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Former presidential fence-sitter and soon-to-be ex-governor Mario Cuomo blasted the new Republican agenda -- and the voters who supported it -- with an impassioned apologia for a lifetime of liberalism. "Politicians used to think of themselves as shepherds. That's all over now," the Democrat told a full house at the National Press Club in Washington today, in what may be looked back on as his last important address as a major political figure. "Now the politicians are following the sheep: Read the polls! They'll tell you where to go to pasture!" Cuomo, who was defeated last...
...this time, Madonna has far overplayed her role as a sexual shockmistress. On Bedtime Stories the sexual content is more subtle, less brazen. With the fluid, soulful opening track, Survival, the singer even offers an apologia of sorts for her bad-girl antics: "I'll never be an angel/ I'll never be a saint, it's true." Of course, she doesn't leave it at that, and on Human Nature she lashes out at her critics. "Did I stay too long?" she mocks over a deep bass groove. "Oops, I didn't know I couldn't speak my mind...
...appeal designed to tug heartstrings. But Baird's apologia did not play well in Peoria -- or the rest of America. Irate callers jammed the phone lines of radio and cable stations across the country, denouncing her tax dodging and calling on her to withdraw. The switchboard on Capitol Hill lit up as constituents weighed in with their representatives. In a single day, Senator Paul Simon's Washington office logged 1,000 calls. "In 18 years in the Senate," said Senator Patrick Leahy, "I had never seen so many telephone calls, spontaneously, in such a short period." Senator Nancy Kassebaum...
There may be some truth in this apologia. But it is also clear by this time -- very late in this knotty, curiously absorbing adaptation of Graham Swift's novel -- that Crick is speaking metaphorically too. For Mr. Crick is no Mr. Chips, and the history that most profoundly haunts him is personal...
...titillate its audience with imagery of violence. It merely exploits the authentic anguish of the inner city for further titillation. Tracy Marrow is in business for a buck, just like Time Warner. Cop Killer is an excellent joke on the white establishment, of which the company's anguished apologia ("Why can't we hear what rap is trying to tell us?") is the punch line...