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...over his gavel. "He'll be a Speaker who's weighed down," Forbes said. He claimed that two dozen or so other House Republicans were thinking the same way. If just 20 Republicans held back their votes, Gingrich would be finished. Prominent conservatives like columnist William Safire and Judge Robert Bork were glumly suggesting that Gingrich would be doing the party a favor if he stepped aside. With every hope of prolonging the agony, Democrats were clamoring for a postponement of the vote for Speaker until after all the facts were made public. Every one of them remembered how Gingrich...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HOUSE SQUEAKER | 10/20/2005 | See Source »

...Washington Post, columnist Robert J. Samuelson has suggested that Michael Eisner, the CEO of the Walt Disney Co., pay Michael Ovitz's severance package out of his own pocket. The $90 million Ovitz is due to receive for flopping as an executive, Samuelson says, has become a "public relations calamity" that Eisner could end by simply picking up the check...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DEEP POCKET, SHORT REACH | 10/20/2005 | See Source »

...film’s only innovation is the weirdness of the characters and casting: Robert Downey Jr. plays Harry, a dim-witted thief, while Val Kilmer plays his foil: mean, burly private eye “Gay” Perry, whose handle doesn’t spring from his constant happiness...

Author: By Michael A. Mohammed, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang | 10/20/2005 | See Source »

...know,” said a department chair who asked not to be named.That throws departments’ long-term plans into limbo.“I think when one is in a deficit the question is really what the long-term prospects are,” said Robert J. Sampson, the chair of the sociology department. “What’s important is to place it in the long-term plan.”University Hall spokesman Robert Mitchell would not comment on construction costs, citing FAS policy, and the amount by which various projects exceeded initial...

Author: By Anton S. Troianovski, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: FAS To See Deficit In Tens of Millions | 10/20/2005 | See Source »

This film isn’t going to win any Oscars and it won’t be a blockbuster, but it has the makings of a minor cult hit. For anyone who loves pulp, hates Hollywood, or feels like they need a bit more of Robert Downey, Jr. in their lives, “Kiss Kiss Bang Bang” will be a worthwhile rental...

Author: By Michael A. Mohammed, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang | 10/20/2005 | See Source »

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