This scarecrow of a suit has, in course of time, become so complicated that no man alive knows what it means .

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It may be worth noting, though, that in recent weeks the New Republic has carried cover drawings of Bush as a dunce, with the tag line WHY AMERICA LOVES STUPID CANDIDATES, and as the scarecrow in The Wizard of Oz, with the tag line THE HARDEST JOB IN POLITICS: THE WOMAN WHO HAS TO GET GEORGE BUSH A BRAIN.

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He stood paralyzed at the edge of the soccer field like a scarecrow in huge flowing clothes.

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Oz, left to himself, smiled to think of his success in giving the Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman and the Lion exactly what they thought they wanted.

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He played the Scarecrow in the 1978 movie version of "The Wiz, " and released the album "Off the Wall" in 1979.

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