Word: districters
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...this month's general election, Capuano secured the Congressional seat representing Massachusetts's Eighth District, left vacant when Joseph P. Kennedy II announced his retirement earlier this year...
...political summer did Capuano well. He capitalized on his Somerville base, and, whenever possible, he canvassed his district, shaking hands and renewing old friendships...
...houses have caught on with stylesetters in the film and fashion worlds, who are buying up the old originals and restoring them. And the spare, functional furniture from the '50s has been getting so popular that upscale stores featuring it have sprung up in Manhattan's trendy meat-packing district and on the equally fashion-forward La Brea Avenue in Los Angeles. Meanwhile, Ikea and Crate & Barrel have begun producing knockoffs for the mass market. The taste for things '50s-ish has also seeped into fashion (haven't you noticed all those sweater sets and pleated skirts?) and industrial design...
...incredibly small story that it puts all the vast, sweeping movies of recent memory to shame. The film tells the story of a single family and manages to weave a stunningly intricate emotional epic. The main narrative unfolds in a flashback. Reporter Ellen Gulden is being questioned by a district attorney about assisting in her cancer-stricken mother's death. Using characters grounded in the simplicities of life, One True Thing gives us something almost unparalleled in recent cinematic memory--the triumph of the ordinary. Soman Chainani...
...Ukiah, Calif., voters elected the Anti-Law Enforcement candidate in a close race for the office of district attorney. Norman Vroman is an ex-con who has accumulated $1.3 million in tax liens, filed for bankruptcy twice, and supports the unqualified legalization of marijuana was chosen by the people to prosecute criminals in Medocino county. His intimate familiarity with the criminal mind (he possesses one himself) uniquely qualifies him for the job. The Associate Press attributed Vroman's victory to the fact that, "His stand on marijuana proved especially popular in rural areas." Of course...