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GERARD DEPARDIEU co-stars in The Man in the Iron Mask...
...Stantons, TIME has learned, are based on Bill and Hillary Clinton. Susan Stanton (Emma Thompson), with her iron irony and rigid self-confidence, is Jack's severest critic and staunchest defender. For all her feminist executive briskness, she is in love with Jack, or with what she can help him become. In a more sophisticated way than Jack does, she sells loyalty, cunning and, when cornered, sex appeal...
...Republican the same question and you're likely to get a clear, confident response about a belief in the need for smaller government and a return to "traditional values." This is not to imply that the Republican Party has an iron-clad, uniformly-supported ideology. It doesn't. Significant tensions do exist within the party--between deficit hawks and tax-cutters, libertarians and social moralizers, free traders and protectionists. But, despite these differences, Republicans at least seem to have a vision about the role and responsibility of government that they can unify around and use as a guide when governing...
Butler's impression probably came from another one of his books, Iron John, Bly said...
Tasca's entrance and bar area convey smoky romance with a strong yuppie aesthetic--chrome barstools, elegant rows of glasses suspended from the ceiling, mirrors backing the bottles of alcohol. Wrought-iron chandeliers, hanging wine-racks, ceramic plates, and brass skillets liven the dining room. The cozy booths--far more intimate than the tables in the middle of the room--are covered with brocades of little sailboats and flowers. Sailboats seem to be a prominent decor theme at Tasca, perhaps a reference to the excellent seafood selection. A ubiquitous European-atmosphere-engendering Gypsy Kings album plays in the background...