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...anew in a special election. At least that would have given the voters who sent him to Washington in the first place a voice in the change in their representation. As things stand, those voters are being represented by someone different from the person they elected. The real loser in Senator Jeffords' switch is not the Republican Party but the democratic process. ROBERT BALDWIN Carmel...
GOVERNOR GRAY DAVIS Backs loser in L.A. mayoral race, draws flak for media advisers on payroll. Gov's power grid on fritz...
...keep you flipping pages, although the book wastes too much time dropping names from Bill Clinton to gangster Bugsy Siegel without dishing dirt or at least providing the juicy insider stuff Redstone surely has. He seems intent on not making enemies, professing friendship with onetime adversaries Barry Diller, a loser in the fight for Paramount, and Jerry Levin, whom he sued for cable access. (Levin is CEO of AOL Time Warner, which publishes TIME...
...pleasant chap, but so schlumpfy and insecure that, when Evelyn calls him "gallant," he snaps back, "Which is medieval for 'loser.'" He needs a makeover. So at her urging, or to please her, Adam remakes himself. He cuts his hair, pumps up, slims down, stops biting his nails, gets contact lenses, even a nose job. He has her initials (E.A.T.) tattooed on his groin. He sees himself in the mirror of her appraising eyes; he wants to be a thing worthy of her love, as she already is of his. And she can't help being impressed: "I gave...
...this recreational multitasking is not only a technical change but an assault on the very couch-potato philosophy of leisure, which I hereby dub chaise-pomme-de-terrisme. In today's productivity-minded, techno-Puritan culture, you are a sloth and a loser if you aren't doing at least two things at all times: making a cell-phone call while checking messages on your Blackberry, checking stock quotes while making love to your partner, and so on. It's strange to think of watching the tube as a throwback to a simpler, more contemplative day, but that's what...