Word: lester
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Georgia had Lester Maddox and Louisiana had Earl Long, and now Minnesota has gone and got an interesting Governor of our own: a pro wrestler with a shaved head and a bad-boy swagger whose voice is hoarse from bellowing at opponents and threatening to rip their arms from their sockets. He was the protest candidate, a chance to throw toilet paper in the trees and piss off Dad, nobody dreaming he would actually be elected. But in a three-way race the ball takes funny bounces, and that is how Minnesota...
Some proud cell phone owners list their reasons for being owners of phones. John L. Lester '99 states somewhat dubiously, "This way I don't miss calls from other chicks while I'm out on dates." Waqaas S. Fahmawi '99 says, "I have found it to be a great asset to my social capital." Does everyone have phones just to keep social lives swinging? Or is it just that the Tamagotchi, "the original virtual reality pet," is passe, and now people are lining up for more pocket-sized...
...played by Puerto Rican singer Chayanne) who falls for an American dancer (Vanessa Williams); the lively Latin sound track features several Cuban artists, including the already mainstream emigres Jon Secada and Gloria Estefan. "On the album we have Vanessa and Chayanne both singing in Spanish and English," says Tammy Lester, the sound track's associate producer. "Hopefully, this will bring a whole new audience to the music. Everyone can relate...
...fully integrated into the political elite that another black pegs him as "the white man's Burton"--is the soul up for grabs in Primary Colors. He joins the Stanton campaign because he thinks, "This guy could be the real thing." Delicately played by British stage star Adrian Lester (As You Like It, Company), Henry is a can-do Candide, a fixer who keeps hoping Stanton is the best of all possible candidates. Ideals are always in danger of being reduced to fairy tales...
...British stars, innocent of the intricacies of U.S. politics (imagine an American actor cast as Prime Minister Tony Blair or Northern Ireland firebrand Ian Paisley), had a few all-night cram sessions. Lester studied the career of the late Commerce Secretary Ron Brown, an early black supporter of Clinton's, and read The Power Game: How Washington Works by Hedrick Smith. Says Thompson: "The areas of my ignorance are vast and arid. I read Politics for Dummies; I saw the documentary The War Room; and I learned a wee bit about women in American politics. It's impressive what women...