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...Travel-Office Purge. Starr is looking into allegations that Hillary Clinton applied pressure for the firing of the entire White House travel-office staff in 1993, raising dubious charges against the employees so she could install her own people. Starr has hired two seasoned lawyers to investigate whether Mrs. Clinton and aide David Watkins concealed her role in the purge. Almost no one expects Starr to bring charges against the First Lady, but Republicans may use his findings in the campaign. And how ugly will it get? That could depend on how far Dole is trailing Clinton...
Race is not the only wild card that contradicts the soothing platitudes of the American mythology. America's foreign policy record, which is full of dubious achievements such as conducting illegal invasions, training death squads, engaging in economic sabotage and toppling democratically-elected governments, is frequently presented in a much different light. Professors or instructors who speak frankly about such incidents are scarce--most will parrot government propaganda about America's valiant struggle to promote democracy and free markets overseas. For instance, in discussions about the Vietnam War, students are asked to view the situation from the perspective of American...
...McGuffin, a mole, a master criminal. Many minor characters of menacing mien, dubious loyalty and short life expectancy. Computer and explosive technology to die for (many will). An imperturbably resourceful undercover agent (in this case Tom Cruise) who must, among other strenuous chores, penetrate a supposedly impregnable vault wherein reposes a secret, sacred document that everybody else is pursuing too. And last but not least: a helicopter/train chase ending in the predictable fireball that equally predictably fails even to singe Cruise's beetle brows...
...dubious sort of good luck that the publication of her slightest and fluffiest novel has brought McMillan her greatest reward. The new book starring "Winston" burbles along cheerfully but lacks the satirical bite of Waiting to Exhale. There isn't much to the story, which amounts to woman meets boy, gets boy, with no second act, so the author will have to crank up some misery if she carries out her plans to write the screenplay. You can't have a movie without conflict...
...waiting for a black prince to materialize in a paid-for Lexus, she flies to Jamaica on vacation, meets Winston Shakespeare, a tall, bashful 20-year-old assistant cook at her resort hotel, falls in love, and brings him back home as a live-in souvenir. "It's a dubious sort of good luck that the publication of her slightest and fluffiest novel has brought McMillan her greatest reward," says TIME's John Skow. 'How Stella Got Her Groove Back' burbles along cheerfully but lacks the satirical bite of 'Waiting to Exhale. There isn't much to the story, which...