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On Aug. 4, Philadelphia District Attorney Lynne Abraham seemingly satisfied our expectations when she cited new medical evidence to allege that Noe, now 70, had smothered the children with a pillow.
But one better possibility would have been a real examination of how the century in art did finally turn American by way of various attempts to absorb European influences without being smothered by them.
By consuming the media, it has overshadowed and smothered more dangerous anti-McCain stories.
In 1992, Clinton smothered questions about his adultery by confessing to "causing pain in my marriage," refusing to say more, and pointing out that many American couples were in a similar position.
Perhaps SIDS will turn out to be a kind of freak accident in which babies, unable to turn over, are smothered by their own bedding.