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When it comes to unraveling a Washington scandal, the best clues often come from the most clueless. They are the bit players so earnestly inept that it is hard to separate what was diabolical from what was merely dumb. So it was in the best Washington tradition that congressional investigators were focusing their attention last week on a former interior designer with a remarkable knack for placing herself near the hot spots of trouble for her old friend, Bill Clinton...
...down for an hour and a half and see [many] different types of dance," Zacks said. "You [end up] seeing a little bit of this and a little bit of that...
Overall, the anticipated spice of the "Carmen" program falls a bit short of audience expectation. But keeping that in mind, the majority of the ballets are vivacious successes. "Paquita" is less than captivating, but the dancing is still elegant and refined. The blissfully unconventional "Flights of Fancy" will certainly capture yours. And last, but by no means least, "Carmen" wraps its audiences in a passionate spell that lasts long after Suarez's swan-like death onstage. As ballet, the program is a decided triumph. But leave the "international feast" up to the Newbury Street restaurant Tapas...
...over hundreds of thousands of insider documents that states hope will prove severely damaging to the tobacco industry had plaintiffs almost giddy. While Philip Morris won a temporary restraining order to prevent Liggett from turning over the papers, Mississippi Attorney General Mike Moore said that won't make a bit of difference to other judges around the country. In roughly three months, Mississippi's case against the other four companies will go to trial. By then, Moore said, "We will have the 25 most incriminating documents, and we will bring the other four tobacco companies to their knees." Liggett also...
...several fronts. After eight years of ratings dominance, Peter Jennings' evening newscast, World News Tonight, has been overtaken in recent weeks by the snazzier, more cleverly packaged NBC Nightly News. Creatively too, ABC's flagship newscast seems adrift, first softening the show to combat NBC, more recently retrenching a bit and trying to reassert its hard-news credentials. Good Morning America, the No. 1-rated morning show for much of the '90s, has slipped into second place, well behind NBC's Today show. Of course the network still has the indispensable Nightline, which frequently beats both Letterman and Leno...