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...express his grief over his lover's death in the form of a screenplay. Jeffery (Will Lyman) is a closeted Hollywood producer who offers Robert one million dollars for the script-if he will rewrite the main characters as straight. His wife Elaine (Melinda Lopez) constantly teeters on the brink of destruction as she and her laptop computer explore the seduction of the new Internet world opening before...

Author: By Matthew Hudson, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Dying Gaul: Drama You Can Download | 4/21/2000 | See Source »

President Alberto Fujimori's decision to accept a runoff election has walked his country back from the brink, but he's no quitter - and that suggests Peru may be in for a turbulent couple of months. The runoff was announced late Wednesday after electoral officials reported that Fujimori had narrowly failed to achieve a majority in a poll tainted by charges of vote-rigging. But that announcement may be a reflection that the president has been feeling foreign and domestic pressure over charges that he was stealing the election...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Fujimori Backed Off From Claiming Victory | 4/13/2000 | See Source »

...acceptance to which he referred is one of fact rather than principle. Nuclear non-proliferation remains at the top of President Clinton's agenda as he prepares to depart for India on Saturday, with the focus being on reducing the danger level between two countries perennially on the brink of war. "The U.S. would like nothing more than to reverse India and Pakistan's nuclear programs, but Washington has no realistic way of doing that," says TIME State Department correspondent Doug Waller. "So the immediate concern is to stop the nuclear buildup on both sides and develop mechanisms that minimize...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: U.S. Accepts the Fact, if Not the Principle, of India's Nukes | 3/17/2000 | See Source »

...brink of a new day in Iran, Khatami should take note that there is a certain carelessness to an excessively careful approach. Given the support of like-minded reformers in Parliament, he should seize the opportunity to enact reforms and usher Iran into an era of freedom and prosperity...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, | Title: Iran's Changing Face | 2/24/2000 | See Source »

...loyalty to his father. Even in this most corrupt of businesses, Seth never waivers in his love for his father, and this is perhaps the crux of the movie. Past the absurd money swindling, the corrupted dealings and the painful betrayals, Seth stands as a figure on the brink of manhood, having to decide between truth and deception, honor and cowardice, loyalty and self-vindication...

Author: By Jill Kou, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Hot Under the [White] Collar | 2/18/2000 | See Source »

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