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...race in Georgia, where a Republican candidate, Paul Broun, said of his opponent, former Army Captain Max Cleland: "[He] plays that wheelchair up to the nth degree. He just shows people that wheelchair going and coming...It's certainly worth a lot of points." Yes, points for Cleland and minus points for Broun. Cleland is a triple amputee, wounded in Vietnam, who cannot stand or walk...
From a telephone poll of 831 registered voters who voted for a Republican candidate for Congress in 1994 taken for TIME/CNN May 24-28 by Yankelovich Partners Inc. Sampling error: plus or minus 3.5% "Not sures" omitted...
...class of 1995 had heard of Vaclav Havel prior to that Czech Republic President's selection as the Commencement Speaker for that year? No poll was conducted to my knowledge, but I'd venture a guess: not many. Seldom has such myopia been demonstrated by an entire staff (minus three) of supposedly intelligent journalists. This essay demonstrates a lack of education, not to mention a lack of tact...
...fashion houses of Paris are throwing a major hissy fit. They are the masters of fashion. And yet anyone with an Internet account can now get the latest in haute couture almost as soon as the models sway down the narrow catwalks--minus the champagne, neodisco music, and oohs and ahs from the audience. Photos of collections are being uploaded into the World Wide Web just hours after shows end (one site is First View: http://www.firstview.com) As a result, cheap knockoff artists can get an even quicker head start on designers in the race to retail stores--a race...
...Manhattan pied-a-terre, Diller is restless even in repose. His is a singular physical presence, his fine-boned body at odds with his rock of a head and a gap-toothed grin that is both wary and omnivorous (actually, he looks a lot like David Letterman minus the hair). As Diller talks, he twists himself into ligament-straining positions on the couch. He fidgets with his socks, gets up again and again to fiddle with the thermostat--it's as if he can't help exuding nervous energy...