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...tour de force), ambiguous supernatural powers, cruelty and revenge. Newcomers to King may be surprised to discover his fascination with bodily fluids other than blood (a bladder infection and a trouser wetting are key plot points). But the real shocker is that The Green Mile, with its doomed pet mouse and weepy, tender-hearted cons, is less a bold exercise in terror than a queer exercise in pathos...
...prime opponent to any change that threatens public schools is the National Education Association, the powerful teachers' group that has long supported Clinton's campaigns--so much so, in fact, that Dole's labeling Clinton the NEA's "pliant pet" is not at all wide of the mark. "I won't [make] education decisions that you're not a part of making," Clinton told the NEA in 1991. "I won't forget [who] brought me to the White House...
...film of the summer, it is also the grandest: Devlin and Roland Emmerich, the director and co-author, dare to imagine the ultimate catastrophe as it kills off tens of millions of unseen victims and ennobles a dozen major characters, from the Commander in Chief to a stripper's pet...
DIED. MICHEL TER-POGOSSIAN, 71, scientist who led the team that made the pet scanner into a practical diagnostic tool; of a heart attack; in Paris...
Churchgoing also offers social support--which numerous studies have shown to have a salutary effect on well-being. (Even owning a pet has been shown to improve the health of the lonesome.) The Dartmouth heart-surgery study is one of the few that attempts to tease apart the effects of social support and religious conviction. Patients were asked separate sets of questions about their participation in social groups and the comfort they drew from faith. The two factors appeared to have distinct benefits that made for a powerful combination. Those who were both religious and socially involved...