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With these numbers, it's not surprising that the district's voters have long had a certain leftward lean about them...
...lots of snow. True Romance (1993). A CP favorite; check out Gary Oldman as the pimp. Witness (1985). Kelly McGillis. The bathing scene. Gun Crazy (1950). Lovers on the lam; a cult classic. Brief Encounter (1945). Strangers on a train platform. A very British romance. Summertime (1955). David Lean. Katharine Hepburn. Venice. Casablanca (1942). Speaks for itself. Breathless (1959). The Godard original, please. Almost makes you want to be French. Betty Blue (1986). French too; a very very sexy movie. An Affair to Remember (1957). Okay, ladies, it's your day. But come...
Once there, he gave the speech of his life, less for its text than its context. It was detailed, specific and easy to understand, uncharacteristically lean, a fatherly promise to take care of business. He offered something to everyone: a balanced budget for the bond markets, better child care for working parents, a higher minimum wage for the unions, due attention to global warming for the greens, a plan to save Social Security for the boomers, and a last, potent warning for Saddam Hussein...
...Americans seem to lean cautiously toward bombing, as long as it's legal. A TIME/CNN poll shows that 60% want the U.N. to authorize the use of force and only 38% think the U.S. should go it alone. If Clinton does send in the planes, 71% of those polled believe it will be because it is in the best interest of the nation, not to divert attention from Washington scandals. The real gut check for Clinton would come if several days of bombing failed to change the fundamental equation. Saddam, his weapons of mass destruction and his Republican Guard would...
...direct outcomes were the founding of the Harvard Independent, the expansion of the Harvard Gazette to its present form from a simple notice sheet, the loss of The Crimson's right to publish the University's official notice column and a succession of lean financial years for The Crimson," he wrote...