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...Addams Family Values) stirred up a refreshing appraisal of the iconic appeal of Marilyn Monroe, focusing on the legacy of her celluloid image instead of the tabloid conspiracies that crowd her persona. The jazz singer Diane Schuur made poignant connections between her own blindness and that of Helen Keller. Rita Dove, America's former poet laureate, produced a tightly woven mini-epic in prose of the moment of Rosa Parks' apotheosis from unprepossessing Montgomery, Ala., matron to unshakable icon of the civil rights movement. Collaborating with staff writer Romesh Ratnesar, Fang explained the symbiotic nature of physics and political dissent...
...Clinton will need the refuge Westchester County can provide: a house near a university and airport, expensive yet unpretentious, with space to entertain, a pool and some acreage--a place for Chelsea's at-home wedding. Space for a doghouse is a plus." --Rita Steinkamp, Houlihan Lawrence
...many officials in the foster-care system, there are now laws in place forbidding officials to use race as a routine consideration. And proponents of transracial placement have research behind them. "The bottom line is that these children grow up healthy and with ties to their culture," says sociologist Rita Simon...
...Director Rita Colwell called the medal recipients "superstars in their respective fields...
...been arrested and charged with creating the Melissa e-mail virus, according to the office of the New Jersey State Attorney General. Associated Press is reporting that David L. Smith, 30, of Aberdeen, was arrested Thursday night at his brother's house in nearby Eatontown, according to Rita Malley, a spokeswoman for Attorney General Peter Verniero. The AP report also quotes Malley describing Smith as a "computer guy" who "originated [Melissa] at his apartment in Aberdeen, New Jersey." Smith is being held at the Monmouth County Jail. Technicians from America Online were apparently involved in the state and federal manhunt...