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...While the Democratic channel changed from Happy Days to The Ultimate Fighter, Republicans settled on their standard-bearer. John McCain's final challenger, Mike Huckabee, bowed out with a smile. The G.O.P. can begin regrouping and mobilizing for the general election this fall while the Democrats pitch headlong into an intramural scrum that could leave their nominee - whoever wins - scarred and limping. Donna Brazile, an at-large member of the Democratic National Committee, urged party chairman Howard Dean to intervene before matters get out of hand. (Dean remains largely out of the fight, saying in a statement only that...
...huge screen on the Caesars Palace stage reveals a Nevada billboard bearing a poster of Bette Midler. She's posed in a cute blue dress with a short skirt that shows off her indestructibly fabulous gams; her smile is so electric it could light every casino on the Strip. A donkey wanders past, seemingly unimpressed, as, in the distance, a storm gathers strength. It morphs into a tornado, sending croupiers and chorines whizzing across the skyscape like Miss Gulch over Kansas. The door to an airborne Port-A-Potty swings open and an Elvis impersonator falls out. Now the video...
...reminiscent of the Bee-Gees. There were, however, a few scenes that sparked giggles. Any basket-brawl featuring grown men fighting each other to the tune of “Why Can’t We Be Friends” is sure to bring a smile to the average face. The scene was just long enough to be amusing, and just short enough to make the viewer yearn for more. The close-ups on Moon and Brown were aptly timed, catching their subjects at perfect moments of bewilderment or sheer anger. Another funny episode finds the Tropics donning heavy black...
...stage, knelt before his presenter, Helen Mirren, who'd won last year for playing Elizabeth II in The Queen. "That?s the closest I'll ever come to getting a knighthood," he said, flashing something we never thought this magnificently intense actor was capable of: a broad, blinding smile...
...plutonium reactor in Yongbyon. President's Bush's former U.N. ambassador, John Bolton, who has become the most virulent public critic of the deal, said: "Even If North Korea and the State Department, working together, can come up with [a declaration] they think will pass the public smile test once it is released, we still need to verify the accuracy and completeness of the declaration. Here is where State has failed most obviously: There has yet to be, 12 months after the Feb. 13 agreement, even a hint of what specific mechanisms will verify a declaration...