The New Yorker, 2006-07-31

[fiefoe]

"The Civil Service: Vender Vigilante" / Ben McGrath
__ “She’s surrounded by violations.” <>The police officer, wisely, was standing under some scaffolding, in the shade.

"Up For Grabs: Fifteen Boxes" / Tom Bartlett
__ She regretted that she was unable to squeeze anything about the landlady into the haiku. “I could probably write a novel about her,” she said.

"Holy Toledo" / France Fitzgerald
__ “Abortion is also an economic issue. It has killed millions of American consumers.”

"Know It All" / Stacy Schiff
__ moonbats. (Think hobgoblins of little minds, varsity division.)

"Castro's Last Battle" / Jon Lee Anderson
__ Like the other photographers, Alexis spent more time staring up into the stands, watching his father, than he did watching the athletes,
The Velvet Revolution, Fidel's Supercow

'lobster escaping from kitchen', barbel, 'Jack the Dripper' Pollack

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