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...family. The discussions grew quite serious in 1889, during the Administration of Benjamin Harrison. His wife Caroline adored her position as First Lady but wanted more living space. Mercifully, all the grandiose dreams died in the face of costs and a growing sense that the country was deeply fond of George Washington's original creation. Theodore Roosevelt's brood dented the mansion here and there; son Quentin would bring a pony through the ground-floor corridor and up the elevator so that his ailing brother Archie would be cheered. All along the way an exuberant country of inventors made sure...
Like Crowe--a big, smart, shaggy, excitable man, fond of baggy shorts and sloppy T shirts--Almost Famous is sophisticated but steadfastly innocent; less a rock anthem than a love song to rock, musicians, groupies and Crowe's own family. In the film, Crowe's 15-year-old alter ego, boy reporter William Miller (Patrick Fugit), gets his first assignment from Rolling Stone editor Ben Fong-Torres (a real person, played by Terry Chen) to profile an up-and-coming (fictional) rock band called Stillwater. Trying to get an interview with Stillwater guitarist Russell Hammond (Billy Crudup), young Miller finds...
...glaring menace, Karelin--who weighed 15 lbs. at birth--has a gentle side. A fan of opera (particularly Mussorgsky), ballet and theater, he is especially fond of poetry and has written verse. This Bunyanesque figure is a husband and the father of three children, including a daughter who was born this year...
Savon is genuinely fond of training too, one reason he's still a contender. "The adversary I fear most," he says, "is Felix Savon." He bounds into the ring over the top rope like a guy who just can't wait to get to work. "The little fights, the big important fights, they're all the same to me," he says...
...satisfied voter might well be a Gore voter. So might be an apathetic one. But not if they're too satisfied or apathetic to bother voting at all. Gore is fond of saying that the presidency isn't a popularity contest. Except that it is one, by definition, and not just over numbers, but over excitement levels. And when it comes to putting new faces in the voting booths, Al Gore is no John McCain, and neither is George W. Bush. The parties' respective bases will still have to do the heavy lifting...