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...believe the Constitution exists," the rapper said. "You can bend it and twist it any way you want. This is a tool you attorneys will...
Hollywood's been good to Clinton, so it makes sense that the Clinton team would bend over backward to accommodate Hollywood at the Inaugural. But with more than 300,000 places to juggle, a few bruised egos were inevitable -- setting gossip columns abuzz with rumors of supposed slights and rebuffs. Kim Basinger and Robert De Niro, who stumped for the campaign, did not initially receive invitations. Kathleen Turner phoned asking to come but did not have her calls returned. When Geena Davis first offered to perform, same story. Bette Midler was asked to sing but -- good heavens! -- was not invited...
FOOTNOTE: *I know you paid taxes on the money you paid into Social Security, and thus expected tax-free benefits. But you were also expected to die when you were 72, not 92 -- so we all have to bend a little to make this work. Our kids need Head Start, and we can't afford it if you don't help...
...first Trek venture initiated since Roddenberry died last year. "We've managed to create conflict without breaking the ideals of what the show is all about," says co-executive producer Rick Berman. "That's one of our rules: You don't mess with Gene's vision. We bend things a little bit, but I believe we bend them in the same way that he would have...
...recent weeks and holders want to lock in their profits. "Corporations are trying to persuade executives that it's in their best interest to exercise their options and avoid the tax hit next year," says William Wilson, a senior tax planner for the accounting firm Crowe Chizek in South Bend, Indiana. The rush started early at some companies. Chrysler chairman Lee Iacocca and two fellow officers pocketed $5.5 million by cashing in stock options in October, when a Clinton victory seemed almost certain. Iacocca, who plans to retire at the end of the year, earned nearly $2.9 million...