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...surprisingly, the Clinton plan has won the tentative approval of industry. "The whole research and development enterprise is being rethought," says Daniel Burton Jr., president of the Council on Competitiveness, which represents the chief executive officers of 140 U.S. firms. "What they're trying to do is make sure that there is a solid, results-oriented goal driving research, and not just research for research's sake...
...DiCaprio and Cates bring loopy authenticity to their roles, and Depp is, as always, a most effacing star. Here, as in Edward Scissorhands and Benny & Joon, he behaves wonderfully on screen. He should be even better when he gets the chance to misbehave as a demented director in Tim Burton's forthcoming Ed Wood...
...universities and write in the journals and say anything you want." Now, he says, "the scholars are coming out of the closet," demanding public attention for the way they think. Among the latest such works are Crossan's Jesus: A Revolutionary Biography (HarperSanFrancisco; $18), Burton Mack's The Lost Gospel (HarperSanFrancisco; $22) and The Five Gospels (Macmillan...
CORRESPONDENTS: Joelle Attinger (Chief), Paul A. Witteman (Deputy), Suzanne Davis (Deputy, Administration); Chief Political Correspondent: Michael Kramer Washington Contributing Editors: Stanley W. Cloud, Hugh Sidey Senior Correspondents: David Aikman, Jonathan Beaty, Sandra Burton, Barry Hillenbrand, J. Madeleine Nash, Bruce van Voorst, Jack E. White
Speaking of selective breeding, Lance Burton, who does one of the finest dove acts in the history of the bulging vest, has actually married Melinda, "the First Lady of Magic." They have joined their hearts and lives but still have separate, competing shows in Vegas. Melinda, who has the best hair in magic next to mine, floats in the air while talking about Jesus. (If it really were Jesus holding her above the stage, would it have to be lighted so carefully...