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...Instead, these next weeks will be a time of compromise. And packing. Even as they wrangle through lingering legislation, departing members of congress will be filling up boxes, labeling files and preparing their offices for incoming lawmakers. And one, Minnesota Independent Dean Barkley, won't even bother to unpack; he's there filling in for the late Paul Wellstone, and has dashed hopes on both sides of the aisle by declaring his intention "not to side with either party." His resolution will face tough challenges from the White House and leading Democrats, both eager to count him, however briefly, among...
...supply of new, undiscovered material from a man pop culture has labelled as a tragic young genius are trashed. There’s no point in holding out for more—it’s all gone, the Seattle basement searched and cleaned out. Don’t bother hiding your flannel shirts in your closet hoping for a Seattle Rennisance. Grunge has risen, peaked and spat out its leftovers—the mystery is over and there’s no hope for new glory. But there is “You Know You’re Right...
Reliant Stadium reminds me more of a building fit for MIB III with all its glass windows, and I can’t say that I’m planning on trying to catch a live game when I go home this year. And by the way, does it bother anyone else that “reliant” means that it’s dependent on something else, not “reliable” in itself...
...desk where he is to tape several of his minisermons. Aa Gym makes faces at himself in the monitor and clowns with the makeup brush. "You see how I do everything I can myself," he says, "even putting on makeup so that I don't need to bother other people." But when taping starts, Aa Gym snaps into performance mode. His voice drops an octave, his face changing in a second from a broad smile to the serious, concerned demeanor of a wise uncle giving guidance to his favorite nephews and nieces. The topics could be taken from a Reader...
OXFORD, England—“Excuse me, I’m sorry to bother you, but are you an American?” a young woman right behind me in line asked in a McDonald’s here in Oxford a few months ago, detecting my unmistakable American accent as I was ordering a large French fries. “Because I’m really so sorry about what happened on Sept. 11,” she continued, “and I want you to know that all of us here in Britain were absolutely...