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...analysand wonderlands. Like Carpenter, who sings backup on the anthemic Climb On (A Back That's Strong), Colvin, 32, has paid beaucoup dues, working the Manhattan folk scene for more than a decade, in between gigs singing jingles and touring in Pump Boys and Dinettes. With Fat City she needn't worry about paying the rent. Its 11 songs are strong, tuneful, as hard to shake off as a wraith's visitation or a first love...
...needn't bother; his personality is as loud and colorful as his neckties. But his audience does listen up, some of them in "Rush rooms" -- parts of restaurants where the show is piped in for the faithful. They'll talk back too, to offer either "mega-dittos" (indicating total agreement with the host) or nega-dittos. "When he calms down and stops horsing around," says erstwhile movie star Jane Russell, "he speaks common American sense, which we've been throwing into the toilet." Russell's husband, the crusty Texan John Peoples, adds, "If bulls--- was music...
Those wondering whether Perot has a change to play spoiler in this election needn't look past the 1912 race, in which Roosevelt drew enough votes from William Howard Taft to give Woodrow Wilson victory by plurality...
...wealthy schools with generous alumni, the issue boils down to setting priorities for fund-raising dollars. Most contributors don't care where their dollars go within the different faculties. Some of the larger ones do. In this case, the amounts involved are so low that big contributors' pet projects needn't be discouraged. But in the future, deans should not be afraid to encourage these alumni to contribute not to flashy projects but to basic, day-to-day budgets and student services...
...just interested in doing what's best for the children," said Dershowitz, who has represented celebrities such as Claus Von Bulow, Michael Tyson and Leona Helmsley. "It needn't become a focus of public concern," he said. But now that Allen has met with the press to "pre-empt the action," said Dershowitz, "everybody is suffering...