EDITORIAL USE THE FORCE STAR WARS DAY IN L.A.?A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, a city council concerned itself with irrelevancies. Members passed silly resolutions rather than tending to the serious matters of the day. This government is purely fictional, mind you. It's nothing like, oh, the Los Angeles City Council  The Los Angeles City Council is the governing body of the City of Los Angeles, California, United States. of today, which is currently
considering the weighty matter of ... a resolution to make May 25
"Star Wars Day" in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. .
Oh sure, joyless joy·less adj. Cheerless; dismal. joy  less·ly adv.joy Sith lords might complain about such a campy way to celebrate Star Wars on its 30th anniversary. They might even note the absurdity of the council cheering a Star Wars convention that will be coming into town at the end of the month while council members have been urging conventioneers to boycott L.A. hotels. But the politics of frivolity Frivolity Blondie the gaffe-prone, frivolous wife of Dagwood Bumstead. [Comics: Horn, 118] Dobson, Zuleika charming young lady who unconcernedly dazzles Oxford undergraduates. [Br. Lit. are a good distraction from the absence of politics of substance. A clever ploy this is -- beware the dark side. |
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