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...where corruption is regarded as something of an intramural sport, he remains one of the most celebrated--and popular--politicians. The nation's longest-serving big-city mayor is in his second term in office, having resigned in 1984 after pleading no contest to assaulting his estranged wife's boyfriend with a fireplace log, an ashtray and a lighted cigarette. He became a local talk-radio host before returning to office in 1991 with a margin of 317 votes (out of 47,000). Today his job-approval rating stands at 63%, according to the most recent Brown University poll, though...
...British economy has come to depend on people like 26-year-old Rebecca Holyhead. She and her boyfriend Dave are about to put down the deposit on their first house. It may not sound like much - a two-bedroom semi-detached that used to be public housing, on the outer fringe of London and far from the Tube - but it's costing them a heady ?150,000, more than three times their combined annual salaries. (She's a nuclear safety engineer; he works in local government. Their parents are pitching in on the deposit.) Though...
...into hers. Against a fascinating glimpse of how a small town paper runs - like choosing between a lost hamster story or a merchant's ad for the cover - we see Owen become more and more conflicted about the direction of his life. Meanwhile Katharine struggles with her long-distance boyfriend. With his subtle approach and care for character, Watson smartly avoids the pitfalls of turning SND into a broad "Ugly American" or "Kooky English" clich?. Instead it settles into a study of people's changing priorities...
...clothing store. Smitten and desperate Binny finds Debby again and they begin a tenuous relationship. Watson has given us two very convincing male wankers in "Breakfast After Noon" and "Slow News Day," but this time it's the snobbish and secretive Debby who provides the friction. "Binny's not boyfriend material," declares the two-timing Debs. Typical of Watson's style, Binny may not, in fact, be boyfriend material. He's got no job, mooches off friends, and fills his life with other people's cast-offs. Eventually a dramatic English downpour brings things to head...
Still, Torrid has a fashion edge that differentiates it from other retailers. The store's floor-to-ceiling racks are filled with black corsets, sassy T shirts (notice me. your boyfriend is about to), leather pants, lace-up jeans, plaid miniskirts, even sexy lingerie--much of it with sought-after teenage labels like Paris Blues, HotKiss and Dickies. The store's lush look (New Orleans romantic fantasy meets Gothic) is unique too. Red-vinyl-upholstered benches ring the shoe area, hand-blown chandeliers hang from the ceiling, and gargoyles grace the cash-wrap...