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...were doing any such thing. White House spokesman Marlin Fitzwater initially blamed Democratic Great Society social programs enacted in the '60s and '70s that had backfired -- a statement so widely derided that Bush quickly amended it to say merely that those programs had lamentably not worked very well. Democratic heir presumptive Bill Clinton in turn decried "12 more years of neglect" of racial and urban ills while Republicans have held the White House...
...tightly constructed, funny and engaging as any good romance. What elevates it above this level is its gifted and star-studded cast. Sabrina proves itself just another jewel in William Holden's cap of acting talent. Here he fits perfectly into the role of a spoiled, dashing, rich heir to a plastics corporation. His brother (Humphrey Bogart) is the more interesting sibling, combining a clever wit held back only by a self-punishing impulse to work hard and keep long hours as the chairman of the company. Enter Sabrina (Audrey Hepburn), daughter of Fairchild, the family chauffeur. Sho captures...
...Brown hasn't always been a populist. Ever obedient to his creed of flexibility, he has at times defined himself as heir to his father's political throne, as dreamer, environmentalist, rock 'n' roller, pragmatist and technocrat...
Behind all that public posturing, however, is a dedicated artist who is widely acknowledged as the legitimate heir to the tradition of distinctively visceral dancing that traces its roots back to Martha Graham and Isadora Duncan. His musical gifts are both instinctive and sophisticated; in this he is linked to Balanchine...
...scene, he has been doggedly stumping the country pitching a message: Labour is a spent force, the Tories are uncaring, and "the realities of the ballot box" will make both parties "more realistic." As Ashdown defines it, realism is a fairer share of power for the movement that is heir to the great Liberal reformers of the 19th and early 20th centuries -- William Gladstone, Herbert Asquith and David Lloyd George...