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Robbie Feaver (pronounced favor) practices common law--the more common the better. Both cynic and self-deluding romantic, Feaver is Turow's most expansive creation. He has the needy personality of a Saul Bellow big shot and the clever mouth of an Elmore Leonard punk. Both traits come in handy when Feaver is arrested for paying off judges and decides (in about a minute and a half) that rather than go to prison, he will accept the Federal Government's deal and help cage the errant magistrates...
...MATING GAME With so much game playing in relationships, it's not surprising to find a game on the topic too. So even if the advice makes you flinch ("Let your man do the pursuing in matters of the heart"), you'll still have fun with the clever CD-ROM game Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus ($30; Mattel), based on the best-selling book by John Gray...
...other year, Warren Beatty running for president would be marginally relevant news. People would laugh, brush it aside, and reinitiate their criticism of Pat Buchanan. But Warren, clever little devil that he is, waited until this year to throw his hat into the ring. Next year's presidential race looked like it was going to be the most thuddingly boring event in United States electoral history since--well, the last presidential election. Poor Al Gore nor George W. Bush. They're both qualified, but that doesn't seem to matter much anymore; they don't have nearly enough scandal...
Joseph did, however, make the crowd feel involved with his comments and his enthusiasm. His use of a radio antenna to produce sounds was also surprisingly clever. Regi's guitar brought Victor's desire for responsive improvisation to a lesser height of majesty, for Regi had technique without ear; at one point, Regi was horribly sharp and only turned the pegs up more, producing a grating sound and a disturbing cacophony amidst Victor's clever performance. The drummer, J.D. Blaine, amazed and amused. Even one beat of his drum prompted audience response; he possessed a zany aura that fed into...
...believe him. Celebrities whine and whine, but what happens once they start missing the roaring fans, having to drive their own cars, answer their own phone calls, and--gasp!--do their own laundry? They start stalking the papparazzi. This time I'll leave it to the eloquent and clever Sharon Stone, who always gets things right: "I got to be tall and blond and a movie star--that's a lot to get in life...