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There are some signs, however, that bipartisan moderates may come together around some variation of a House bill introduced by Jim Cooper, a Tennessee Democrat, and Fred Grandy, an Iowa Republican. Cooper describes his bill as "Clinton Lite": less costly, less mandatory, less bureaucratic. Clintonites reply that it also would not cover all of the 37 million people now uninsured. Nonetheless, staff members for Cooper and Senator John Breaux, a Louisiana Democrat, have begun negotiations with aides to Dole and Republican Senator John Chafee of Rhode Island to see whether they can blend their efforts into a single, bipartisan, both...
...five days, the finalists frolicked in the Big Apple. They sat for makeovers, saw "Tommy" on Broadway and met the cast backstage, and answered an interviewer's questions for the PBS show "In the Mix." To top off their New York experience, the Sassiest Girl finalists spotted Dee-Lite and Winona Ryder at the ultra-trendy Time Cafe. On their second day in Manhattan, Malikah and the other finalists were peppered with a wide variety of questions, including one about President Clinton's health care proposal. The interrogators included Sassy editors and writers, as well as "some guy named Etienne...
...Francisco law firm were shot by an angry client last month. Harvey Saferstein, president of the California Bar Association, pressed for a "cease-fire" on lawyer bashing, characterizing it as a form of "hate speech." At least one advertiser felt the heat and backed down. Miller Lite decided to yank an ad showing cowboys roping divorce lawyers at a rodeo. But the enmity runs deep in the culture: after Saferstein spoke out publicly against such bashing, he received a slew of derisive calls at his office, leading his partners to beef up security...
...Beaver update, circa 1997: after Wally and the Beaver rip through a few games of Return of Sonic the Hedgehog, after June finishes her home shopping and after Ward checks the closing stock quotes, they all settle down for the evening with a big bag of Fritos Lite and order up Home Alone...
This is not realistic fiction; it's Glocca Morra with a boarded-up main street. Or maybe Yoknapatawpha lite. At its thinnest it seems more jokey than funny. Occasionally, it threatens to become patronizing. Most of the time it works, however, not so much because the author keeps things stirred up but because he persuades the reader to share his great, openhearted fondness for his ridiculous characters. A compact is signed, Russo saying something like, "O.K., yeah, Sully's being a bit of a jerk, but watch what he's going to do now . . ." Or, "Did you meet Vera...