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...Unfortunately, it's also the name of his legendary father in whose, enormous shadow he and the rest of the town, it seems, stands. The townspeople are happy to revere Deeds Sr. and Sam's "saint" of a mother. But the new Sheriff Deeds is determined to dig up dirt about his father, spurred on by the discovery of bones and badge belonging to the relentlessly reptilian Sheriff Charley Wade (Kris Kristofferson) whom old Sheriff Deeds may have killed. Add to the picture other family mini-dramas--another family's father-son conflict; Sam's high school sweetheart Pilar (Elizabeth...
...Montana and the Western Dakotas sympathize with those enduring the drought in Texas [NATION, June 10]. We suffered through 12 years of drought, from 1980 to 1991. Old-timers said it was worse than the '30s. Our well-built houses could not keep out the dust; winters brought us dirt drifts instead of snowdrifts. In 1988 we never pulled a combine into the field. Our county lost 20% of its population and 75% of the cattle herds. Isn't it interesting that it takes the Freemen to get publicity for this part of the country? CAROL R. BRENDEN Scobey, Montana...
...investigated by the FBI on charges of misappropriation leveled by the White House. (The charges proved baseless.) Bob Dole went so far as to draw comparisons with Nixon's "enemies list" after hearing that this one was sprinkled with influential Republicans. Could the White House be digging up dirt on old foes like Bush Secretary of State James Baker...
ROSIE O'DONNELL Sans dirt and melodrama, her debut talk-variety show scores with critics, soars in ratings...
...real problem is deep-seated black suspicion of law enforcement that dates back to the days when J. Edgar Hoover's FBI put more zeal into collecting dirt on Martin Luther King Jr. than into protecting civil-rights workers. It does not help that two ATF agents who face potential disciplinary action for taking part in the racist shenanigans at the so-called Good Ol' Boys Roundup in May 1995 were originally part of the church-burning task force. They have since been reassigned...