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DREAM ON (HBO, Sunday nights). Book editor and divorced dad Martin Tupper (Brian Benben) is trying to make sense of the '90s. So why do scenes from - '50s TV shows keep popping into his head? In its second season, this decidedly adult sitcom, which makes deft use of old black-and-white clips, is better than ever...
...surrounded on nearly all sides by enemies, Saddam is playing a skillful game. "It's quite a brilliant strategy," says Leonard S. Spector, a Carnegie Endowment proliferation expert. Saddam is "stubborn, steadfast, holding as much stuff back as possible and giving us enough to defuse a possible attack." Such deft maneuvering means Bush has a far larger problem on his hands than anyone imagined after Iraq's defeat on Feb. 27. Until the nuclear menace is removed, Bush's yearlong nightmare will...
Thomson Professor of Government Martin L. Kilson Jr., Who also sat on this executive committee, says that it is the "managerially deft" and "intellectually acute" Johnson who deserves the praise...
Bush's victory on Capitol Hill last week was the result of some % uncharacteristically deft political maneuvering on the domestic front. He has succeeded in splintering both textile and environmental lobbies, while mollifying fence-sitting Democrats such as Richard Gephardt by assuring them that the issues of environment, rules of origin covering foreign investors in Mexico, and adjustment programs for displaced workers will be addressed before any agreement is signed. Bush also cornered the Democrats into choosing between two important constituencies, labor and Hispanics. Just as Bush hoped, the Democratic National Committee recently denounced fast-track authorization, which put them...
...With his deft timing and vaudeville hamminess, White brings such extravagant high spirits to the role that he is hard not to like. Moreover, his presence has helped turn Family Matters into Miller-Boyett's most watchable comedy. His constant grating presence -- the eager beaver who sets everybody's teeth on edge -- has added a dash of vinegar to the cotton-candy formula. Maybe every TV family needs a nerd in the neighborhood...