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...speech was interrupted frequently byappaluse and laughter. Gore's humor was not loston the audience, and the final reward was a30-second standing ovation for the speaker
Like Sondheim, Finn is prone to write tinkly, brittle art songs that break off in midphrase and to fill them with lyrics so clever they reward, and maybe require, repeated hearing. Like Sondheim, he is witty, wistful and wickedly funny. But Finn is readier to satisfy the playgoer's yearning for a hummable phrase. In Falsettos he gives every character a big ballad, ranging from the tender What More Can I Say to the abandoned wife's showstopper I'm Breaking Down to the AIDS patient's edgy, sardonic You Gotta Die Sometime. In all, the three dozen musical numbers...
...write off all of what I say as press-bashing, but that would be wrong," Gephardt said "The press must learn to reward excellence and courage...
Citibank, largest issuer of credit cards in the U.S., announced that as of June 1 it will reward its best customers with lower credit-card interest rates -- as little as 13.9% for Preferred Members. Other banks will probably follow, taking the bite out of congressional complaints about high rates and starting a war that consumers...
...Libyans, Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi and Lamen Khalifa Fhimah. The scenario prompted President Bush to remark, "The Syrians took a bum rap on this." It also triggered an outcry from the victims' families, who claimed that pointing the finger at Libya was a political ploy designed to reward Syria for siding with the U.S. in the gulf war and to help win the release of the hostages. Even Vincent Cannistraro, former head of the CIA's investigation of the bombing, told the New York Times it was "outrageous" to pin the whole thing on Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi...