN him/PRP they/PRP may/MD ,/, but/CC have/VB any/DT of/IN them/PRP written/VBN a/DT tribute/NN as/RB passionate/JJ as/IN Ann/NNP Powers/NNP '/POS love/NN letter/NN to/TO Hillary/NNP in/IN this/DT morning/NN 's/POS Times/NNP ?/.
(/( Some/DT sentences/NNS omitted/VBN ./.
)/)
"/" [/( S/NNP ]/) he/PRP waits/VBZ ,/, like/IN the/DT sentinel/NN of/IN an/DT enchanted/JJ world/NN ,/, and/CC judges/NNS when/WRB it/PRP 's/VBZ safe/JJ to/TO open/VB up/RP a/DT trade/NN route/NN ./.
Her/PRP$ judgment/NN has/VBZ not/RB always/RB proven/VBN correct/JJ ,/, but/CC right/RB now/RB it/PRP is/VBZ impeccable/JJ ./.
[/NN W/NNP ]/) hen/NN you/PRP 're/VBP a/DT star/NN of/IN her/PRP$ magnitude/NN ,/, fashion/NN will/MD always/RB return/VB to/TO you/PRP ,/, hanging/VBG its/PRP$ head/NN ./.
[/NN S/NNP ]/) he/PRP established/VBD herself/PRP as/IN a/DT mythical/JJ heroine/NN ,/, questing/VBG but/CC always/RB true/JJ to/TO herself/PRP ./.
Even/RB at/IN her/PRP$ most/RBS spectacularly/RB styled/VBN ,/, she/PRP keeps/VBZ a/DT rough-and-tumble/JJ vaudevillian/NN edge/NN ./.
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Either/CC way/NN ,/, just/RB nuts/NNS ,/, right/NN ?/.
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That/DT 's/VBZ when/WRB he/PRP hit/VBD rock/NN bottom/NN ./.
Much/JJ has/VBZ improved/VBN ./.
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Jewish/NNP Environmentalism/NNP Extra/NNP
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"/" What/WP has/VBZ the/DT ozone/NN ever/RB done/VBN for/IN our/PRP$ people/NNS ?/.
"/" -/: -/: Beth/NNP Sherman/NNP
"/" Not/RB peeing/VBG in/IN the/DT (/( indoor/JJ )/) pool/NN at/IN Grossingers/NNP ./.
"/" -/: -/: Eliot/NNP Cohen/NNP
"/" No/DT ,/, it/PRP 's/VBZ all/DT right/NN ,/, I/PRP 'll/MD sit/VB in/IN the/DT dark/NN ./.
"/" -/: -/: Jon/NNP "/" Have/VBP You/PRP Ever/RB Known/VBN Any/DT Jewish/NNP Jons/NNP With/IN an/DT '/POS h/NN '/" in/IN the/DT Name/NN ?/.
"/" Zerolnick/NNP
"/" You/PRP call/VBP THIS/NNP an/DT environment/NN ?/.
!/.
?/.
Feh/NNP !/.
I/PRP 'll/MD show/VB you/PRP an/DT environment/NN ./.
"/" -/: -/: Matthew/NNP Singer/NNP
"/" Suffering/VBG in/IN Silence/NNP "/" -/: -/: Alison/NNP "/" The/DT WASP-y/NNP Name/NN Is/VBZ Not/RB My/PRP$ Fault/NNP "/" Rogers/NNP
"/" A/DT tree/NN has/VBZ been/VBN planted/VBN in/IN your/PRP$ name/NN ./.
./.
./.
"/" -/: -/: Beth/NNP Sherman/NNP
"/" Look/VB ,/, where/WRB once/RB dead/JJ deserts/NNS lay/VBP ,/, now/RB flowering/VBG cities/NNS arise/VBP !/.
Zionism/NNP IS/VBZ environmentalism/NN ./.
Oh/UH ,/, and/CC no/DT Arabs/NNPS allowed/VBD ./.
"/" -/: -/: Matthew/NNP Singer/NNP
Good/NNP News/NNP Extra/NNP
"/" Missing/NNP Man/NNP is/VBZ Found/NNP Alive/NNP and/CC Stuck/NNP in/IN Mud/NNP "/" -/: -/: headline/NN ,/, New/NNP York/NNP Times/NNP
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Common/NNP Denominator/NNP
Mrs/NNP ./.
Clinton/NNP ,/, Mrs/NNP ./.
Fields/NNP ,/, Mr/NNP ./.
Claus/NNP ,/, Mr/NNP ./.
Elf/NNP ./.
"/" I/PRP wonder/VBP if/IN she/PRP understands/VBZ how/WRB much/JJ her/PRP$ life/NN has/VBZ changed/VBN this/DT day/NN ./.
Mr/NNP ./.
Itchy/NNP Pants/NNP has/VBZ the/DT potential/NN to/TO make/VB her/PRP$ a/DT millionaire/NN ./.
"/" Who/WP said/VBD this/DT about/IN what/WP ?/.
Send/VB your/PRP$ answer/NN by/IN 5/CD p/NN ./.
m/NN ./.
ET/NNP Sunday/NNP to/TO newsquiz/NN @/IN slate/NN ./.
com/NN ./.
Wednesday/NNP 's/POS Question/NNP (/( No/UH ./.
350/CD )/) -/: -/: "/" USP/NNP Si/NNP !/.
ISP/NNP No/UH !/.
"/" :/:
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S/NNP ./.
Postal/NNP Service/NNP announced/VBD that/IN it/PRP 's/VBZ done/VBN something/NN for/IN the/DT fifth/JJ consecutive/JJ year/NN ./.
What/WP ?/.
"/" Airbrushed/NNP Mary/NNP 's/POS cigarette/NN from/IN its/PRP$ annual/JJ Madonna/NNP and/CC child/NN Christmas/NNP stamp/NN ./.
"/" -/: -/: Katha/NNP Pollitt/NNP
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'/POS "/" -/: -/: Ann/NNP Gavaghan/NNP
"/" Captured/NNP a/DT NASA/NNP vehicle/NN before/IN it/PRP got/VBD to/TO Mars/NNP ./.
"/" -/: -/: Ray/NNP Hastings/NNP
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"/" -/: -/: Laura/NNP Miller/NNP
Click/NNP for/IN more/JJR answers/NNS ./.
Randy/NNP 's/POS Wrap-/NNP Up/IN
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-/: -/: the/DT U/NNP ./.
S/NNP ./.
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-/: -/: in/IN about/IN three/CD days/NNS !/.
Three/CD days/NNS !/.
Why/WRB is/VBZ n't/RB that/DT great/JJ ?/.
A/DT bargain/NN !/.
A/DT marvel/VB !/.
Why/WRB all/PDT the/DT damn/NN whining/VBG ?/.
Could/MD NASA/NNP ?/.
Could/MD (/( as/IN many/JJ of/IN you/PRP noted/VBD )/) Shining/VBG Path/NNP ,/, Slate/NNP 's/POS fiercely/RB Maoist/NNP yet/RB unreliable/JJ Internet/NN service/NN ?/.
Not/RB likely/JJ !/.
And/CC now--licking/JJ optional/JJ !/.
If/IN you/PRP want/VBP to/TO lick/NN ,/, lick/NN ./.
If/IN not/RB ,/, not/RB ./.
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There/EX 's/VBZ your/PRP$ precious/JJ private/JJ industry/NN ./.
I/PRP 'd/MD say/VB some/DT News/NNP Quiz/NNP participants/NNS owe/VBP some/DT quasi-autonomous/JJ but/CC government-regulated/JJ agency/NN a/DT letter/NN of/IN apology/NN ./.
Oh/UH yes/UH ,/, my/PRP$ friends/NNS ,/, a/DT letter/NN ./.
Next-/NNP Day/NNP Delivery/NN Answer/NNP
Once/RB again/RB ,/, the/DT U/NNP ./.
S/NNP ./.
Postal/NNP Service/NNP is/VBZ in/IN the/DT black/NN ./.
Its/PRP$ $/$ 363/CD million/CD profit/NN for/IN Fiscal/JJ 1999/CD ,/, $/$ 163/CD more/JJR than/IN expected/VBN ,/, means/VBZ that/IN rates/NNS will/MD remain/VB unchanged/JJ until/IN 2001/CD ./.
John/NNP McCain/NNP 's/POS Threat/NNP List/NN Extra/NNP
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S/NNP ./.
S/NNP ./.
Intrepid/NNP Tuesday/NNP night/NN ,/, the/DT presidential/JJ candidate/NN named/VBN "/" potential/JJ threats/NNS "/" facing/VBG our/PRP$ nation/NN ./.
Which/WDT of/IN the/DT following/VBG are/VBP from/IN his/PRP$ list/NN and/CC which/WDT are/VBP mere/JJ fabrications/NNS likely/JJ to/TO make/VB him/PRP go/VB nuts/NNS and/CC start/VB screaming/VBG at/IN people/NNS ,/, what/WP with/IN that/DT terrible/JJ temper/NN of/IN his/PRP$ ?/.
1/LS ./.
Political/JJ and/CC economic/JJ chaos/NN in/IN Russia/NNP ./.
2/LS ./.
China/NNP 's/POS growing/VBG economic/JJ and/CC military/JJ threat/NN ./.
3/LS ./.
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4/LS ./.
Violent/NNP expressions/NNS of/IN nationalist/JJ and/CC ethnic/JJ rivalry/NN ./.
5/LS ./.
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6/CD ./.
The/DT proliferation/NN of/IN weapons/NNS of/IN mass/NN destruction/NN to/TO rogue/NN states/NNS and/CC potential/JJ adversaries/NNS ./.
7/CD ./.
The/DT control/NN of/IN weapons/NNS of/IN mass/NN destruction/NN by/IN a/DT really/RB dumb/JJ guy/NN ./.
You/PRP know--/JJ Orgejay/NNP Ushbay/NNP ?/.
8/CD ./.
Information/NNP warfare/NN such/JJ as/IN an/DT attack/NN on/IN our/PRP$ private/JJ sector/NN 's/POS computer/NN grids/NNS ./.
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Replies/NNP to/TO run/VB Monday/NNP ./.
Common/NNP Denominator/NNP
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To/TO hear/VB Patricia/NNP Clark/NNP read/VBD "/" Male/NN &slash;/NN Female/NNP ,/, "/" click/NN ./.
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e/SYM ./.
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"/" The/DT third/JJ WP/NNP piece/NN chronicles/VBZ Clinton/NNP 's/POS ability/NN to/TO cope/VB with/IN adversity/NN ./.
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Trouble/NN in/IN Congo/NNP gets/VBZ front-page/JJ play/NN at/IN the/DT LAT/NNP ,/, and/CC runs/VBZ inside/IN elsewhere/RB ./.
The/DT U/NNP ./.
S/NNP ./.
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The/DT WP/NNP adds/VBZ this/DT to/TO the/DT story/NN :/: Western/JJ troops/NNS (/( including/VBG some/DT 1/CD ,/, 200/CD U/NNP ./.
S/NNP ./.
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The/DT Congoese/NNP take/NN an/DT understandably/RB dim/NN view/NN of/IN this/DT move--very/JJ few/JJ foreigners/NNS remain/VBP in/IN Congo/NNP ./.
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A/DT NYT/NNP "/" Week/NNP in/IN Review/NNP "/" article/NN urges/VBZ the/DT U/NNP ./.
S/NNP ./.
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Will/MD is/VBZ not/RB totally/RB predictable/JJ ./.
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"/"
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Why/WRB treat/VB Clinton/NNP differently/RB ?/.
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The/DT president/NN ,/, because/IN it/PRP 's/VBZ politically/RB impossible/JJ ,/, ca/MD n't/RB take/VB the/DT Fifth/NNP ./.
It/PRP seems/VBZ unfair/JJ to/TO trap/NN him/PRP in/IN a/DT lie/NN that/IN he/PRP would/MD never/RB have/VB had/VBN to/TO tell/VB if/IN he/PRP were/VBD a/DT regular/JJ citizen/NN ./.
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Starr/NNP 's/POS setup/NN may/MD be/VB a/DT perjury/NN trap/NN ,/, but/CC that/DT does/VBZ not/RB necessarily/RB mean/VB it/PRP 's/VBZ unfair/JJ ./.
Imagine/VB Starr/NNP does/VBZ n't/RB tell/VB Clinton/NNP about/IN a/DT positive/JJ test/NN result/NN ./.
The/DT president/NN ,/, of/IN course/NN ,/, ought/MD to/TO tell/VB the/DT truth/NN ,/, but/CC Clinton/NNP being/VBG Clinton/NNP ,/, he/PRP might/MD not/RB ./.
(/( The/DT White/NNP House/NNP so/RB far/RB is/VBZ adamant/JJ that/IN Clinton/NNP is/VBZ sticking/VBG to/TO his/PRP$ denial/NN ./.
)/) He/PRP might/MD brazen/VB it/PRP out/IN by/IN lying/VBG to/TO the/DT grand/JJ jury/NN ./.
The/DT dress/NN and/CC Monica/NNP 's/POS story/NN would/MD nail/VB him/PRP ,/, an/DT open-and-shut/JJ perjury/NN case/NN ./.
By/IN the/DT prosecutor/NN 's/POS code/NN ,/, Clinton/NNP has/VBZ hanged/VBN himself/PRP ./.
But/CC what/WP Starr/NNP can/MD do/VB as/IN a/DT prosecutor/NN and/CC what/WP he/PRP ought/MD to/TO do/VB as/IN a/DT public/JJ servant/NN differ/VB ./.
What/WP will/MD happen/VB if/IN Starr/NNP reveals/VBZ a/DT positive/JJ result/NN to/TO Clinton/NNP ?/.
He/PRP probably/RB destroys/VBZ his/PRP$ own/JJ case/NN ./.
No/DT matter/NN how/WRB much/JJ Clinton/NNP might/MD want/VB to/TO brazen/VB it/PRP out/IN ,/, advance/NN warning/NN from/IN Starr/NNP would/MD compel/VB the/DT president/NN to/TO admit/VB and/CC apologize/VB ./.
So/RB Clinton/NNP would/MD n't/RB perjure/NN himself/PRP and/CC ,/, as/IN I/PRP argued/VBD Sunday/NNP ,/, an/DT apology/NN is/VBZ likely/JJ to/TO kill/VB the/DT appetite/NN for/IN any/DT impeachment/NN hearings/NNS (/( over/IN obstruction/NN ,/, Whitewater/NNP ,/, Filegate/NNP ,/, etc/FW ./.
)/) ./.
Starr/NNP 's/POS criminal/JJ case/NN goes/VBZ up/RB in/IN smoke/NN ./.
Whether/IN Starr/NNP gives/VBZ it/PRP away/RB depends/VBZ on/IN what/WP kind/NN of/IN prosecutor/NN he/PRP is/VBZ ./.
If/IN he/PRP wants/VBZ to/TO expose/VB criminal/JJ behavior/NN by/IN the/DT president/NN and/CC punish/VB it/PRP no/DT matter/NN what--if/JJ ,/, in/IN short/JJ ,/, he/PRP is/VBZ the/DT vindictive/JJ avenger/NN Clinton/NNP 's/POS defenders/NNS say/VBP he/PRP is--/JJ Starr/NNP will/MD sacrifice/VB no/DT advantage/NN ./.
He/PRP will/MD blindside/NN the/DT president/NN with/IN test/NN results/NNS if/IN that/DT will/MD build/VB a/DT stronger/JJR case/NN ./.
But/CC if/IN he/PRP 's/VBZ a/DT prosecutor/NN who/WP wants/VBZ to/TO turn/VB up/RP the/DT truth/NN as/RB much/JJ as/IN to/TO get/VB his/PRP$ target/NN ,/, then/RB Starr/NNP will/MD give/VB it/PRP away/RB ./.
"/" The/DT decent/JJ and/CC sensitive/JJ thing/NN to/TO do/VB is/VBZ tell/VB the/DT president/NN ./.
There/EX is/VBZ no/DT advantage/NN whatsoever/RB to/TO getting/VBG the/DT president/NN to/TO lie/VB before/IN the/DT grand/JJ jury/NN ,/, "/" says/VBZ former/JJ Deputy/NNP Attorney/NNP General/NNP Philip/NNP Heymann/NNP ./.
"/" [/( Starr/NNP should/MD ]/) not/RB put/VB himself/PRP in/IN the/DT position/NN of/IN having/VBG called/VBD the/DT president/NN and/CC inviting/VBG him/PRP to/TO lie/VB unnecessarily/RB ./.
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Or/CC ,/, as/IN Washington/NNP ,/, D/NNP ./.
C/NNP ./.
,/, criminal/JJ lawyer/NN Robert/NNP Luskin/NNP puts/VBZ it/PRP ,/, "/" You/PRP just/RB do/VBP n't/RB play/VB a/DT game/NN of/IN chicken/NN like/IN that/DT with/IN the/DT president/NN of/IN the/DT United/NNP States/NNPS ./.
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There/EX are/VBP strong/JJ public/JJ policy/NN reasons/NNS for/IN Starr/NNP to/TO give/VB the/DT results/NNS away/RB ./.
Do/VBP we/PRP really/RB want/VBP the/DT president/NN 's/POS career/NN to/TO rise/VB or/CC fall/NN based/VBN on/IN prosecutorial/JJ cleverness/NNS in/IN a/DT secret/JJ grand/JJ jury/NN proceeding/NN ?/.
Telling/NNP Clinton/NNP the/DT results/NNS makes/VBZ it/PRP more/RBR likely/JJ he/PRP 'll/MD go/VB public/JJ ,/, and/CC that/DT makes/VBZ it/PRP more/RBR likely/JJ Flytrap/NNP will/MD be/VB played/VBN out/IN in/IN the/DT open/NN rather/RB than/IN in/IN private/JJ legal/JJ proceedings/NNS ./.
And/CC the/DT public/JJ political/JJ realm/NN is/VBZ where/WRB Flytrap/NNP belongs/VBZ ./.
One/CD of/IN Starr/NNP 's/POS obligations/NNS as/IN a/DT prosecutor/NN is/VBZ to/TO protect/VB the/DT honorable/JJ institutions/NNS of/IN government/NN ,/, and/CC one/CD of/IN those/DT institutions/NNS is/VBZ (/( believe/VBP it/PRP or/CC not/RB )/) the/DT dignity/NN of/IN the/DT presidency/NN ./.
That/DT dignity/NN has/VBZ been/VBN much/RB squandered/VBN by/IN Clinton/NNP ,/, but/CC this/DT is/VBZ a/DT chance/NN for/IN Starr/NNP to/TO protect/VB what/WP remains/NNS ./.
Starr/NNP protects/VBZ the/DT presidency/NN by/IN exposing/VBG criminal/JJ behavior/NN by/IN the/DT president/NN ./.
But/CC he/PRP can/MD also/RB protect/VB the/DT presidency/NN by/IN preventing/VBG more/RBR criminal/JJ behavior/NN ./.
Not/RB telling/VBG the/DT president/NN of/IN a/DT positive/JJ DNA/NNP result/NN may/MD induce/VB Clinton--admittedly/NNP because/IN of/IN his/PRP$ own/JJ hubris--to/JJ lie/NN ,/, to/TO trap/NN himself/PRP ,/, to/TO damage/VB the/DT office/NN of/IN the/DT presidency/NN even/RB more/JJR ./.
Telling/NNP the/DT president/NN lets/VBZ Clinton/NNP avoid/VB committing/VBG a/DT new/JJ crime/NN ./.
The/DT person/NN who/WP would/MD benefit/VB most/JJS of/IN all/DT by/IN telling/VBG is/VBZ Starr/NNP himself/PRP ./.
He/PRP has/VBZ been/VBN demonized/VBN as/IN the/DT prosecutor/NN who/WP is/VBZ destroying/VBG the/DT president/NN over/IN sex/NN ./.
He/PRP can/MD become/VB the/DT prosecutor/NN who/WP let/VBP the/DT president/NN save/VB himself/PRP ./.
The/DT first/JJ question/NN that/WDT has/VBZ to/TO be/VB asked/VBN about/IN the/DT German/JJ resistance/NN is/VBZ :/: Did/VBD it/PRP exist/VBP ?/.
A/DT good/JJ case/NN can/MD be/VB made/VBN that/IN it/PRP did/VBD not/RB ./.
To/TO frame/VB the/DT question/NN less/RBR contentiously/RB :/: Did/VBD the/DT scattered/VBN theologians/NNS ,/, bureaucrats/NNS ,/, army/NN officers/NNS ,/, and/CC (/( in/IN one/CD case/NN )/) ordinary/JJ housewives/NNS who/WP defied/VBD Hitler/NNP act/NN more/JJR as/IN isolated/VBN individuals/NNS than/IN as/IN a/DT concerted/JJ movement/NN ?/.
On/IN the/DT large/JJ stage/NN of/IN history/NN ,/, do/VBP these/DT brave/JJ individuals/NNS shrink/VB to/TO statistical/JJ insignificance/NN ?/.
And/CC is/VBZ the/DT so-called/JJ resistance/NN movement/NN therefore/RB a/DT kind/NN of/IN optical/JJ illusion/NN ,/, generated/VBN by/IN a/DT need/NN to/TO find/VB some/DT shred/NN of/IN goodness/NN or/CC worth/JJ in/IN Germany/NNP under/IN the/DT Nazis/NNPS ?/.
It/PRP has/VBZ to/TO be/VB said/VBN that/IN books/NNS about/IN the/DT resistance/NN seem/VBP to/TO greatly/RB outnumber/NN the/DT resisters/NNS themselves/PRP ./.
The/DT stack/VB before/IN me/PRP now/RB includes/VBZ Theodore/NNP S/NNP ./.
Hamerow/NNP 's/POS On/IN the/DT Road/NNP to/TO the/DT Wolf/NNP 's/POS Lair/NNP :/: German/NNP Resistance/NNP to/TO Hitler/NNP (/( 1997/CD )/) ;/: Joachim/NNP Fest/NNP 's/POS Plotting/NNP Hitler/NNP 's/POS Death/NN (/( 1996/CD )/) ;/: Nathan/NNP Stoltzfus/NNP '/POS Resistance/NNP of/IN the/DT Heart/NNP :/: Intermarriage/NNP and/CC the/DT Rosenstrasse/NNP Protest/NNP in/IN Nazi/NNP Germany/NNP (/( 1996/CD )/) ;/: and/CC Peter/NNP Hoffmann/NNP 's/POS Stauffenberg/NNP :/: A/DT Family/NNP History/NN ,/, 1905/CD -/: 1944/CD (/( 1995/CD )/) ./.
Certainly/RB ,/, these/DT books/NNS are/VBP not/RB mythographies/NNS ./.
They/PRP are/VBP sober/JJ ,/, sometimes/RB skeptical/JJ historical/JJ accounts/NNS ./.
Fest/NNP surveys/NNS resistance/NN to/TO Hitler/NNP from/IN 1933/CD to/TO 1945/CD ,/, paying/VBG particular/JJ attention/NN to/TO the/DT military/JJ plot/NN ,/, whose/WP$ deficiencies/NNS he/PRP chronicles/VBZ mercilessly/RB ./.
Hamerow/NNP examines/VBZ the/DT motives/NNS of/IN the/DT resisters/NNS ,/, both/DT civilian/JJ and/CC military/JJ ;/: he/PRP shows/VBZ them/PRP weaving/VBG sinuously/RB between/IN self-interest/NN and/CC idealism/NN ./.
Stoltzfus/NNP ,/, writing/NN of/IN the/DT 2/CD ,/, 000/CD Berlin/NNP women/NNS who/WP marched/VBD down/RB Rosenstrasse/NNP in/IN 1943/CD to/TO protest/VB the/DT incarceration/NN of/IN their/PRP$ Jewish/JJ husbands/NNS ,/, sees/VBZ that/IN his/PRP$ case/NN is/VBZ something/NN less/JJR than/IN a/DT study/NN in/IN pure/JJ virtue/NN :/: Germans/NNPS cared/VBD nothing/NN for/IN Jews/NNPS unless/IN self-interest/NN intervened/VBD ./.
And/CC yet--with/JJ one/CD exception--/JJ I/PRP came/VBD away/RB feeling/VBG these/DT authors/NNS had/VBD exaggerated/JJ the/DT significance/NN of/IN their/PRP$ subject/JJ ./.
The/DT exception/NN is/VBZ Hoffmann/NNP 's/POS book/NN on/IN Claus/NNP von/NNP Stauffenberg/NNP ,/, who/WP nearly/RB killed/VBN Hitler/NNP with/IN a/DT bomb/NN on/IN July/NNP 20/CD ,/, 1944/CD ./.
Stauffenberg/NNP was/VBD a/DT very/RB strange/JJ man/NN who/WP has/VBZ to/TO be/VB considered/VBN as/IN a/DT phenomenon/NN unto/RP himself/PRP (/( and/CC will/MD be/VB ,/, next/JJ week/NN in/IN Slate/NNP )/) ./.
Fest/NNP ,/, the/DT author/NN of/IN perhaps/RB the/DT best/JJS Hitler/NNP biography/NN ,/, begins/VBZ his/PRP$ book/NN with/IN a/DT chapter/NN titled/VBN "/" The/DT Resistance/NNP That/DT Never/RB Was/VBD ,/, "/" which/WDT covers/VBZ the/DT 1933/CD -/: 37/CD period/NN ./.
His/PRP$ stage-setting/JJ narrative/NN is/VBZ a/DT conventional/JJ one/CD :/: Hitler/NNP cements/NNS his/PRP$ hold/NN on/IN Germany/NNP through/IN a/DT combination/NN of/IN rhetoric/NN ,/, political/JJ stratagems/NNS ,/, and/CC force/NN ./.
Fest/NNP states/NNS that/IN the/DT army/NN was/VBD the/DT only/JJ organization/NN able/JJ to/TO keep/VB its/PRP$ structure/NN intact/JJ ,/, and/CC therefore/RB the/DT only/RB one/CD in/IN a/DT position/NN to/TO mount/VB a/DT concerted/JJ resistance/NN ./.
He/PRP omits/VBZ ,/, however/RB ,/, certain/JJ successful--and/JJ un-military--protests/JJ in/IN those/DT years/NNS against/IN Hitler/NNP 's/POS policies/NNS ./.
The/DT nation/NN more/JJR or/CC less/RBR collectively/RB decried/VBD Hitler/NNP 's/POS plan/NN to/TO kill/VB off/RP the/DT mentally/RB and/CC physically/RB disabled/JJ ./.
There/EX were/VBD also/RB protests/VBZ against/IN domestic/JJ austerities/NNS during/IN the/DT armaments/NNS buildup/NN of/IN 1935/CD -/: 36/CD ./.
As/IN the/DT historian/NN Ian/NNP Kershaw/NNP has/VBZ demonstrated/VBN ,/, this/DT kind/NN of/IN pinpoint/VB ,/, smaller-scale/JJ resistance/NN was/VBD common/JJ in/IN Nazi/NNP Germany/NNP ./.
No/DT general/JJ resistance/NN emerged/VBD because/IN very/RB few/JJ Germans/NNPS were/VBD generally/RB unhappy/JJ with/IN Hitler/NNP 's/POS regime/NN ./.
As/IN Fest/NNP describes/VBZ it/PRP ,/, the/DT military/NN 's/POS first/JJ plot/NN against/IN Hitler/NNP came/VBD in/IN the/DT tense/JJ weeks/NNS before/IN the/DT conclusion/NN of/IN the/DT 1938/CD Munich/NNP agreement/NN ./.
Hitler/NNP seemed/VBD determined/VBN to/TO lead/VB Germany/NNP into/IN a/DT war/NN for/IN which/WDT military/JJ leaders/NNS felt/VBD neither/DT ready/JJ nor/CC eager/JJ ./.
Had/VBD he/PRP marched/VBD toward/IN Prague/NNP at/IN that/DT time/NN ,/, they/PRP would/MD have/VB arrested/VBN him--or/JJ assassinated/VBD him/PRP outright/JJ ./.
The/DT broader/JJR circle/NN of/IN conspirators--centering/JJ on/IN Gen/NNP ./.
Ludwig/NNP Beck/NNP ,/, who/WP had/VBD resigned/VBN as/IN army/NN chief/NN of/IN staff/NN in/IN protest/NN of/IN Hitler/NNP 's/POS war/NN plans--agreed/JJ to/TO the/DT idea/NN of/IN seizing/VBG and/CC imprisoning/VBG Hitler/NNP ./.
It/PRP was/VBD even/RB proposed/VBN that/IN he/PRP be/VB declared/VBN insane/JJ by/IN a/DT panel/NN of/IN psychiatrists/NNS ./.
An/DT "/" inner/JJ "/" circle/NN believed/VBN that/IN Hitler/NNP should/MD be/VB summarily/RB shot/VBN ./.
This/DT interesting/JJ debate/NN became/VBD moot/JJ once/RB Hitler/NNP abruptly/RB changed/VBD his/PRP$ mind/NN and/CC accepted/VBD Chamberlain/NNP 's/POS peace/NN offer/NN at/IN Munich/NNP ./.
The/DT conspiracy/NN fell/VBD apart/RB because/IN it/PRP depended/VBD too/RB much/RB on/IN Hitler/NNP 's/POS own/JJ plans/NNS ./.
After/IN a/DT long/JJ period/NN of/IN disillusionment--uncomfortably/JJ mixed/VBN with/IN exhilaration/NN at/IN the/DT success/NN of/IN the/DT blitzkrieg--and/JJ as/IN soon/RB as/IN Hitler/NNP decreed/VBN the/DT invasion/NN of/IN the/DT Soviet/NNP Union/NNP ,/, the/DT officers/NNS began/VBD to/TO plot/VB again/RB ./.
In/IN March/NNP of/IN 1943/CD ,/, Henning/NNP von/NNP Tresckow/NNP concealed/VBN a/DT bomb/NN in/IN two/CD bottles/NNS of/IN Cointreau/NNP and/CC had/VBD them/PRP carried/VBD onto/IN Hitler/NNP 's/POS plane/NN ./.
The/DT bottles/NNS mysteriously/RB failed/VBD to/TO explode/VB ./.
Later/RB that/DT month/NN ,/, one/CD of/IN Tresckow/NNP 's/POS associates/NNS had/VBD a/DT bomb/NN wired/VBN to/TO his/PRP$ body/NN ,/, and/CC followed/VBD Hitler/NNP through/IN an/DT exhibition/NN of/IN military/JJ trophies/NNS ;/: Hitler/NNP mysteriously/RB exited/VBD through/IN a/DT side/NN door/NN ./.
Another/DT attempt/NN fell/VBD through/IN when/WRB a/DT scheduled/VBN presentation/NN of/IN military/JJ uniforms/NNS never/RB took/VBD place/NN ./.
In/IN March/NNP of/IN 1944/CD ,/, Eberhard/NNP von/NNP Breitenbuch/NNP announced/VBD that/IN he/PRP would/MD shoot/VB Hitler/NNP in/IN the/DT mouth/NN at/IN a/DT briefing/NN ./.
He/PRP was/VBD pulled/VBN away/RB from/IN the/DT Führer/NNP at/IN the/DT last/JJ minute/NN because/IN of/IN a/DT change/NN in/IN agenda/NN ./.
The/DT last/JJ and/CC most/RBS nearly/RB effective/NN of/IN the/DT plots/NNS was/VBD Stauffenberg/NNP 's/POS ,/, which/WDT hinged/JJ not/RB only/RB on/IN the/DT bomb/NN he/PRP brought/VBD into/IN Hitler/NNP 's/POS "/" Wolf/NNP 's/POS Lair/NNP "/" headquarters/NN in/IN East/NNP Prussia/NNP ,/, but/CC also/RB on/IN coordinated/VBN strikes/NNS against/IN the/DT Nazi/JJ power/NN structure/NN in/IN Berlin/NNP and/CC all/DT across/IN Europe/NNP ./.
The/DT military/JJ conspirators/NNS tended/VBD to/TO defeat/VB themselves/PRP at/IN every/DT turn/NN ./.
To/TO begin/VB with/IN ,/, there/EX was/VBD a/DT high/JJ ratio/NN of/IN memorandum-writing/JJ to/TO action/NN ./.
Much/RB thought/NN was/VBD given/VBN to/TO a/DT new/JJ constitution/NN ,/, Germany/NNP 's/POS proper/JJ postwar/JJ borders/NNS ,/, and/CC other/JJ untimely/RB meditations/NNS ./.
(/( Reading/VBG Fest/NNP 's/POS book/NN ,/, I/PRP was/VBD often/RB reminded/VBN of/IN the/DT scene/NN in/IN Monty/NNP Python/NNP 's/POS Life/NNP of/IN Brian/NNP in/IN which/WDT anti-/NN Roman/NNP conspirators/NNS of/IN the/DT People/NNS 's/POS Front/NNP of/IN Judaea/NNP respond/VBP to/TO a/DT new/JJ crisis/NN by/IN shouting/VBG out/IN ,/, "/" Right/RB !/.
This/DT calls/VBZ for/IN immediate/JJ discussion/NN !/.
"/" )/) As/IN Fest/NNP notes/NNS ,/, the/DT plans/NNS were/VBD always/RB contingent/JJ ;/: they/PRP were/VBD also/RB needlessly/RB intricate/JJ ./.
One/CD bomb/NN plot/NN fell/VBD apart/RB when/WRB a/DT newfangled/JJ detonating/VBG mechanism/NN proved/VBD too/RB complicated/VBN for/IN anyone/NN in/IN the/DT high/JJ command/NN to/TO understand/VB ./.
Should/MD the/DT plotters/NNS receive/VBP credit/NN for/IN their/PRP$ intentions/NNS ,/, rather/RB than/IN their/PRP$ actions/NNS ?/.
Hamerow/NNP takes/VBZ up/RP this/DT question/NN ./.
He/PRP asks/VBZ whether/IN the/DT resisters/NNS were/VBD driven/VBN by/IN genuine/JJ dislike/NN of/IN Hitler/NNP and/CC his/PRP$ ideas/NNS ,/, or/CC whether/IN they/PRP decided/VBD that/IN Hitler/NNP was/VBD superfluous/JJ only/RB after/IN his/PRP$ string/NN of/IN victories/NNS turned/VBD into/IN a/DT string/NN of/IN defeats/NNS ./.
Hamerow/NNP comes/VBZ up/RB with/IN a/DT mass/NN of/IN contradictory/JJ evidence/NN ./.
Some/DT conspirators/NNS ,/, certainly/RB ,/, were/VBD cold-blooded/JJ pragmatists/NNS ;/: others/NNS were/VBD disaffected/JJ front-line/JJ officers/NNS who/WP had/VBD suffered/VBN on/IN the/DT Eastern/NNP front/NN ./.
More/JJR than/IN a/DT few/JJ were/VBD Christian/NNP and/CC monarchist/NN conservatives/NNS who/WP deplored/JJ Hitler/NNP 's/POS tendency/NN toward/IN self-deification/JJ ./.
Almost/RB all/DT were/VBD devoted/VBN to/TO the/DT traditions/NNS of/IN the/DT German/JJ military/JJ and/CC infuriated/VBD by/IN Hitler/NNP 's/POS peremptory/JJ directives/NNS from/IN on/IN high/NN ./.
Sometimes/RB ,/, there/EX was/VBD also/RB a/DT moral/JJ strain/NN to/TO their/PRP$ deliberations/NNS ./.
Several/JJ of/IN these/DT men/NNS seemed/VBD to/TO sense/VB the/DT full/JJ dimensions/NNS of/IN the/DT Holocaust/NNP ./.
Axel/NNP von/NNP dem/NN Bussche/NNP reeled/VBD in/IN shock/NN from/IN a/DT mass/NN execution/NN of/IN Jews/NNPS in/IN the/DT Ukraine/NNP ;/: Peter/NNP Yorck/NNP von/NNP Wartenburg/NNP stated/VBD at/IN his/PRP$ treason/NN trial/NN in/IN 1944/CD that/IN the/DT escalation/NN of/IN anti-/NN Semitism/NNP into/IN genocide/NN was/VBD the/DT single/JJ cause/NN of/IN his/PRP$ "/" inner/JJ break/NN "/" with/IN Nazism/NNP (/( a/DT claim/NN that/WDT gained/VBD him/PRP nothing/NN before/IN a/DT Nazi/JJ court/NN )/) ;/: and/CC Tresckow/NNP understood/VBD the/DT genocidal/NN implications/NNS of/IN the/DT orders/NNS accompanying/VBG plans/NNS for/IN the/DT Russian/JJ invasion/NN ./.
Hamerow/NNP quotes/VBZ a/DT moving/VBG statement/NN by/IN Tresckow/NNP :/: "/" If/IN God/NNP once/RB promised/VBD Abraham/NNP that/IN he/PRP would/MD destroy/VB Sodom/NNP if/IN only/RB 10/CD righteous/JJ men/NNS lived/VBD there/RB ,/, then/RB I/PRP hope/VBP that/IN because/IN of/IN us/PRP God/NNP will/MD also/RB not/RB destroy/VB Germany/NNP ./.
"/" Departing/VBG dramatically/RB from/IN the/DT cautious/JJ analysis/NN that/IN guides/NNS the/DT main/JJ body/NN of/IN his/PRP$ book/NN ,/, Hamerow/NNP names/NNS Yorck/NNP and/CC Tresckow/NNP in/IN just/RB such/JJ a/DT circle/NN of/IN the/DT righteous/JJ ,/, "/" for/IN whose/WP$ sake/NN God/NNP would/MD spare/VB Germany/NNP ./.
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Hamerow/NNP is/VBZ in/IN dubious/JJ pursuit/NN of/IN a/DT select/JJ circle/NN of/IN absolutely/RB "/" good/JJ Germans/NNPS ,/, "/" and/CC his/PRP$ emphasis/NN on/IN intentions/NNS over/IN outcomes/NNS leads/VBZ to/TO strange/JJ choices/NNS ./.
His/PRP$ pantheon/NN also/RB includes/VBZ Helmut/NNP von/NNP Moltke/NNP ,/, one/CD of/IN the/DT leaders/NNS of/IN the/DT Kreisau/NNP Circle/NNP ,/, a/DT religious-philosophical/JJ group/NN that/WDT spent/VBD most/JJS of/IN its/PRP$ time/NN imagining/VBG an/DT ideal/JJ future/JJ German/JJ society/NN ./.
But/CC Moltke/NNP was/VBD firmly/RB opposed/VBN to/TO the/DT use/NN of/IN force/NN ;/: when/WRB he/PRP was/VBD put/VBN on/IN trial/NN with/IN the/DT other/JJ conspirators/NNS after/IN the/DT 1944/CD plot/NN ,/, he/PRP was/VBD impressed--almost/JJ heartened--that/JJ the/DT judge/NN gave/VBD him/PRP a/DT death/NN sentence/NN simply/RB for/IN thinking/VBG about/IN Germany/NNP without/IN Hitler/NNP ./.
(/( It/PRP testified/VBD ,/, he/PRP thought/VBD ,/, to/TO the/DT power/NN of/IN the/DT mind/NN !/.
)/) Meanwhile/RB ,/, Hamerow/NNP "/" demotes/NNS "/" Stauffenberg/NNP on/IN the/DT grounds/NNS that/IN his/PRP$ brother/NN Berthold/NNP failed/VBD to/TO dissociate/VB himself/PRP completely/RB from/IN anti-/NN Semitic/NNP thinking/VBG at/IN his/PRP$ trial/NN ./.
To/TO consider/VB Moltke/NNP more/JJR "/" righteous/JJ "/" than/IN Stauffenberg--the/NNP one/CD who/WP actually/RB did/VBD something--borders/JJ on/IN the/DT perverse/JJ ./.
History/NN sometimes/RB tells/VBZ simple/JJ stories/NNS ./.
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Hitler/NNP was/VBD an/DT easy/JJ target/NN ;/: he/PRP liked/VBD to/TO show/VB himself/PRP in/IN public/NN and/CC did/VBD not/RB always/RB travel/VB in/IN conditions/NNS of/IN airtight/NN security/NN ./.
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Germany/NNP could/MD not/RB imagine/VB any/DT other/JJ death/NN for/IN him/PRP ./.
(/( Next/JJ week/NN :/: The/DT mysterious/JJ motives/NNS of/IN Hitler/NNP 's/POS would-be/JJ assassin/NN ./.
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"/" Mind/VB if/IN I/PRP sit/VBP here/RB ?/.
"/" I/PRP asked/VBD ./.
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Later/RB I/PRP took/VBD my/PRP$ share/NN of/IN ribbing/VBG from/IN fellow/NN residents/NNS for/IN "/" going/VBG meddie/NN "/" at/IN dinner/NN ./.
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It/PRP diminishes/VBZ you/PRP ./.
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Medical/JJ residents/NNS might/MD have/VB thrown/VBN up/RP their/PRP$ hands/NNS and/CC said/VBD ,/, "/" What/WP could/MD we/PRP do/VB ?/.
"/" But/CC the/DT chief/JJ resident/NN gave/VBD me/PRP hell/NN for/IN it/PRP ./.
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It/PRP seems/VBZ we/PRP ca/MD n't/RB help/VB ourselves/PRP ./.
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,/, for/IN summer/NN camp/NN ./.
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At/IN common/JJ meals/NNS they/PRP glowered/JJ from/IN separate/JJ tables/NNS ./.
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The/DT boys/NNS gave/VBD more/JJR money/NN to/TO those/DT in/IN their/PRP$ own/JJ group/NN ./.
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I/PRP ask/VBP them/PRP ./.
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J/NNP ./.
Dionne/NNP ./.
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Oh/UH really/RB ?/.
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Surely/RB not/RB from/IN Election/NNP Day/NNP exit/NN polls/NNS ./.
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"/" Voters/NNS who/WP favored/VBD legalizing/VBG gambling/NN said/VBD they/PRP were/VBD "/" for/IN education/NN ./.
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But/CC sweeping/JJ reforms--even/JJ when/WRB they/PRP really/RB would/MD be/VB prudent/JJ for/IN the/DT future--make/JJ the/DT electorate/NN uncomfortable/JJ ./.
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"/" There/EX 's/VBZ no/DT way/NN to/TO make/VB Medicare/NNP solvent/JJ for/IN the/DT long/JJ term/NN except/IN by/IN raising/VBG taxes/NNS to/TO pay/VB for/IN it/PRP or/CC by/IN letting/VBG HMOs/NNP and/CC their/PRP$ ilk/NN limit/NN some/DT people/NNS 's/POS access/NN to/TO some/DT kinds/NNS of/IN care/NN ./.
Pick/VB your/PRP$ poison/NN or/CC ,/, more/RBR wisely/RB ,/, shut/VBD your/PRP$ mouth/NN ./.
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Why/WRB the/DT difference/NN ?/.
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Why/WRB not/RB ?/.
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S/NNP ./.
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S/NNP ./.
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S/NNP ./.
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They/PRP are/VBP right/JJ ./.
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S/NNP ./.
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S/NNP ./.
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Roosevelt/NNP and/CC Harry/NNP S/NNP ./.
Truman/NNP ./.
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"/" We/PRP take/VBP no/DT comfort/NN in/IN saying/VBG that/IN NATO/NNP 's/POS bombing/NN ,/, in/IN crude/NN terms/NNS ,/, '/" worked/VBD ,/, '/" "/" said/VBD the/DT liberal/JJ Guardian/NNP in/IN an/DT editorial/NN that/IN honorably/RB recalled/VBD its/PRP$ previous/JJ insistence/NN that/IN Slobodan/NNP Milosevic/NNP could/MD not/RB be/VB "/" bombed/VBN to/TO the/DT negotiating/VBG table/NN ./.
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Or/CC had/VBD it/PRP ?/.
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a/DT concept/NN almost/RB as/RB cinematically/RB unlikely/JJ as/IN "/" Amish/NNP hottie/NN ./.
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"/" Reitman/NNP 's/POS career/NN is/VBZ a/DT lesson/NN in/IN big-screen/JJ comedy/NN over/IN the/DT past/JJ two/CD decades/NNS ./.
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Directors/NNS ?/.
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The/DT U/NNP ./.
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(/( How/WRB close/VB a/DT friend/NN is/VBZ he/PRP ?/.
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But/CC the/DT "/" racism/NN "/" charge/NN is/VBZ n't/RB quirky/JJ or/CC wacky--it/JJ 's/POS demagogy/NN ./.
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*/NN Wolf/NNP did/VBD call/NN after/IN this/DT item/NN was/VBD posted/VBN ,/, but/CC our/PRP$ conversation/NN was/VBD off-the-record/JJ ./.
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5/CD ,/, 1999/CD
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30/CD ,/, 1999/CD ./.
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S/NNP ./.
Census/NNP Bureau/NNP ./.
)/)
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Mike/NNP is/VBZ the/DT only/JJ character/NN ./.
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Most/JJS others/NNS ,/, like/IN Tobe/NNP and/CC Col/NNP ./.
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I/PRP did/VBD n't/RB think/VB so/RB ./.
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What/WP 's/VBZ your/PRP$ take/NN ?/.
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C/NNP ./.
Dear/RB Closed/JJ ,/,
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They/PRP ,/, as/RB well/RB as/IN you/PRP ,/, might/MD need/VB to/TO give/VB the/DT disastrous/JJ past/JJ an/DT airing/VBG ./.
A/DT repair/NN is/VBZ possible/JJ ,/, but/CC if/IN it/PRP does/VBZ n't/RB happen/VB ,/, you/PRP 've/VBP unburdened/JJ yourself/PRP ,/, let/VB in/IN some/DT sunlight/NN ,/, and/CC lost/VBD nothing/NN ./.
Prudie/NNP is/VBZ for/IN realism/NN and/CC honesty/NN ,/, and/CC hopes/VBZ the/DT balance/NN sheet/NN comes/VBZ out/IN with/IN an/DT improved/VBN bottom/JJ line/NN ./.
-/: -/: Prudie/NNP ,/, encouragingly/RB
Dear/RB Prudence/NNP ,/,
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We/PRP broke/VBD the/DT news/NN of/IN the/DT divorce/NN gently/RB to/TO friends/NNS and/CC relatives/NNS ,/, and/CC now/RB are/VBP in/IN the/DT process/NN of/IN dividing/VBG 20/CD years/NNS of/IN assets/NNS ./.
Because/IN we/PRP see/VBP no/DT sense/NN in/IN causing/VBG more/RBR financial/JJ distress/NN than/IN necessary/JJ ,/, we/PRP are/VBP still/RB under/IN the/DT same/JJ roof/NN while/IN we/PRP work/VBP out/RP the/DT details/NNS ./.
The/DT problem/NN is/VBZ :/: We/PRP are/VBP not/RB enemies/NNS ./.
It/PRP seems/VBZ no/DT one/PRP can/MD stand/VB this/DT ,/, and/CC whenever/WRB we/PRP encounter/VB friends/NNS or/CC relatives/NNS ,/, they/PRP invariably/RB ask/VBP personal/JJ questions/NNS to/TO try/VB to/TO get/VB each/DT of/IN us/PRP to/TO speak/VB ill/JJ of/IN the/DT other/JJ ./.
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"/" The/DT worst/JJS one/CD was/VBD ,/, "/" I/PRP do/VBP n't/RB think/VB you/PRP really/RB want/VBP a/DT divorce/NN ,/, or/CC you/PRP would/MD have/VB gotten/VBN one/CD by/IN now/RB ./.
"/" Please/VB ,/, do/VBP you/PRP have/VBP an/DT answer/NN for/IN these/DT "/" well-wishers/NNS "/" that/WDT would/MD not/RB require/VB giving/VBG them/PRP private/JJ and/CC personal/JJ information/NN ?/.
-/: -/: shan/NN
Dear/RB sha/NN ,/,
Who/WP are/VBP your/PRP$ friends--a/JJ bunch/NN of/IN divorce/NN lawyers/NNS ?/.
Prudie/NNP thinks/VBZ it/PRP 's/VBZ marvelous/JJ that/IN you/PRP and/CC your/PRP$ spouse/NN of/IN two/CD decades/NNS are/VBP able/JJ to/TO unhitch/NN in/IN a/DT civilized/JJ ,/, amiable/JJ manner/NN ./.
Unfortunately/RB ,/, it/PRP has/VBZ become/VBN a/DT commonplace/NN for/IN about-to-be/JJ exes/NNS to/TO badmouth/NN each/DT other/JJ to/TO whomever/NN will/MD listen/VB ./.
Friendly/NNP divorces/NNS are/VBP somewhat/RB unusual/JJ ,/, but/CC possible/JJ ./.
(/( Prudie/NNP has/VBZ even/RB had/VBN one/CD ./.
)/)
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"/" That/DT kind/NN of/IN non-answer/JJ always/RB conveys/VBZ the/DT subtext/NN :/: nothing/NN forthcoming/JJ here/RB ;/: on/IN to/TO the/DT next/JJ subject/NN ./.
-/: -/: Prudie/NNP ,/, admiringly/RB
Dear/RB Prudence/NNP ,/,
For/IN my/PRP$ roommate/NN 's/POS birthday/NN last/JJ year/NN ,/, I/PRP took/VBD her/PRP out/IN to/TO a/DT very/RB expensive/JJ restaurant/NN and/CC bought/VBD her/PRP$ a/DT nice/JJ gift/NN ./.
One/CD month/NN later/RB ,/, for/IN my/PRP$ birthday/NN ,/, she/PRP took/VBD me/PRP to/TO a/DT relatively/RB cheap/JJ Mexican/JJ restaurant/NN and/CC gave/VBD me/PRP a/DT Beanie/NNP Baby/NNP ./.
(/( I/NN hate/VBP stuffed/VBN animals/NNS ,/, and/CC she/PRP knows/VBZ that/DT ./.
)/) We/PRP are/VBP both/DT in/IN similar/JJ financial/JJ situations/NNS ,/, and/CC I/PRP felt/VBD cheated/VBD ./.
Her/PRP$ birthday/NN is/VBZ coming/VBG up/RP soon/RB ./.
Should/MD I/PRP take/VB her/PRP out/IN again/RB ,/, or/CC just/RB give/VB her/PRP$ a/DT small/JJ gift/NN and/CC forget/VB our/PRP$ tradition/NN of/IN the/DT birthday/NN dinner/NN ?/.
-/: -/: Living/VBG With/IN Selfish/NNP
Dear/RB Liv/NNP ,/,
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Prudie/NNP says/VBZ this/DT because/IN the/DT roomie/NN is/VBZ obviously/RB cheap--and/JJ maybe/RB even/RB hostile/JJ ./.
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This/DT may/MD totally/RB louse/NN up/RP the/DT living/VBG situation/NN ,/, so/RB be/VB prepared/VBN ./.
Because/IN you/PRP refer/VBP to/TO her/PRP as/IN "/" selfish/JJ ,/, "/" however/RB ,/, you/PRP may/MD not/RB wish/VB to/TO keep/VB this/DT arrangement/NN going/VBG forever/RB ./.
Maybe/RB stick/VB a/DT birthday/NN candle/NN into/IN the/DT fortune/NN cookie/NN ./.
-/: -/: Prudie/NNP ,/, reciprocally/RB
Dear/RB Prudence/NNP ,/,
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We/PRP operated/VBD a/DT small/JJ business/NN together/RB and/CC continued/VBD daily/JJ contact/NN for/IN over/IN 10/CD years/NNS ./.
Things/NNS have/VBP gone/VBN smoothly/RB for/IN for/IN Jay/NNP :/: He/PRP moved/VBD to/TO Washington/NNP ,/, D/NNP ./.
C/NNP ./.
,/, and/CC has/VBZ worked/VBN as/IN a/DT high-ranking/JJ government/NN official/NN ./.
Since/IN his/PRP$ move/NN ,/, however/RB ,/, our/PRP$ friendship/NN has/VBZ hit/VBN some/DT snags/NNS ./.
(/( He/PRP hangs/VBZ out/IN with/IN pompous/JJ members/NNS of/IN the/DT political/JJ establishment/NN ,/, has/VBZ grown/VBN arrogant/JJ ,/, and/CC does/VBZ n't/RB have/VB time/NN to/TO return/VB my/PRP$ calls/NNS ./.
)/) Late/RB last/JJ week/NN I/PRP heard/VBD that/IN Jay/NNP is/VBZ getting/VBG married/VBN (/( to/TO the/DT youngest/JJS daughter/NN of/IN a/DT political/JJ crony/NN )/) and/CC has/VBZ failed/VBN to/TO invite/VB me/PRP ./.
Here/RB 's/POS where/WRB I/PRP 'm/VBP stuck/VBN ./.
Even/RB though/IN my/PRP$ feelings/NNS are/VBP hurt/VBN ,/, should/MD I/PRP send/VB Jay/NNP a/DT polite/JJ note/NN of/IN congratulations/NNS ?/.
Shall/NNP I/PRP assume/VBP our/PRP$ friendship/NN is/VBZ over/IN because/IN he/PRP did/VBD n't/RB invite/VB me/PRP ?/.
I/PRP welcome/JJ your/PRP$ insightful/JJ advice/NN ./.
-/: -/: Joey/NNP
Dear/RB Jo/NNP ,/,
The/DT fact/NN that/IN Jay/NNP did/VBD n't/RB invite/VB you/PRP ,/, by/IN itself/PRP ,/, would/MD not/RB signal/VB the/DT friendship/NN 's/POS end/NN ,/, but/CC the/DT too-busy-to-return-phone-calls/JJ does/VBZ ./.
You/PRP two/CD have/VBP obviously/RB grown/VBN apart/RB ./.
Time/NNP and/CC Life/NNP (/( not/RB the/DT magazines/NNS )/) often/RB cool/VB formerly/RB warm/JJ relationships/NNS ./.
Prudie/NNP thinks/VBZ it/PRP would/MD be/VB fine/NN ,/, as/IN a/DT tip/NN of/IN the/DT hat/NN to/TO what/WP used/VBD to/TO be/VB ,/, to/TO write/VB him/PRP a/DT congratulatory/JJ note/NN ,/, if/IN that/DT is/VBZ your/PRP$ inclination/NN ./.
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Just/RB by/IN the/DT by/IN ,/, it/PRP sounds/VBZ as/IN if/IN you/PRP disapprove/VBP of/IN this/DT man/NN 's/POS "/" pompous/JJ friends/NNS "/" and/CC growing/VBG arrogance/NN ,/, so/RB give/VB the/DT friendship/NN a/DT decent/JJ burial/NN ,/, emotionally/RB ,/, remember/VBP the/DT good/JJ times/NNS ,/, and/CC move/NN on/IN ./.
-/: -/: Prudie/NNP ,/, realistically/RB
This/DT just/RB in/IN (/( via/IN e-mail/JJ )/) regarding/VBG George/NNP W/NNP ./.
Bush/NNP 's/POS smirk/NN from/IN the/DT University/NNP of/IN North/NNP Carolina/NNP 's/POS John/NNP Shelton/NNP Reed/NNP ,/, who/WP co-edits/VBZ Southern/NNP Cultures/NNP magazine/NN :/:
The/DT phenomenon/NN has/VBZ an/DT easy/JJ explanation/NN ./.
Young/NNP Bush/NNP is/VBZ a/DT Texan/NNP ./.
Texans/NNPS are/VBP Southerners/NNPS ./.
Southerners/NNPS smile/NN more/JJR than/IN other/JJ Americans/NNPS ./.
Ray/NNP L/NNP ./.
Birdwhistell/NNP has/VBZ studied/VBN this/DT ,/, and/CC discussed/VBD the/DT misunderstandings/NNS that/WDT result/NN ./.
You/PRP 're/VBP probably/RB too/RB young/JJ to/TO recall/VB that/IN Jimmy/NNP Carter/NNP smiled/VBD all/PDT the/DT time/NN ,/, too/RB ./.
[/NN Au/FW contraire/NN :/: Chatterbox/NNP cast/NN his/PRP$ first-ever/JJ ballot/NN for/IN Jimmy/NNP Carter/NNP in/IN the/DT 1976/CD California/NNP primary/NN ./.
]/NN This/DT spooked/VBN Yankees/NNPS ,/, who/WP feared/VBD that/IN he/PRP knew/VBD something/NN they/PRP did/VBD n't/RB ./.
The/DT fact/NN that/IN Al/NNP Gore/NNP does/VBZ n't/RB grin/NN much/RB is/VBZ eloquent/JJ testimony/NN to/TO the/DT fact/NN that/IN he/PRP 's/VBZ a/DT St/NNP Alban/NNP 's/POS graduate/NN and/CC (/( at/IN best/JJS )/) what/WP Doug/NNP Marlette/NNP calls/VBZ a/DT faux/JJ Bubba/NNP ./.
And/CC my/PRP$ theory/NN is/VBZ that/IN Bill/NNP Clinton/NNP bites/VBZ his/PRP$ lip/NN to/TO keep/VB from/IN smiling/VBG ./.
Chatterbox/NNP ,/, who/WP during/IN his/PRP$ one-day/JJ immersion/NN in/IN the/DT science/NN of/IN nonverbal/NN communication/NN never/RB came/VBD across/IN the/DT name/NN Birdwhistell/NNP ,/, asked/VBD Reed/NNP for/IN more/JJR information/NN about/IN Birdwhistell/NNP 's/POS work/NN ./.
Reed/NNP replied/VBD :/:
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Unfortunately/RB ,/, he/PRP died/VBD about/IN five/CD years/NNS ago/RB and/CC I/PRP do/VBP n't/RB remember/VB where/WRB I/PRP saw/VBD the/DT article/NN about/IN smiling/VBG ,/, but/CC I/PRP wrote/VBD it/PRP up/RP for/IN a/DT book/NN my/PRP$ wife/NN and/CC I/PRP did/VBD called/VBN 1001/CD Things/NNS Everyone/NN Should/MD Know/VBP About/IN the/DT South/NNP ./.
(/( It/PRP 's/VBZ No/UH ./.
163/CD ./.
)/)
Here/RB 's/POS my/PRP$ summary/NN :/: Smiling/VBG appears/VBZ to/TO be/VB a/DT Southern/NNP custom/NN ./.
Ray/NNP L/NNP ./.
Birdwhistell/NNP found/VBD smiling/VBG among/IN middle-class/NN folk/NN on/IN the/DT street/NN most/RBS common/JJ in/IN Atlanta/NNP ,/, Louisville/NNP ,/, Memphis/NNP ,/, and/CC Nashville/NNP ,/, followed/VBN by/IN cities/NNS in/IN the/DT Midwest/NNP ,/, the/DT New/NNP England/NNP ,/, and/CC ,/, last/JJ ,/, western/JJ New/NNP York/NNP ./.
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'/" "/"
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*/NN But/CC ,/, as/IN has/VBZ been/VBN widely/RB noted/VBN ,/, Bush/NNP 's/POS smile/NN is/VBZ a/DT kind/NN of/IN half-grimace/JJ ./.
This/DT leaves/VBZ two/CD possibilities/NNS :/:
or/CC
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,/, since/IN (/( as/IN C-S/NNP pan/VB 's/POS Brian/NNP Lamb/NNP observed/VBD in/IN the/DT Wall/NNP Street/NNP Journal/NN piece/NN quoted/VBN in/IN Chatterbox/NNP 's/POS earlier/JJR item/NN )/) the/DT smirk/NN was/VBD clearly/RB passed/VBN from/IN father/NN to/TO son/NN (/( acquiring/VBG some/DT exaggeration/NN in/IN the/DT process/NN )/) ./.
It/PRP will/MD be/VB remembered/VBN that/IN George/NNP Bush/NNP Sr/NNP ./.
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But/CC if/IN the/DT Birdwhistell/NNP theory/NN explains/VBZ (/( even/RB in/IN part/NN )/) George/NNP W/NNP ./.
's/POS smirk/NN ,/, it/PRP must/MD perforce/NN also/RB explain/VB (/( in/IN part/NN )/) the/DT milder/JJR version/NN worn/VBN by/IN George/NNP Bush/NNP Sr/NNP ./.
However/RB ,/, if/IN the/DT second/JJ possibility/NN were/VBD correct/JJ ,/, then/RB both/DT George/NNP Bush/NNP Sr/NNP ./.
's/POS and/CC George/NNP W/NNP ./.
'/POS southern/JJ identities/NNS would/MD have/VB to/TO be/VB called/VBN into/IN question/NN ./.
Chatterbox/NNP leans/VBZ toward/IN this/DT latter/JJ interpretation/NN ,/, because/IN he/PRP ca/MD n't/RB recall/VB ever/RB seeing/VBG any/DT true/JJ southerner/NN smirk/NN ,/, not/RB even/RB Molly/NNP Ivins/NNP ;/: hers/PRP is/VBZ a/DT different/JJ kind/NN of/IN smile/NN altogether/RB ./.
If/IN Birdwhistell/NNP ,/, in/IN his/PRP$ travels/NNS ,/, had/VBD been/VBN looking/VBG not/RB for/IN smiles/VBZ but/CC for/IN smirks/NNS ,/, Chatterbox/NNP strongly/RB suspects/VBZ he/PRP would/MD have/VB found/VBN lots/NNS of/IN them/PRP on/IN the/DT smile-barren/JJ East/NNP Coast/NNP ,/, especially/RB in/IN the/DT vicinity/NN of/IN its/PRP$ prep/NN schools/NNS and/CC Ivy/NNP League/NNP universities/NNS ./.
Here/RB 's/VBZ a/DT thought/VBN experiment/NN :/: Summon/NNP up/RP a/DT mental/JJ image/NN of/IN Ali/NNP McGraw/NNP ,/, the/DT smirkiest/NN performer/NN in/IN the/DT history/NN of/IN the/DT movies/NNS ./.
(/( If/IN you/PRP need/VBP a/DT little/JJ help/NN ,/, click/NN here/RB ./.
)/) Now/RB try/VB to/TO imagine/VB her/PRP$ speaking/VBG with/IN a/DT southern/JJ accent/NN ./.
Ca/MD n't/RB be/VB done/VBN ,/, can/MD it/PRP ?/.
*/NN Chatterbox/NNP is/VBZ well/RB aware/JJ that/IN many/JJ Texans/NNPS resist/VBP attempts/NNS to/TO classify/VB their/PRP$ breed/NN as/IN southern/JJ ,/, or/CC western/JJ ,/, or/CC anything/NN other/JJ than/IN Lone/NNP Star/NNP ./.
For/IN the/DT purposes/NNS of/IN this/DT discussion/NN ,/, though/RB ,/, Chatterbox/NNP will/MD accept/VB Reed/NNP 's/POS premise/NN that/IN Texans/NNPS are/VBP southerners/NNS ./.
Movies/NNP
Nil/NNP by/IN Mouth/NNP (/( Sony/NNP Pictures/NNP Classics/NNS )/) ./.
Actor/NNP Gary/NNP Oldman/NNP 's/POS directorial/JJ debut/NN about/IN a/DT dysfunctional/NN South/JJ London/NNP family/NN is/VBZ praised/VBN for/IN avoiding/VBG the/DT moralizing/VBG mawkishness/NNS of/IN the/DT typical/JJ British/JJ working-class/JJ drama/NN ./.
"/" Mike/NNP Leigh/NNP sans/NNS cuteness/NNS "/" (/( J/NNP ./.
Hoberman/NNP ,/, the/DT Village/NNP Voice/NNP )/) ./.
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"/" (/( Click/NNP here/RB for/IN the/DT official/JJ site/NN ./.
)/)
Blues/NNP Brothers/NNPS 2000/CD (/( Universal/NNP )/) ./.
Would/MD this/DT sequel/NN to/TO the/DT 1980/CD comedy/NN based/VBN on/IN Dan/NNP Aykroyd/NNP and/CC John/NNP Belushi/NNP 's/POS Saturday/NNP Night/NNP Live/NNP characters/NNS have/VBP made/VBN a/DT "/" better/JJR concert/NN film/NN ,/, "/" as/IN Roger/NNP Ebert/NNP of/IN the/DT Chicago/NNP Sun-/NNP Times/NNP says/VBZ ?/.
Maybe/RB ./.
Colorful/NNP performances/NNS by/IN B/NN ./.
B/NNP ./.
King/NNP ,/, James/NNP Brown/NNP ,/, Aretha/NNP Franklin/NNP ,/, and/CC other/JJ R/NN &/CC B/NNP legends/NNS ca/MD n't/RB keep/VB reviewers/NNS from/IN complaining/VBG that/IN the/DT movie/NN feels/VBZ like/IN a/DT retread/NN of/IN the/DT original/JJ Blues/NNP Brothers/NNPS flick--a/JJ blues/NNS band/NN traveling/VBG cross-country/JJ ,/, chased/VBD both/DT by/IN police/NN and/CC bad/JJ guys/NNS ./.
Critics/NNS say/VBP the/DT tuneless/JJ John/NNP Goodman/NNP ca/MD n't/RB measure/VB up/RP to/TO the/DT late/JJ Belushi/NNP ,/, whose/WP$ absence/NN "/" is/VBZ fatal/JJ in/IN itself/PRP "/" (/( Jack/NNP Mathews/NNP ,/, the/DT Los/NNP Angeles/NNP Times/NNP )/) ./.
(/( Clips/NNP are/VBP available/JJ here/RB ./.
)/)
Oscar/NNP nominations/NNS ,/, early/JJ reviews/NNS ./.
Critics/NNS deem/VBP the/DT roster/NN free/JJ of/IN surprises/NNS ./.
Titanic/NNP ,/, with/IN its/PRP$ 14/CD nominations/NNS (/( more/JJR than/IN any/DT movie/NN since/IN All/DT About/IN Eve/NNP )/) ,/, is/VBZ pegged/VBN as/IN the/DT likely/JJ best-picture/JJ winner/NN ./.
The/DT No/UH ./.
2/LS contender/NN is/VBZ L/NNP ./.
A/DT ./.
Confidential/NNP ,/, which/WDT has/VBZ swept/VBN the/DT film/NN critics/NNS '/POS awards/NNS ./.
Critics/NNS failed/VBD to/TO expect/VB only/RB one/CD inclusion/NN and/CC omission/NN :/: The/DT indie/NN feel-good/JJ movie/NN The/DT Full/NNP Monty/NNP got/VBD a/DT best-picture/JJ bid/NN ,/, while/IN Steven/NNP Spielberg/NNP 's/POS Amistad/NNP did/VBD n't/RB ./.
Among/IN the/DT performer/NN nominations/NNS ,/, the/DT critics/NNS '/POS sentimental/JJ favorites/NNS are/VBP aging/VBG actors/NNS staging/NN comebacks--/JJ Peter/NNP Fonda/NNP (/( Ulee/NNP 's/POS Gold/NNP )/) ,/, Burt/NNP Reynolds/NNP (/( Boogie/NNP Nights/NNPS )/) ,/, Robert/NNP Duvall/NNP (/( The/DT Apostle/NNP )/) ./.
(/( MSNBC/NNP lists/NNS all/PDT the/DT nominees/NNS ./.
)/)
Theater/NNP
Shopping/NNP and/CC Fucking/NNP (/( New/NNP York/NNP Theatre/NNP Workshop/NNP ,/, New/NNP York/NNP City/NNP )/) ./.
New/NNP York/NNP critics/NNS respond/VBP to/TO the/DT hit/NN London/NNP play/VB with/IN either/DT fulsome/NN praise/NN or/CC revulsion/NN ./.
Donald/NNP Lyons/NNP of/IN the/DT Wall/NNP Street/NNP Journal/NNP hails/VBZ British/JJ playwright/NN Mark/NNP Ravenhill/NNP as/IN "/" Tarantino/NNP laced/VBN with/IN Céline/NNP and/CC William/NNP Burroughs/NNP ./.
"/" Others/NNS find/VBP the/DT characters/NNS '/POS nihilistic/JJ rants/NNS merely/RB trite/NN and/CC their/PRP$ sexcapades--a/JJ 14/CD -/: year-old/JJ begs/VBZ to/TO be/VB sodomized/JJ with/IN knives--disgusting/JJ ./.
Books/NNS
Jack/NNP Maggs/NNP :/: A/DT Novel/NNP ,/, by/IN Peter/NNP Carey/NNP (/( Knopf/NNP )/) ./.
Unanimous/NNP acclaim/NN for/IN the/DT Australian/NNP Booker/NNP Prize-winner/NNP 's/POS update/NN of/IN Charles/NNP Dickens/NNP '/POS Great/NNP Expectations/NNS ./.
"/" An/DT audacious/JJ and/CC wholly/RB successful/JJ act/NN of/IN writerly/RB reinvention/NN "/" (/( Marc/NNP Carnegie/NNP ,/, the/DT Wall/NNP Street/NNP Journal/NNP )/) ./.
Reviewers/NNP praise/NN the/DT way/NN Carey/NNP re-examines/JJ the/DT oppressive/JJ aspects/NNS of/IN Victorian/JJ England/NNP and/CC Victorian/JJ literature/NN ,/, even/RB as/IN he/PRP spins/VBZ a/DT crack/NN adventure/NN story/NN ./.
"/" If/IN you/PRP 've/VBP read/VBN [/( Dickens/NNP ]/) ,/, you/PRP get/VBP your/PRP$ insider/NN 's/POS chuckle/NN ./.
If/IN not/RB ,/, you/PRP still/RB get/VBP a/DT good/JJ yarn/NN "/" (/( Lakshmi/NNP Gopalkrishnan/NNP ,/, Slate/NNP )/) ./.
(/( Click/NNP here/RB for/IN an/DT excerpt/NN ./.
)/)
Black/NNP and/CC Blue/NNP ,/, by/IN Anna/NNP Quindlen/NNP (/( Random/NNP House/NNP )/) ./.
Anna/NNP Quindlen/NNP 's/POS third/JJ novel--a/JJ thriller/NN about/IN domestic/JJ violence--is/JJ seen/VBN as/IN yet/RB another/DT way/NN to/TO repackage/VB her/PRP$ old/JJ New/NNP York/NNP Times/NNP columns/NNS ./.
Issue/NN advocacy/NN comes/VBZ at/IN the/DT expense/NN of/IN realistic/JJ characters/NNS and/CC a/DT coherent/JJ plot/NN ./.
And/CC why/WRB is/VBZ it/PRP ,/, the/DT critics/NNS ask/VBP ,/, that/IN Quindlen/NNP 's/POS protagonist/NN ,/, the/DT abused/VBN wife/NN of/IN a/DT Brooklyn/NNP cop/NN ,/, sounds/VBZ so/RB much/JJ like/IN a/DT sophisticated/JJ Manhattan/NNP journalist/NN ?/.
Dissenters/NNP congratulate/VB Quindlen/NNP for/IN having/VBG moved/VBN beyond/IN veiled/VBN autobiography/NN ./.
Music/NNP
Yield/NNP ,/, by/IN Pearl/NNP Jam/NNP (/( Epic/NNP )/) ./.
The/DT Seattle/NNP grunge/NN band/NN has/VBZ grown/VBN up/RP ./.
It/PRP has/VBZ overcome/VBN its/PRP$ penchant/NN for/IN "/" overblown/JJ ,/, chest-beating/JJ angst/NN ,/, "/" according/VBG to/TO Rob/NNP Sheffield/NNP of/IN Rolling/NNP Stone/NNP ,/, with/IN its/PRP$ most/JJS mature/VBP album/NN to/TO date/NN ,/, which/WDT features/VBZ clever/JJ ,/, self-mocking/JJ lyrics/NNS and/CC bears/VBZ the/DT influence/NN of/IN '/POS 70/CD s/VBZ supergroup/NN Led/VBN Zeppelin/NNP ./.
Pearl/NNP Jam/NNP detractors/NNS still/RB ca/MD n't/RB stand/VB singer/NN Eddie/NNP Vedder/NNP :/: They/PRP say/VBP he/PRP 's/VBZ unbearably/RB self-important/JJ and/CC limits/VBZ the/DT group/NN 's/POS appeal/NN by/IN refusing/VBG to/TO "/" sell/VB out/IN "/" and/CC make/VB videos/NNS ./.
General/JJ consensus/NN :/: "/" The/DT fabled/JJ '/POS 90/CD s/VBZ alt-rock/JJ revolution/NN is/VBZ over/IN "/" (/( Tom/NNP Sinclair/NNP ,/, Entertainment/NNP Weekly/NNP )/) ./.
Art/NNP
"/" China/NNP :/: 5/CD ,/, 000/CD Years/NNS "/" (/( Guggenheim/NNP ,/, New/NNP York/NNP City/NNP )/) ./.
Critics/NNS marvel/VB at/IN this/DT exhibit/NN of/IN sculptures/NNS ,/, ceramics/NNS ,/, and/CC paintings/NNS ,/, most/JJS of/IN them/PRP never/RB seen/VBN before/IN outside/IN China/NNP ./.
But/CC they/PRP knock/VB the/DT Guggenheim/NNP 's/POS presentation/NN ./.
Gripes/NNP :/: 1/LS )/) The/DT exhibit/NN aims/VBZ to/TO sum/VB up/RP 5/CD ,/, 000/CD years/NNS in/IN the/DT same/JJ amount/NN of/IN space/NN recently/RB devoted/VBD to/TO a/DT single/JJ Western/JJ artist/NN ,/, Robert/NNP Rauschenberg/NNP ./.
2/LS )/) Afraid/NNP of/IN alienating/VBG the/DT Chinese/JJ government/NN ,/, which/WDT lent/VBD the/DT works/NNS ,/, the/DT Guggenheim/NNP includes/VBZ no/DT artists/NNS critical/JJ of/IN communism/NN ./.
3/LS )/) Curators/NNP provide/VB too/RB little/JJ context/NN and/CC explication/NN ./.
It/PRP is/VBZ "/" a/DT triumph/NN of/IN institutional/JJ chutzpah/NN ./.
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an/DT esthetic/JJ showcase/NN of/IN immense/JJ ambition/NN in/IN search/NN of/IN a/DT solid/JJ reason/NN for/IN happening/VBG "/" (/( Holland/NNP Cotter/NNP ,/, the/DT New/NNP York/NNP Times/NNP )/) ./.
(/( The/DT Guggenheim/NNP plugs/NNS the/DT show/NN here/RB ./.
)/)
Updates/NNP
In/IN the/DT New/NNP York/NNP Review/NNP of/IN Books/NNPS ,/, James/NNP Fenton/NNP defends/VBZ Ted/NNP Hughes/NNP ./.
"/" '/POS Plath/NNP lovers/NNS '/POS will/MD never/RB forgive/VB Hughes/NNP for/IN having/VBG been/VBN Plath/NNP 's/POS lover--a/JJ role/NN which/WDT in/IN their/PRP$ fantasies/NNS they/PRP would/MD much/RB better/JJR fill/NN ./.
"/" A/DT rising/VBG consensus/NN deems/VBZ Hughes/NNP '/POS Birthday/NN Letters/NNS mediocre/JJ poetry/NN :/: "/" slack/NN and/CC secondhand/NN "/" (/( Christopher/NNP Benfey/NNP ,/, Slate/NNP )/) ./.
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After/IN initial/JJ jeers/NNS ,/, critics/NNS extend/VBP a/DT warmer/JJR welcome/JJ to/TO Martin/NNP Amis/NNP '/POS detective/NN novel/NN ,/, Night/NNP Train/NNP ./.
"/" The/DT novel/NN draws/VBZ its/PRP$ energies/NNS from/IN the/DT linguistic/JJ pyrotechnics/NNS of/IN Nabokov/NNP and/CC the/DT human/JJ immensities/NNS of/IN Bellow/NNP ,/, "/" says/VBZ John/NNP Lanchester/NNP in/IN The/DT New/NNP Yorker/NNP ,/, where/WRB Amis/NNP is/VBZ regularly/RB published/VBN ./.
Recent/JJ "/" Summary/NNP Judgment/NNP "/" columns/NNS
Feb/NNP ./.
4/CD :/:
Theater/NNP -/: -/: The/DT Capeman/NNP ;/:
Television/NNP -/: -/: Clinton-/NNP Sex-/NNP Scandal/NN Coverage/NNP ;/:
Television/NNP -/: -/: Dawson/NNP 's/POS Creek/NNP (/( The/DT WB/NNP )/) ;/:
Movie/NNP -/: -/: Great/NNP Expectations/NNS ;/:
Movie/NNP -/: -/: Desperate/JJ Measures/NNS ;/:
Book/NNP -/: -/: Cuba/NNP Libre/NNP ,/, by/IN Elmore/NNP Leonard/NNP ;/:
Book/NNP -/: -/: The/DT House/NNP Gun/NNP ,/, by/IN Nadine/NNP Gordimer/NNP ./.
Jan/NNP ./.
28/CD :/:
Movie/NNP -/: -/: Wag/NNP the/DT Dog/NNP ;/:
Movie/NNP -/: -/: Gingerbread/NNP Man/NNP ;/:
Movie/NNP -/: -/: Spice/NNP World/NNP ;/:
Book/NNP -/: -/: Birthday/NN Letters/NNS ,/, by/IN Ted/NNP Hughes/NNP ;/:
Book/NNP -/: -/: Night/NNP Train/NNP ,/, by/IN Martin/NNP Amis/NNP ;/:
Book/NNP -/: -/: Enduring/NNP Love/NNP ,/, by/IN Ian/NNP McEwan/NNP ;/:
Event/NN -/: -/: Super/NNP Bowl/NNP XXXII/NNP ;/:
Dance/NN -/: -/: "/" Mikhail/NNP Baryshnikov/NNP :/: An/DT Evening/NNP of/IN Music/NNP and/CC Dance/NN With/IN the/DT White/NNP Oak/NNP Chamber/NNP Ensemble/NNP ./.
"/"
Jan/NNP ./.
21/CD :/:
Movie/NNP -/: -/: Fallen/NNP ;/:
Movie/NNP -/: -/: Sundance/NNP Film/NNP Festival/NNP ;/:
Movie/NNP -/: -/: Live/NNP Flesh/NN ;/:
Musical/JJ -/: -/: Ragtime/NNP ;/:
Book/NNP -/: -/: Pillar/NNP of/IN Fire/NNP :/: America/NNP in/IN the/DT King/NNP Years/NNPS ,/, 1963/CD -/: 65/CD ,/, by/IN Taylor/NNP Branch/NNP ;/:
Book/NNP -/: -/: Shadows/NNP on/IN the/DT Hudson/NNP ,/, by/IN Isaac/NNP Bashevis/NNP Singer/NNP ;/:
Television/NNP -/: -/: South/NNP Park/NNP (/( Comedy/NNP Central/NNP )/) ;/:
Art/NNP -/: -/: "/" Arthur/NNP Dove/NN :/: A/DT Retrospective/NNP "/" (/( Whitney/NNP Museum/NNP )/) ./.
Jan/NNP ./.
14/CD :/:
Death/NN -/: -/: Sonny/NNP Bono/NNP ;/:
Book/NNP -/: -/: A/DT Prayer/NN for/IN the/DT City/NNP ,/, by/IN Buzz/NNP Bissinger/NNP ;/:
Book/NNP -/: -/: Cold/NNP Mountain/NNP ,/, by/IN Charles/NNP Frazier/NNP ;/:
Book/NNP -/: -/: The/DT World/NNP According/VBG to/TO Peter/NNP Drucker/NNP ,/, by/IN Jack/NNP Beatty/NNP ;/:
Movie/NNP -/: -/: Afterglow/NNP ;/:
Movie/NNP -/: -/: Arguing/VBG the/DT World/NNP ;/:
Movie/NNP -/: -/: Ma/NNP Vie/NNP en/IN Rose/NNP ./.
-/: -/: Franklin/NNP Foer/NNP
I/PRP was/VBD lucky/JJ in/IN Godzilla/NNP ,/, all/DT my/PRP$ scenes/NNS were/VBD with/IN people--no/JJ blue/JJ screen/NN required/VBN ./.
Oh/UH ,/, there/EX was/VBD one/CD scene/NN where/WRB Nancy/NNP Cartwright/NNP saw/VBD the/DT thing/NN over/IN my/PRP$ shoulder/NN ,/, but/CC I/PRP was/VBD blissfully/RB unaware/JJ ./.
Just/RB saw/VBD on/IN CNN/NNP that/IN the/DT Presidential/NNP Debate/NN Commission/NNP is/VBZ requiring/VBG that/IN any/DT third-party/JJ candidate/NN get/VB at/IN least/JJS 15/CD percent/NN in/IN the/DT polls/NNS to/TO be/VB eligible/JJ for/IN the/DT debates/NNS in/IN the/DT fall/NN ./.
Given/VBN the/DT now/RB widely/RB known/VBN fact/NN that/IN response/NN rates/NNS to/TO pollsters/NNS has/VBZ fallen/VBN in/IN some/DT cases/NNS to/TO as/RB low/JJ as/IN 20/CD percent/NN (/( thanks/NNS in/IN part/NN to/TO telemarketers/NNS driving/VBG people/NNS crazy/JJ at/IN dinnertime/NN )/) ,/, it/PRP seems/VBZ a/DT little/RB wacky/JJ to/TO let/VB something/NN important/JJ ride/NN on/IN the/DT results/NNS of/IN a/DT poll/NN ./.
Television/NN schedules/NNS ,/, OK/JJ ,/, who/WP cares/VBZ ,/, but/CC presidential/JJ debates/NNS should/MD be/VB treated/VBN a/DT little/JJ more/RBR seriously/RB than/IN the/DT fate/NN of/IN It/PRP 's/VBZ Like/IN ./.
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You/PRP Know/VBP ./.
By/IN the/DT way/NN ,/, how/WRB do/VBP you/PRP stand/VBP on/IN the/DT really/RB important/JJ nomination/NN contest--/JJ Buchanan/NNP vs/NNS ./.
Trump/NNP ?/.
Pat/NNP ,/, of/IN course/NN ,/, may/MD not/RB be/VB an/DT anti-/NN Semite/NNP ,/, but/CC he/PRP plays/VBZ one/CD on/IN TV/NN ./.
On/IN the/DT other/JJ hand/NN ,/, Trump/NNP could/MD at/IN least/JJS give/VB us/PRP a/DT first/JJ lady/NN who/WP 's/VBZ a/DT supermodel/NN ./.
Dan/NNP Rather/RB has/VBZ been/VBN in/IN third/JJ place/NN for/IN so/RB long/RB now/RB he/PRP has/VBZ to/TO be/VB praying/VBG Fox/NNP does/VBZ n't/RB start/VB a/DT national/JJ newscast/NN ./.
I/PRP agree/VBP about/IN Tom/NNP and/CC Peter/NNP (/( I/NN have/VBP a/DT wonderful/JJ videotape/NN of/IN Jennings/NNP trying/VBG to/TO figure/VB out/IN how/WRB to/TO ad-lib/JJ a/DT story/NN about/IN the/DT House/NNP voting/NN down/RP the/DT flag-burning/NN amendment/NN ;/: apparently/RB ,/, they/PRP do/VBP n't/RB teach/VB the/DT American/JJ constitutional/JJ amendment/NN process/NN in/IN Canadian/JJ schools/NNS )/) ,/, but/CC I/PRP do/VBP think/VBP Dan/NNP should/MD pick/VB a/DT hair/NN color/NN and/CC stick/VB to/TO it/PRP ./.
He/PRP keeps/VBZ daring/JJ us/PRP not/RB to/TO notice/VB that/IN it/PRP 's/VBZ changing/VBG ./.
If/IN they/PRP had/VBD a/DT 15/CD percent/NN criterion/NN for/IN the/DT primary/JJ debates/NNS ,/, Alan/NNP Keyes/NNP would/MD have/VB long/RB since/IN been/VBN reduced/VBN to/TO yelling/VBG "/" racism/NN "/" from/IN the/DT sidelines/NNS ./.
Later/RB ,/, Harry/NNP
In/IN horse/NN country/NN ,/, everyone/NN will/MD always/RB remember/VB precisely/RB where/WRB they/PRP were/VBD and/CC what/WP they/PRP were/VBD doing/VBG when/WRB they/PRP first/RB heard/VBD the/DT news/NN that/IN Cigar/NNP was/VBD shooting/VBG blanks/NNS ./.
Tragedy/NNP is/VBZ part/NN of/IN horse/NN racing/NN ,/, but/CC this/DT cut/NN to/TO the/DT heart/NN of/IN the/DT business/NN ,/, the/DT ancient/JJ and/CC profitable/JJ enterprise/NN of/IN breeding/VBG ./.
Every/DT thoroughbred/NN in/IN America/NNP is/VBZ the/DT descendant/NN of/IN one/CD of/IN three/CD stallions--the/JJ Darley/NNP Arabian/NNP ,/, the/DT Godolphin/NNP Barb/NNP ,/, and/CC the/DT Byerly/NNP Turk--brought/NNP to/TO England/NNP from/IN the/DT Middle/NNP East/NNP three/CD centuries/NNS ago/RB ./.
Cigar/NNP had/VBD brought/VBN honor/VB to/TO the/DT bloodline/NN ./.
He/PRP had/VBD won/VBN 16/CD consecutive/JJ races/NNS and/CC been/VBN named/VBN Horse/NNP of/IN the/DT Year/NN twice/RB in/IN a/DT row/NN ./.
He/PRP was/VBD the/DT most/RBS celebrated/JJ thoroughbred/NN since/IN Secretariat/NNP ./.
Surely/RB he/PRP would/MD make/VB a/DT monster/NN stud/NN ./.
At/IN the/DT Breeder/NNP 's/POS Cup/NNP last/NN fall/NN ,/, says/VBZ Claire/NNP Khuen/NNP ,/, a/DT Pennsylvania/NNP thoroughbred/JJ owner/NN ,/, "/" People/NNS were/VBD talking/VBG about/IN wanting/VBG to/TO have/VB little/JJ Cigarettes/NNP ./.
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Cigar/NNP retired/VBD after/IN the/DT Breeder/NNP 's/POS and/CC went/VBD to/TO Ashford/NNP Stud/NNP in/IN Kentucky/NNP for/IN what/WP should/MD have/VB been/VBN the/DT most/RBS important/JJ and/CC satisfying/VBG work/NN of/IN his/PRP$ career/NN ./.
His/PRP$ stud/NN fee/NN fetched/VBD the/DT farm/NN $/$ 75/CD ,/, 000/CD a/DT pop/NN ./.
Cigar/NNP had/VBD mares/NNS lining/NN up/RB around/IN the/DT paddock/NN ./.
Everyone/NN wanted/VBD a/DT piece/NN of/IN that/DT code/NN ./.
A/DT few/JJ weeks/NNS passed/VBN ./.
The/DT mares/NNS did/VBD not/RB come/VB into/IN foal/NN ./.
"/" Some/DT horses/NNS that/WDT come/VBP off/IN the/DT racetrack/NN are/VBP slow/JJ to/TO start/VB ,/, "/" said/VBD the/DT farm/NN 's/POS manager/NN ,/, hopefully/RB ./.
But/CC then/RB the/DT veterinarians/NNS looked/VBD at/IN Cigar/NNP 's/POS sperm/NN under/IN the/DT microscope/NN and/CC discovered/VBD the/DT horse/NN 's/POS appalling/JJ little/RB secret/NN ./.
His/PRP$ sperm/NN were/VBD slackers/NNS ./.
They/PRP had/VBD no/DT motility/NN whatsoever/RB ./.
Many/RB were/VBD shaped/VBN abnormally/RB ./.
This/DT incredibly/RB fast/RB and/CC strong/JJ and/CC durable/JJ thoroughbred/JJ ,/, heroic/JJ of/IN stature/NN and/CC stout/NN of/IN heart/NN ,/, was/VBD a/DT genetic/JJ dead/JJ end/NN ./.
The/DT news/NN broke/VBD simultaneously/RB with/IN the/DT story/NN that/IN Scottish/NNP scientists/NNS had/VBD cloned/VBN an/DT adult/NN sheep/NN ./.
An/DT enterprising/JJ reporter/NN for/IN the/DT New/NNP York/NNP Post/NNP called/VBD Cigar/NNP 's/POS owner/NN ,/, Allen/NNP Paulson/NNP ,/, and/CC managed/VBD to/TO get/VB a/DT quote/NN to/TO the/DT effect/NN that/IN perhaps/RB Cigar/NNP could/MD be/VB cloned/VBN ./.
The/DT thoroughbred/JJ community/NN quickly/RB protested/VBD ./.
It/PRP turns/VBZ out/RP that/IN cloning/VBG would/MD violate/VB Rule/NN 1/CD (/( D/NNP )/) of/IN the/DT American/NNP Stud/NNP Book/NNP ,/, which/WDT reads/VBZ :/:
To/TO be/VB eligible/JJ for/IN registration/NN ,/, a/DT foal/NN must/MD be/VB the/DT result/NN of/IN a/DT stallion/NN 's/POS natural/JJ service/NN with/IN a/DT broodmare/NN (/( which/WDT is/VBZ the/DT physical/JJ mounting/VBG of/IN a/DT broodmare/NN by/IN a/DT stallion/NN )/) ,/, and/CC a/DT natural/JJ gestation/NN must/MD take/VB place/NN in/IN ,/, and/CC delivery/NN must/MD be/VB from/IN ,/, the/DT body/NN of/IN the/DT same/JJ broodmare/NN in/IN which/WDT the/DT foal/NN was/VBD conceived/VBN ./.
It/PRP 's/VBZ a/DT shocking/JJ provision/NN ./.
Everything/NN else/RB in/IN today/NN 's/POS society/NN has/VBZ been/VBN converted/VBN to/TO mass/NN production/NN ./.
One/PRP would/MD think/VB that/IN there/EX is/VBZ a/DT more/RBR modern/JJ way/NN to/TO breed/VB a/DT horse/NN ,/, something/NN involving/VBG hydraulic/JJ machinery/NN ,/, vacuum/NN tubes/NNS ,/, pumps/NNS ,/, stainless-steel/JJ vats/NNS ,/, perhaps/RB even/RB cross-country/JJ pipelines/NNS ./.
Cigar/NNP was/VBD foaled/JJ at/IN Country/NNP Life/NNP Farm/NNP ,/, just/RB north/RB of/IN Baltimore/NNP ,/, and/CC I/PRP drove/VBD up/IN to/TO check/VB out/RP some/DT horse/NN breeding/VBG up/RP close/VB ./.
Country/NNP Life/NNP Farm/NNP is/VBZ as/RB pastoral/NN as/IN it/PRP sounds/VBZ ,/, smelling/VBG of/IN grass/NN and/CC hay/NN and/CC horses/NNS ./.
Adolphe/NNP Pons/NNP bought/VBD it/PRP in/IN 1933/CD and/CC passed/VBD it/PRP on/IN to/TO his/PRP$ son/NN Joe/NNP ,/, who/WP is/VBZ an/DT amiable/JJ old/JJ gentleman/NN now/RB ,/, padding/NN around/IN in/IN a/DT "/" Cigar/NNP Ran/NNP Here/RB First/CD "/" cap/NN and/CC looking/VBG like/IN you/PRP could/MD not/RB pay/VB him/PRP a/DT million/CD dollars/NNS to/TO get/VB worked/VBD up/RB over/IN anything/NN ./.
He/PRP passed/VBD the/DT reins/NNS to/TO his/PRP$ kids/NNS ,/, notably/RB Josh/NNP Pons/NNP ,/, who/WP is/VBZ 42/CD and/CC seems/VBZ to/TO run/VB the/DT place/NN ,/, although/IN there/EX are/VBP Ponses/NNP everywhere/RB ./.
The/DT place/NN is/VBZ dense/JJ with/IN humans/NNS and/CC horses/NNS ,/, as/IN though/IN fecundity/NN is/VBZ contagious/JJ ./.
Josh/NNP Pons/NNP is/VBZ a/DT serious/JJ businessman/NN ./.
I/PRP remarked/VBD that/IN the/DT rules/NNS for/IN breeding/VBG seem/VBP rather/RB "/" low-tech/JJ "/" for/IN this/DT day/NN and/CC age/NN ./.
He/PRP looked/VBD as/IN though/IN he/PRP was/VBD n't/RB sure/JJ if/IN he/PRP liked/VBD the/DT sound/NN of/IN that/DT term/NN ./.
It/PRP 's/VBZ difficult/JJ work/NN ,/, he/PRP said/VBD ./.
It/PRP 's/VBZ also/RB risky/JJ ./.
It/PRP takes/VBZ four/CD or/CC five/CD men/NNS to/TO handle/VB the/DT horses/NNS as/IN they/PRP breed/VBP ./.
His/PRP$ top/JJ stallion/NN is/VBZ worth/JJ $/$ 1/CD ./.
5/LS million/CD ,/, and/CC could/MD be/VB disabled/VBN by/IN a/DT swift/JJ kick/NN from/IN a/DT mare/NN ./.
"/" If/IN she/PRP were/VBD to/TO hit/VB the/DT stallion/NN in/IN the/DT penis/NNS ,/, we/PRP 'd/MD be/VB out/IN of/IN business/NN ,/, "/" Pons/NNP said/VBD ./.
As/IN it/PRP happened/VBD ,/, a/DT jumpy/JJ mare/NN named/VBD Canada/NNP Miss/NNP had/VBD come/VBN onto/IN the/DT farm/NN to/TO breed/VB this/DT very/JJ morning/NN ./.
She/PRP was/VBD 9/CD years/NNS old/JJ and/CC a/DT maiden/NN ./.
She/PRP 'd/MD never/RB had/VBD a/DT horse/NN on/IN her/PRP$ back/RB ./.
Her/PRP$ owner/NN ,/, Barbara/NNP Gardi/NNP ,/, stood/VBN by/IN nervously/RB ./.
"/" It/PRP 's/VBZ like/IN my/PRP$ baby/NN ./.
My/PRP$ big/JJ baby/NN ,/, "/" Gardi/NNP said/VBD ./.
A/DT farm/NN employee/NN warned/VBD her/PRP to/TO be/VB prepared/VBN for/IN what/WP was/VBD coming/VBG up/RP :/: "/" It/PRP is/VBZ a/DT little/JJ ./.
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"/" -/: -/: the/DT employee/NN paused--/JJ "/" violent/JJ ./.
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Everyone/NN at/IN the/DT farm/NN was/VBD wary/JJ of/IN Canada/NNP Miss/NNP ./.
She/PRP 'd/MD come/VB there/EX the/DT day/NN before/RB ,/, for/IN schooling/NN ,/, and/CC she/PRP had/VBD been/VBN balky/NN ./.
A/DT veterinarian/NN had/VBD reached/VBN inside/IN and/CC confirmed/VBD she/PRP was/VBD in/IN heat/NN ,/, but/CC after/IN nine/CD years/NNS of/IN racing/VBG ,/, she/PRP might/MD not/RB grasp/VB the/DT concept/NN of/IN being/VBG "/" covered/VBN ,/, "/" as/IN they/PRP say/VBP ,/, by/IN a/DT 1/CD ,/, 300/CD -/: pound/NN stallion/NN ./.
First/LS ,/, the/DT horsemen/NN brought/VBN out/RP a/DT teaser/NN horse/NN ./.
A/DT teaser/NN horse/NN is/VBZ the/DT warm-up/NN act/NN ,/, an/DT important/JJ but/CC ultimately/RB expendable/JJ creature/NN ./.
This/DT one/CD 's/POS name/NN was/VBD Popeye/NNP ,/, and/CC he/PRP was/VBD a/DT gelding/VBG ./.
Popeye/NNP nuzzled/JJ and/CC licked/JJ the/DT maiden/NN on/IN her/PRP$ left/JJ flank/NN ./.
She/PRP urinated/JJ ,/, a/DT sign/NN that/IN she/PRP was/VBD ready/JJ ./.
A/DT horseman/NN held/VBD a/DT "/" twitch/VB "/" that/WDT covered/VBD her/PRP$ mouth/NN ,/, while/IN another/DT man/NN held/VBD her/PRP$ left/JJ front/JJ leg/NN with/IN a/DT strap/NN ./.
Two/CD more/JJR men/NNS stood/VBD at/IN her/PRP$ flanks/NNS ./.
Popeye/NNP reared/VBN up/RP and/CC plopped/JJ on/IN her/PRP$ back/RB and/CC there/EX was/VBD a/DT sudden/JJ grunting/VBG and/CC whinnying/VBG and/CC with/IN both/DT hind/NN legs/NNS Canada/NNP Miss/NNP bucked/VBD and/CC threw/VBD Popeye/NNP off/RP her/PRP$ back/RB ./.
"/" Poor/NNP little/JJ girl/NN ./.
This/DT is/VBZ all/DT new/JJ for/IN her/PRP$ ,/, "/" said/VBD her/PRP$ owner/NN ./.
Josh/NNP Pons/NNP did/VBD not/RB like/IN this/DT ./.
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The/DT process/NN is/VBZ not/RB gentle/JJ ./.
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"/" He/PRP 's/VBZ a/DT good/JJ breeding/NN horse/NN ./.
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Nothing/NN is/VBZ easy/JJ ./.
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"/"
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"/"
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Something/NN ./.
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N/NNP ./.
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S/NNP ./.
and/CC British/JJ agencies/NNS ./.
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"/"
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"/"
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"/"
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Reels/NNP on/IN Wheels/NNP
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25/CD ./.
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Sitting/VBG on/IN postesses/NNS
Eating/NNP their/PRP$ toastesses/NNS
And/CC greasing/VBG their/PRP$ fistesses/NNS
Were/VBD n't/RB they/PRP beastesses/NNS ?/.
Back/RB in/IN 1904/CD ,/, E/NNP ./.
V/NNP ./.
Lucas/NNP in/IN his/PRP$ Highways/NNS and/CC Byeways/NNP in/IN Sussex/NNP ,/, noted/VBD that/IN the/DT Sussex/NNP dialect/NN changed/VBN markedly/RB from/IN east/JJ to/TO west/NN and/CC that/IN the/DT demarcation/NN line/NN between/IN the/DT two/CD was/VBD the/DT lovely/JJ Adur/NNP even/RB the/DT breeds/NNS of/IN sheep/NN changed/VBN !/.
If/IN one/CD hears/VBZ the/DT old/JJ Sussex/NNP dialect/NN at/IN all/DT now/RB it/PRP is/VBZ usually/RB found/VBN in/IN the/DT rural/JJ hinterland/NN of/IN the/DT county/NN between/IN Battle/NNP (/( of/IN 1066/CD fame/NN )/) and/CC Health-field/NNP ,/, or/CC that/DT fine/NN open/JJ stretch/NN of/IN country/NN twixt/NN Chichester/NNP and/CC Midhurst/NNP ./.
The/DT old/JJ West/NNP Sussex/NNP tendency/NN is/VBZ to/TO add/VB an/DT extra/JJ syllable/NN to/TO monosyllabic/JJ words/NNS ,/, so/RB cow/NN becomes/VBZ cayoo/NN ,/, or/CC fowl/NN is/VBZ pronounced/VBN fewoll/NN ./.
In/IN East/NNP Sussex/NNP respectively/RB these/DT would/MD be/VB kew/NN and/CC fewl/NN ./.
The/DT true/JJ Sussexer/NNP has/VBZ problems/NNS with/IN the/DT letter/NN h/NN ,/, so/RB one/CD old/JJ traditional/JJ dish/NN is/VBZ the/DT Plum/NNP '/POS eavy/NN ,/, the/DT highway/NN is/VBZ naturally/RB the/DT ighway/NN ,/, etc/FW ./.
In/IN East/NNP Sussex/NNP th/NN is/VBZ often/RB pronounced/VBN as/IN d/SYM ,/, so/IN that/IN the/DT ,/, them/PRP ,/, and/CC that/WDT become/VBP de/IN ,/, dem/NN ,/, and/CC dat/NN ./.
Due/JJ to/TO the/DT old/JJ Sussex/NNP dialect/NN the/DT village/NN folk/NN could/MD quickly/RB divide/VB all/PDT those/DT they/PRP met/VBD into/IN the/DT sheep/NN and/CC goats/NNS :/: the/DT homelings/NNS were/VBD the/DT natives/NNS and/CC the/DT comelings/NNS those/DT who/WP had/VBD come/VBN into/IN Sussex/NNP from/IN another/DT county/NN ./.
Frequently/RB heard/VBN old/JJ expressions/NNS include/VBP Shennagoo/NNP for/IN shall/MD not/RB go/VB ,/, and/CC Drackly/NNP for/IN straight/JJ away/RB ,/, directly/RB ./.
High/JJ praise/NN is/VBZ tidy/JJ middling/JJ and/CC middling/JJ is/VBZ very/RB fair/JJ !/.
Purdnye/NNP means/VBZ almost/RB ./.
Darngurt/NNP is/VBZ Sussex/NNP speak/VB for/IN anything/NN very/RB large/JJ ,/, as/IN this/DT county/NN is/VBZ naturally/RB given/VBN to/TO emphatic/JJ statements/NNS ./.
An/DT overdressed/JJ woman/NN may/MD be/VB summed/VBD up/RB as/IN looks/VBZ like/IN a/DT sow/VBP saddled/VBN and/CC any/DT impossible/JJ task/NN calls/VBZ forth/RB the/DT comment/NN I/PRP ca/MD n't/RB suck/NN flour/NN and/CC whistle/VBP !/.
Leaves/NNP back/RB '/POS ards/NNS up/RB '/POS ards/NNS ,/, it/PRP 's/VBZ going/VBG to/TO rain/NN was/VBD a/DT favorite/JJ saying/NN of/IN the/DT ancient/JJ Sussex/NNP shepherds/NNS ./.
The/DT cowman/NN driving/VBG his/PRP$ cows/NNS up/RB Steyning/NNP High/NNP Street/NNP would/MD call/VB Coup/NNP ,/, Coup/NNP ,/, Coup/NNP ,/, coom/NN along/IN ,/, as/IN did/VBD generations/NNS before/IN him/PRP ./.
A/DT scolding/VBG woman/NN was/VBD said/VBN to/TO give/VB her/PRP$ husband/NN a/DT dish/NN of/IN tongues/NNS ,/, and/CC the/DT old/JJ Sussex/NNP bachelor/NN often/RB gave/VBD crisp/JJ reasons/NNS for/IN staying/VBG single/JJ :/: one/CD went/VBD on/IN record/NN as/IN saying/VBG Mesel/NNP ,/, I/PRP ai/VBP n't/RB no/DT marryin/NN '/" man/NN ,/, fer/NN I/PRP ca/MD n't/RB see/VB naun/NN in/IN givin/NN '/" '/POS arf/NN yer/NN grub/NN away/RB ter/NN get/VB t/NN '/" other/JJ '/POS arf/NN cooked/VBN ./.
I/PRP does/VBZ me/PRP own/VB ./.
Counting/VBG words/NNS in/IN Sussex/NNP were/VBD often/RB used/VBN by/IN agricultural/JJ workers/NNS ./.
Many/JJ writers/NNS have/VBP collected/VBN gems/NNS of/IN Sussex/NNP dialect/NN down/RP the/DT years/NNS ,/, like/IN Rev/NNP ./.
William/NNP Parish/NNP and/CC another/DT cleric/JJ ,/, Rev/NNP ./.
Edward/NNP Boys/NNPS Ellman/NNP ,/, both/DT before/IN World/NNP War/NNP I/PRP ./.
Parish/NNP discovered/VBD some/DT amusing/JJ differences/NNS ,/, as/IN when/WRB a/DT Sussex/NNP girl/NN cries/VBZ ,/, Oh/UH !/.
do/VBP adone/NN she/PRP means/VBZ Go/VB on/IN but/CC if/IN she/PRP says/VBZ ,/, Adone/NNP do/VBP ,/, she/PRP means/VBZ Stop/NNP at/IN once/RB !/.
The/DT ladybird/NN was/VBD called/VBN Bishop/NNP Barnaby/NNP by/IN Sussex/NNP children/NNS ,/, as/IN in/IN the/DT old/JJ rhyme/NN
Bishop/NNP ,/, Bishop/NNP Barnaby/NNP
Tell/VB me/PRP when/WRB my/PRP$ wedding/NN will/MD be/VB ,/,
If/IN it/PRP be/VB tomorrow/NN day/NN ,/,
Open/NNP your/PRP$ wings/NNS and/CC fly/VB away/RB ./.
Broom/NNP dasher/NN was/VBD the/DT traditional/JJ Sussex/NNP description/NN of/IN a/DT roughly/RB dressed/VBN or/CC roughly/RB behaved/VBD person/NN ,/, and/CC someone/NN of/IN low/JJ intelligence/NN was/VBD described/VBN as/IN chuckle-headed/JJ ,/, a/DT term/NN not/RB unfamiliar/JJ to/TO Americans/NNPS ./.
To/TO be/VB fair/JJ clemmed/JJ meant/VBN to/TO be/VB very/RB hungry/JJ ,/, cold/JJ ,/, or/CC miserable/JJ ./.
A/DT typical/JJ county/NN boast/NN still/RB often/RB expressed/VBD is/VBZ Sussex/NNP wo/MD n't/RB be/VB druv/NN and/CC anyone/NN contrairy/NN is/VBZ reckoned/VBN to/TO be/VB obstinate/JJ ./.
Darn/NNP ma/NN wig/NN is/VBZ a/DT humorous/JJ expression/NN of/IN surprise/NN ./.
Frouden/NNP means/VBZ to/TO be/VB afraid/JJ or/CC to/TO be/VB frit/NN ,/, whilst/NN feeling/NN ill/RB was/VBD once/RB expressed/VBN as/IN I/PRP be/VB gellish/NN ornary/JJ today/NN ./.
Goistering/NNP was/VBD a/DT curious/JJ term/NN for/IN loud/JJ feminine/JJ laughter/NN ;/: a/DT bad/JJ worker/NN was/VBD called/VBN latchety/NN :/: his/PRP$ excuse/NN might/MD well/RB be/VB ,/, Old/NNP Laurence/NNP has/VBZ got/VBN hold/NN of/IN me/PRP today/NN !/.
Time/NNP and/CC time/NN again/RB the/DT dry/JJ Sussex/NNP sense/NN of/IN humor/NN breaks/NNS through/IN ./.
The/DT sadly/RB defunct/JJ Horsham/NNP to/TO Steyning/NNP railway/NN line/NN was/VBD called/VBN the/DT linger/VB and/CC die/VB ./.
My/PRP$ obedience/NN was/VBD a/DT mother/NN 's/POS reference/NN to/TO her/PRP$ first-born/JJ child/NN ,/, and/CC a/DT ditherer/NN was/VBD called/VBN a/DT mess-pot/JJ ./.
Nineways/NNP for/IN Sunday/NNP meant/VBD a/DT bewildered/VBN expression/NN and/CC is/VBZ a/DT good/JJ example/NN of/IN the/DT originality/NN of/IN thought/VBD behind/IN many/JJ of/IN the/DT county/NN sayings/NNS ./.
The/DT folklore/NN of/IN the/DT county/NN is/VBZ particularly/RB rich/JJ and/CC this/DT too/RB gives/VBZ colorful/JJ phrases/NNS ./.
The/DT Miller/NNP 's/POS glory/NN refers/VBZ to/TO the/DT sweeps/NNS of/IN the/DT windmill/NN set/VBN in/IN the/DT sign/NN of/IN a/DT cross/NN ,/, said/VBD to/TO bring/VB luck/NN to/TO anyone/NN in/IN the/DT village/NN getting/VBG married/VBN ./.
A/DT shim/NN means/VBZ a/DT ghost/NN or/CC just/RB a/DT glimpse/NN of/IN someone/NN ./.
Pharisees/NNP fairies/NNS are/VBP also/RB deep/JJ in/IN Sussex/NNP folklore/NN ,/, while/IN something/NN too/RB complex/JJ to/TO understand/VB is/VBZ called/VBN wigwams/NNS for/IN goose/NN 's/POS bridles/NNS ./.
Long/NNP Rope/NNP Day/NNP refers/VBZ to/TO the/DT old/JJ Brighton/NNP or/CC Hastings/NNP custom/NN of/IN skipping/VBG for/IN luck/NN on/IN Good/NNP Friday/NNP ./.
January/NNP butter/NN is/VBZ the/DT name/NN for/IN the/DT mud/NN it/PRP was/VBD thought/VBN lucky/JJ to/TO bring/VB into/IN the/DT house/NN on/IN one/CD 's/POS feet/NNS on/IN January/NNP 1/CD st/NN ./.
Of/IN all/PDT the/DT English/NNP county/NN dialects/NNS I/PRP suspect/VBP that/IN Sussex/NNP is/VBZ the/DT richest/JJS in/IN its/PRP$ allusions/NNS ,/, but/CC I/PRP may/MD well/RB be/VB prejudiced/VBN in/IN favor/NN of/IN my/PRP$ beloved/JJ South/NNP Downs/NNP ./.
To/TO conclude/VB ,/, here/RB is/VBZ a/DT snippet/NN of/IN the/DT conversation/NN of/IN an/DT old/JJ West/NNP Wittering/NNP woman/NN ,/, who/WP lived/VBD near/IN a/DT scientist/NN :/:
such/JJ a/DT nice/JJ ,/, still/RB man/NN ,/, only/RB he/PRP 's/VBZ always/RB losing/VBG his/PRP$ recollects/NNS ./.
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He/PRP disremembers/NNS everything/NN ./.
Why/WRB the/DT other/JJ day/NN he/PRP was/VBD in/IN a/DT tarrible/JJ stodge/NN cause/NN he/PRP mus/JJ catch/NN the/DT London/NNP train/NN ,/, an/DT '/POS prensly/RB there/EX he/PRP was/VBD back/RB again/RB ./.
He/PRP most-in-ginral/JJ goos/NNS along/IN reading/VBG an/DT '/POS a/DT whiffle/NN of/IN wind/NN blew/VBD his/PRP$ book/NN an/DT he/PRP disremembered/JJ what/WP he/PRP 'd/MD gone/VBN for/IN !/.
On/IN February/NNP 15/CD th/NN ,/, 1971/CD ,/, Britain/NNP introduced/VBD decimal/JJ currency/NN ./.
The/DT familiar/JJ pennies/NNS ,/, halfpennies/NNS ,/, sixpences/NNS ,/, half-crowns/JJ ,/, florins/NNS ,/, etc/FW ./.
,/, in/IN circulation/NN were/VBD replaced/VBN by/IN New/NNP Pence/NNP ./.
Into/IN our/PRP$ language/NN came/VBD a/DT new/JJ description/NN ,/, a/DT pee/NN two/CD pees/NNS ,/, and/CC so/RB on/RB ,/, according/VBG to/TO the/DT price/NN charged/VBD ,/, for/IN decimal/JJ currency/NN ,/, but/CC out/IN of/IN use/NN went/VBD the/DT nicknames/NNS and/CC slang/NN terms/NNS used/VBN in/IN Britain/NNP for/IN the/DT previous/JJ currency/NN ./.
This/DT had/VBD previously/RB happened/VBN in/IN Australia/NNP ,/, which/WDT went/VBD over/IN to/TO decimal/JJ currency/NN in/IN 1966/CD ./.
The/DT Australian/NNP Jockey/NNP Club/NNP even/RB advised/VBD bookmakers/NNS and/CC gamblers/NNS to/TO avoid/VB using/VBG money/NN slang/NN :/: quid/NN ,/, spin/VB ,/, brick/NN ,/, and/CC pony/NN for/IN ¥/NN 1/CD ,/, ¥/NN 5/CD ,/, ¥/NN 10/CD ,/, and/CC ¥/NN 25/CD ,/, on/IN Australian/JJ racecourses/NNS ./.
In/IN Britain/NNP tenner/NN ,/, tanner/NN ,/, bob/NN ,/, oncer/NN ,/, guinea/NN ,/, quid/NN ,/, and/CC other/JJ terms/NNS were/VBD in/IN common/JJ use/NN in/IN conversation/NN when/WRB purchasing/VBG an/DT item/NN ./.
It/PRP is/VBZ interesting/JJ how/WRB some/DT of/IN these/DT names/NNS and/CC slang/NN money/NN names/NNS arose/VBD ./.
The/DT name/NN tanner/NN for/IN a/DT sixpence/NN coin/NN was/VBD first/RB used/VBN at/IN the/DT beginning/NN of/IN the/DT 19/CD th/NN century/NN ./.
The/DT reason/NN is/VBZ obscure/JJ but/CC may/MD come/VB from/IN the/DT gypsy/NN word/NN tano/NN or/CC tawno/NN meaning/VBG little/JJ ,/, as/IN it/PRP was/VBD a/DT small/JJ coin/NN compared/VBN with/IN others/NNS then/RB in/IN circulation/NN ./.
It/PRP may/MD also/RB be/VB so/RB called/VBN for/IN the/DT same/JJ reason/NN it/PRP was/VBD called/VBN a/DT Simon/NNP ./.
A/DT legandary/JJ joke/NN concerns/NNS St/NNP ./.
Peter/NNP 's/POS banking/NN transaction/NN when/WRB he/PRP lodged/VBD with/IN one/CD Simon/NNP ,/, a/DT tanner/NN ./.
Another/DT name/NN for/IN the/DT sixpence/NN was/VBD sprat/NN ,/, which/WDT probably/RB came/VBD from/IN a/DT cross/NN between/IN this/DT word/NN and/CC sprazianna/NN ,/, the/DT Cockney/NNP rhyming/VBG slang/NN for/IN a/DT sixpence/NN (/( tanner/NN )/) ./.
A/DT shilling/VBG coin/NN was/VBD called/VBN a/DT bob/NN ./.
Again/RB no/DT certain/JJ meaning/NN is/VBZ recorded/VBN though/IN it/PRP is/VBZ believed/VBN to/TO have/VB been/VBN first/RB used/VBN when/WRB Sir/NNP Robert/NNP Walpole/NNP was/VBD Prime/NNP Minister/NNP of/IN England/NNP in/IN the/DT 18/CD th/NN century/NN ./.
The/DT name/NN of/IN the/DT small/JJ silver/NN threepenny/NN coin/NN ,/, known/VBN as/IN the/DT threepenny/NN joey/NN or/CC just/RB joey/NN ,/, had/VBD the/DT origin/NN in/IN another/DT small/JJ coin/NN ,/, a/DT fourpenny/NN piece/NN or/CC groat/NN ./.
The/DT latter/NN was/VBD issued/VBN in/IN 1836/CD on/IN the/DT advice/NN of/IN Joseph/NNP Hume/NNP ,/, a/DT Member/NNP of/IN Parliament/NNP ./.
Hume/NNP 's/POS idea/NN was/VBD for/IN a/DT convenient/JJ coin/NN to/TO pay/VB for/IN short/JJ cab/NN journeys/NNS ./.
The/DT dissatisfied/JJ London/NNP cabmen/NN did/VBD not/RB like/IN it/PRP ./.
Until/IN then/RB they/PRP were/VBD usually/RB given/VBN a/DT sixpence/NN ,/, the/DT nearest/JJS single/JJ coin/NN to/TO the/DT amount/NN of/IN the/DT fare/NN and/CC few/JJ people/NNS hiring/VBG the/DT cab/NN bothered/VBN to/TO ask/VB for/IN the/DT change/NN ./.
When/WRB the/DT fourpenny/NN groat/NN was/VBD introduced/VBN passengers/NNS handed/VBN that/IN over/RB and/CC the/DT cabbies/NNS were/VBD down/RB twopence/NN on/IN each/DT journey/NN ,/, so/IN they/PRP nicknamed/VBN it/PRP Joey/NNP and/CC frequently/RB spat/NN on/IN it/PRP in/IN disgust/NN before/IN pocketing/VBG it/PRP whenever/WRB one/CD was/VBD given/VBN to/TO them/PRP in/IN payment/NN ./.
It/PRP was/VBD last/RB struck/VBD for/IN currency/NN use/NN in/IN 1855/CD ./.
But/CC in/IN 1845/CD a/DT silver/NN threepence/NN had/VBD been/VBN reintroduced/VBN and/CC after/IN the/DT disappearance/NN of/IN the/DT fourpenny/NN joey/NN ,/, the/DT nickname/NN was/VBD transferred/VBN to/TO the/DT threepenny/NN joey/NN ./.
The/DT two-shilling/JJ coin/NN was/VBD known/VBN as/IN a/DT florin/NN ,/, named/VBN after/IN a/DT medieval/NN gold/NN coin/NN from/IN Florence/NNP ,/, Italy/NNP ./.
This/DT was/VBD called/VBN a/DT florin/NN (/( from/IN the/DT Italian/JJ fiorino/NN little/JJ flower/NN )/) because/IN it/PRP bore/VBD a/DT flower/NN ,/, a/DT lily/NN ,/, the/DT badge/NN of/IN the/DT city/NN ./.
Cockney/NNP slang/NN for/IN a/DT half-crown/JJ coin/NN was/VBD tusheroon/NN ,/, tossaroon/NN ,/, or/CC tosheroon/NN ,/, a/DT corruption/NN of/IN another/DT slang/NN term/NN for/IN this/DT coin/NN ,/, madza/NN caroon/NN ,/, a/DT corruption/NN of/IN the/DT Italian/JJ mezzo/NN half/JJ corona/NN crown/NN ./.
The/DT term/NN guinea/NN ,/, which/WDT had/VBD a/DT value/NN of/IN twenty-one/JJ shillings/NNS ,/, arose/VBD because/IN the/DT first/JJ guinea/NN coins/NNS were/VBD minted/VBN in/IN 1663/CD from/IN gold/NN brought/VBN from/IN the/DT Guinea/NNP region/NN of/IN West/NNP Africa/NNP ./.
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Guineas/NNP ceased/VBD to/TO be/VB minted/VBN in/IN Britain/NNP in/IN 1813/CD ,/, but/CC continued/VBD until/IN decimal/JJ introduction/NN ,/, as/IN a/DT term/NN used/VBN in/IN pricing/NN goods/NNS and/CC services/NNS ./.
Quid/NNP ,/, dating/VBG from/IN the/DT 17/CD th/NN century/NN and/CC shown/VBN as/IN of/IN obsure/NN origin/NN in/IN the/DT Oxford/NNP English/NNP Dictionary/NNP ,/, means/VBZ a/DT pound/NN ,/, originally/RB a/DT note/NN ,/, now/RB a/DT coin/NN ./.
However/RB ,/, it/PRP was/VBD first/RB used/VBN by/IN criminals/NNS as/IN a/DT slang/NN term/NN for/IN a/DT guinea/NN as/IN long/RB ago/RB as/IN 1688/CD ./.
In/IN racing/VBG slang/NN a/DT pony/NN is/VBZ ¥/NN 25/CD ,/, a/DT monkey/NN ¥/NN 500/CD ,/, a/DT cow/NN ¥/NN 1000/CD ,/, plum/NN ¥/NN 100/CD ,/, 000/CD ,/, and/CC a/DT marigold/NN ¥/NN 1/CD million/CD ./.
It/PRP is/VBZ probable/JJ that/DT pony/NN was/VBD used/VBN because/IN it/PRP is/VBZ a/DT small/JJ horse/NN ,/, and/CC racing/VBG gamblers/NNS thought/VBD ¥/NN 25/CD was/VBD a/DT small/JJ sum/NN with/IN which/WDT to/TO bet/VB ./.
It/PRP should/MD also/RB not/RB be/VB forgotten/VBN that/IN in/IN the/DT rural/JJ languages/NNS there/RB are/VBP also/RB words/NNS referring/VBG to/TO coins/NNS ,/, money/NN ,/, etc/FW ./.
In/IN my/PRP$ own/JJ county/NN ,/, Kent/NNP ,/, Borrow/NNP Pence/NNP is/VBZ an/DT old/JJ word/NN for/IN ancient/JJ coins/NNS ,/, probably/RB those/DT found/VBD in/IN barrows/NNS or/CC tumuli/NN ,/, another/DT being/VBG Hegs/NNP Pence/NNP ,/, a/DT third/JJ being/NN Dwarf/NNP 's/POS Money/NNP ,/, though/IN the/DT last/RB was/VBD more/RBR frequently/RB used/VBN in/IN the/DT coastal/JJ ares/NNS ./.
Scimminger/NNP was/VBD the/DT name/NN for/IN a/DT counterfeit/NN coin/NN ,/, while/IN Bargain/NN Pence/NNP was/VBD earnest/NN money/NN ,/, a/DT low-value/JJ coin/NN given/VBN on/IN striking/VBG a/DT bargain/NN ,/, making/VBG a/DT deal/NN at/IN a/DT market/NN ,/, or/CC in/IN similar/JJ circumstances/NNS ./.
Bald/NNP Pates/NNP is/VBZ almost/RB self-explanatory/JJ ,/, being/VBG a/DT name/NN used/VBN in/IN Kent/NNP rural/JJ areas/NNS for/IN silver/NN Roman/NNP coinage/NN ploughed/JJ up/RB ,/, found/VBD in/IN barrows/NNS ,/, etc/FW ./.
,/, and/CC possibly/RB referring/VBG to/TO the/DT poor/JJ design/NN or/CC baldness/NNS of/IN the/DT effigy/NN on/IN some/DT of/IN the/DT coins/NNS ./.
Proverbs/NNS ,/, those/DT self-contained/JJ nuggets/NNS of/IN folk/NN wisdom/NN ,/, can/MD be/VB addictive/JJ ./.
I/PRP know/VBP :/: I/PRP once/RB had/VBD an/DT aunt/NN who/WP had/VBD a/DT saying/VBG for/IN every/DT occasion/NN ./.
She/PRP was/VBD a/DT short/JJ ,/, plump/NN woman/NN with/IN iron-gray/JJ hair/NN in/IN a/DT bun/NN ,/, and/CC she/PRP liked/VBD nothing/NN better/JJR than/IN putting/VBG in/IN her/PRP$ two/CD cents/NNS '/POS worth/NN ./.
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Reading/VBG that/IN the/DT government/NN was/VBD going/VBG to/TO raise/VB taxes/NNS ,/, she/PRP thumped/JJ the/DT newspaper/NN and/CC intoned/JJ ,/, You/PRP ca/MD n't/RB squeeze/VB blood/NN from/IN a/DT turnip/NN ./.
If/IN ever/RB asked/VBD to/TO explain/VB one/CD of/IN her/PRP$ rare/JJ periods/NNS of/IN quiet/JJ ,/, she/PRP would/MD reply/VB ,/, Still/RB waters/NNS run/VBP deep/JJ ./.
My/PRP$ aunt/NN 's/POS visits/NNS were/VBD infrequent/JJ during/IN my/PRP$ childhood/NN ,/, and/CC it/PRP was/VBD only/RB after/IN her/PRP$ husband/NN died/VBD and/CC I/PRP was/VBD in/IN high/JJ school/NN that/IN she/PRP began/VBD seeing/VBG my/PRP$ parents/NNS on/IN a/DT regular/JJ basis/NN ./.
I/PRP tolerated/JJ my/PRP$ aunt/NN and/CC her/PRP$ proverbial/JJ wisdom/NN until/IN she/PRP began/VBD applying/VBG it/PRP to/TO her/PRP$ nephew/NN ./.
Hearing/VBG that/IN I/PRP regularly/RB went/VBD to/TO sleep/VB after/IN midnight/NN ,/, she/PRP lectured/VBD me/PRP :/: Early/RB to/TO bed/NN and/CC early/JJ to/TO rise/VB makes/VBZ a/DT man/NN healthy/JJ ,/, wealthy/JJ ,/, and/CC wise/JJ ./.
When/WRB I/PRP took/VBD a/DT trip/NN to/TO Atlantic/NNP City/NNP and/CC gambled/JJ away/RB the/DT amount/NN I/PRP had/VBD intended/VBN ,/, she/PRP warned/VBD ,/, A/DT fool/NN and/CC his/PRP$ money/NN are/VBP soon/RB parted/VBD ./.
She/PRP even/RB found/VBD fault/NN with/IN my/PRP$ studious/JJ habits/NNS :/: All/DT work/NN and/CC no/DT play/NN makes/VBZ Jack/NNP a/DT dull/JJ boy/NN ./.
It/PRP is/VBZ hard/JJ to/TO counter/VB a/DT proverb/NN :/: they/PRP have/VBP all/PDT the/DT plodding/VBG force/NN of/IN a/DT mule-driving/JJ peasant/NN ,/, earthy/JJ and/CC inevitable/JJ ./.
So/RB when/WRB my/PRP$ aunt/NN related/VBD gospel/NN like/IN Blood/NNP is/VBZ thicker/JJR than/IN water/NN ,/, I/PRP could/MD think/VB of/IN no/DT answer/NN but/CC a/DT sullen/NN nod/NN ./.
That/DT is/VBZ ,/, until/IN one/CD day/NN when/WRB I/PRP was/VBD helping/VBG my/PRP$ mother/NN fix/NN dinner/NN for/IN a/DT family/NN occasion/NN and/CC my/PRP$ aunt/NN came/VBD into/IN the/DT kitchen/NN ./.
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public/JJ ./.
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,/, given/VBN to/TO warn/VB passerby/NN that/DT someone/NN above/IN was/VBD about/IN to/TO slop/NN out/IN (/( the/DT anglicised/JJ form/NN ,/, gardyloo/NN !/.
,/, occurs/VBZ in/IN this/DT context/NN in/IN a/DT novel/NN by/IN Tobias/NNP Smollett/NNP as/RB early/RB as/IN 1771/CD )/) ./.
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S/NNP ./.
A/DT ./.
and/CC England/NNP in/IN Italy/NNP from/IN 1943/CD onwards/NNS ./.
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Terms/NNS such/JJ as/IN toilet/NN and/CC lavatory/NN have/VBP ,/, like/IN privy/JJ ,/, undergone/VBN pejoration/NN over/IN the/DT years/NNS (/( that/WDT is/VBZ ,/, their/PRP$ meanings/NNS have/VBP acquired/VBN depreciatory/NN connotations/NNS )/) ./.
The/DT original/JJ meaning/NN of/IN lavatory/NN was/VBD simply/RB a/DT vessel/NN for/IN washing/VBG :/: in/IN his/PRP$ 1382/CD translation/NN of/IN the/DT Bible/NNP ,/, John/NNP Wycliffe/NNP talks/NNS of/IN washing/VBG feet/NNS in/IN a/DT brasun/NN lavatorie/NN [/( Exodus/NNP xxx/NN ./.
18/CD ]/) ./.
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While/IN toilet/NN and/CC lavatory/NN have/VBP discarded/VBN their/PRP$ original/JJ meanings/NNS ,/, terms/NNS such/JJ as/IN bog/VB retained/VBD their/PRP$ original/JJ meanings/NNS (/( a/DT marshy/NN place/NN )/) as/RB well/RB as/IN being/VBG understood/VBN in/IN Britain/NNP as/IN a/DT slang/NN synonym/NN for/IN a/DT toilet/NN ;/: it/PRP achieved/VBD an/DT entry/NN in/IN Hotten/NNP 's/POS dictionary/JJ as/IN early/RB as/IN 1864/CD as/IN a/DT privy/JJ as/IN distinguished/VBN from/IN a/DT water-closet/JJ ./.
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The/DT last/JJ example/NN (/( Eric/NNP Partridge/NNP tells/VBZ us/PRP )/) is/VBZ a/DT nickname/NN for/IN a/DT chamberpot/NN originating/VBG in/IN India/NNP c/SYM ./.
1870/CD ,/, and/CC is/VBZ derived/VBN from/IN the/DT noise/NN therein/RB caused/VBD ]/) ./.
By/IN far/RB the/DT most/RBS numerous/JJ group/NN of/IN terms/NNS is/VBZ that/IN which/WDT contains/VBZ words/NNS only/RB with/IN a/DT localized/JJ meaning/NN ./.
It/PRP would/MD be/VB impossible/JJ to/TO compile/VB a/DT definitive/JJ glossary/JJ for/IN this/DT group/NN ,/, but/CC a/DT few/JJ examples/NNS follow/VBP :/: the/DT heads/NNS (/( naval/JJ colloquialism/NN ,/, dating/VBG from/IN the/DT late/JJ nineteenth/NN century/NN ,/, said/VBD to/TO be/VB from/IN the/DT location/NN of/IN the/DT latrines/NNS on/IN a/DT ship/NN )/) ;/: the/DT longs/NNS (/( pet-name/JJ for/IN latrines/NNS at/IN Brasenose/NNP College/NNP ,/, Oxford/NNP ,/, from/IN c/SYM ./.
1870/CD ,/, so-called/JJ because/IN they/PRP were/VBD built/VBN from/IN funds/NNS donated/VBN by/IN a/DT certain/JJ Lady/NNP Long/NNP )/) ;/: and/CC greenhouses/NNS (/( Ulysses/NNP ,/, Book/NNP VIII/NNP )/) ,/, James/NNP Joyce/NNP 's/POS personal/JJ slang/NN for/IN the/DT public/JJ toilets/NNS after/IN the/DT color/NN of/IN their/PRP$ paint/NN ./.
It/PRP is/VBZ this/DT group/NN that/WDT ensures/VBZ steady/JJ growth/NN in/IN this/DT most/RBS malleable/JJ domain/NN of/IN the/DT English/NNP vocabulary/JJ ,/, for/IN the/DT resources/NNS of/IN the/DT human/JJ imagination/NN are/VBP limitless/JJ ./.
For/IN the/DT best/JJS part/NN of/IN half/PDT a/DT century/NN I/PRP have/VBP lived/VBN on/IN and/CC off/RP in/IN a/DT Windward/NNP Island/NNP of/IN the/DT now/RB largely/RB ex-/NN British/NNP Caribbean/NNP ./.
The/DT semantic/JJ of/IN these/DT former/JJ Crown/NNP Colonies/NNP is/VBZ individual/JJ and/CC anarchic/JJ ,/, bearing/NN in/IN mind/NN that/IN academically/RB ,/, if/IN no/RB longer/RB psychologically/RB ,/, they/PRP remain/VBP anglophone/NN ./.
Schoolchildren/NNP are/VBP guided/VBN into/IN ,/, first/JJ ,/, O/NNP and/CC ,/, then/RB ,/, A/DT Levels/NNP ,/, corresponding/JJ to/TO the/DT School/NNP and/CC Higher/JJR Certificates/NNP of/IN my/PRP$ own/JJ English/NNP youth/NN ;/: these/DT are/VBP set/VBN from/IN Cambridge/NNP and/CC incline/NN ,/, to/TO my/PRP$ mind/NN ,/, to/TO an/DT all/DT too/RB often/RB condescending/VBG leaning/VBG to/TO local/JJ idiom-worship/JJ ,/, from/IN which/WDT most/JJS BeeWees/NNP want/VBP to/TO free/VB themselves/PRP ./.
Northwards/NNP ,/, the/DT Leeward/NNP Island/NNP moving/VBG up/RP through/IN Antigua/NNP to/TO Jamaica/NNP are/VBP today/RB locked/VBN into/IN American/JJ television/NN ,/, while/IN southwards/NNS the/DT Mona/NNP ,/, Trinidad/NNP ,/, campus/NN of/IN the/DT University/NNP of/IN the/DT West/NNP Indies/NNP duplicates/NNS any/DT run-of-the-mill/JJ American/JJ municipal/JJ college/NN ,/, at/IN least/JJS in/IN its/PRP$ language/NN aspects/NNS ,/, being/VBG blessedly/RB innocent/JJ of/IN any/DT courses/NNS in/IN Anglo-/NNP Saxon/NNP or/CC Middle/NNP English/NNP ./.
The/DT small/JJ pocket/NN of/IN Windward/NNP Island/NNP semantic/JJ ,/, if/IN such/JJ it/PRP can/MD be/VB called/VBN ,/, has/VBZ nothing/NN to/TO do/VB with/IN the/DT patois/NNS of/IN adjacent/JJ French/JJ islands/NNS ./.
Obviously/RB the/DT short-lived/JJ French/JJ conquests/NNS in/IN the/DT region/NN left/VBN behind/IN words/NNS and/CC names/NNS ;/: here/RB a/DT crazy/JJ man/NN is/VBZ foo/NN [/( for/IN Fr/NNP fou/NN ]/) or/CC ,/, if/IN you/PRP want/VBP to/TO insult/VB him/PRP ,/, a/DT crapaud/NN toad/NN ,/, while/IN on/IN our/PRP$ little/JJ island/NN resolutely/RB British/JJ placenames/NNS (/( Grenville/NNP ,/, Victoria/NNP )/) nestle/NN beside/IN villages/NNS like/IN Perd-mon-/NNP Temps/NNP ,/, La/NNP Tante/NNP ,/, Crochu/NNP ./.
The/DT fact/NN remains/VBZ that/IN no/DT bush/NN local/JJ understands/VBZ French/JJ or/CC wants/VBZ to/TO ./.
I/PRP am/VBP roughly/RB familiar/JJ with/IN researches/VBZ into/IN this/DT semantic/JJ by/IN old/JJ friends/NNS ,/, like/IN John/NNP Groome/NNP of/IN Grenada/NNP or/CC Frank/NNP Collymore/NNP of/IN Barbados/NNP ,/, but/CC find/VB use/NN of/IN the/DT living/VBG language/NN hereabouts/RB best/RBS shown/VBN in/IN the/DT work/NN of/IN the/DT late/JJ and/CC much/RB lamented/VBD Shiva/NNP Naipaul/NNP ,/, younger/JJR brother/NN of/IN V/NNP ./.
S/NNP ./.
(/( who/WP declines/VBZ to/TO use/VB his/PRP$ knighthood/NN )/) ./.
Set/NNP in/IN the/DT fictional/JJ Cuyama/NNP (/( clearly/RB Guyana/NNP )/) ,/, Shiva/NNP 's/VBZ A/DT Hot/NNP Country/NNP is/VBZ a/DT West/NNP Indian/JJ masterpiece/NN ,/, even/RB though/IN islands/NNS characterize/VBP the/DT community/NN and/CC Guyana/NNP (/( formerly/RB BG/NNP ,/, or/CC British/NNP Guyana/NNP )/) is/VBZ mainland/NN ./.
Far/RB from/IN inclining/VBG to/TO French/JJ ,/, these/DT natives/NNS cleave/NN to/TO British/JJ schoolboy/NN slang/NN ,/, a/DT hard-dying/JJ lingo/NN ./.
Take/VB nicknames/NNS ./.
Nearly/RB everyone/NN I/PRP know/VBP has/VBZ (/( =/SYM does/VBZ have/VB )/) a/DT nickname/NN in/IN the/DT Windwards/NNP ,/, where/WRB the/DT Prime/NNP Minister/NNP of/IN St/NNP ./.
Vincent/NNP is/VBZ Son/NNP Mitchell/NNP (/( evidently/RB the/DT first-born/JJ of/IN an/DT inside/JJ marriage/NN )/) ,/, while/IN my/PRP$ builder/NN is/VBZ Sonny/NNP ,/, not/RB an/DT easy/JJ name/NN for/IN a/DT New/NNP York/NNP liberal/JJ to/TO summon/VB him/PRP by/IN ./.
Still/RB more/RBR difficult/JJ to/TO use/VB with/IN the/DT confidence/NN of/IN a/DT local/NN is/VBZ my/PRP$ gardener/NN 's/POS sobriquet--/JJ Black/NNP Man/NNP ./.
A/DT career/NN in/IN an/DT ultra-liberal/JJ New/NNP York/NNP city/NN college/NN inhibits/NNS my/PRP$ calling/VBG out/IN ,/, even/RB in/IN the/DT friendliest/NN manner/NN ,/, Come/VBN ,/, Black/NNP Man/NNP ./.
(/( Too/RB ,/, our/PRP$ locals/NNS refer/VBP unashamedly/RB to/TO nigger/NN hair/NN which/WDT ,/, to/TO date/NN ,/, I/PRP cannot/NN ./.
)/) So/RB most/JJS nicknames/NNS are/VBP the/DT inheritance/NN of/IN boyhood/NN features/NNS or/CC facial/JJ characteristics/NNS ,/, e/SYM ./.
g/SYM ./.
,/, Chubby/NNP ,/, Porgie/NNP ,/, Moon/NNP ,/, Snail/NNP ,/, Speedy/NNP (/( apparently/RB his/PRP$ opposite/JJ )/) ,/, Peg-/NNP Leg/NNP ,/, and/CC the/DT like/JJ ,/, all/DT delineating/VBG good/JJ friends/NNS of/IN mine/NN ./.
Rastas/NNP have/VBP their/PRP$ own/JJ system/NN ./.
There/EX is/VBZ little/RB linguistic/JJ ruling/NN available/JJ here/RB ,/, however/RB attractive/JJ BeeWee/NNP speech/NN rhythms/NNS may/MD sound/VB to/TO the/DT casual/JJ tourist/NN ./.
There/EX is/VBZ no/DT authentic/JJ dialect/NN in/IN the/DT ex-/NN British/NNP Caribbean/NNP ,/, not/RB even/RB in/IN the/DT sense/NN of/IN a/DT pejorative/JJ corruption/NN of/IN a/DT parent/NN tongue/NN (/( as/IN in/IN Pennsylvania/NNP Dutch/JJ ,/, for/IN instance/NN )/) ./.
It/PRP is/VBZ simply/RB sentimental/JJ to/TO propose/VB the/DT contrary/NN ,/, as/IN do/VBP the/DT sophisticated/JJ proponents/NNS of/IN multiculturalism/NN ,/, like/IN George/NNP Lamming/NNP in/IN Barbados/NNP ./.
What/WP mostly/RB characterizes/VBZ Windward/NNP Island/NNP speech/NN could/MD be/VB called/VBN a/DT kind/NN of/IN linguistic/JJ laziness/NNS ,/, and/CC this/DT has/VBZ considerable/JJ charm/NN ,/, as/IN a/DT lot/NN of/IN laziness/NNS can/MD ./.
A/DT typical/JJ morsel/NN of/IN such/JJ speech/NN plucked/VBN from/IN Shiva/NNP Naipaul/NNP 's/VBZ The/DT Chip-/NNP Chip/NNP Gatherers/NNP :/: I/PRP tired/JJ hear/VB you/PRP say/VBP that/DT ./.
The/DT meaning/NN is/VBZ perfectly/RB clear/JJ ./.
The/DT speaker/NN is/VBZ simply/RB abbreviating/VBG from/IN I/PRP am/VBP tired/JJ of/IN hearing/NN you/PRP say/VBP that/IN ,/, and/CC expressing/VBG character/NN (/( and/CC class/NN )/) by/IN doing/VBG so/RB ./.
Take/VB the/DT idiosyncrasy/NN in/IN the/DT use/NN of/IN personal/JJ pronouns/NNS ,/, that/IN of/IN the/DT lack/NN of/IN ,/, or/CC reluctance/NN to/TO use/VB ,/, accusative/JJ and/CC dative/JJ cases/NNS or/CC even/RB the/DT possessive/JJ ./.
Why/WRB bother/VB ?/.
One/CD form/NN can/MD do/VB the/DT job/NN ./.
We/PRP will/MD do/VB just/RB as/RB well/RB for/IN us/PRP or/CC ours/PRP ./.
Thus/RB a/DT Windward/NNP Island/NNP might/MD say/VB ,/, They/PRP take/VBP we/PRP jobs/NNS from/IN we/PRP ./.
In/IN Grenada/NNP of/IN the/DT revolutionary/JJ 1979/CD -/: 83/CD interregnum/NN ,/, Prime/NNP Minister/NNP Maurice/NNP Bishop/NNP was/VBD We/PRP Leader/NNP ./.
Or/CC ,/, from/IN Shiva/NNP again/RB :/: The/DT moment/NN we/PRP get/VBP we/PRP children/NNS off/RP we/PRP hands/VBZ we/PRP leavin/NN '/" here/RB ./.
They/PRP does/VBZ bramble/JJ we/PRP ./.
None/NN of/IN these/DT rather/RB charming/JJ locutions/NNS is/VBZ represented/VBN orthographically/RB (/( in/IN government/NN documents/NNS and/CC the/DT like/JJ )/) ,/, yet/RB one/CD prevalent/JJ curiosity/NN has/VBZ always/RB struck/VBN me/PRP ,/, namely/RB the/DT dropping/VBG of/IN the/DT final/JJ g/SYM from/IN participles/NNS ./.
Sitting/VBG brimmin/NN '/" up/RP a/DT smile/NN of/IN white/JJ (/( perhaps/RB even/RB a/DT grin/NN of/IN such/JJ rum/NN )/) over/IN a/DT seascape/NN of/IN beauty/NN ,/, a/DT Windward/NNP Islander/NNP told/VBD me/PRP ,/, I/PRP viewin/NN '/" ./.
This/DT duplicates/NNS precisely/RB the/DT U/NNP huntin/NN '/" -/: shootin/NN '/" -/: fishin/NN '/" locution/NN of/IN my/PRP$ British/JJ youth/NN ,/, and/CC could/MD be/VB another/DT reason/NN for/IN calling/VBG West/NNP Indians/NNPS the/DT last/JJ Englishmen/NNP left/VBN around/IN ./.
Nevertheless/RB ,/, some/DT elements/NNS of/IN Windward/NNP speech/NN can/MD be/VB regularized/JJ into/IN a/DT sort/NN of/IN grammar/NN ,/, particularly/RB in/IN verb/NN tenses/NNS ./.
The/DT constantly/RB surprising/JJ ubiquity/NN ,/, in/IN stores/NNS ,/, dockyards/NNS ,/, garages/NNS ,/, banks/NNS ,/, of/IN the/DT King/NNP James/NNP version/NN of/IN the/DT Bible/NNP may/MD account/VB for/IN what/WP seem/VBP to/TO visitors/NNS to/TO be/VB odd/JJ usages/NNS ,/, variations/NNS often/RB coming/VBG over/IN at/IN first/JJ as/IN error/NN ;/: the/DT universal/JJ use/NN of/IN the/DT conditional/JJ would/MD for/IN the/DT future/JJ will/MD can/MD lead/VB to/TO serious/JJ confusion/NN ,/, e/SYM ./.
g/SYM ./.
,/, in/IN legal/JJ documents/NNS ./.
A/DT comparison/NN of/IN the/DT present/JJ tenses/NNS of/IN the/DT verb/NN to/TO have/VB and/CC to/TO be/VB yields/NNS the/DT following/JJ reversals/NNS :/:
I/PRP have/VBP I/PRP has/VBZ
he/PRP &slash;/NN she/PRP has/VBZ he/PRP &slash;/NN she/PRP have/VBP
we/PRP have/VBP we/PRP has/VBZ
you/PRP have/VBP you/PRP has/VBZ
they/PRP have/VBP they/PRP has/VBZ
I/PRP am/VBP I/PRP is/VBZ
he/PRP &slash;/NN she/PRP is/VBZ he/PRP &slash;/NN she/PRP are/VBP &slash;/NN am/VBP
we/PRP are/VBP we/PRP is/VBZ
you/PRP are/VBP you/PRP is/VBZ
they/PRP are/VBP they/PRP is/VBZ
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So/RB do/VBP ,/, surely/RB ,/, BeeWee/NNP intensifications/NNS ,/, doubling/VBG the/DT epithet/NN ;/: a/DT Windward/NNP Islander/NNP may/MD call/VB a/DT fruit/NN sweet-sweet/JJ ,/, one/CD adjective/NN not/RB sufficing/VBG to/TO express/VB feelings/NNS about/IN it/PRP enough/RB ./.
Sweet-sweet/NNP is/VBZ much/RB more/JJR sweeter/NN than/IN very/RB sweet/JJ ,/, is/VBZ it/PRP not/RB ?/.
Television/NNP has/VBZ recently/RB begun/VBN to/TO inundate/NN these/DT incompetent/JJ but/CC lovable/JJ little/JJ islands/NNS ,/, embarrassing/JJ colonial/NN deposits/NNS now/RB handed/VBN over/IN to/TO sink/VB or/CC swim/VBP in/IN independence/NN ./.
CNN/NNP and/CC the/DT BBC/NNP are/VBP already/RB busy/JJ ironing/VBG out/IN indigenous/JJ language/NN rhythms/NNS in/IN the/DT interests/NNS of/IN the/DT global/JJ village/NN ./.
In/IN an/DT article/NN (/( The/DT Use/NN of/IN Lallans/NNP for/IN Prose/NNP ,/, The/DT Journal/NNP of/IN English/NNP and/CC Germanic/NNP Philology/NNP ,/, LI/NNP ,/, No/UH ./.
2/CD ,/, April/NNP ,/, 1952/CD ,/, pp/NN ./.
212/CD -/: 225/CD )/) ,/, I/PRP tried/VBD to/TO show/VB ,/, elsewhere/RB ,/, this/DT happening/VBG to/TO Braid/NNP Scots/NNP ,/, the/DT Doric/NNP ,/, or/CC Lallans/NNP in/IN Scotland/NNP ./.
But/CC in/IN that/DT case/NN a/DT linguistic/JJ amalgam/NN cohered/JJ early/JJ and/CC was/VBD only/RB pushed/VBN back/RB northwards/NNS after/IN having/VBG established/VBD a/DT local/JJ literature/NN (/( Dunbar/NNP ,/, Henryson/NNP )/) ./.
Nor/CC did/VBD it/PRP have/VB to/TO fight/VB television/NN ./.
Alas/NNP ,/, Windward/NNP Island/NNP English/NNP is/VBZ far/RB more/RBR vulnerable/JJ to/TO standardization/NN ./.
Maybe/RB I/PRP 'm/VBP a/DT dullard/NN ,/, but/CC ./.
./.
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W/NNP ./.
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The/DT high/JJ proportion/NN of/IN Afrikaans/NNP words/NNS has/VBZ frequently/RB been/VBN singled/VBN out/IN for/IN comment/NN by/IN critics/NNS ./.
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g/SYM ./.
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(/( They/PRP responded/VBD by/IN reducing/VBG the/DT number/NN of/IN such/JJ entries/NNS and/CC by/IN marking/VBG others/NNS as/IN borderline/NN cases/NNS )/) ./.
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(/( To/TO be/VB consistent/JJ ,/, the/DT DOSAE/NNP would/MD have/VB to/TO indicate/VB the/DT word/NN for/IN left/VBN in/IN all/DT languages/NNS that/WDT appear/VBP in/IN road/NN signs/NNS in/IN different/JJ parts/NNS of/IN the/DT country--/JJ Zulu/NNP ,/, Xhosa/NNP ,/, Sotho/NNP and/CC Tswana/NNP )/) ./.
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African/NNP English/NNP ./.
What/WP are/VBP slegs/NNS ?/.
a/DT puzzled/VBN visitor/NN from/IN overseas/RB asked/VBD me/PRP ./.
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and/CC tweetalig/NN nogal/NN [/( bilingual/JJ ,/, what/WP 's/VBZ more/JJR ]/) ,/, is/VBZ to/TO be/VB distributed/VBN to/TO all/DT hospitals/NNS ./.
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and/CC Four/CD years/NNS in/IN the/DT charge/NN office/NN as/IN a/DT fraud/NN detective/NN ./.
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studied/VBN art/NN in/IN Scotland/NNP ./.
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DOSAE/NNP shows/VBZ attention/NN to/TO detail/NN ,/, provides/VBZ extensive/JJ definitions/NNS with/IN detailed/JJ cross/NN references/NNS ,/, has/VBZ broad/JJ phonetic/JJ transcriptions/NNS and/CC ,/, above/IN all/DT ,/, provides/VBZ delightful/JJ illustrative/JJ sentences/NNS from/IN historical/JJ and/CC contemporary/JJ sources/NNS ./.
Rajend/NNP Mesthrie/NNP
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vicissitudes/NNS of/IN her/PRP$ marriage/NN ,/, 71/CD -/: 7/CD
Mrs/NNP ./.
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[/NN p/NN ./.
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AL/NNP 9/CD 5/CD DP/NNP ,/, England/NNP ./.
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O/NNP ./.
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O/NNP ./.
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Laurence/NNP Urdang/NNP
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For/IN me/PRP and/CC scores/NNS of/IN thousands/NNS of/IN other/JJ students/NNS of/IN language/NN and/CC literature/NN ,/, A/DT ./.
C/NNP ./.
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Laurence/NNP Urdang/NNP
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Sometimes/RB a/DT more/RBR critical/JJ and/CC profound/JJ analysis/NN can/MD be/VB unexpectedly/RB rewarding/JJ ./.
Let/VB us/PRP look/VB at/IN the/DT first/JJ line/NN :/:
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The/DT second/JJ line/NN :/:
You/PRP know/VBP what/WP I/PRP mean/VBP
is/VBZ pure/JJ emphasis/NN ./.
The/DT writer/NN is/VBZ in/IN some/DT doubt/NN as/IN to/TO whether/IN the/DT listener/NN has/VBZ paid/VBN sufficient/JJ attention/NN to/TO the/DT first/JJ line/NN ./.
Concentrate/NNP ,/, he/PRP appears/VBZ to/TO be/VB saying/VBG ,/, every/DT word/NN counts/NNS ./.
The/DT third/JJ line/NN :/:
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It/PRP is/VBZ impossible/JJ to/TO say/VB what/WP she/PRP is/VBZ like/IN ,/, because/IN she/PRP is/VBZ like/IN nothing/NN else/RB ./.
In/IN line/NN four/CD ,/,
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Well/RB she/PRP looked/VBD at/IN me/PRP
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Is/VBZ she/PRP perhaps/RB as/IN enamored/JJ of/IN him/PRP as/IN he/PRP is/VBZ of/IN her/PRP ?/.
And/CC if/IN they/PRP do/VBP meet--and/JJ we/PRP sense/VBP they/PRP will--can/JJ their/PRP$ relationship/NN endure/VB ?/.
The/DT answer/NN is/VBZ in/IN verse/NN two/CD ,/, which/WDT we/PRP shall/MD be/VB looking/VBG at/IN tomorrow/NN ./.
Please/VB stand/VB for/IN the/DT hymn/NN ./.
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Not/RB long/RB ago/RB in/IN an/DT article/NN on/IN word-processing/NN I/PRP came/VBD across/IN the/DT word/NN doable/JJ ./.
I/PRP could/MD not/RB remember/VB having/VBG seen/VBN it/PRP before--but/JJ ,/, then/RB ,/, my/PRP$ memory/NN for/IN words/NNS frequently/RB lets/VBZ me/PRP down/RP these/DT days/NNS ./.
I/PRP wondered/VBD how/WRB it/PRP is/VBZ pronounced/VBN ./.
And/CC what/WP does/VBZ it/PRP mean/VBP ?/.
So/RB to/TO the/DT dictionaries/NNS ./.
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Surely/RB ,/, I/PRP thought/VBD ,/, the/DT OED/NNP Supplement/NNP will/MD have/VB something/NN on/IN it/PRP ./.
Nothing/NN ./.
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The/DT earliest/JJS instance/NN of/IN its/PRP$ use/NN given/VBN is/VBZ A/DT law/NN ./.
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which/WDT is/VBZ 1449/CD ./.
All/PDT this/DT sent/VBD me/PRP into/IN intense/JJ research/NN into/IN the/DT word/NN do/VBP ./.
Dr/NNP ./.
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The/DT Gage/NNP Canadian/JJ gives/VBZ 15/CD distinct/JJ definitions/NNS for/IN do/VBP ,/, along/IN with/IN 10/CD common/JJ idiomatic/JJ phrases/NNS using/VBG it/PRP ./.
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,/, although/IN the/DT grammatical/JJ difference/NN seems/VBZ slight/JJ ./.
Do/VBP is/VBZ a/DT remarkably/RB versatile/NN verb/NN ./.
You/PRP can/MD do/VB your/PRP$ washing/VBG ./.
Or/CC the/DT Rocky/NNP Mountains/NNPS ./.
Or/CC your/PRP$ income/NN tax/NN ./.
Or/CC your/PRP$ thing/NN ./.
And/CC there/EX is/VBZ the/DT simple/JJ interrogatory/NN do/VBP :/: Do/VBP you/PRP see/VBP what/WP I/PRP mean/VBP ?/.
Do/VBP you/PRP have/VB the/DT time/NN ?/.
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Occasionally/RB ,/, I/PRP have/VBP heard/VBN a/DT string/NN like/IN 666666/CD expressed/VBD as/IN ,/, treble-/JJ ,/, treble-/JJ ,/, but/CC double-/JJ ,/, double-/JJ ,/, double-/JJ is/VBZ probably/RB more/RBR frequent/JJ ,/, and/CC six/CD ,/, double-/JJ ,/, six/CD ,/, double-/JJ can/MD be/VB heard/VBN ./.
A/DT recent/JJ radio/NN advertisement/NN contained/VBD the/DT number/NN 888777/CD ,/, read/VBP as/IN eight/CD ,/, double-/JJ ,/, seven/CD ,/, double-/JJ ./.
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The/DT letters/NNS were/VBD ,/, however/RB ,/, retained/VBD on/IN the/DT instruments/NNS ,/, and/CC North/JJ American/JJ telephones/NNS group/NN them/PRP this/DT way/NN (/( wisely/RB ,/, there/EX is/VBZ no/DT Q/NNP )/) :/: )/)
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I/PRP admit/VBP that/IN zero/CD does/VBZ remove/VB any/DT ambiguity/NN in/IN North/NNP America/NNP ;/: but/CC ,/, without/IN letters/NNS on/IN telephones/NNS ,/, how/WRB could/MD it/PRP arise/VB in/IN Europe/NNP ?/.
Ever/RB resourceful/JJ ,/, Americans/NNPS quickly/RB recognized/VBN that/IN they/PRP could/MD use/VB part/NN or/CC all/DT of/IN their/PRP$ telephone/NN letters/NNS as/IN a/DT mnemonic/JJ ./.
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PASSION/NNP (/( 727/NNP -/: 7466/CD )/) to/TO satisfy/VB cravings/NNS ,/, KWIKFIT/NNP (/( 594/CD -/: 5348/CD )/) (/( but/CC not/RB ZIPPER/NNP ,/, because/IN a/DT number/NN cannot/NN start/NN with/IN a/DT Z/NNP or/CC zero/CD )/) for/IN emergency/NN tailoring/VBG services/NNS ,/, etc/FW ./.
The/DT literal-minded/JJ among/IN us/PRP have/VBP fastened/VBN on/IN the/DT inaccuracy/NN of/IN the/DT retained/VBN word/NN dial/NN for/IN what/WP many/JJ now/RB have/VBP on/IN telephones/NNS ./.
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But/CC pad/NN proves/VBZ unsatisfactory/NN as/IN a/DT verb/NN ./.
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Laurence/NNP Urdang/NNP
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John/NNP Horne/NNP Tooke/NNP ,/, Epea/NNP Ptepoenta/NNP ,/, or/CC The/DT Diversions/NNP of/IN Purley/NNP ,/, Part/NN I/PRP ,/,
Second/NNP Edition/NNP ,/, London/NNP ,/, 1798/CD ,/, p/NN ./.
120/CD ./.
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food/NN ./.
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sublimated/JJ to/TO [/( his/PRP$ ]/) profound/JJ architectural/JJ knowledge/NN and/CC appreciation/NN of/IN interior/JJ design/NN ,/, Jonathan/NNP Meades/NNP ,/, the/DT subject/JJ reviewer/NN of/IN The/DT Sunday/NNP Times/NNP suited/VBN the/DT word/NN to/TO the/DT action/NN :/:
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But/CC then/RB so/RB do/VBP many/RB restaurateurs/NNS ./.
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Whose/NNP palate/NN and/CC attitudes/NNS other/JJ than/IN my/PRP$ own/JJ could/MD I/PRP possibly/RB use/VBP ?/.
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for/IN the/DT first/JJ time/NN a/DT prime/JJ minister/NN had/VBD used/VBN the/DT word/NN innocent/JJ rather/RB than/IN not/RB guilty/JJ when/WRB referring/VBG to/TO the/DT victims/NNS [/( killed/VBN in/IN 1972/CD in/IN Londonderry/NNP in/IN the/DT Bloody/NNP Sunday/NNP massacre/NN ]/) ./.
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-/: -/: The/DT Times/NNP ,/, 22/CD January/NNP 1993/CD ,/, p/NN ./.
5/CD ./.
Perhaps/RB one/CD of/IN our/PRP$ readers/NNS steeped/JJ in/IN legal/JJ lore/NN would/MD care/VB to/TO comment/VB on/IN whether/IN there/EX is/VBZ a/DT legal/JJ distinction/NN between/IN these/DT terms/NNS or/CC whether/IN the/DT distinction/NN resides/VBZ solely/RB in/IN the/DT minds/NNS of/IN lay/VB speakers/NNS ./.
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I/PRP hope/VBP he/PRP meant/VBD pane/NN frattau/NN ./.
[/NN From/IN the/DT Letters/NNS section/NN of/IN The/DT Times/NNP ./.
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playing/VBG fields/NNS in/IN general/JJ ,/, and/CC level/NN playing/VBG fields/NNS in/IN particular/NN ,/, were/VBD referred/VBN to/TO no/DT fewer/JJR than/IN 100/CD times/NNS ./.
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Yours/NNP faithfully/RB ,/,
Gyles/NNP Brandreth/NNP
(/( Chairman/NNP )/) ,/,
National/NNP Playing/VBG Fields/NNP Association/NNP ,/,
25/CD Ovington/NNP Square/NNP ,/, SW/NNP 3/CD
February/NNP 2/CD [/( 1993/CD ]/) ./.
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A/DT few/JJ months/NNS ago/RB ,/, a/DT colleague/NN wrote/VBD saying/VBG that/IN he/PRP had/VBD encountered/VBN my/PRP$ mention/NN of/IN it/PRP but/CC had/VBD been/VBN unable/JJ to/TO find/VB any/DT reference/NN in/IN Dryden/NNP 's/POS writings/NNS ./.
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The/DT waves/NNS and/CC dens/NNS of/IN beasts/NNS could/MD not/RB receive/VB
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Dramatic/NNP Poesy/NNP &/CC Other/NNP Essays/NNP ,/, John/NNP Dryden/NNP ,/, Everyman/NNP 's/POS Library/NNP ,/, J/NNP ./.
M/NNP ./.
Dent/NNP ,/, 1912/CD ,/, 1950/CD ,/, p/NN ./.
100/CD ./.
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Dryden/NNP ,/, if/IN not/RB a/DT purist/NN ,/, was/VBD certainly/RB a/DT traditionalist/NN and/CC a/DT precisian/NN in/IN language/NN :/:
To/TO begin/VB with/IN Language/NNP ./.
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Ibid/NNP ./.
,/, p/NN ./.
97/CD ./.
[/NN Italics/NNP not/RB mine/NN ./.
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He/PRP comments/VBZ on/IN the/DT errors/NNS in/IN the/DT writings/NNS of/IN the/DT great/JJ masters/NNS that/WDT are/VBP cited/VBN today/NN either/CC in/IN a/DT derisory/NN tone/NN or/CC as/IN an/DT excuse/NN for/IN our/PRP$ own/JJ shortcomings/NNS :/:
Ibid/NNP ./.
,/, p/NN ./.
98/CD ./.
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Quam/NNP penes/NNS ,/, arbitrium/NN est/NN ,/, et/CC jus/JJ ,/, et/CC norma/NN loquendi/NN ./.
Ars/NNP Poetica/NNP ,/, 70/CD -/: 2/CD ./.
[/NN Many/JJ words/NNS which/WDT have/VBP now/RB fallen/VBN out/IN of/IN use/NN will/MD be/VB reborn/JJ ,/, and/CC many/JJ now/RB prominent/JJ will/MD disappear/VB ,/, if/IN usage/NN ,/, which/WDT owns/VBZ the/DT right/NN to/TO decide/VB ,/, and/CC the/DT law/NN ,/, and/CC the/DT canons/NNS of/IN speech/NN ,/, so/RB choose/VB ./.
]/NN
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Ibid/NNP ./.
p/NN ./.
101/CD f/SYM ./.
(/( The/DT 17/CD th-century/JJ sense/NN of/IN sophistication/NN was/VBD closer/JJR to/TO smacking/VBG of/IN sophistry/NN ./.
)/)
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In/IN many/JJ cases/NNS ,/, it/PRP must/MD be/VB acknowledged/VBN ,/, the/DT speaker/NN or/CC writer/NN has/VBZ not/RB been/VBN exposed/VBN to/TO the/DT opportunities/NNS that/WDT would/MD enable/VB him/PRP to/TO distinguish/VB between/IN what/WP is/VBZ regarded/VBN as/IN standard/JJ usage/NN versus/CC nonstandard/NN ,/, hence/RB ,/, it/PRP might/MD be/VB said/VBN that/IN he/PRP is/VBZ not/RB responsible/JJ for/IN using/VBG nonstandard/NN English/NNP ./.
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The/DT cable/NN television/NN service/NN in/IN the/DT Old/NNP Lyme/NNP ,/, Connecticut/NNP ,/, area/NN is/VBZ (/( apparently/RB )/) forbidden/VBN to/TO transmit/VB certain/JJ programs/NNS because/IN the/DT transmission/NN rights/NNS have/VBP been/VBN preempted/JJ by/IN another/DT station/NN ./.
In/IN such/JJ circumstances/NNS ,/, a/DT message/NN appears/VBZ on/IN the/DT screen/NN that/WDT explains/VBZ ,/, in/IN quasi-legalistic/JJ terms/NNS ,/, why/WRB the/DT viewer/NN is/VBZ looking/VBG at/IN the/DT message/NN instead/RB of/IN the/DT program/NN ./.
Among/IN the/DT words/NNS used/VBN is/VBZ pursuant/JJ ,/, which/WDT is/VBZ spelled/VBN persuant/NN ./.
This/DT message/NN has/VBZ been/VBN appearing/VBG on/IN the/DT screen/NN with/IN that/DT misspelling/VBG for/IN the/DT past/JJ two/CD years/NNS (/( or/CC more/JJR )/) ,/, and/CC the/DT cable/NN company/NN maintains/VBZ that/IN the/DT card/NN bearing/VBG the/DT message/NN is/VBZ provided/VBN to/TO them/PRP with/IN the/DT proviso/NN that/IN it/PRP be/VB transmitted/VBN as/IN is/VBZ ./.
Because/IN the/DT notice/NN appears/VBZ almost/RB every/DT evening/NN on/IN at/IN least/JJS one/CD channel/NN and/CC remains/VBZ on/IN the/DT screen/NN for/IN at/IN least/JJS thrity/NN minutes/NNS on/IN end/NN ,/, its/PRP$ exposure/NN is/VBZ far/RB greater/JJR than/IN that/DT of/IN a/DT fleeting/JJ utterance/NN by/IN a/DT newscaster/NN or/CC a/DT similar/JJ written/VBN message/NN that/WDT appears/VBZ only/RB fleetingly/RB ./.
One/CD cannot/NN help/NN thinking/VBG that/IN an/DT entire/JJ generation/NN of/IN viewers--assuming/JJ they/PRP are/VBP able/JJ to/TO read/VB at/IN all--is/JJ growing/VBG up/RP learning/VBG how/WRB to/TO misspell/NN pursuant/JJ ./.
Pursuant/NNP is/VBZ a/DT legal/JJ term/NN ,/, of/IN course/NN ,/, not/RB one/CD that/IN drops/NNS readily/RB from/IN the/DT lips/NNS of/IN the/DT housewife/NN or/CC casual/JJ observer/NN of/IN the/DT rock/NN 'n'/CC roll/NN scene/NN on/IN MTV/NNP ./.
Thus/RB ,/, with/IN some/DT justification/NN ,/, one/PRP might/MD well/RB ask/VB ,/, Who/WP cares/VBZ ?/.
And/CC there/EX are/VBP always/RB those/DT who/WP will/MD accuse/VB me/PRP of/IN being/VBG a/DT purist/NN ,/, which/WDT I/PRP do/VBP not/RB think/VB I/PRP am/VBP ./.
On/IN the/DT other/JJ hand/NN ,/, I/PRP try/VBP not/RB to/TO be/VB a/DT linguistic/JJ slob/NN ,/, either/RB ./.
If/IN one/CD asks/VBZ a/DT professional/JJ linguist/NN why/WRB he/PRP does/VBZ n't/RB say/VB things/NNS like/IN He/PRP do/VBP n't/RB or/CC spell/VB pursuant/JJ persuant/NN ,/, the/DT reply/NN is/VBZ likely/JJ to/TO be/VB ,/, He/PRP do/VBP n't/RB is/VBZ not/RB part/VB of/IN my/PRP$ speech/NN pattern/NN ,/, and/CC I/PRP simply/RB do/VBP not/RB spell/VB pursuant/JJ that/DT way/NN ./.
One/PRP may/MD accept/VB that/DT sort/NN of/IN statement/NN at/IN face/NN value/NN ;/: in/IN my/PRP$ view/NN ,/, it/PRP would/MD have/VB been/VBN more/RBR accurate/JJ (/( and/CC honest/JJ )/) to/TO say/VB ,/, I/PRP would/MD n't/RB be/VB caught/VBN dead/JJ saying/NN He/PRP do/VBP n't/RB ,/, etc/FW ./.
Last/JJ evening/NN (/( 26/CD November/NNP )/) I/PRP was/VBD watching/VBG Biography/NNP on/IN the/DT Arts/NNP &/CC Entertainment/NNP network/NN ./.
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In/IN one/CD such/JJ title/NN ,/, Prince/NNP Andrew/NNP 's/POS father-in-law/NN was/VBD identified/VBN as/IN Furguson/NNP ;/: in/IN another/DT ,/, the/DT site/NN of/IN Prince/NNP Charles/NNP 's/POS wedding/NN was/VBD identified/VBN as/IN St/NNP ./.
Pauls/NNP [/( sic/JJ ]/) Carhederal/NNP [/( sic/JJ ]/) ./.
Aside/RB from/IN the/DT fact/NN that/IN the/DT program/NN was/VBD rather/RB poorly/RB done/VBN ,/, how/WRB are/VBP we/PRP to/TO react/VB to/TO this/DT sort/NN of/IN thing/NN ?/.
Should/MD we/PRP throw/VB up/RP our/PRP$ hands/NNS ,/, saying/VBG ,/, Anyone/NN can/MD make/VB a/DT mistake/NN or/CC What/WP difference/NN does/VBZ it/PRP make/VBP ?/.
or/CC You/PRP are/VBP the/DT one/CD to/TO talk/VB :/: look/VB at/IN all/PDT the/DT mistakes/NNS in/IN VERBATIM/NNP ?/.
As/IN for/IN the/DT last/NN ,/, I/PRP would/MD protest/VB that/IN the/DT A/DT &/CC E/NNP network/NN has/VBZ resources/NNS far/RB beyond/IN those/DT available/JJ for/IN the/DT proofreading/VBG of/IN VERBATIM/NNP ./.
The/DT first/JJ is/VBZ merely/RB a/DT vapid/NN truism/NN ./.
But/CC what/WP about/IN the/DT second/NN ?/.
I/PRP am/VBP moved/VBN to/TO offer/VB some/DT armchair/NN psychological/JJ analysis/NN ./.
For/IN many/JJ people/NNS ,/, their/PRP$ ability/NN to/TO relate/VB to/TO reality/NN is/VBZ inexorably/RB tied/VBN to/TO their/PRP$ control/NN of/IN language/NN ,/, the/DT greatest/JJS common/JJ denominator/NN of/IN our/PRP$ understanding/NN of/IN the/DT real/JJ world/NN ./.
(/( Berkeleian/NNP philosophers/NNS need/VBP not/RB waste/VB their/PRP$ time/NN writing/VBG me/PRP on/IN this/DT subject/NN ./.
)/) For/IN such/JJ people/NNS ,/, we/PRP might/MD say/VB that/IN their/PRP$ very/RB grip/NN on/IN reality/NN depends/VBZ on/IN their/PRP$ control/NN of/IN language/NN :/: it/PRP is/VBZ their/PRP$ security/NN blanket/NN ,/, the/DT corners/NNS of/IN which/WDT they/PRP chew/VBP with/IN everlasting/JJ self-satisfaction/JJ and/CC in/IN which/WDT they/PRP wind/VBP themselves/PRP for/IN protection/NN against/IN the/DT hostile/JJ forces/NNS that/WDT would/MD shake/VB the/DT foundations/NNS of/IN their/PRP$ traditionalism/NN ./.
If/IN their/PRP$ language/NN is/VBZ threatened/VBN ,/, they/PRP are/VBP threatened/VBN ./.
Put/VB another/DT way/NN ,/, the/DT acceptance/NN of/IN nonstandard/NN language/NN to/TO replace/VB the/DT comfortable/JJ protection/NN offered/VBN by/IN linguistic/JJ purism/NN amounts/NNS to/TO moving/VBG the/DT goalposts/NNS in/IN a/DT game/NN that/IN they/PRP have/VBP been/VBN playing/VBG for/IN their/PRP$ entire/JJ lives/NNS according/VBG to/TO a/DT different/JJ set/NN of/IN rules/NNS ./.
As/IN readers/NNS of/IN these/DT occasional/JJ notes/NNS on/IN English/NNP are/VBP well/RB aware/JJ ,/, British/JJ standard/JJ usage/NN now/RB condones/NNS the/DT use/NN of/IN the/DT indicative/JJ where/WRB the/DT subjunctive/JJ formerly/RB reigned/VBD and/CC ,/, to/TO mention/VB just/RB one/CD other/JJ obvious/JJ phenomenon/NN ,/, the/DT use/NN of/IN the/DT plural/NN pronouns/NNS of/IN reference/NN for/IN what/WP have/VBP traditionally/RB been/VBN regarded/VBN as/IN singular/NN referents/NNS (/( as/IN in/IN Everyone/NN should/MD bring/VB their/PRP$ book/NN to/TO class/NN tomorrow/NN )/) ./.
The/DT two/CD changes/NNS are/VBP different/JJ ,/, of/IN course/NN :/: the/DT former/JJ marks/VBZ a/DT final/JJ succumbing/VBG to/TO the/DT relentless/JJ forces/NNS of/IN the/DT indicative/JJ :/: the/DT weakening/NN of/IN the/DT subjunctive/JJ might/MD be/VB regarded/VBN as/IN a/DT rejection/NN of/IN the/DT tolerance/NN of/IN uncertainty/NN on/IN the/DT part/NN of/IN the/DT speaker/NN ,/, perhaps/RB a/DT product/NN of/IN the/DT late-/NN 20/CD th-century/JJ obsession/NN with/IN the/DT facts/NNS ,/, resulting/VBG in/IN insecurity/NN when/WRB faced/VBN with/IN doubt/NN ,/, with/IN low/JJ probability/NN ,/, or/CC with/IN contrary-to-fact/JJ situations/NNS ./.
The/DT issue/NN of/IN pronoun/NN agreement/NN might/MD be/VB laid/VBN at/IN the/DT door/NN of/IN the/DT feminists/NNS '/POS misguided/VBN interference/NN with/IN the/DT forces/NNS of/IN language/NN ,/, resulting/VBG in/IN a/DT nervous/JJ rejection/NN of/IN the/DT masculine/JJ pronoun/NN as/IN the/DT neutral/JJ one/CD ;/: but/CC ,/, in/IN truth/NN ,/, the/DT sustenance/NN of/IN the/DT singular/NN nature/NN of/IN words/NNS like/IN each/DT ,/, everybody/NN ,/, everyone/NN ,/, etc/FW ./.
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One/CD is/VBZ led/VBN to/TO considering/VBG the/DT establishment/NN of/IN a/DT hierarchy/NN of/IN the/DT heinousness/NNS ./.
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A/DT great/JJ deal/NN can/MD be/VB determined/VBN from/IN a/DT personal/JJ interview--somewhat/JJ more/RBR complicated/JJ with/IN an/DT applicant/NN a/DT thousand/CD miles/NNS away--but/JJ dialect/NN differences/NNS must/MD be/VB accounted/VBN for/IN ,/, too/RB ./.
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Yet/RB macho/NN is/VBZ uttered/VBD with/IN a/SYM -/: tch/NN -/: ,/, possibly/RB to/TO distinguish/VB it/PRP from/IN one/CD of/IN the/DT pronunciations/NNS of/IN the/DT word/NN for/IN a/DT variety/NN of/IN shark/NN ./.
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Proceeds/NNS from/IN sales/NNS of/IN carved/VBN ducks/NNS go/VBP to/TO handicap/VB children/NNS ./.
[/NN A/DT sign/NN in/IN a/DT Greek/JJ pizeria/NN in/IN Peabody/NNP ,/, Massachusetts/NNP ./.
Submitted/NNP by/IN ]/NN
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[/NN Headline/NNP in/IN The/DT Australian/JJ ,/, ./.
Submited/NNP by/IN ]/NN
Responding/VBG to/TO Douglas/NNP S/NNP ./.
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S/NNP ./.
;/: and/CC third/JJ ,/, the/DT bacterium/NN was/VBD named/VBN not/RB after/IN the/DT fish/NN but/CC after/IN an/DT American/JJ bacteriologist/NN ,/, Daniel/NNP E/NNP ./.
Salmon/NNP (/( 1850/CD -/: 1914/CD )/) ./.
Ornithorhynchus/NNP (/( not/RB ,/, as/IN printed/VBN ,/, Ornithorhyncus/NNP )/) anatinas/NNS is/VBZ a/DT hybrid/NN of/IN two/CD binomials/NNS :/: the/DT first/JJ is/VBZ the/DT accepted/VBN Ornithorhynchus/NNP paradoxus/JJ ,/, the/DT second/NN ,/, the/DT earlier/JJR (/( by/IN one/CD year/NN )/) Platypus/NNP anatinas/NNS ,/, which/WDT was/VBD discarded/VBN because/IN it/PRP had/VBD already/RB been/VBN used/VBN for/IN a/DT genus/JJ of/IN Coleoptera/NNP (/( beetles/NNS )/) ./.
Perhaps/RB the/DT final/JJ word/NN on/IN this/DT should/MD be/VB Oliver/NNP Herford/NNP 's/POS poem/NN (/( from/IN This/DT Giddy/NNP Globe/NNP ,/, George/NNP H/NNP ./.
Doran/NNP ,/, 1919/CD )/) :/:
My/PRP$ child/NN ,/, the/DT duck-billed/JJ platypus/JJ A/DT sad/JJ example/NN sets/NNS for/IN us/PRP ./.
From/IN him/PRP we/PRP learn/VBP how/WRB indecision/NN Of/IN character/NN provokes/NNS derision/NN ./.
This/DT vacillating/VBG beast/NN ,/, you/PRP see/VBP ,/, Could/MD not/RB decide/VB which/WDT he/PRP would/MD be--/JJ Fish/NN ,/, flesh/NN ,/, or/CC fowl--and/JJ chose/VBD all/DT three/CD ./.
The/DT scientists/NNS were/VBD sorely/RB vexed/JJ ,/, To/TO classify/VB him/PRP so/RB perplexed/JJ Their/PRP$ brains/NNS that/IN they/PRP with/IN rags/NNS at/IN bay/NN Called/VBD him/PRP a/DT horrid/NN name/NN one/CD day/NN ,/, A/DT name/NN that/IN baffles/NNS ,/, frights/NNS ,/, and/CC shocks/NNS us/PRP ,/, Ornithorhynchus/NNP paradoxus/JJ ./.
Further/RB to/TO the/DT letter/NN of/IN Douglas/NNP S/NNP ./.
Dodge/NNP [/( XIX/NNP ,/, 2/CD ,/, 18/CD ]/) regarding/VBG tripes/NNS á/NN la/FW mode/NN de/IN Caen/NNP ,/, please/VB note/NN that/IN the/DT Caen/NNP referred/VBD to/TO is/VBZ not/RB the/DT French/JJ place/NN name/NN but/CC the/DT name/NN of/IN the/DT San/NNP Franciscan/JJ writer/NN and/CC journalist/NN ,/, Herb/NNP Caen/NNP ./.
The/DT dish/NN in/IN question/NN in/IN his/PRP$ invention/NN ,/, first/RB prepared/VBN at/IN Trader/NNP Vic/NNP 's/POS restaurant/NN ./.
John/NNP Kahn/NNP 's/POS article/NN ,/, Lexicographic/NNP Quirks/NNP and/CC Whimsy/NNP [/( XIX/NNP ,/, 2/CD ,/, 10/CD ]/) ,/, which/WDT touched/VBD on/IN the/DT definitions/NNS of/IN animals/NNS in/IN early/JJ dictionaries/NNS ,/, reminded/VBD me/PRP of/IN one/CD of/IN my/PRP$ favorites/NNS ,/, from/IN Edward/NNP Phillips/NNP 's/POS New/NNP World/NNP of/IN Words/NNPS (/( 1720/CD )/) :/:
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Nathan/NNP Bailey/NNP modified/VBN it/PRP to/TO :/:
APOSTA/NNP ,/, a/DT creature/NN in/IN America/NNP ,/, so/RB great/JJ a/DT lover/NN of/IN men/NNS ,/, that/IN it/PRP follows/VBZ them/PRP and/CC delights/VBZ to/TO gaze/VBP on/IN them/PRP ./.
REST-HOME/NNP ,/, I/PRP spent/VBD my/PRP$ vacation/NN at/IN a/DT rest-home/JJ ./.
Your/PRP$ breezy/JJ note/NN on/IN street/NN names/NNS [/( OBITER/NNP DICTA/NNP ,/, Name/NN Withheld/NNP ,/, XIX/NNP ,/, 2/CD ,/, 20/CD ]/) ,/, suggested/VBD certain/JJ categories/NNS that/WDT might/MD lend/VB more/JJR pizzazz/NN to/TO the/DT scene/NN ./.
As/IN the/DT result/NN of/IN observation/NN over/IN a/DT period/NN of/IN many/JJ years/NNS of/IN driving/VBG through/IN or/CC past/JJ suburban/JJ residential/JJ developments/NNS within/IN a/DT half/JJ hour/NN of/IN my/PRP$ home/NN ,/, I/PRP have/VBP induced/VBN principles/NNS of/IN street/NN taxonomy/NN ,/, by/IN sheer/JJ inference/NN ,/, that/WDT demonstrate/VBP that/IN streets/NNS in/IN such/JJ places/NNS are/VBP designated/VBN by/IN :/:
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(/( 2/LS )/) Given/VBN names/NNS of/IN family/NN members/NNS of/IN the/DT developer/NN or/CC his/PRP$ friends/NNS ,/, primarily/RB to/TO celebrate/VB wives/NNS and/CC children/NNS :/: Christopher/NNP Drive/NNP ,/, Lee/NNP Lynn/NNP Lane/NNP ,/, Arthur/NNP ,/, Marvin/NNP ,/, Jane/NNP ,/, and/CC Elizabeth/NNP Road/NNP ,/, Delia/NNP and/CC Alexis/NNP Lane/NNP ,/, Andrew/NNP [/( and/CC ]/) Shelly/NNP [/( Street/NNP ]/) ./.
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The/DT comment/NN about/IN street/NN names/NNS reminded/VBD me/PRP of/IN a/DT punning/VBG name/NN in/IN Ohio/NNP for/IN which/WDT credit/VBP must/MD probably/RB go/VB to/TO the/DT Ford/NNP Motor/NNP Company/NNP ./.
Several/JJ years/NNS ago/RB they/PRP built/VBD a/DT transmission/NN plant/NN near/IN Cincinnati/NNP and/CC had/VBD to/TO make/VB a/DT new/JJ access/NN road/NN ,/, for/IN which/WDT some/DT genius/NN chose/VBD the/DT name/NN ,/, Front/NNP Wheel/NNP Drive/NNP ./.
I/PRP was/VBD intrigued/VBN by/IN Leslie/NNP Brunetta/NNP 's/POS description/NN of/IN Italian/JJ surnames/NNS ,/, Frailty/NNP ,/, Thy/NNP Name/NN is/VBZ Bevilacqua/NNP [/( XIX/NNP ,/, 2/CD ,/, 1/CD ]/) ,/, in/IN particular/NN of/IN Bevilacqua/NNP and/CC Bévivino/NNP ./.
It/PRP recalled/VBD a/DT meeting/NN ,/, some/DT years/NNS ago/RB ,/, of/IN the/DT Journal/NNP and/CC Publicity/NN Committee/NNP of/IN the/DT Professional/NNP Institute/NNP of/IN the/DT Public/NNP Service/NNP of/IN Canada/NNP ./.
It/PRP was/VBD revealed/VBN that/IN the/DT editor/NN ,/, Bill/NNP Drinkwater/NNP ,/, had/VBD been/VBN hired/VBN by/IN Dr/NNP ./.
Boivin/NNP ,/, of/IN the/DT Board/NNP of/IN Directors/NNS ./.
At/IN that/DT point/NN ,/, someone/NN remarked/VBD that/IN The/DT fact/NN that/IN Dr/NNP ./.
Boivin/NNP hired/VBD Mr/NNP ./.
Drinkwater/NNP surely/RB must/MD tell/VB us/PRP something/NN about/IN the/DT two/CD predominant/NN linguistic/JJ groups/NNS in/IN this/DT country/NN ./.
Boileau/NNP is/VBZ also/RB a/DT common/JJ French/JJ name/NN ./.
Yet/RB ,/, despite/IN the/DT existence/NN of/IN English/NNP names/NNS like/IN Winthrop/NNP ,/, Windsor/NNP ,/, Winston/NNP ,/, Winchester/NNP ,/, etc/FW ./.
The/DT comments/NNS on/IN street/NN names/NNS [/( XIX/NNP ,/, 2/CD ,/, 20/CD ]/) recalls/VBZ that/IN I/PRP live/VBP on/IN Nepean/NNP Street/NNP ,/, but/CC the/DT mailing/NN label/NN of/IN my/PRP$ New/NNP Yorker/NNP subscription/NN persists/VBZ in/IN showing/VBG it/PRP as/IN NE/NNP PEAN/NNP (/( suggesting/VBG Northeast/NNP Pean/NNP ?/.
)/) ,/, despite/IN attempts/NNS to/TO have/VB it/PRP corrected/VBD ./.
On/IN the/DT other/JJ hand/NN ,/, that/DT error/NN comes/VBZ in/IN handy/JJ when/WRB I/PRP receive/VBP junk/NN mail/NN ,/, for/IN I/PRP now/RB know/VBP who/WP is/VBZ selling/VBG my/PRP$ name/NN to/TO the/DT distributors/NNS of/IN such/JJ mail/NN ./.
A/DT correction/NN to/TO the/DT statement/NN in/IN Leslie/NNP Brunetta/NNP 's/POS article/NN ,/, Italian/NNP Amerigo/NNP is/VBZ simply/RB Henry/NNP in/IN English/NNP ./.
Amerigo/NNP is/VBZ from/IN Old/JJ German/NNP Amalricus/NNP (/( Latinized/NNP form/NN )/) ,/, from/IN amal/NN work/NN +/NN ricja/NN rule/NN ;/: it/PRP was/VBD introduced/VBN into/IN England/NNP at/IN the/DT time/NN of/IN the/DT Norman/NNP Conquest/NNP ./.
In/IN the/DT Domesday/NNP Book/NNP (/( 1086/CD )/) it/PRP is/VBZ Amalricus/NNP ,/, and/CC such/JJ forms/NNS as/IN Amauri/NNP ,/, Amery/NNP ,/, Emery/NNP developed/VBD later/RB ./.
Henry/NNP is/VBZ from/IN Old/JJ German/NNP Haimirich/NNP ,/, Latinized/NNP as/IN Henricus/NNP ,/, from/IN haimi/NN home/NN +/NN ricja/NN rule/NN ./.
On/IN phonological/JJ grounds/NNS alone/RB the/DT first/JJ elements/NNS indicate/VBP different/JJ roots/NNS ./.
The/DT foregoing/VBG is/VBZ chiefly/RB from/IN the/DT Oxford/NNP Dictionary/NNP of/IN English/NNP Christian/NNP Names/NNPS ,/, E/NNP ./.
G/NNP ./.
Withycombe/NNP ,/, Oxford/NNP University/NNP Press/NNP ,/, 1947/CD ./.
I/PRP missed/VBD two/CD classic/JJ spoonerisms/NNS in/IN XVIII/NNP ,/, 4/CD :/: the/DT one/CD that/WDT spells/VBZ the/DT difference/NN between/IN a/DT game/NN cock/NN and/CC a/DT shysters/NNS lawyer/NN (/( a/DT game/NN cock/NN clucks/NNS defiance/NN )/) ,/, and/CC the/DT difference/NN between/IN a/DT lady/NN in/IN the/DT bath/NN and/CC a/DT lady/NN in/IN the/DT church/NN (/( the/DT latter/NN has/VBZ a/DT hope/NN in/IN her/PRP$ soul/NN )/) ./.
I/PRP am/VBP writing/VBG to/TO add/VB to/TO Mr/NNP ./.
Douglas/NNP S/NNP ./.
Dodge/NNP 's/POS contrepèteries/NNS ,/, as/IN he/PRP requested/VBD [/( EPISTOLAE/NNP ,/, XIX/NNP ,/, 217/CD ]/) :/: after/IN smoking/VBG France/NNP 's/POS favorite/JJ cigarette/NN for/IN the/DT first/JJ time/NN :/: Qu/NNP '/POS est-ce/JJ que/NN c/SYM '/POS est/NN une/NN Blauloise/NNP Gueue/NNP ?/.
Ça/NN sert/NN de/IN mèche/NN ./.
If/IN Mr/NNP ./.
Dodge/NNP managed/VBD to/TO twist/NN the/DT subject/NN from/IN spoonerism/NN to/TO contrepèteries/NNS ,/, allow/VB me/PRP to/TO expand/VB the/DT game/NN to/TO a/DT third/JJ language/NN and/CC bring/VB on/IN Schüttelreime/NNP ,/, the/DT delightful/JJ German/JJ equivalent/NN ./.
Weil/NNP die/VB beiden/NN Moppel/NNP dort/NN Gar/NNP so/RB grässlich/NN zwiegesungen/NN ,/, Hat/NNP zu/NN einem/NN Doppelmord/NNP Der/NNP Besitzer/NNP sie/NN gezwungen/NN ./.
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or/CC the/DT one/CD that/WDT takes/VBZ place/NN in/IN the/DT town/NN of/IN Gossensass/NNP after/IN a/DT heavy/JJ rain/NN :/:
Ein/NNP Auto/NNP fuhr/NN durch/NN Gossensass/NNP ,/, Und/NNP zwar/NN durch/NN eine/NN Sossengass/NNP '/POS Sodass/NNP die/NN ganze/NN Gassensoss/NNP '/POS Sich/NNP auf/NN die/NN Insassen/NNP goss/NNS ./.
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and/CC finally/RB the/DT righteously/RB indigiant/NN one/CD about/IN an/DT ill-mannered/JJ youngster/NN at/IN the/DT Spanish/JJ court/NN :/:
Unerhörte/NNP Finten/NNP ,/, das/NNS !/.
Schüttet/NNP er/UH ein/NN Tintenfass/NNP Über/NN alter/VB Tanten/NNP Füss/NNP !/.
Schikt/NNP such/JJ für/NN Infanten/NNP dies/VBZ ?/.
I/PRP trust/VBP that/IN Mr/NNP ./.
Ford/NNP ,/, who/WP started/VBD it/PRP all/DT by/IN Spiking/NNP Lunars/NNP [/( XVIII/NNP ,/, 4/CD ,/, 6/CD ]/) is/VBZ not/RB going/VBG to/TO take/VB umbrage/NN at/IN the/DT turn/NN of/RP this/DT multilingual/NN coda/NN ./.
Do/VBP you/PRP have/VB a/DT Department/NNP for/IN or/CC an/DT Anthology/NNP of/IN Bilingual/NNP Puns/NNP ?/.
Here/RB is/VBZ one/CD of/IN my/PRP$ own/JJ spontaneous/JJ creations/NNS ,/, uttered/VBD while/IN dining/NN at/IN a/DT French/JJ restaurant/NN :/: the/DT menu/NN item/NN oeuf/NN russe/NN was/VBD described/VBN by/IN the/DT waiter/NN as/IN a/DT hard-boiled/JJ egg/NN having/VBG its/PRP$ yolk/NN chopped/VBN ,/, seasoned/JJ and/CC restored/VBN into/IN the/DT cooked/VBN white/JJ ./.
I/PRP ordered/VBD it/PRP and/CC it/PRP was/VBD served/VBN as/IN a/DT half/NN white/JJ ,/, duly/RB stuffed/VBN ,/, prompting/VBG me/PRP to/TO exclaim/NN ,/, A/DT half/PDT an/DT egg/NN is/VBZ not/RB an/DT oeuf/NN ./.
[/NN In/IN my/PRP$ (/( vast/JJ )/) culinary/JJ experience/NN ,/, the/DT term/NN is/VBZ oeuf/NN à/NN la/FW Russe/NNP ,/, and/CC it/PRP consists/VBZ merely/RB of/IN a/DT hard-boiled/JJ egg/NN ,/, cut/VB in/IN half/JJ lengthwise/NN ,/, served/VBD with/IN a/DT mustardy/NN mayonnaise/NN sauce/NN and/CC ,/, if/IN one/CD is/VBZ lucky/JJ ,/, a/DT caper/NN or/CC two/CD ./.
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-/: -/: Editor/NNP ]/NN
In/IN Mr/NNP ./.
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I/PRP enjoyed/VBD David/NNP Galef/NNP 's/POS What/WP a/DT Cliché/NNP !/.
[/NN XIX/NNP ,/, 3/CD ,/, 1/CD ]/) and/CC offer/NN for/IN the/DT archives/NNS Jacqueline/NNP Adams/NNP 's/POS They/PRP 're/VBP both/DT tarnished/VBN with/IN the/DT same/JJ brush/NN ,/, uttered/VBD on/IN a/DT recent/JJ CBS/NNP Nightly/NNP News/NNP (/( February/NNP 1993/CD )/) ./.
Additions/NNP to/TO the/DT list/NN of/IN What/WP a/DT Cliché/NNP !/.
separate/VB the/DT wheat/NN from/IN the/DT shaft/NN and/CC green/JJ behind/IN the/DT ears/NNS ./.
What/WP a/DT Cliché/NNP !/.
recalls/VBZ the/DT mixed/JJ metaphors/NNS quoted/VBN in/IN The/DT News/NNP [/( Boca/NNP Raton/NNP ,/, June/NNP 8/CD ,/, 1992/CD ]/) ,/, attributed/VBD to/TO a/DT University/NNP of/IN Florida/NNP professor/NN of/IN political/JJ science/NN ,/, Walter/NNP Rosenbaum/NNP :/:
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so/IN that/IN you/PRP do/VBP n't/RB need/VB to/TO spin/VB your/PRP$ wheels/NNS until/IN you/PRP have/VBP something/NN to/TO sink/VB your/PRP$ teeth/NNS into/IN ./.
At/IN the/DT same/JJ meeting/NN ,/, the/DT lone/JJ male/JJ commissioner/NN noted/VBD that/DT something/NN would/MD open/VB up/RP a/DT whole/JJ ball/NN of/IN wax/NN ./.
Alex/NNP Berlyne/NNP ,/, in/IN Front/NNP Back-axle/NNP [/( XIX/NNP ,/, 3/CD ,/, 29/CD ]/) ,/, finds/VBZ it/PRP beyond/IN understanding/NN how/WRB the/DT Hebrew/NNP word/NN pony/NN (/( which/WDT he/PRP believes/VBZ to/TO be/VB borrowed/VBN from/IN ponytail/NN )/) has/VBZ come/VBN to/TO stand/VB for/IN fringe/NN or/CC bangs/VBZ in/IN the/DT sense/NN of/IN hair/NN combed/VBN forward/RB over/IN the/DT forehead/NN ./.
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[/NN From/IN St/NNP ./.
Paul/NNP Sunday/NNP morning/NN ,/, MPBN/NNP ,/, ./.
Submitted/NNP by/IN ]/NN
Movie/NNP :/: Of/IN Human/NNP Bandage/NNP ./.
[/NN From/IN TV/NNP Supplement/NNP to/TO the/DT St/NNP ./.
Petersburg/NNP Times/NNP ./.
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,/, in/IN 1886/CD ,/, she/PRP was/VBD one/CD of/IN five/CD children/NNS of/IN a/DT Congregational/NNP minister/NN ,/, who/WP also/RB ran/VBD a/DT grain/NN elevator/NN ,/, and/CC his/PRP$ wife/NN ./.
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56/CD ./.
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"/" A/DT Washington/NNP Post/NNP story/NN ,/, reefered/JJ on/IN the/DT front/NN in/IN an/DT early/JJ edition/NN and/CC fronted/JJ in/IN a/DT later/RB one/CD ,/, explains/VBZ the/DT story/NN more/RBR clearly/RB ./.
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6/CD -/: billion-over-three-years/JJ plan/NN ;/: and/CC after/IN Colombian/JJ President/NNP Andres/NNP Pastrana/NNP asked/VBD the/DT U/NNP ./.
S/NNP ./.
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a/DT NYT/NNP front/JJ piece/NN announces/VBZ "/" Florida/NNP Passes/NNP Bill/NNP to/TO Quicken/NNP Execution/NNP Pace/NNP ./.
"/" Gov/NNP ./.
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,/, proposed/VBN and/CC pushed/VBN through/IN ./.
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"/" Not/RB five/CD ./.
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A/DT NYT/NNP correction/NN addressed/VBD an/DT inconsistency/NN TP/NNP noted/VBD yesterday/NN :/: "/" After/IN Gov/NNP ./.
George/NNP W/NNP ./.
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"/" '/POS it/PRP was/VBD Gary/NNP L/NNP ./.
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'/" "/"
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To/TO counterbalance/NN this/DT [/( it/PRP ]/) has/VBZ to/TO be/VB perfect/JJ ,/, spotless/JJ ./.
"/" In/IN contrast/NN ,/, the/DT Euro-skeptic/NNP Times/NNP of/IN London/NNP speculated/VBD that/IN the/DT collective/JJ action/NN might/MD ,/, in/IN fact/NN ,/, represent/VBP a/DT further/JJ avoidance/NN of/IN individual/JJ responsibility/NN ,/, and/CC worried/VBD about/IN the/DT possible/JJ "/" renomination/NN "/" of/IN the/DT entire/JJ commission/NN (/( an/DT idea/NN floated/VBN by/IN Santer/NNP Tuesday/NNP )/) :/: "/" This/DT supposedly/RB cathartic/JJ drama/NN could/MD end/VB up/RB as/IN a/NNP '/POS Japanese/JJ '/POS purge/VB ,/, in/IN which/WDT heads/VBZ roll/NN only/RB to/TO ensure/VB that/IN things/NNS continue/VBP much/JJ as/IN before/RB ,/, with/IN much/RB the/DT same/JJ discredited/VBN cast/NN ./.
That/DT would/MD be/VB an/DT outrage/NN ./.
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This/DT might/MD even/RB mean/VB increasing/VBG its/PRP$ funding/NN and/CC staffing/NN levels/NNS ./.
"/" The/DT Guardian/NNP of/IN London/NNP pointed/VBD out/RP that/IN the/DT commission/NN 's/POS problems/NNS were/VBD partly/RB caused/VBN by/IN the/DT expansion/NN of/IN its/PRP$ responsibilities/NNS as/RB it/PRP "/" found/VBD itself/PRP taking/VBG on/IN ever/RB more/RBR grandiose/JJ tasks/NNS ,/, largely/RB on/IN the/DT demand/NN of/IN member/NN states/NNS ,/, with/IN progressively/RB more/RBR limited/JJ resources/NNS ./.
Yesterday/NN 's/POS report/NN shows/VBZ they/PRP did/VBD not/RB know/VB how/WRB to/TO cope/VB ./.
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Germany/NNP and/CC Britain/NNP want/VBP to/TO replace/VB Santer/NNP as/RB soon/RB as/IN possible/JJ ,/, while/IN seven/CD other/JJ countries/NNS would/MD prefer/VB him/PRP to/TO remain/VB as/RB a/DT "/" caretaker/NN "/" until/IN Dec/NNP ./.
31/CD ,/, 1999/CD -/: -/: the/DT end/NN of/IN his/PRP$ term/NN ./.
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"/" There/EX has/VBZ to/TO be/VB an/DT opening/NN and/CC communication/NN on/IN the/DT part/NN of/IN government/NN ./.
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In/IN Beijing/NNP ,/, the/DT state-run/JJ China/NNP Daily/NNP pooh-poohed/JJ U/NNP ./.
S/NNP ./.
media/NNS reports/NNS about/IN Chinese/JJ nuclear/JJ espionage/NN at/IN the/DT Los/NNP Alamos/NNP laboratories/NNS ./.
In/IN an/DT editorial/JJ Wednesday/NNP ,/, the/DT paper/NN claimed/VBD ,/, "/" The/NNP '/POS lab-theft/JJ '/POS story/NN is/VBZ bound/VBN to/TO follow/VB in/IN the/DT footsteps/NNS of/IN the/NNP '/POS political/JJ donations/NNS '/POS and/CC '/POS satellite/NN secret/JJ leakage/NN '/" reports--to/JJ be/VB forgotten/VBN within/IN a/DT few/JJ weeks/NNS after/IN the/DT claims/NNS cannot/NN be/VB substantiated/JJ ./.
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A/DT story/NN in/IN Asahi/NNP Shimbun/NNP of/IN Japan/NNP revealed/VBD that/IN Aum/NNP Shinrikyo/NNP ,/, the/DT cult/NN that/WDT attacked/VBD the/DT Tokyo/NNP subway/NN with/IN Sarin/NNP nerve/NN gas/NN in/IN 1995/CD ,/, is/VBZ enjoying/VBG a/DT resurgence/NN based/VBN in/IN part/NN on/IN the/DT financial/JJ security/NN provided/VBN by/IN a/DT chain/NN of/IN successful/JJ computer/NN stores/NNS affiliated/VBN with/IN the/DT group/NN ./.
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A/DT former/JJ member/NN of/IN the/DT group/NN told/VBD Asahi/NNP Shimbun/NNP that/IN "/" Aum/NNP followers/NNS work/VBP there/RB ,/, and/CC the/DT job/NN is/VBZ considered/VBN part/NN of/IN religious/JJ training/NN ./.
Their/PRP$ salaries/NNS are/VBP therefore/RB zero/CD ./.
"/" A/DT "/" public/JJ security/NN investigator/NN "/" quoted/VBN by/IN the/DT paper/NN speculated/VBD that/IN Aum/NNP will/MD "/" grow/VB into/IN a/DT stronger/JJR and/CC bigger/JJR organization/NN with/IN ironclad/JJ solidarity/NN "/" when/WRB Fumihiro/NNP Joyu/NNP ,/, a/DT senior/JJ cult/NN member/NN ,/, is/VBZ released/VBN from/IN prison/NN in/IN November/NNP ./.
The/DT Guardian/NNP of/IN London/NNP claimed/VBD Monday/NNP that/IN an/DT ecological/JJ catastrophe/NN "/" far/RB worse/JJR "/" than/IN the/DT Exxon/NNP Valdez/NNP accident/NN 10/CD years/NNS ago/RB could/MD happen/VB in/IN Alaska/NNP "/" at/IN any/DT moment/NN ./.
"/" Six/CD "/" senior/JJ employees/NNS "/" of/IN the/DT Trans-/NNP Alaska/NNP Pipeline/NNP System/NNP wrote/VBD to/TO Sir/NNP John/NNP Browne/NNP ,/, the/DT chief/JJ executive/NN of/IN BP/NNP Amoco/NNP ,/, and/CC to/TO three/CD U/NNP ./.
S/NNP ./.
congressmen/NNS ,/, warning/NN of/IN an/DT imminent/JJ threat/NN to/TO human/JJ life/NN and/CC the/DT Alaskan/JJ environment/NN from/IN irresponsible/JJ oil/NN operations/NNS there/RB ,/, the/DT paper/NN said/VBD in/IN its/PRP$ main/JJ front-page/JJ story/NN ./.
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(/( Alyeska/NNP 's/POS other/JJ biggest/JJS shareholders/NNS are/VBP Exxon/NNP and/CC Arco/NNP ./.
)/) The/DT unnamed/JJ whistle-blowers/JJ included/JJ evidence/NN in/IN their/PRP$ letter/NN of/IN compliance/NN failures/NNS ,/, falsified/VBN safety/NN and/CC inspection/NN records/NNS ,/, intimidation/NN of/IN workers/NNS ,/, and/CC persistent/JJ violations/NNS of/IN procedures/NNS and/CC government/NN regulations/NNS ,/, the/DT Guardian/NNP reported/VBD ./.
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Sharif/NNP is/VBZ planning/VBG to/TO argue/VB that/IN the/DT withdrawal/NN is/VBZ justified/JJ by/IN his/PRP$ winning/VBG unprecedented/JJ U/NNP ./.
S/NNP ./.
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Indeed/RB ,/, the/DT Hindu/NNP reiterated/VBD Monday/NNP in/IN an/DT editorial/NN that/IN India/NNP must/MD resist/VB third-party/JJ intervention/NN ./.
"/" The/DT country/NN must/MD move/VB to/TO put/VB bilateral/JJ relations/NNS back/RB on/IN the/DT rails--and/JJ obviate/VB the/DT need/NN for/IN third/JJ parties/NNS ,/, "/" it/PRP said/VBD ./.
"/" There/EX is/VBZ no/DT alternative/NN but/CC to/TO seriously/RB engage/VB in/IN bilateral/JJ discussions/NNS with/IN Islamabad/NNP ./.
"/" In/IN another/DT Indian/JJ editorial/NN ,/, the/DT Times/NNP of/IN India/NNP said/VBD that/IN while/IN "/" Pakistan/NNP 's/POS fifth/JJ attempt/NN at/IN aggression/NN against/IN India/NNP "/" has/VBZ ended/VBN ,/, like/IN all/DT previous/JJ ones/NNS ,/, "/" in/IN ignominious/JJ defeat/NN ,/, "/" its/PRP$ leaders/NNS are/VBP "/" in/IN the/DT process/NN of/IN trying/VBG to/TO proclaim/VB victory/NN once/RB again/RB ./.
"/" To/TO counter/VB this/DT ,/, India/NNP should/MD compile/VB a/DT detailed/VBN list/NN of/IN the/DT Pakistani/JJ soldiers/NNS killed/VBN in/IN the/DT fighting/VBG and/CC publish/VB it/PRP in/IN the/DT media/NNS and/CC on/IN the/DT Internet/NN ./.
The/DT people/NNS of/IN Pakistan/NNP must/MD realize/VB the/DT extent/NN of/IN Pakistani/JJ casualties/NNS in/IN the/DT conflict/NN ,/, it/PRP said/VBD ./.
To/TO sustain/VB the/DT myth/NN that/IN only/RB unsupported/JJ mujahideen/NN guerrillas/NNS were/VBD involved/VBN ,/, "/" Pakistani/JJ officers/NNS and/CC soldiers/NNS killed/VBN in/IN combat/NN have/VBP been/VBN disowned/JJ by/IN their/PRP$ generals/NNS ,/, their/PRP$ services/NNS unacknowledged/JJ ;/: even/RB a/DT decent/JJ burial/NN has/VBZ been/VBN denied/VBN them/PRP ,/, "/" the/DT paper/NN said/VBD ./.
"/" A/DT nation/NN which/WDT repudiates/NNS its/PRP$ war/NN dead/JJ will/MD have/VB little/JJ credibility/NN among/IN its/PRP$ own/JJ people/NNS ./.
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It/PRP expressed/VBD misgivings/NNS about/IN a/DT statement/NN in/IN Cairo/NNP by/IN new/JJ Israeli/NNP Prime/NNP Minister/NNP Ehud/NNP Barak/NNP that/IN he/PRP wanted/VBD to/TO modify/VB parts/NNS of/IN the/DT Wye/NNP agreement/NN ./.
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"/" Now/RB it/PRP is/VBZ Mr/NNP Barak/NNP 's/POS duty/NN to/TO correct/VB that/DT image/NN and/CC prove/VB to/TO the/DT world/NN that/IN agreements/NNS signed/VBN by/IN a/DT previous/JJ Israeli/JJ government/NN are/VBP not/RB considered/VBN mere/JJ scraps/NNS of/IN paper/NN by/IN a/DT succeeding/VBG Israeli/JJ administration/NN and/CC that/IN every/DT Israeli/JJ government/NN has/VBZ the/DT duty/NN and/CC international/JJ obligation/NN to/TO honor/VB treaties/NNS signed/VBN by/IN its/PRP$ predecessors/NNS ./.
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It/PRP noted/VBD the/DT disproportionate/JJ influence/NN of/IN Iran/NNP 's/POS 1/CD million/CD university/NN students/NNS in/IN a/DT country/NN of/IN some/DT 62/CD million/CD where/WRB more/JJR than/IN 60/CD percent/NN are/VBP under/IN 25/CD years/NNS old/JJ ./.
The/DT paper/NN claimed/VBD that/IN while/IN popular/JJ indignation/NN with/IN the/DT conservative/JJ clerical/JJ authorities/NNS was/VBD running/VBG high/JJ ,/, support/NN for/IN Khatami/NNP remained/VBD solid/JJ ./.
Both/DT the/DT Straits/NNP Times/NNP of/IN Sinapore/NNP and/CC the/DT Guardian/NNP of/IN London/NNP ran/VBD editorials/NNS Monday/NNP urging/VBG the/DT United/NNP States/NNPS to/TO be/VB more/RBR sensitive/JJ toward/IN Russia/NNP or/CC risk/VB another/DT Cold/NNP War/NNP ./.
"/" Russia/NNP means/VBZ to/TO be/VB taken/VBN seriously/RB ,/, and/CC the/DT US/NNP owes/VBZ it/PRP that/DT respect/NN ,/, "/" the/DT Straits/NNP Times/NNP said/VBD ./.
"/" American/JJ cockiness/NN over/IN its/PRP$ display/NN of/IN military/JJ technology/NN in/IN the/DT Gulf/NNP and/CC Yugoslavia/NNP ,/, and/CC smugness/NNS over/IN its/PRP$ longest/JJS post-war/JJ prosperity/NN streak/NN ,/, can/MD blind/JJ it/PRP to/TO a/DT need/NN to/TO cultivate/NN its/PRP$ relations/NNS with/IN Russia/NNP beyond/IN promoting/VBG democratisation/NN ./.
Russians/NNPS cannot/NN eat/VB democracy/NN ./.
The/DT US/NNP should/MD snap/NN out/IN of/IN its/PRP$ hubris/NNS over/IN Kosovo--or/NNP the/DT world/NN could/MD become/VB very/RB dark/JJ indeed/RB if/IN Russian/JJ hurt/VBN turns/VBZ to/TO mischief-making/JJ ./.
"/" The/DT Guardian/NNP said/VBD that/IN "/" Russia/NNP 's/POS anger/NN over/IN NATO/NNP 's/POS recent/JJ actions/NNS in/IN the/DT Balkans/NNP is/VBZ in/IN many/JJ ways/NNS justified/JJ and/CC since/IN it/PRP is/VBZ not/RB understood/VBN ,/, is/VBZ the/DT more/RBR likely/JJ to/TO have/VB broad/JJ ,/, negative/JJ consequences/NNS for/IN the/DT West/NNP 's/POS dealings/NNS with/IN Boris/NNP Yeltsin/NNP and/CC ,/, more/RBR particularly/RB ,/, his/PRP$ successors/NNS ./.
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Repetition/NNP of/IN meaningful/JJ phrases/NNS (/( like/IN Heller/NNP 's/POS own/JJ coinage/NN ,/, "/" catch-/NN 22/CD "/" )/) tends/VBZ to/TO drain/VB them/PRP of/IN meaning/VBG ./.
But/CC it/PRP was/VBD Heller/NNP 's/POS special/JJ insight/NN that/IN the/DT ideas/NNS and/CC phrases/NNS that/WDT make/VBP the/DT most/RBS attractive/JJ candidates/NNS for/IN Washingtonspeak/NNP start/VB out/IN by/IN containing/VBG almost/RB no/DT meaning/VBG at/IN all/DT ./.
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"/" Ralph/NNP ,/, wait/VB ,/, for/IN Chrissakes/NNP !/.
"/" It/PRP was/VBD in/IN self-defense/JJ that/IN Gold/NNP protested/VBD ./.
"/" You/PRP 're/VBP boggling/VBG my/PRP$ mind/NN ./.
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"/" What/WP was/VBD that/DT ?/.
"/" Ralph/NNP asked/VBD in/IN surprise/NN ./.
"/" You/PRP 're/VBP boggling/VBG my/PRP$ mind/NN ./.
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"/" Bruce/NNP ,/, that/DT 's/VBZ a/DT good/JJ phrase/NN ,/, "/" Ralph/NNP cried/JJ crisply/RB ./.
"/" Damned/NNP good/NN ./.
I/PRP do/VBP n't/RB think/VB I/PRP 've/VBP ever/RB heard/VBN boggle/NN used/VBN with/IN an/DT animate/NN subject/JJ before/RB ./.
I/PRP 'll/MD bet/VB all/DT of/IN us/PRP down/RB here/RB can/MD start/VB getting/VBG mileage/NN out/IN of/IN that/DT one/CD right/RB away/RB ./.
That/DT is/VBZ ,/, of/IN course/NN ,/, if/IN you/PRP do/VBP n't/RB mind/VB letting/VBG us/PRP have/VBP it/PRP ./.
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"/" Excuse/NNP me/PRP a/DT minute/NN ,/, Bruce/NNP ./.
I/PRP want/VBP to/TO get/VB it/PRP down/RB exactly/RB the/DT way/NN you/PRP said/VBD it/PRP ./.
How/WRB did/VBD it/PRP go/VBP ?/.
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Remember/VB how/WRB Ross/NNP Perot/NNP loosed/JJ "/" the/DT devil/NN is/VBZ in/IN the/DT details/NNS "/" on/IN political/JJ discourse/NN ?/.
A/DT Washington/NNP cliché/NN even/RB emerged/VBD to/TO praise/VB mindless/JJ conformity/NN :/: "/" singing/VBG from/IN the/DT same/JJ songsheet/NN ./.
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