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Until George W. Bush set out for Iowa and New Hampshire on his first campaign trip in mid-June, his status as the front runner for the Republican presidential nomination was far from secure. Sure, he had the famous name, the long list of endorsements and the credential of being Governor of a large state. And, his advisers thought, he would have plenty of money--perhaps a record $23 million in campaign donations by the end of the first half of the year. But the Bush team knew that many potential supporters were waiting to see whether the candidate would...
...door or outside the camp tent can drive people nuts. This isn't last summer's type of teen-scream movie. The new films, a dozen due for release this year, are essays in mature terror, for and about grownups, with big or serious stars and a few A-list directors. For the moment, slasher films are deader than a naked cheerleader. Horror is going both artsy, in the Method madness of The Blair Witch Project, and adult, in the domestic suspense of Stir of Echoes. Renouncing sicko-kid melodramas for a mix of ghost stories and satanic parables, Hollywood...
Some horrifying images stick in your mind forever. That shower attack at the Bates Motel. Zombies storming a farmhouse in Night of the Living Dead. Leathermask's rampage in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Add to the list: the final confession in The Blair Witch Project, in which a petrified young filmmaker delivers her last will and testament on video while awaiting imminent doom. Improvised by newcomer Heather Donahue, the spine-tingling scene is guaranteed to provide nightmares for years to come...
...begins his term as dean, serving as a humanizing influence in the College administration seems to be near the top of Illingworth's list of priorities...
...begins his term as dean, serving as a humanizing influence in the College administration seems to be near the top of Illingworth's list of priorities...