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...sentence fragments when asked by reporters how long the war would last. Bush has taken to warning us about an extended struggle, but one senses he doesn't believe it. He is, after all, an exemplar of a generation for whom the purest expression of "long" is the television mini-series. He'll have to learn to tolerate the ragged rhythms of armed conflict in the weeks to come, and so will...
...They're fighting again! Yes, that's BILL CLINTON and BOB DOLE arguing on your TV screen, but you're not stuck in a deadly Star Trek time loop. It's 60 Minutes, where for the next 10 weeks Dole and Clinton will engage in a series of mini-debates modeled on the show's old "Point/Counterpoint" segments. "This won't be a mud fight," says Clinton, cannily keeping open the possibility of an ex-presidential mud-wrestling franchise on Fox. If the Bill-and-Bob matchup is a ratings winner, could a revival of the electric chemistry...
...Channel's six-hour mini-series Children of Dune (March 16-18, 9 p.m. E.T.) is a sequel to the highly successful 2000 adaptation of Frank Herbert's novel Dune, but this version has a little extra timeliness. That said, Sci Fi would be just as happy if you simply tuned in for the giant worms and the men-fish. Children is the latest in a series of high-profile productions (including last year's 20-hour mini-if-you-can-call-it-that-series Taken) that have helped Sci Fi grow into a broad-based, Top 10 cable channel...
...modern mix of string instruments and synthesizers, played with intelligence and skill by local Cambridge music group The Empty House Cooperative, conveys a stirring and bleak picture of this musical mini-epic. Repeated cycles of slow, minimal phrases contrasted with sharp, often jilting rhythms give a sense of the shock and unrelenting memories that accompany war veterans...
...opinion counts because Scotti is 12. The weight machines he pushes are mini-size, designed especially for the Children's Health & Executive Club (CHEC), a kids-only gym in Chicago. (The "executive" membership is for those who stay to do homework for two hours after the daily supervised two-hour physical routine.) "Schools have cut back on physical-education classes," says Sherry Drake, the owner of CHEC, which now has two other franchises. "Both the parents and the kids, some of whom are heavy and some of whom just want to move around, are looking for an outlet...