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...because it rests on a popularity that is broad but untested. Right now he is still the Desert Storm demigod, but once he has to answer attack ads and identify programs to ax, his stature will surely deflate. Even assuming he could survive this inevitable erosion of esteem to retain the margin of victory in November 1996, it's not easy to chart any route that would get him to the top of a national ticket-especially since he has declared, "There is no particular passion in me for politics...
...reputation may allow Harvard to retain itsfunding better than smaller institutions can, saysAlan K. Long, director of the laboratories of thedepartments of chemistry and earth and planetarysciences...
...highly controversial move, students took charge of their fates last week and voted to change grape, punch and grapefruit juice for apple, pineapple, and cranberry. Orange juice, that indispensable part of the breakfast canon, will retain its hallowed place on the far left side of the dispenser...
...wonder whether we really are better off having discovered it. Eventually, this cave will be virtually closed up in order to preserve it. There will be a large, glossy tome in book shops, but we will still be in the dark about what it all means. The cave will retain its secrets...
...spreads its story on a broad canvas: the court of a troubled King who is seized by what seems to be dementia. As George III (Hawthorne) loses control, the foppish Prince of Wales (Rupert Everett) plots to seize the throne, while Prime Minister William Pitt (Julian Wadham) fights to retain his power. But at its heart King George is an intimate family drama. It can be seen as satirical parable-"The film is really as much about the royal family today as it is about the 18th century," says Bennett-or as domestic tragedy, a kind...