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...Will George Steinbrenner, returning like Banquo's Ghost from a two-year suspension as Boss of the Yankees, fire manager Buck Showalter the first time the team hits a two-game losing streak? (Absolutely not. Showalter is safe unless the Yankees lose three straight games...
Sensing the change, politicians of both parties have felt it easier to buck the gun lobby -- especially since the NRA seldom budges from its never-give- an-inch credo. The New Jersey defeat came just three weeks after Virginia, an NRA stronghold, adopted a one-per-month limit on handgun purchases. The aim was to discourage bulk buyers who had turned the state into a firepower exporter to street criminals everywhere. "People recognize that this random gun violence is out of control," says Susan Whitmore, communications director of Handgun Control, a lobbying group. Florida, Hawaii, Louisiana and Minnesota have...
When a terrorists gets publicity, "he sees a lot of bang for his buck," he said. The media "ought to exercise self-censorship" to prevent this...
Property damage, bad as it is, is not what frightens clinic workers the most. Doctors, their staffs and families find themselves stalked, harassed and threatened over the phone. After he was confronted several years ago by a man who threatened to cut off his fingers, Dr. Buck Williams, the only doctor who provides abortions in South Dakota, got a licensed .38 revolver. He jokes grimly about it now: "I figured if I had only one finger left, I could use it to pull the trigger." After he learned about the Pensacola killing, Williams upgraded his weapon...
...that we feel immediately all the main character's displacement, fear and wonder in his new world. This laser disc (Voyager/The Criterion Collection) marks the first uncut presentation of the original wide-screen format for U.S. home video. Also on the disc: interviews with Roeg, Bowie and co-star Buck Henry. They offer no solutions to the film's mysteries, which is just as well. Figuring out The Man would be like unraveling a dream...