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...dreary as the presidential race looks, there is hope on the horizon. Thankfully, the Rocker syndrome has struck more than just baseball; it has infected--and thus inspired--our politics, too. Consider this year's New York Senate race: When Rudolph W. Giuliani was still running, the contest focused on the popular opinion of the New York City mayor. Votes were determined by an assessment of the mayor's performance in office. (Hillary Clinton, of course, had done nothing for New York and there was no means of judging her performance.) Now that the mayor has excused himself from...
Since my last birthday was the big 7-0, I decided to take the memory test. I was doing great and rattled off my last three mayors: Rudy Giuliani, David Dinkins and Ed Koch. However, I'd forgotten one big thing: I moved to Bucks County, Pa., 14 years ago. I never lose my car keys but always misplace my glasses, which I need when I drive. What category do the experts put me in? ESTELLE AUSTIN Newtown...
Unlike the original, the new, ersatz Shaft is addicted to curbside justice. He delights in breaking the nose of a handcuffed prisoner in full view of the police commander. He relishes the line "It's Giuliani time!" as he prepares for the film's final showdown--a reprise of a cruel reference to New York City's hard-line mayor that was famously and falsely attributed to the cop who tortured Abner Louima. If that isn't enough, contrast this Shaft's vulgar behavior toward a black woman in the film's only romantic sequence with the original Shaft...
...RUDY GIULIANI Slow to react to wilding episode; N.Y.C. shootings way up. You're morphing into David Dinkins...
...will be interesting to see how Giuliani fares politically in the wake of Sunday's assaults. Throughout his tenure as mayor, he's fought to maintain an illusion of safety; it's been his meal ticket. If that veneer of law and order slips away, what is he left with...