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...bread-and-circuses journalistic spectacles of the 1990s began with Clarence Thomas/Anita Hill. The tradition proceeded through violent variations such as Waco, Oklahoma City, and Columbine; through the deaths-in-their-golden-prime of Diana and John Jr., and through that masterpiece of sexual, interracial, and criminal drama, the O.J. Simpson case...
...Born into Oklahoma oil money, Bright claims to have been a "happy pagan" in his youth. By his 20s he had moved to Los Angeles and founded Bright's California Confections. But he fell into the circle of legendary Christian youth worker Henrietta Mears, and under her influence drafted a contract with the Lord stipulating, in part, "I am your slave." His for-profit work tailed off; but his entrepreneurial bent flourished. In the 1950's, conservative Christian youth had begun an exodus from small bible colleges into liberal arts schools, wildernesses of secularism. Sensing a market, Bright founded Campus...
John Morris, 45, Chief Operating Officer of First Financial Network Inc., gets along well with his boss, Bliss, who is president and founder of the 12-person Oklahoma City firm, which helps banks sell their loans on the secondary market. The two acknowledge their differences--he is more methodical while she jumps quickly into projects and shoots from the hip--and their contrasting styles have made them a good team. "All eyes are on Bliss when she's out there dealing with clients and I'm busy handling day-to-day operations," John says. "And this just works...
...Sklyarov, the three weeks until his bail hearing last Monday were a whirl of jails: federal detention centers in Nevada, Oklahoma and California. Though separated from his wife, two-year-old son and four-month-old daughter back in Moscow, Sklyarov was typically upbeat about his imprisonment. He read mystery and romance novels to improve his English and felt he was learning a lot about U.S. society: "When you watch American movies, you see the policeman arrest somebody and read him his rights and that's all, but it's very interesting what happens after...
...shifts in population. What changes did the 2000 count turn up? The new numbers reveal a continuing shift of population from the Northeast to the South and West. For example, New York and Pennsylvania, both Democrat-friendly states, lost two congressional seats each. Connecticut, Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin, Oklahoma, and Mississippi are also losing one seat each. On the other hand, Republican-friendly states like Arizona, Texas, Florida and Georgia will each gain two congressional seats, while California, Nevada and Colorado will each gain one seat...