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...movie terms, the bandit had pulled off a casting coup. Rajkumar is beloved by millions. "This is not just any kidnapping," said state information minister B.K. Chandrashekhar. Some of Rajkumar's fans demanded that the government hunt down Veerappan and rescue their hero. Others prayed for a happy ending. Said S.R. Govindu, president of the actor's fan club: "As in his films, I hope Rajkumar can reform Veerappan and bring him back to Bangalore...
...actors MACAULAY CULKIN and RACHEL MINER has hit a snag. The couple, who wed when both were 17, have announced a temporary and "amicable" separation. Maybe they'll be comforted to know stars almost 20 years older don't find the love-honor-cherish thing any easier. HELEN HUNT and HANK AZARIA, married only half as long but dating since 1994, have also announced a split. They too "are still very good friends." Both couples are apparently too chummy to talk divorce...
...stupidest reason for defensive political baseball is that the candidates are consciously talking to newspaper columnists and TV journalists, who in turn hunt only for their flaws in an effort to be clever and thus noticed. There's no trick in being clever and noticed; any deft young journalist can do it, and some--encumbered by fatal cuteness, disappointment or lack of dignity--never outgrow the impulse. Talking like Jackie Robinson, or like Ronald Reagan, our last sublimely corny President, takes more self-confidence and aggressive innocence but--provided that one means what one says--it pays...
...content to excel in academia, Schultz, 44, has also been busy founding companies: Affymax (1988), to hunt for new drugs; Symyx Technologies (1994), to develop advanced materials; SyrrX (2000), to sell protein structures to drug companies...
...Davis, the Virginia congressman who heads the Republican Congressional Campaign Committee, called Dick Cheney, who is heading up Bush's vice presidential hunt, and tried to make the case for McCain. Cheney - who some have whispered might be the top pick on Bush's list - reportedly was not sufficiently moved by the pitch. Then Davis collaborated with more than 60 other House Republicans in a letter to the Bush campaign asking that McCain be reconsidered. Sent by fax late Thursday night, there is no indication that it landed on fertile ground or elicited much of a response...