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PERHAPS NO ONE FITS THE DESCRIPtion "innocent bystander" as well as Tina Bennis. Certainly when she let her husband John take their rundown 1977 Pontiac sedan to work one day in 1988, she did not count on him driving it into Detroit, picking up a prostitute, engaging in a sexual act in the car's front seat--and getting caught. Nor did she know that the state of Michigan would be legally permitted to seize the car involved in a prostitution arrest, even though, in this case, it was co-owned by Tina. With the support of an odd coalition...
...last summer to initiate a modest on-the-job-training program for inner-city youths died in the local Chamber of Commerce. He feels scorn for blacks who flee poverty only to forget those they left behind. "[Supreme Court Justice] Clarence Thomas talks about being from Pinpoint, a really rundown area of Savannah, but to my knowledge he has never been back," says Marshall. "Why doesn't he come back and help make things better...
...directed by Frank Capra. Purgatory is right at hand, in Buffalo, New York. It's where a pair of aging stage actors, George Hay (Philip Bosco) and his wife Charlotte (Carol Burnett), dream of starring in the Capra film. Instead, on this June day in 1953, they are reprising rundown performances of Cyrano and Private Lives. Payrolls are not being met, and their troupe is nearing mutiny...
...follow his inclination by taking the issues head on and explaining what he would do differently. The result: the day House Speaker Gingrich was to give a presumptively presidential address on national television, the President scrapped plans to deliver a speech on education and delivered a Morris-inspired rundown of what he liked and disliked about the contract. While the President has solicited advice from a variety of outside consultants, says White House Press Secretary Michael McCurry: "[Morris] has had a lot of impact." The presence of this new adviser has raised questions about just who is in charge...
TIME Daily askedLaurence I. Barrett, TIME national political writer and a veteran mid-term election prognosticator, for a rundown on the key Senate, House and gubernatorial races -- and some tips for Tuesday's returns-watchers:Post your opinion on theWashingtonbulletin board...