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...privilege to be in the company of these four women. Like the actresses in Howards End, the quartet in Enchanted April summon bygone graces and glamour. In a raucous movie summer, this is a film for those who appreciate wisteria and sunshine, and a recollection of a time when women and movies could be purveyors of enchantment...
...Supreme Court term since Clarence Thomas took his place on the bench in November. Especially in the area of criminal procedure and individual rights, the Rehnquist court has been predictably conservative in its approach. But last week, as the term entered its final days, the high court issued a quartet of decisions that showed a distinct pro-First Amendment, pro-civil liberties streak that surprised many observers. What was clear was that Antonin Scalia and Thomas, the right wing of the court, were far from controlling the agenda. Instead, a group of Justices -- Sandra Day O'Connor, David Souter...
...Keen Quartet...
Irish pop music is the art of the drone: the mournful monotone of Enya, U2 and Sinead O'Connor, singing elegies to the millennium. Now comes the Irish quartet CLANNAD (whose lead singer, Maire Brennan, is Enya's sister) and an album, Anam, that has all the right career moves: a duet with U2's Bono, a song from the hit movie Patriot Games. The group merits a listen. Brennan's soprano keenings, in English and Gaelic, are variously backed by cool, Sergio Mendes-style harmonies, a bluesy sax, and a guitar's banshee wailing. But in the tune Harry...
...rock musicians and other celebrities are stepping in to do the job. This week Elektra Entertainment is taking out full-page voter registration ads in 20 big-city newspapers, signed by 19 of its acts, including Anthrax, KRS-One, Anita Baker and the Kronos Quartet. Rock the Vote lobbied in Congress for the "motor-voter" bill, which would offset the cumbersome registration procedures in many states by requiring that registration cards be issued along with driver's licenses...