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Compared with Bush in his stilted performance on CBS This Morning, however, Clinton looked like Bart Simpson. Instead of phoned-in questions, the President faced a polite group of people culled from the line waiting for a White House tour. Sitting in the Rose Garden, they were understandably reluctant to embarrass their host. Yet even Bush's programmed responses were revealing. For one thing, astute viewers learned that the President's phrase "Let me put that in perspective" is like a road sign: EVASIVE GENERALIZATION AHEAD. And Bush's tactic of touting his Administration's record at every turn seemed...
...voters, an estimated 90% of whom, according to Rock the Vote, cast a ballot in last February's primary. Future plans include a Sept. 15 TV special on voting featuring myriad famous faces, sponsored by youth- conscious Pepsi, and broadcast on the consciously hip Fox network, home to Bart Simpson and the trendy gang from Beverly Hills...
...take care of baby Maggie, he manages to lose the kid), but his heart is in the right place (he feels terrible about it). When Homer loses his job at the nuclear power plant, Marge tells the kids they will have to pitch in to help save money. Bart volunteers to skip baths and read his comic books in the store rather than buy them. Talk about family spirit...
...Initial responses were mixed. A reviewer for the Austin American-Statesman griped, "I don't remember ever seeing animated retching before, and hope to never see it again." Campus critics took a different view. Ren's constant bleat -- "You bloated sack of protoplasm!" -- began to replace Bart Simpson's "Eat my shorts!" as their put-down of choice. Frank Zappa joined the fan club. So did Robert De Niro and pop singer Matthew Sweet. Dormitories at Yale, the University of Michigan and U.S.C. staged viewing parties, where undergraduates displayed their new Ren & Stimpy T shirts...
...park, which was completed in time for yesterday's opening day game at a price of $106 million, even had the endorsement of the greatest baseball fan who ever lived, the late commissioner of baseball and former Yale president A. Bartlett Giamatti. Bart, when shown the plans for the proposed stadium, was heard to remark, "once you build this, everyone will want one like...