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...strength of Ashcroft's personal beliefs is what scares so many people and thrills so many others. That issue was revived last week as the newscasts replayed his remarks at Bob Jones University, an ode to a country that has "no king but Jesus," which sent a shudder through the ranks of First Amendment watchdogs. Being Attorney General is not just about enforcing the law, it is also about changing it, deciding which laws to challenge, how aggressively to prosecute and where to throw your best lawyers. Women's groups question his willingness to enforce laws protecting access to abortion...
...ode to Madonna's overpublicized upcoming nuptials, with apologies to Javits and Springer and to Eartha Kitt...
...closest thing to comic book poetry around. Katchor has created a romantic urban world where a place like the beauty-supply district consists of businesses that provide detailed recommendations for the beautifying of a customer's proffered objects. Dreamy, sweet and melancholy, each Knipl strip reads like an ode to a lost world...
...Fall of Man: An Ode...
...with the names of those who died at sea for their trade. Admittedly the film lapses into sentimentality at the end and Peterson never finds a particularly smooth way to shift between the Andrea Gail and the Coast Guard rescue, but with The Perfect Storm, he delivers a haunting ode to the life of the fisherman rather than just another soulless blockbuster...