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WILL WINDamon (who will win one for his screenplay) and Hoffman (who already has two, doggonit), are easy to strike. I'm not convinced Peter Fonda's career ever impressed anyone enough to merit a "comeback" paean, so look for Robert Duvall to eke out a victory over SAG and Globe winner Nicholson, Duvall is much-admired and under-Oscared, and he wrote, directed, financed and starred in his picture...take that, Matt Damon...
...young Kordell and The Bus will smell the chance to define their season. The Eagles, for reasons known only to Ricky Watters (and he ain't talking), will beat the Falcons in Atlanta. And Daddy likes another limb pick: the PANTHERS, at home in the Mobile-Phone-Dome, will eke out at least a cover against Green Bay, who has too many ailing troops not to sag a little this week. Oh. And KC is simply N-V-T-S NUTS to pick the Bills...
...Carey tale is a disheartening one. Reform-minded Teamsters who put Carey at their head in 1991 say he sold out the movement, cutting deals with Old-Guard elements and undermining his own support until he had to steal from the union to eke out the disputed win over Jimmy Hoffa, Jr. Carey's double-dealing also embarrassed government overseers who spent $20 million to ensure a clean election ? most of it on watching Hoffa...
...elected mayor. Newcomer Vito Fossella's victory continued the GOP's hold on Molinari's seat (held by her father before her). Jim Gilmore maintained the Virginia Gubernatorial seat for Republicans with a 16-point victory over his Democratic rival. And, national GOP star Whitman managed to eke out a narrow and remain as New Jersey Governor for another four years...
...feels estranged by Worcester society, "must go to the farm becasue there is no place on earth he loves more or can imagine loving more." In his eyes, the farm is a kind of Eden from which he and his parents have been expelled, destined forever after to eke out a living in dusty provincial towns...