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...good, the wise-guy observer thinks--The Bill Clinton Story at last comes to the screen. That notion is underlined by the fact that James Carville, Clinton's manic political operative, dreamed up the idea of making this picture and is credited as one of its executive producers. But the movie, All the King's Men, is not a cheesy, made-for-TV biopic. It is, in fact, a conscientious adaptation of Robert Penn Warren's 1946 Pulitzer prizewinning novel, which was also the basis of a much more rambunctious movie by Robert Rossen, which won the 1949 Best Picture...
...Backlash Against Iran's Role in Lebanon The notion that Iranian dollars are going to Lebanese Shi`ites is fueling animosity between the Persian community and the Arab world
...Kids: The Dilemma of the Gifted Child (Penguin Press). "Having been built in the fashion I was as a child - created and then deflated - has left me with a distinct feeling of failure." Quart is unflinchingly honest about her unusual childhood experience. "My father would have bristled at the notion that he was an overbearing puppet master. If I sat absolutely quietly and wrote lyrical verse about tree-tops, I was peachy. My father was hell-bent on bettering my lot - and by extension our family's lot." But, continues Quart in Hothouse Kids, "I was far too young...
...supporters who participated in the poll, a third said Chen should step down as well. There are still those who believe Chen ought to finish the remaining 20 months of his term. After all, there has been no evidence to tie the President directly to any wrongdoing, and the notion of circumventing democratic institutions to oust a sitting leader makes many Taiwan citizens uneasy. But the pressure on Chen is mounting. Shih Ming-teh, a former DPP chairman, has raised more than $3 million to fund a series of mass protests in front of the Presidential Building starting Sept...
...ACCURACY OVER IDEOLOGY The press might have less difficulty withholding the details of ongoing national-security programs if it were not distracted by the grandiose notion that it must "speak truth to power" [July 10]. A better objective would be to provide accurate and useful information. That may not sound as exciting, but it is a clearer conception of what the public needs. Clay Boswell New York City...