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...return the mayor's congratulatory phone call -- may be on the mend, at least on the public relations level. The governor-elect last night finally agreed to meet one-on-one with Giuliani, who broke GOP ranks to endorse Democratic incumbent Gov. Mario Cuomo this fall. The ice-breaker: Pataki relented on tight fiscal proposals affecting the city's public employees and schools. The standoff had caught the notice ofDavid Letterman, who listed as one of his "top 10 signs your new governor is nuts": "Won't return the phone call of the best damn mayor of the best damn...
...Administration's deal is smart because it directly addresses that possibility by focusing on the North's future capability first. It's important to know about Pyongyang's existing nuclear capacity, but seeking to resolve that question now would have been a deal breaker. The agreement is smarter still because if Clinton had managed to induce the North to abide only by the terms of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, Pyongyang could continue to reprocess plutonium so long as it promised not to use the fuel to build weapons. "But that assumes the International Atomic Energy Agency could guarantee that...
...lets itself go, as in the final scenes in Nicky's nightclub, wherein J.C. Wolfgang Murad gives an exuberant performance as Nicky, a slick and spangled nightclub owner. Nicky sports Dean hair and the ivories with the flamboyance of Liberace; he's funny to us, but a heart-breaker to the trio from yesteryear. There's a great scene where Fanny (Esme Howard), loosened up after a dip in a jacuzzi, abandons her corsets for a slinky cocktail gown and trips the light fantastic in Nicky's arms, to the tune of "Sophisticated Lady...
Torres put up a good fight throughout, leading 6-5, in the first set, then 3-1 in the ill-fated tie-breaker...
...fourth singles Granat won the first set in a tie-breaker and closed out her opponent 6-2 in the second...