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...actually see the sign for the bar, but I recognize the outside from pictures. It turns out there actually was a "girl from Ipanema," Heloisa Eneida Pinto, and she used to stroll "like a samba" past the bar every so often on her way to Ipanema Beach, and her "tall and tan/and young and lovely" looks inspired Jobim and Moraes. Now, with Rock in Rio in town, the guys from Papa Roach could be at the Garota de Ipanema right now, getting inspired to write a song about kicking some guy's ass. That's progress...
...from political influence. Unfortunately, the sampling battle demonstrated a principle that Americans have witnessed too often in the past election season: what seems to be merely technical can have immense political consequences. Ballot designs are apolitical in theory, but not so in practice; just ask the residents of Palm Beach County. The accuracy of recounts by hand as opposed to by machine may seem to be a simple comparison, but in November, hand counts were apparently good enough for Texas but unacceptable in Florida...
Barak and Arafat had until midweek to let Clinton know if they were ready to negotiate based on the U.S. outline. Barak said he was willing to accept the plan "as a basis for discussion" if Arafat was. Arafat's response would have made a Palm Beach County lawyer proud: a long letter delivered to the White House on Wednesday with 26 questions, clarifications and objections he wanted answered first. It was a stall, and an irritated Clinton had no intention of answering. "There's no point in our talking further unless both sides agree to accept the parameters that...
...these days, Americans and their politicians trust one economic oracle - and Greenspan is it. And Bush's tax cut will be a snowball in Palm Beach unless the Fed chairman gives it his blessing...
...presidential race is] as hot and tight as a too small bathing suit on a too long car ride back from the beach...