Mullings by Rich Galen | Secret Decoder Ring for April 13, 2001

The Bitter Past, More Welcome is the Sweet
Wednesday April 13, 2001

TITLE: "The Bitter Past, More Welcome is the Sweet" The final line in the play, "All's Well That Ends Well" by William Shakespeare.

"…Lt. Shane Osborne…" From the MSNBC website:
Lt. Shane Osborn, 26, of Norfolk, Neb.
Military officials told Osborn's family that Osborn, one of three pilots on board, brought the plane under control after the collision and made the emergency landing on the Chinese island of Hainan in the South China Sea. "He said it took every bit of strength that he had," the pilot's mother, Diane Osborn, said of the landing.

Diane Osborn said she knows her son is doing what he loves. "He's wanted to fly all his life and I can't afford a plane," she said.

Within hours after it was first reported that Osborn was part of the plane's crew, yellow ribbons went up throughout Norfolk, a city of 23,500 in northeastern Nebraska.

"... Tim Strawn ..." One of the two roles Lee Marvin played in the 1965 film "Cat Ballou" which starred Jane Fonda. Strawn was a western tough guy who had lost his nose in a fight. The other role, and the better known one, was the drunken cowboy, Kid Shelleen. Marvin won an Oscar for his work.

"… Howard Kurtz…" Here's the link to the Kurtz article.

Mullings' Catchy Caption of the Day:

All's Well …
-- Ben Margot/Pool via Reuters

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