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...state took a long time to recover after it sent its prized leader Jeff Davis to the U.S. Senate in 1907, only to have him laughed into fecklessness by a more sophisticated audience. The state has tried to send more presentable leaders to Washington ever since -- men like Fulbright, Dale Bumpers and David Pryor...
...Egoyan in his handsome, quirky comedy THE ADJUSTER. Noah Render (Elias Koteas) is one such user, an insurance claims adjuster whose sensitivity to his clients' suffering extends to having sex with nearly all of them, from frowsy couples to purring studs to a burnt-out stunner (the lustrous Jennifer Dale). It makes life tough for Noah's wife (Arsinee Khanjian), a film censor. Both have jobs appraising erotic desires and pathetic dreams; both have a ruthless talent for "sorting things out, deciding what has value and what doesn't." The Adjuster has value: it finds wit and melancholy...
...California Public Employees' Retirement System, known as Calpers, the nation's largest public pension fund, sent letters to 12 corporations, including American Express, ITT and Dial (formerly Greyhound). One by one, senior executives from each company paid a visit to Calpers' Sacramento headquarters to negotiate with its chief, Dale Hanson. American Express boss James Robinson, for instance, immediately bowed to Calpers' demands that the company set up an independent compensation committee. Only Dial has so far refused to meet with Calpers...
...Hampshire has been able to squeeze additional funds from New Hampshire's traditionally tight-fisted legislature by polishing its public image with projects like developing a non-toxic bacterium that virtually eliminated black flies, which plagued some of the state's tourist resorts. But the university's president, Dale Nitzschke, allows that catering to the lawmakers' whims is a high-risk proposition. "We don't enjoy a separation anymore between the university and the political system," he says. "It is critical that we don't become pawns of the government, the legislature or business and industry. If we lose...
...They played a great match," Yale Coach Dale Walker said. "We were counting on taking the number one spots, the last three and finding a swing match...