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...looks as though, for some hours, we will be in the sweet, sweet land of historical fiction, speculating bizarre endgames that only emerge in mediocre novels written by journalists. On NBC, Jonathan Alter is speculating that if Gore wins the popular vote, he'll litigate the Florida results and try to build a groundswell of popular support. (Right. Because America just loves a litigator...
...seek mastery--by drawing our own lines to connect what we find beautiful--we alter our ways of being in the world to better communicate this allegiance: our new understanding of what gravity means, of how the light falls. We borrow words and gestures and silences to craft the images and the context that will allow us to come into this beauty, that will bring us into the space of others who will, ultimately, recognize us as beautiful...
...would still be denied the credit facilities routinely used by countries trading with the U.S., rendering any new purchases extremely unlikely - and restrictions on Americans traveling to the island have actually been tightened. President Clinton had earlier signaled he'd sign the bill precisely because it doesn't substantially alter the embargo on Cuba, which he said would be a "big mistake...
...rather, "Bette." The diva-ish drama queen Midler plays fuses the real woman's resume--a famous singer- actress who started out singing in New York City's gay bathhouses, starred in Beaches and so on--with the persona of the Divine Miss M, the blowsy, flighty, attention-craving alter ego Midler created in her stage shows. "Bette" blitzes her way through the series, to the bemusement and exhaustion of her family and support group: her professor husband (Kevin Dunn), her teenage daughter (Marina Malota), her manager (Joanna Gleason) and her fussy British accompanist (James Dreyfus). "You can't have...
...chief executive, but also in deciding the focus of the next 20 years of the judicial branch of the United States. Over the next administration, America's president will likely have the opportunity to nominate as many as four Supreme Court justices. In this election, voters will alter the face of the American judicial system...