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...contest, created by Lampoon editors Merrill Kaplan '94, Lewis N. Morton '93, and Ruben N.negative vote against Bush--"the best thing the Democrats have going for them..." and all that. It just didn't seem possible to me that he could inspire a real groundswell of populist support...
...overseer nominees are: Peter A. Brooke '52, chief executive officer of Advent Corporation; Daniel C. Morales attorney general of Texas; Leo F. Mullen Jr. '64 president and chief executive officer of American National Bank and Trust Company of Chicago; Jane Circuit court of Appeals in Delaware; and Robert E. Ruben '60, co-senior partner of Goldman, Sachs and Company...
...country will function any better united than it does when bloodily riven. Poverty, social inequality, overreliance on U.S. financial handouts, simmering disputes over land and ideology, and a choking residue of hatred from the war all conspire against success in rebuilding the shattered land. Says National Assembly Vice President Ruben Zamora, who is close to the insurgents: "Peace generates huge expectations among the people that cannot possibly be met. The war was always the excuse for everything: no water, no electricity, no jobs. But the fact is, peace won't fix these problems...
Hear the one about the movie star who runs for President? No, not that one. Think salsa. Besides his string of hit albums (In Search of America, Nothing but the Truth), RUBEN BLADES has appeared in The Milagro Beanfield War and Mo' Better Blues. Now he may run for President of his native Panama. A committee called In Search of Panama has lined up 500 supporters so far. They say Blades has the ability, integrity and international prestige that isn't found in many homegrown politicians. What's more, he's great at a party...
McGrath hopes to continue expanding Unplugged's appeal by signing up more women and trying provocative experiments like, say, a collaboration between Panamanian singer Ruben Blades and New York City rocker Lou Reed. Meanwhile, Unplugged has proved that MTV doesn't need electricity to keep its audiences wired...