Word: courting
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...better, smarter, smaller and more accessible ? that it can be reformed. And he has the credibility that any reformer needs; at a time when globalization has made America and its citizens the richest and most powerful nation in the world, Ventura is a free-trader who will not court the protectionists for easy votes. At a time when the morality hawks are looking desperately for a Faust, Ventura is resolutely pro-choice. He also knows that in the eyes of the larger electorate, Perot and Buchanan are men to stand apart from. He does not want them taking control...
Chavunduka is currently out on bail but says he will return to Zimbabwe for his trial, scheduled to begin Oct. 4. He could be saved by Zimbabwe's Supreme Court, which is considering an appeal claiming that the law under which he was charged is unconstitutional...
PATRICIA DUFF In court, billionaire's ex whines for more $$$. Hey, you're a Dem. Try slummin...
...optimist who places his faith in action, not attitude. One issue close to his tender rural heart is the preservation of West Virginia wilderness from the mountain-leveling predations of modern coal mining. A student of law and forestry at Yale, he sees himself arguing his causes in court someday, but his broader goal is to spur a resurgence in grass-roots public activism. "We need today a kind of thought and action that is too little contemplated yet remains possible," he writes. "It is the kind aimed at the preservation of what we love most in the world...
...suit, filed in L.A. Superior Court, Bochco says Fox sold the series to its fledgling FX cable network for a puny $400,000 per episode. (ER, by way of comparison, was sold into syndication to TNT for $1.2 million a show.) Not only did Fox fail to shop NYPD Blue to other prospective buyers, Bochco alleges, but the studio hid interest from other networks so it could supply its own cable channel on the cheap. This isn't the first such case brought against a media giant. Disney settled a similar suit from the producers of Home Improvement, and actor...