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...figures. Senator Edward M. Kennedy '54-'56 and actor Matthew Broderick each played an intimate and condemnable part in a causal chain that resulted in the death of a human being. Star of "Frasier" Kelsey Grammar has been arrested more times for drug charges than I care to count. None of these men has seen his career suffer...

Author: By Dan S. Aibel, | Title: Pee Wee's Next Adventure | 6/2/1997 | See Source »

...apart, a subject that?s been dealt with in pop songs ever since pop songs began, and Foo Fighters fails to contribute any new insights. On one song, 'Up in Arms,' David Grohl actually sings, 'I cannot forget you, girl.' The problem is that there's nothing new here; none of the songs has much ambition beyond making a blunt impact. "If you're going to spell 'colour' with a u in your album title," Farley says, "shouldn't you at least try for pretentiousness?" MUSIC . . . FLAMING PIE: Much of Paul McCartney's new album was composed while...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Weekend Entertainment Guide | 5/30/1997 | See Source »

...Senate for confirmation. At a private meeting with federal judges last week, Clinton promised to send close to two dozen new names to Capitol Hill by July 4. But once they get there, they face new hurdles. Last year the Senate confirmed only 17 federal district-court judges and none for the appeals courts. This year looks even worse, with only two confirmations thus far. The number of days from nomination to confirmation is at a record high of 183, and 24 seats have been vacant more than 18 months, qualifying them as judicial emergencies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EMPTY-BENCH SYNDROME | 5/26/1997 | See Source »

...discovered that I was playing a very flexible, quickly changing opponent with an ability to avoid any mistakes in long-term calculations. My opponent was psychologically stable, undisturbed and unconcerned about anything going on around it, and it made almost none of the typical computer-chess errors...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: IBM OWES MANKIND A REMATCH | 5/26/1997 | See Source »

...microprocessor is the most complex man-made creation in history," says Michael Slater, principal analyst for MicroDesign Resources, based in Sebastopol, Calif. "Everything is built on everything that went before. It's a continuous stream of new ideas...but none of these ideas are broad. The broad ideas are almost all IBM's." Hey, maybe Big Blue ought to be calling its lawyer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHIP OFF THE OLD BLOCK? | 5/26/1997 | See Source »

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