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Deans of journalism might sigh that episodes like this threaten a covenant of faith with the public. But if there ever really was one, it was shot long ago, as much because of audience sophistication as because of any failings of the media. The new-media-era covenant goes like this: we'll gratify you instantly--would you have kept watching a channel that waited half an hour to report anything?--and if we get it wrong, well, whoops!, stuff happens. In exchange, you get a new transparency: unfiltered access, not just to source material (like the Starr Report...
...their 20 witnesses before Sauls recessed for the day. He will rule whether Gore would have won Florida's coveted electoral votes if 14,000 undervoted ballots had been properly counted by hand. But the thought of being the one who actually does the counting caused the judge to sigh during a hearing last week. "Do you have a magnifying glass?" he quipped. "I need stronger glasses." Says Richard McFarlain, former general counsel for the Florida Republican Party: "He's a lot of fun to be around. But when you're in court with him, let him crack the first...
...their 20 witnesses before Sauls recessed for the day. He will rule whether Gore would have won Florida's coveted electoral votes if 14,000 undervoted ballots had been properly counted by hand. But the thought of being the one who actually does the counting caused the judge to sigh during a hearing last week. "Do you have a magnifying glass?" he quipped. "I need stronger glasses." Says Richard McFarlain, former general counsel for the Florida Republican party: "He's a lot of fun to be around. But when you're in court with him, let him crack the first...
...Movies Unlimited. The best books about Bunuel are the aforementioned "Objects of Desire" and "Luis Buñuel: A Critical Biography." Buñuel's own writings can be found in "An Unspeakable Betrayal" and his autobiography (largely ghostwritten by his frequent collaborator Jean-Claude Carriere), "My Last Sigh...
...Scenario Four:Either Bush or Gore steps aside, acknowledging the will of the American people for a swift and absolute resolution to the longest election night in history. The country breathes a sigh of relief and rallies round the President-elect...