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...scope narrowed from spectacle to intimacy, its tone altered from the dramatic to the brashly comic and all but one of its songs scrapped. There were other ominous signs: Disney didn't blanket the TV air with commercials; and Spade, in a recent visit with Jay Leno, was loath to mention his new movie. All of which meant, in the end, nothing; the film is a funny, breezy romp. Emperor Kuzco (very much like the sarcastic brat Spade plays on "Just Shoot Me" and everywhere else) is turned into a llama by his in-house sorceress (Kitt) and her dull...
...Despite his righteous protestations, Boies faces a strictly uphill task. In order to convince a higher court to take the case, he'll have to prove that Judge Sauls abused his judicial discretion or misunderstood the law - charges jurists are loath to level against fellow members of the bench. And if that weren't enough pressure, the Florida Supreme Court knows that that the critical eyes of those black-robed Justices on the U.S. Supreme Court will be watching their every move...
...Florida. What happens if the state's electors are still under legal challenge by Dec. 18, the date they have to vote? Could federal or state courts enjoin the electors from voting on Dec. 18? A: It's possible but unlikely. First, courts are generally loath to get into electoral issues, let alone one this hot. Also, since the Constitution mandates that the electors all vote on the same day, if Florida's electors don't vote with the rest of the country on Dec. 18, the state would forfeit its electoral votes...
...Slobodan Milosevic literally has nowhere else to go in a world that is loath to offer safe haven to indicted war criminals (not even Belarus wanted the grief). He has always lived in a kind of house arrest, deliberately divorcing himself from the society around him. Now it will just be more involuntary. A thirst for revenge goes deep in the Balkans. Milosevic's son Marko, father of the grandson Slobodan hopes to "visit" and whose wealth makes him a target, didn't wait around to test the new government's tolerance; on Saturday he packed himself and his family...
...seemingly endless spell of bad news is creating a wider and wider gulf between Ford and Firestone. "This is a tire issue, not a vehicle issue," Ford CEO Jacques Nasser stressed last week, distancing himself from the company's partner for nearly a century. But Firestone, while loath to alienate such a valuable customer, says the lower level of air pressure Ford recommended for the tires--26 PSI, compared with Firestone's suggested 30 PSI--may have contributed to the trouble. Ford has decided to end its exclusive contract with Firestone and use an additional tire supplier, Michelin...