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...worst days of her life. On that now famous April afternoon when Reno went before the cameras to explain the disastrous finale in Waco, the peculiar laws of politics ensured that she would get all the credit for taking all the blame. The first image Americans held of their brand-new Attorney General was of a stern, sad, certain woman describing a terrible tragedy and using none of the greasy legal language that would have shielded her from blame...
...cleanliness of Harvard Square is not a brand-new issue. Harvard Corporation member Henry Rosovsky wrote of the "ever-changing urban squalor of Harvard Square" in his book The University: An Owner's Manual. At the time, some city leaders were upset at what they took as a disparaging remark. Now, however, they apparently agree
John Hammond is a man in love with an idea. Inspired by motives of applied science and pure profit, he has pursued a scheme to clone dinosaurs from their preserved dna and show off the brand-new behemoths on an island preserve. He has imperiled some noted scientists, and even his two young grandchildren, by inviting them to inspect the park before it is ready. Dino disaster awaits...
Four weeks ago, O'Brien's brand-new agent (he's a year younger than his client) suggested to Michaels that they make Conan the host. For Michaels, it was evidently an epiphany; to NBC, it was madness. But since Michaels is, in NBC's desperate post-Tartikoff era, the only putative in-house genius, his notion was not summarily dismissed. A few days later, O'Brien, with no preparation and no cue cards, hosted his make-believe show on the Tonight show set. "The kid is no pro," says an NBC programmer who watched the test, but immediately...
...million other contestants, Bobby was, well, suspicious. "I thought it was a scam," he says. "I told Vickie that as long as nobody asked for any credit cards or money, I'd go along with it." Although he had never played basketball as a kid, he planted a brand-new Slam Dunk hoop in his gravel driveway last September and began to practice. Sort of. There were interruptions, like hunting season...