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...hard to find anyone who believes strongly that the limited self-rule now in effect in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank town of Jericho will soon be expanded to the include entire West Bank. Many people question whether that ought to happen at all. Israelis are worried about creating new safe havens for bombers. As Uri Dromi, the director of Israel's Government Press Office, says, "People see what's happening in Gaza, and they say, 'You mean to tell me you want to bring this closer to our homes...
...been asked to record. But after they added their two cents to the song, he got to like it. So did a Nashville disk jockey, who put the 42-second clip from the hit show on the air. The resulting clamor convinced the heretofore subcult-following duo that they ought to add the song to their third album, LP. And now the folks from Friends, including JENNIFER ANISTON, COURTENEY COX and LISA KUDROW are helping out by pretending to play instruments for the video. Somewhere, Davey Jones is smiling...
...think the market for movies about Scottish freedom fighters of yore would be relatively inelastic. Once a decade ought to fill such need as we have for tallish tales about brawny, if disheveled, folk heroes rallying the clans against the English interlopers. But here comes Mel Gibson's Braveheart, recounting the revolutionary doings of myth-enshrouded William Wallace in the 13th century, while Rob Roy, featuring Liam Neeson as the legendary 17th century freedom fighter, is still in the theaters. One has to suspect that this curious coincidence is inspired less by a sudden Hollywood interest in the murkier realms...
Some movies ought to be reviewed not by critics but by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. Watching Die Hard with a Vengeance, third in the series that pits New York City cop John McClane (Bruce Willis) against a wily, chatty nut case with a fondness for TNT, the viewer simply suspends belief and coolly appraises the things that go boom. Say, wasn't that a nicely staged Wall Street explosion? My, that runaway subway train crashed onto the platform with a certain vigorous verismo. Oh, look-more actors playing dead people! So little wit is expended...
...fundraising letter calling law enforcement officers "jack-booted government thugs." The NRA had apologized for the letter this week, but Clinton issued today's broadside after a top NRA official boasted of the letter's impact on contributions. "If the NRA's apology is sincere," Clinton said, "what they ought to do is put their money where their mouth is. They ought to give up the ill-gotten gains from the bogus fund-raising letter. . . . They ought to turn that money over to the organization that helps the families of police officers who died in the line of duty." Leaders...