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HAROLD EVANS Decision by market-savvy publisher to dub author "Anonymous" is his most astute...
Republicans grumbled that Dole can hardly dub Clinton an invertebrate while he himself wiggles between principles. In a Wall Street Journal essay, Gingrich booster and political augurist Arianna Huffington called Clinton a "counterfeit" and Dole a "composite--a collage of positions determined by polling data and focus groups," and predicted that in a matchup, the counterfeit would win. The idea of that choice helps explain why voters tired of gamey party politics ache for the only candidate who has yet to say whether he belongs to a party...
...something of a vindication for Evans, since most reviewers made their own pitchfork fondue out of his prose. ("Sentimentally bloated, and wholly devoid of authentic feeling," said the New York Times.) The similarity to another huge-selling novel about a mid-life romance caused some wags to dub it The Horses of Madison County. Evans is rankled by the comparisons to Robert James Waller's best seller. "Both books are about middle-aged people who fall in love--so are a million others," he says. "Mine's longer than his. More pages per penny...
Another highlight of the cd is "Dub 57 (Remix)," by The Toasters. The speedy rasta/hip hop-esque vocals and funky rythums make "Dub 57 (Remix)" a very exiting, highly danceable tune...
...mail and electronic funds transfers. Among the many reasons: E-mail sent via the Internet arrives instantly, provided it is addressed correctly, while the post office is lucky to deliver 80% of first- class letters within three days -- an average that has caused the netheads of cyberspace to dub it ``snail mail.'' Moreover, one never reads about thousands of electronic messages being misplaced for years and turning up at the wrong address...