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...only thing different was that it took place on the other end of the field. There was the same passing sequence, the same crack of Clark's stick, the same missile flying past the Big Red goaltender...
...consultants to Ronald Reagan), the formerly disgraced Ed Rollins (who claimed, then later denied that he paid black ministers for their indifference to help his New Jersey gubernatorial candidate) and admaker Larry McCarthy (of Willie Horton fame). They have made him virtually tamperproof. Republican Congressman Robert Lagomarsino couldn't crack his veneer when the tall Texan appeared out of nowhere to beat him in 1992. Nor could Huffington's Senate primary opponent, former Congressman William Dannemeyer. Huffington sent his wife Arianna Stassinopoulos to debate Dannemeyer -- six times -- instead of going himself. "Campaigning against Huffington," says Dannemeyer, "is like running against...
...figures -- a human, Mike Nelson (played by head writer Michael J. Nelson), and two robots, Tom Servo (Kevin Murphy) and Crow (Trace Beaulieu) -- sit in front of a movie screen and, as First Spaceship to Venus or Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster or I Accuse My Parents unspools, they crack wise. That's about it, plus a sketch or two and some edgy banter with the mad scientists, Dr. Clayton Forrester (Beaulieu again) and TV's Frank (Frank Conniff), who supposedly have stranded Mike and the 'bots on the Satellite of Love deep in space and who send these cheesy...
English concentrators may be a bit surprised when they crack open their brand new 1995-96 course catalogs next fall...
Russian Prez Boris Yeltsin made his standup comedy debut during a press conference at the White House, mugging with his interpreter and causing even the stoic Veep Al Gore to crack up. But by all accounts, progress between the U.S. and Russia seems serious. Both agreed to speed up the timetable of dismantling warheads as required by START II agreement reached last year. Clinton also boosted his Russian aid pledge to $1 billion. Other notable deals: U.S. intelligence agencies will now help their counterparts in Russia in tracking down plutonium smugglers, and Clinton managed to convince the burly Russian leader...