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...DIEGO (AP)--Colin L. Powell stepped into a starring role yesterday night as Republicans opened their national convention by celebrating Bob Dole as a tested, trustworthy leader who will lower taxes and bring compassionate conservatism to the White House...
...special praise is as curious as his commendation for True Lies in his earlier Movietown foray. Well, maybe not: both have heroines who strip and both were produced by 20th Century Fox, the studio controlled by Rupert Murdoch, a schlockmeister and heavy G.O.P. supporter who has contributed to Dole...
Rather than get a defining moment out of this stunt, as Dan Quayle did with his allusion to Murphy Brown, Dole hardly got 24 hours before he had to backtrack, admitting that perhaps the movie was too violent for children under 13 or 14, after which attention faded. We may finally be entering a period when flogging values issues creates less and less of a stir. Yes, people are disgusted with vulgar entertainment and its impact on society, and yearn for a simpler time. But to look to government to allay those concerns is to divert it from the things...
Disgusting food- and flatulence-related humor do not much lighten this load. Neither do jokes about sexual misunderstanding. One is left wondering why Williams has granted early retirement to his inner anarchist, what dark need compels a great clown to become a sad, fuzzy one in movies only Bob Dole--faking it--could love...
...drawn up an "emergency court session plan" to handle the judicial overload should the police arrest large numbers of anti-abortion protesters. Police are also getting ready for rowdy Democratic protesters. In an oddly bureaucratic approach to protest gatherings, local authorities are requiring such protest groups as Students Against Dole Increasing School Tuition, the Queer Policy Institute, The American Lung Association and a group simply called Emperor, to sign up for 55 minute turns at the microphone in the official "Protest Site" across from the convention center. Just in case, they are also installing metal detectors. Lesser squabbles are swirling...