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...meaning that 1 billion pairs of eyes fixed me as close to the President of the United States as, say, Charles is to Di on a good day, spiritually. American TV personality Oprah Winfrey gave the greeting "Hello, world," followed by four songs about love and stuff from Diana Ross, then a peacockish revue of the 24 countries competing in the 52 matches being held in America, then a splendidly brief welcome by Bill Clinton, who joined German Chancellor Helmut Kohl and Bolivian President Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada in conditioned, shady air to watch the match. The rest...
Lawrence Hamilton plays the title panjandrum as a tap-dance master with the wardrobe of a pimp. As the cowardly Lord High Executioner, Ross Lehman bawdily woos Devine to save his own neck while sporting a getup and manner reminiscent of Eddie Cantor. Despite first-act dances that look too much alike and a disappointment from Ben Wright, who is winsome as the vanilla hero...
...lots of candidates want to make a down payment. In the Texas Democratic Senate primary this year, opponents of former Ross Perot aide Richard Fisher ridiculed him for describing himself as a "small businessman." He earns millions of dollars a year as a money manager. But Fisher spent $1.8 million of it on the primary and won. Likewise, legal-services entrepreneur Joel Hyatt's matronly opponent for an Ohio Democratic senatorial nomination employed what the local press dubbed a "Mom vs. the Millionaire" offense; Hyatt retaliated with $209,000 in television spots the week of their primary...
Economists say it's too early to gauge the overall effect of the North American Free Trade Agreement, which took effect in January. But seven months after Al Gore and Ross Perot, right, squared off over the treaty, the Administration and Perot are still going at it. The Commerce Department publishes the relentlessly upbeat NAFTA News, while Perot's United We Stand America publishes the pessimistic Afta-NAFTA Update. Some excerpts...
...apparent that making a living as a painter or a sculptor or an independent filmmaker is a very difficult choice," says VES Visiting Professor Ross McElwee. "How do you advise that...