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...problem with a government that gives great respect to the material and virtually no respect to the spiritual (not even a perfunctory nod in the direction of a higher being) is that it leaves out spiritual concerns that form a huge part of so many people's lives...
...almost hear the inmates nod when Chapman sings about guys who "hang around me like a bad debt." The convicts cheer when a Chapman woman takes control--when one announces to a boozing boyfriend, "I'm gonna take off my kid gloves/ Put on some boxing gloves/ And knock the living daylights out of you." But she's not all whine and neurosis; the set traces an arc of anger, resolve and transfiguration. As Chapman explains to the prisoners, with an I've-been-saved smile in her voice, she finally did find true love--with a prison doctor...
...recent years, in a nod to modernity and political correctness, the pageant has emphasized the contestants' dedication to social betterment. And they'd better be dedicated; each is required to speak on a do-good theme--a "platform" that will serve as her stump speech should she win the crown. This week's wannabes will plump for such causes as aging with dignity (Miss Hawaii), youth-violence intervention (Maine), alternatives to underage drinking (Nebraska), organ-tissue donation (Texas) and motivating at-risk children through music (Alabama). Miss California will speak in favor of sexual abstinence...
...Senator from either side of the aisle to name the reigning king of Washington's money game--the lawmaker who symbolizes what most people can't stand about the process--and Al D'Amato will get the nod. His new prominence derives from his simultaneous hold on three top positions: chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, head of Bob Dole's presidential steering committee and chief of the G.O.P. organization that raises money for Senate candidates. Those responsibilities give him fund-raising clout that is unrivaled--and, many critics say, unsavory--and make him one of the most powerful politicians...
...that actress that just got married to Tom Cruise." Three years later, it has and she is. "After I got the part, I read the book and I thought 'Oh my God. This is so strange,'" says NICOLE KIDMAN, the wife in question. The character who gave her the nod is a mariticidal lunatic, but Kidman was flattered. "Even though Suzanne's totally wild and has a completely different moral code from the rest of us, I think there was something really cool about her." It's a unique perspective, but then Kidman says she also really liked...