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...Republicans, who now control only 15 of the nation's statehouses, will probably add one more to their column in Utah, where popular Democratic Governor Scott Matheson is resigning. State Speaker of the House Norman Bangerter, 51, a Republican, has been running about 10 points ahead of Democrat Wayne Owens, 47, a former Congressman. Owens has been reduced to pleading for votes as a check on the G.O.P.'s possession of every top elective job in the state. In Missouri, where the incumbent is ineligible to run again, Republican Attorney General John Ashcroft, 42, is locked...
...outset, director Baker craftily disguises the plot beneath the cloak of family tragedy. Jennifer (Meg Tilly), a small town ballerina, has gone to study dance in New York, where she meets her soon-to-be boyfriend Stuart (Tim Matheson). Stuart is a cultured yuppie finishing up his medical residency. Yet no sooner do Jennifer and Stuart become involved, than Jennifer's mother discovers the romance, and during an accusatory phone call, shoots herself. Jennifer and Stuart race home to the rural Midwestern town where Jennifer's mother lives, and the plot quickly takes on a surreal glaze...
...Utah, it is the Republicans who are hoping to take a governorship away from the Democrats. With popular Democratic Governor Scott Matheson stepping down after two terms, the established f front runner in the race to succeed him is Norman Bangerter, speaker of the Utah house, who is campaigning on a promise to make state "government more efficient. A poll two weeks ago by the Deseret News showed him leading his Democratic opponent, former Congressman Wayne Owens, 51% to 39%, with the remainder undecided. Owens is seeking to close the gap by making a five-week walk across the state...
...land around it. What was once the driest state in the union after Nevada is fast becoming a water wasteland: tens of millions of dollars' worth of property has been destroyed, wildlife has diminished catastrophically, and tourism around the lake has bottomed out. Says Utah Governor Scott Matheson, with tragicomic wit: "It's a helluva way to run a desert...
Before there was a British crown colony of Hong Kong, there was Jardine, Matheson. The 152-year-old trading company, or hong, helped start the Opium War, forcing China to cede the island to Britain in 1841. In the years since, Jardine has evolved into an empire with $500 million in assets that handles everything from oil to finance. Last week the firm shocked Hong Kong by announcing that it will recharter itself as a holding company in Bermuda...