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...point, the band left the stage, leaving Chapman standing under a lone spotlight for a rendition of "Amazing Grace...
...here, recognizably and delightfully, are two weird dudes: a political figure stripped of his moral authority and taking it with a lack of good grace, and a hero who is deeply delusional. Woody turns weak and spiteful; he contemplates criminal mischief to discredit his rival. ("I had power,/ I was respected,/ But not anymore," spits out Randy Newman in one of the film's three very grownup sing-along tunes.) And Buzz is, in the blithest, most genial way, nuts. If you've never in your life seen a toy have a nervous breakdown, Buzz's will make it worth...
...House seat of Rep. Mel Reynolds, who has been convicted of having sex with an underage campaign worker. The predominantly black district includes Chicago's South Side. "Jackson may be able to pull it off because of the name recognition of his father," says TIME's Julie Grace of the 30-year-old lawyer. "But Jesse, Jr. doesn't have nearly the charisma of his dad. His father will help him, but it's important to note that Jesse, Sr. doesn't have nearly the same influence he once did among blacks in Chicago." Jackson's main challenge is expected...
...dining room on Thanksgiving day the entire family said grace in unison and began dinner. "So, what'cha going to do next year, Edward?" asked his older brother, a high school teacher. Although he and his brother had shared a room for four years, they never once stayed up all night talking. The only words that crossed between their bunks were "Good night...
Bury Me Standing is written with compelling passion and aphoristic grace, though its narrative of Gypsy history is unfortunately strewn through several chapters (perhaps the author felt that this scattershot approach was appropriate for a people whose tragic story is as meandering as the trail of a caravan). Fonseca certainly succeeds in her effort to draw attention to these often invisible people. She ends by noting that an emerging Gypsy elite has entered mainstream politics in Europe. Self-assertion, these leaders believe, is essential for Gypsy survival. Ironically, many whom they seek to help consider them traitors for abandoning...