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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...river, and someone throws you something that looks like it will float and looks like it might not, you're still going to grab onto it--aren't you?" he asks. Glaser's gamble seems to have paid off. Within two weeks of starting treatment, Jake's viral count had dropped below his doctors' ability to measure...
...dippy. One has gone to jail. Others have gone back home. The rest still work in the White House behind what amounts to almost permanent presidential protection. But given the Clintons' tendency to cut friends loose when they become a problem, Marsha Scott may not be able to count on that protection for long...
...swallow the saliva that permanently invades my mouth." He lets his readers know that his celebrated wit survived the stroke by pointing up the ironic aspects of his condition. Bauby recalls a contract he signed before his illness to write an updated version of the Alexandre Dumas classic The Count of Monte Cristo--a tale involving a paralyzed protagonist who communicates by blinking. "The gods of literature and neurology decided otherwise," Bauby laments, adding a twist. "To reverse the decrees of fate, I now have in mind a story whose main character is a runner instead of a paralytic...
...Will Win: McDormand plays the more likable character, and her work in Lone Star and Primal Fear cemented a solid year. Still, don't count Blethyn...
...Will Win: Everyone but Hicks has a shot. The Director's Guild Award bodes well for The English Patient: still, don't count out Coen, who's better-known in Hollywood and works with a more personal stamp...