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Still, there is down-to-earthiness in the women's conversation between assignments. And Writers Borden and Sandra Kaye have created a memorable character in Lucy (Ellen McElduff), the Miss Manners of madams, compulsive in her record keeping and her insistence on tidiness and decorum. One can imagine Lucy succeeding as well in a more lawful form of shadiness -- public relations, perhaps. In any case, McElduff achieves a level of wry social commentary that the rest of the film only aspires...
...asks, and does not wait for an answer. This is a band that believes rock music has moral imperatives and social responsibilities. There is no one better than U2 at bringing "over there" back "over here," and setting it down right by the front door, where no one can miss...
Have no doubt: those places will be rebuilt, although the effort needed for such smaller cities as Gulfport and Biloxi, Miss., may be different from the kind required for New Orleans, with its sizable downtown and wide metropolitan area. There are times a city suffers a disaster so enormous that it never recovers. Think of Pompeii. Or Chernobyl. But cities tend to be durable things. They eventually shake off the effects of even the worst catastrophes. A decade after the Great Fire of 1871, Chicago had a booming economy and a population of half a million people, up from about...
...During the festival, make sure you visit local pubs, which come alive with DJs, folk groups and rock bands. And don't miss the gala ball and parade on Sept. 24. For oyster professionals and fans alike, it's a gleaming pearl in the social calendar...
...Rehnquist managed the court with a rare combination of efficiency and amiability, and the other Justices will miss him. Justice William Brennan, the late liberal icon, once called Rehnquist "my best friend up here." Unlike some of his predecessors, Rehnquist was fair about assigning opinion writing and tried to tamp down office politics. "There's no one who doesn't like William Rehnquist," says the University of Virginia's Howard. "He really is someone who is easy to be around and has a very unpretentious and pleasant manner...