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...were clear that, absent some shocking new smoking gun, they weren't likely to actually reject Ashcroft, Chavez or Norton. In a Senate divided evenly between the parties, only a simple majority is required for confirmation, meaning that Democrats would have to achieve astonishing unity (and find one Republican defector) to vote down one of the nominees...
...Justice O'Connor and Justice Kennedy are perhaps more likely to swing over to Gore's side - although some consider O'Connor a more likely defector. Both Kennedy and O'Connor have (and jealously guard) reputations as consensus-builders, and are often the decisive votes in extremely controversial cases, including recent abortion-rights rulings. Don't expect to read any grand political statements into either of these Justices' votes; Kennedy, in particular, seems inured to the political ramifications of Court rulings, and tends to examine each case on a purely legal and intellectual level - more so than other Justices whose...
...clothes," says Castano. "When this is over, let them judge me before an international tribunal--but I want the guerrilla leaders and the Colombian army there beside me in the dock." He insists that his forces never enter a village shooting at random. They are usually led by a defector or captive who singles out the collaborators. "Do innocent people get killed in this war? Yes, they do, but they're a minority," claims Castano...
Opposite her, the defective defector of James Carmichael '01, an ex-Russian physicist and father of Hapgood's son, provided a touchingly human portrait of man torn between the family he loves and the country he serves - whichever one it may be. Attention must also be paid to the wonderfully villainous Ridley of Tom Price '02. He possessed enough venomous charm to make a Bond villain proud...
NATURALIZED. ANTHONY HOPKINS, 62, Oscar-winning British actor; as a U.S. citizen; in Los Angeles. Sir Anthony the Yank (LECTER THE DEFECTOR, cried one British headline) will be a dual national...