Word: brilliants
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...insult audience members to get them to listen, this sudden stardom is both unfamiliar and intoxicating. "Everything has to change," he says. "I'm sure some fans will say, ?Well, I used to like him when ...' But I'm bloody glad success has come, and in such a brilliant way so that I actually feel I deserve it. I mean, who would have thought...
...infertile couples avoid the complications of choosing which of them to clone and instead look elsewhere for their DNA, what sorts of values govern that choice? Do they pick an uncle because he's musical, a willing neighbor because she's brilliant? Through that door lies the whole unsettling debate about designer babies, fueled already by the commercial sperm banks that promise genius DNA to prospective parents. Sperm banks give you a shot at passing along certain traits; cloning all but assures...
...Nobel Peace Prize? Not to JUAN ANTONIO SAMARANCH, the body's mercurial president, who is said to be lobbying "feverishly" for a plan to stage the Games in Seoul in hopes that this would engender warm feelings between North and South Korea and possibly cement reconciliation. "It's a brilliant I.O.C. comeback plan," says a source familiar with Samaranch's ploy. "After all the scandals, the corruption and sycophancy, the I.O.C. can finally be seen as contributing to international peace and security." To carry out his plan, Samaranch, due to retire in July, would have to strip Athens...
...Arlen Specter and Bob Barr had their way with Clinton's dubious pardon back in Washington, the former president himself was plotting another brilliant p.r. move a bit further north. Tuesday, sources announced Clinton was abandoning his much-maligned quest for top-floor office space at a pricey midtown office tower in favor of a relative bargain in the heart of Harlem. Where General Accounting Office types and indignant Republicans had been up in arms over the midtown rental specs, Harlem's neighborhood boosters were beside themselves with glee - Clinton's presence on 125th Street was bound to invigorate...
...that of hockey's Mario Lemieux. His return in December from three years of retirement was impressive. His performance since has been downright inhuman. Still, I couldn't help but feel a bit uncomfortable when they lowered his No. 66 from the rafters. His first retirement capped a brilliant career, including a storybook comeback from Hodgkin's disease. Lemieux's reappearance, though pleasant, seems to detract from the glory of his initial ride into the sunset...