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...losers who wage hopeless battles while cracking jokes. He celebrates fighting the system as the way to keep the soul alive. So when he puts two old men on a bench in I'm Not Rappaport, it is not surprising that they are engaging codgers, inspired liars, tattered but gallant knights-errant. They take on the muggers, the drug dealers, the authorities who impose mandatory retirement, all without moving more than a few feet from the bench. Their skirmishes are uproarious. What gives the play a sad undertone of truth is the inescapable fact that they do not and cannot...
...third video, discovered inside one of the Marcoses' semiofficial New York residences, showed Imelda, in black velvet and diamonds, as hostess at a dinner party for Saudi Arabian Billionaire Adnan Khashoggi in a plush Manhattan town house. "You have contributed a lot," says her guest in a gallant toast. "History will judge...
...potted yellow chrysanthemums. "I'm all right," she hurriedly reassured everyone. "I just wanted to liven things up." She regained her seat, and Horowitz put a protective arm around her. "This is why I did that," said the First Lady, smiling at Horowitz and accepting a gallant Old World hand kiss as guests clapped. "Honey," riposted the President, "I told you to do it only if I didn't get any applause...
...DeLay's wife Christine on the payroll of his thriving Alexander Strategy Group from 1998 to 2002, according to DeLay's financial-disclosure forms. Buckham also hired Tony Rudy--who had been DeLay's press secretary, policy director, deputy chief of staff and general counsel--as well as Karl Gallant, who had served as executive director of DeLay's political-action committee. Buckham's firm has a long and lucrative client list, which, according to its website, includes the American Bankers Association, BellSouth, Eli Lilly, Fannie Mae, R.J. Reynolds and Time Warner (parent of this magazine...
...that the authorities acknowledged that Abu Sayyaf was indeed responsible.) Sulaiman didn't want to be taken so lightly last week. On Valentine's Day, after two bombs exploded in the southern cities of Davao and General Santos, Sulaiman was again on the radio, asserting that Abu Sayyaf's "gallant warriors of Islam" were behind the blasts. But his last words were: "There is one more to come." About 20 minutes later, a bomb went off on a bus in Makati, Metro Manila's financial center. The toll for the day: 12 dead and more than 100 wounded...