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...followers in Sadr City. The A.M.S.'s al-Qubaisi says his group is already working with al-Sadr to persuade Shi'ites to vote against the constitution. The relationships forged during last week's tragedy and the goodwill generated by the Sunnis of Adhamiya could yet yield a political payoff...
...Harmony did know about the A, B and C buttons my cable box demands. A richer alternative is the Nevo SL from Universal Electronics Inc. It lists for $800. Though it's sold through custom installers, its programmability is not beyond patient, slightly geeky do-it-yourselfers. And the payoff is great: since it's 100% customizable, I was able to design my own cable-box control page complete with color-coded A, B and C buttons and everything...
...makes balloon animals for the kids, John schmoozes with the seniors. It conjures up a convenient villain in Claire's boyfriend Sach (Bradley Cooper), a shark-faced sociopath who fools everyone in the family but no one in the audience. It offers the dream of creative fraudulence and the payoff of a frog kissing a princess, if he can only find the right mix of lies and lust. And in the performances of Vaughn and Wilson, it parades a screen chemistry rarely seen since the original Butch and Sundance...
...elected, and admired by his constituents. Soon, though, the reason for Manes' inner torture became known: his close friend Geoffrey Lindenauer, 52, whom Manes had placed as deputy director of the city's parking-violations bureau, was charged with extorting $5,000 from a private collection agency as a payoff for a contract to dun motorists for unpaid parking tickets...
...payoff for this year's gubernatorial contests may come in 1990. Following that year's census, 17 to 19 congressional seats will probably be reassigned. About 20 states will be affected by the shifts, with political power continuing to migrate from the Northeast and upper Midwest to California, Florida, Texas and other conservative Sunbelt states. The battle for statehouses and Governors' mansions will determine which party gets the advantage in redrawing congressional district lines in key states. The motto of the Democrats' political strategists has become, "Elections are the battles. Redistricting is the whole...