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...there has been a hailstorm of criticism, and President Clinton has pressured the board to host more opposing view-points at their discussions. Nevertheless, the dialogue has shown little productivity. Writing in The New York Times, Felicia R. Lee described a recent town meeting in Akron, Ohio, as a "serial monologue, an airing of grievances and personal perspectives"--not the sort of gathering that leads to much progress...
...suicide of Andrew Cunanan, the boyish serial killer who shot designer Gianni Versace to death on a Florida street; the conviction and sentencing to death of Timothy McVeigh, the Oklahoma City bomber; the conviction of the World Trade Center terrorist bombers; and the bringing to trial of alleged Unabomber Ted Kaczynski--all of whom, when they were on the loose, caused minipanics--reduced the nation's sleepless nights...
...glare of celebrity and to grow up with a sense of normality. She contends it was really designed to cover his pursuit of Chantal Collopy, a South African whose husband eventually sued Spencer for "enticement and alienation" of his wife's affection. Lockwood's brief describes Spencer as a serial adulterer whose unfaithfulness began less than six months into their 1989 marriage (the British journalist with whom he had that initial liaison sold the story of their affair to the tabloid News of the World in 1991). Lockwood's lawyer said Spencer had strung together as many as 12 love...
Katie Couric suggested that castration might be in order. That seemed a little extreme. What criminal outrage had reduced America's bouncy, breakfast-time kid sister to such a primitive fantasy? A serial child-rapist? An AIDS-carrying seducer infecting half of an upstate county's woebegone girls? No. This was serious. This was primal...
...restarting the horror genre, I Know What You Did Last Summer should be deplored for stalling it. The movie tracks four kids in a quaint northeastern seaside town the summer after they accidentally run over the town recluse. With its superficial storyline, cast of adolescent unknowns and a serial killer armed with a lethal fish hook, Summer keeps the suspense to a minimum and the plot to a formula. It makes a perfect 80s slasher flick but pales in the wake of Scream's splendor...