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...judgment was as sound as it's been so many other times this fall. Bloomberg becomes the 108th mayor of New York at a time when the second hardest job in America is harder than it has ever been. (Campaigning last month for Green, former New York Governor Mario Cuomo had one piece of advice for whoever won: "First, pray.") Bloomberg, 59, spent an estimated $60 million on the race--as much as Ross Perot spent running for President in 1992, more than anyone has ever spent running for mayor of anywhere. He is a novice at politics...
...McGreevey?s lead, while substantial, is not immune to an election day surprise, as New York Governor George Pataki reminded Republican voters over the weekend. Pataki himself was expected to lose the 1994 gubernatorial race to Mario Cuomo; he wound up winning in an upset. Sunday, McGreevey left his last-minute campaign schedule to be with his wife, who is in stable condition after being hospitalized with complications from her pregnancy...
...clichéd Velvet Underground comparisons, but I maintain that they sound like a darker, dirtier, more anxious and volatile version of Weezer. They have precise, sonically taut arrangements with undertones of straight-up 50s rock ‘n roll. Or think of it this way: If Rivers Cuomo is the guy you would bring home to your mother, Julian Casablancas is the guy who would steal your mom’s car and then sleep with your sister in the discomfort of the backseat while drinking a bottle of Jack Daniels. Or extrapolate from their self-description: Modern...
Established earlier this year, the ACS has already recruited legal and political heavyweights to its board, including former New York Governor Mario Cuomo, fomer U.S. Solicitor General Drew Days, and Laurence H. Tribe, Tyler professor of constitutional...
What ever happened to moody artists who believed in “artistic integrity”? In 1997, Rivers Cuomo told Alternative Press that he wasn’t eager to make anymore “gimmicky” videos because he thought that Spike Jonze’s “Buddy Holly’” video was responsible for Weezer’s rise to fame. Only one video was made for Pinkerton—a straightforward three-minute ordeal panning over the geek boys playing “El Scorcho...