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...anti-Castro organization "Brothers to the Rescue," were in Cuban airspace, and were warned to turn back. Clinton Monday unveiled a battery of punitive measures against Cuba. Included were proposals to compensate the families of the downed airmen with funds from frozen Cuban assets and to pass the Helms-Burton legislation enhancing the effectiveness of the economic embargo against Cuba. Clinton also restricted the travel of Cuban officials in America and limited visits by Cubans. In the works are possible U.N. sanctions against Cuba, and an intensification of broadcasts by the U.S.-sponsored anti-Castro Radio Marti. Despite...
...basic setup is yet another variation on one of soapdom's archetypal conflicts: the pitting of the poor, conniving, tube-top-wearing vixen against the tasteful, trust-funded beauty. Peyton Richards (Jamie Luner) is the former, Savannah's pre-eminent troublemaker; her rival is the kindly, blond Reese Burton (Shannon Sturges), an heiress with the IQ of Spanish moss...
...first episode, we learn that Peyton has grown up, Sabrina-like, in the servants' quarters of the Burton family mansion. Though she is desperate to partake of the Burtons' world of wealth and good teeth, she can't get the hang of it. She is clever enough to have an affair with Reese's thick-necked fiance, but all she manages to get is a bracelet of cubic zirconium. There is pathos here because, deep down inside, Peyton is just a pained little girl. We know this because there is a teddy bear...
...feel your pain ... George Stephanopoulos says it is eerie beyond belief to him that his character in the novel [Henry Burton, the narrator] is called "Master of the Universe" by the Stantons [the presidential couple in the novel]. That's just what the Clintons said to him on the morning after the election. Where did you get this...
OLESTRA! A FEW DRAWBACKS--ANAL LEAKage, flatulence? Hey, I like potato chips as much as anyone, but not if I have to wear diapers! Pass the Tostitos! ROGER C. BURTON Houston...