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...Tickle-Me-Elmo” of totalitarian states. And let’s not forget the enduring appeal of its cigar-chomping despot, the “glue that holds Cuba together,” as Coyula-Cowley says, and the only dictator clever enough to get people to call him by his first name. Why, everybody loves “Fidel”—especially the movie stars, left-of-left congressmen, and American academics who are always flying down to hobnob with...
...again. And last Wednesday evening the bill survived yet another near-death experience, when its backers in the House went head-to-head with one of their most powerful opponents, the National Rifle Association. Republicans, led by Tom DeLay, the majority whip from Sugar Land, Texas, offered a clever "poison pill" amendment that would have exempted gun-rights groups from the bill's limits on paid issues advertising. If the amendment passed, it could have killed the entire bill by forcing it into a House-Senate conference, where opponents could bottle it up forever. N.R.A. lobbyists swarmed through the Capitol...
...sports are always supposed to work--as allegories for deeper human conflicts, not merely as displays of strength and skill--but what's different now is how desperately we need them to and how grateful we are when they succeed. While I don't feel entirely satisfied with the clever Solomonic compromise that settled the figure-skating issue (why not just chop the one gold medal in half?), I'm glad that the lofty figures behind the scenes finally acted. I'm tired of hung juries. I'm tired of not knowing whether Osama bin Laden is alive or dead...
...male leads, Scott P. Asher ’02 and Thomas P. Lowe ’05, who play Governor Almaviva and Figaro, respectively, both carry their scenes ably, communicating the opera’s inherent comic appeal. Lowe’s wickedly clever yet playful Figaro is particularly memorable. He brings roars of laughter from the crowd, and his mischievous glances charm the audience...
...surprised if you run into women on the links this summer carrying golf bags covered in 18th century French fabric. Toile (just say twall) is everywhere. "Toile is the new leopard," proclaims Cynthia O'Connor, whose showroom based in New York City sells the $555 Clever Carriage Co. golf bag, which will show up in select Neiman Marcus stores this spring. Even if you don't recognize its name, you know its best-selling patterns: romantic scenes of the French countryside, in black, red or blue on cream-colored cotton. The cozy, Old World designs were once found mainly...