LETTERS TO L.A. LIFE : PARTY LINES DRAWN OVER NEW COMIC.With the extreme right-wing slant of the Daily News, I wasn't surprised that you selected the fascist screed screed n. 1. A long monotonous speech or piece of writing. 2. a. A strip of wood, plaster, or metal placed on a wall or pavement as a guide for the even application of plaster or concrete. b. ``Mallard mallard: see duck. mallard Abundant “wild duck” (Anas platyrhynchos, family Anatidae) of the Northern Hemisphere, ancestor of most domestic ducks. The mallard is a typical dabbling duck in its general habits and courtship display. Fillmore'' to replace ``Dilbert.'' Today was an excellent day to make your choice, thumbing your nose at both President Clinton's inauguration (come to think of it, he took California overwhelmingly despite - or maybe because of - the Daily News endorsement of his opponent) and Martin Luther King, whose birthday was celebrated Jan. 20. What surprises me is that you ever picked up ``Dilbert'' in the first place, considering how anti-business (and therefore anti-patriotic) it is. However, it is a big success, which makes you either idiots (who never noticed) or panderers (who don't care
"Don't Care" is a 1994 (see 1994 in music) single by American death metal band Obituary. ) for running it. I guess I'm not surprised after all. I still read L.A. Life every morning, hoping that you will someday rise to mediocrity me·di·oc·ri·ty n. pl. me·di·oc·ri·ties 1. The state or quality of being mediocre. 2. Mediocre ability, achievement, or performance. 3. One that displays mediocre qualities. . Maybe you'll make it. Carlo Panno Tarzana `Prefontaine' in the running with those who are athletic I can't help thinking how sad and senseless sense·less adj. 1. Lacking sense or meaning; meaningless. 2. Deficient in sense; foolish or stupid. 3. Insensate; unconscious. it is that the Daily News sent someone who is not a competitive athlete to review the movie ``Prefontaine.'' This is a small, specialized movie aimed at a special audience and your reviewer tried to judge it by the same standards as he would for a blow-em-up car chase flick aimed at the lowest common denominator low·est common denominator n. 1. See least common denominator. 2. a. The most basic, least sophisticated level of taste, sensibility, or opinion among a group of people. b. . And, of course, he missed the point completely. He didn't even know who Pre was. This movie is about competitive athletics and the short dramatic life of a towering figure in the running community. And this movie spoke to me as an athlete, if only the weekend variety. Every runner I've talked to who has seen this movie has been moved as well. The point is that you wouldn't ask a computer illiterate ILLITERATE. This term is applied to one unacquainted with letters. 2. When an ignorant man, unable to read, signs a deed or agreement, or makes his mark instead of a signature, and he alleges, and can provide that it was falsely read to him, he is not bound by to review Web sites. You should review a specialty movie from the perspective of the target audience. The Daily News should have sent someone who could at least run a 5K to review a movie about a 5,000-meter champion. Duffy Walton Van Nuys |
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