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Pushmi-Pullyu <PullmiPushyu@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Mar 23, 11:45 pm, Brettster <brett.ba...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > I subscribe to the New Yorker, but I have to admit that the meaning of
> > the cover art is lost on me more weeks than it isn't.
> >
> > Here's the March 3, 2008, cover:
> >
> > http://tinyurl.com/2zj3od
> >
> > Is the silhouette supposed to be a famous person? I am assuming it
> > ties in with the date, but it still went "whoosh."
>
> When I saw that, I assumed it was Abraham Lincoln.
My first thought was a dark Uncle Sam. But only for a moment.
>
> The reason for him being silhouetted in cigarette smoke eludes me,
> though.
>
Cigar smoke. The cigar is the clincher that it's Castro.
The fact that it's not clear to everyone says it's not the New Yorker's
best moment. Has anyone seen the issue? Is there any insightful prose
about Castro inside?
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