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Dorris, who engineered the council's pursuit of Dave Matthews, said he had hoped to bring the band to the 3,900-seat Wang Center in downtown Boston since the biggest on campus venue, Sanders Theatre, holds only 1,100 students...
When the trial finally began last week, the years of delays had taken their toll. Evidence had been lost, memories had faded, and at least one key witness had died. Ng, overweight and pasty-faced after years in prison, took his seat in an almost empty courtroom. Relatives of only three victims showed...
...Last week THOR ALEX KAPPFJELL, 32, raised the mayor's ire following a Big Apple airborne binge in which he parachuted from the Empire State and Chrysler buildings. After jumping from the latter, the dreadless Norseman hailed a cab and disappeared. (No word on whether he wore his seat belt.) Giuliani referred to the flights of fancy as "irresponsible" and "jerky" and ordered N.Y.P.D. officers to arrest Kappfjell when, and if, they find him, but reportedly, the fly has already made a beeline back to Norway...
Dancing in the aisles is pretty much forbidden at the Orpheum, except directly in front of the stage, which is inaccessible except for the audience seated in the first ten rows. The exodus of patchouli-wearing folk--which diverted much of the crowd's attention from String Cheese Incident--towards the front, was effectively stopped by the bouncers at the front of each section. The pointing to "friends" and claims of "I left my ticket at my seat" were in vain, and even the spaced-out-girl-in-too-little-clothing act didn't work. Unlike other places...
...election better exemplified the hope for a cleaner and more dignified brand of leadership than the Senate race in Wisconsin, where Russell D. Feingold held his seat against challenger Mark Neumann. Feingold waged a war of principle in his campaign by refusing to exceed a spending cap of $3.8 million and to honor the soft-money ban of the McCain-Feingold campaign finance reform bill, which continues to fail in the Congress. His challenger, on the other hand, accepted soft money contributions steered his way by Senator Mitch McConnell (R-Ken), chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee...