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...overturn Roe v. Wade before Bush faces re-election in 1992, the President will be castigated for having smuggled an abortion foe onto the court without a fair fight. Few will believe that Bush didn't know all along that Souter would affirm the Republican Party's call to gut the landmark abortion-rights decision...
Mapplethorpe himself grappled with that line. He once said, "The feeling I got [photographing] was a strange stomach reaction, and thought it would be extraordinary to get that gut feeling from a work of art. I'm not talking about arousal. The feeling was stronger and much more interesting than that...
...Sleep, these cable-noir thrillers feature tales of murder, treachery, lust and double-dealing. The mood is somber, the detectives usually disillusioned and the blonds nearly always dangerous. A bit more graphic in sex and violence than network movies, cable-noir films go straight for the gut. And their aim is true. The cable networks may get more attention for their high-minded docudramas (Mandela) and gourmet remakes (Charlton Heston in A Man for All Seasons). But these unpretentious B movies are their doughy bread and butter...
...ruling was a lifeline for Republicans who have been losing their cutting issues: military strength, anticommunist vigilance, no new taxes and opposition to abortion. What remains is the gut "values issues" that George Bush exploited in 1988. At a Rose Garden photo-op during which he received a statue of the Marines raising the flag at Iwo Jima, the President professed not to be playing politics: "Amending the Constitution to protect the flag is not a matter of partisan politics . . . It's an American issue." While implying that defending the Bill of Rights was not quite American, Bush left...
During the Venice controversy, De Michelis was unfairly criticized for everything from his size (a "bulging gut," as Britain's Independent put it) to his disco-dancing inclinations. On the bright side, however, all the publicity has not hurt sales of his annual guide to Italy's best discos...