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Politically, the lottery solves a problem that has vexed Southern Democrats for years. The public schools in states like Alabama and South Carolina are badly underfunded and consistently score near the bottom in national rankings. But tax hating is one of the South's cherished pastimes. Carville's epiphany was that if Democrats could portray the lottery as a tax-free way to improve education, government spending could once again become a winning issue. And the Republicans, hostage to the Christian right's antigambling fervor, would be painted into a corner...
...closer to the U.S., agreed last spring to an American compromise: 13%. Though ideologically opposed to withdrawing from any part of the West Bank, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, of the right-wing Likud, finally bowed at Wye. Says Robert Satloff, executive director of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy: "Arafat scored big. He now has Likud agreeing to give up a significant piece of territory...
...Near the close of the interview, Springsteen, who says he's a fan of such younger performers as Chris Whitley and Ben Harper, asks what's worth listening to in record stores these days. You recommend the new Seal album (in fact, you give him your only copy), the sound track to the hip-hop movie Slam and rapper/singer Lauryn Hill's debut album (you point out that like him, she's a Garden State resident...
...studio. Such hopes were not unreasonable, given that Warner has been known for its generosity. Top E.R. cast members got million-dollar bonuses when NBC renewed the show; and DREW CAREY got a Porsche for turning his show into a hit, and his show won't earn Warner anywhere near what Friends does. So what did the Friends get on their special day? Paperweights. Oddly enough, NBC also gave the Friends paperweights, which led the Friends to think the whole thing was a joke. It wasn't. A Warner spokesman said the studio meant to acknowledge the Friends when...
...small talk. I straightened a tie. I offered a stick of gum. And I confirmed that they all had sexy girls coming to meet them after they got good and drunk. But as I walked away in cynicism, I realized the punch event was the only party on or near campus, and many of my female friends were attending. And so, my eagerness to socialize unfulfilled, I returned home...