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Morning show says women want "a Humphrey Bogart who cuddles," but doesn't ask actual women.
Lynn Harris

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  • Wednesday, March 22, 2006 10:24 AM

    Give me a man who's a stouthearted man...

    ...who's secure enough about his masculinity not to need a book like Manliness to pump him up.

    In my opinion, the Sensitive New-Age Guy is an utterly self-absorbed, nasty piece of work, and for this writer to suggest that it's him or Republican Jesus(tm) for us would be enough, were it true, to make one run screaming for the convent.

    —Marianna Trench Read Marianna Trench's other letters

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