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...DIED. EDDIE PARKER, 69, smooth-talking pool player whose mythic hustles and jaw-dropping trick shots inspired the iconic role played by Paul Newman in the 1961 film The Hustler; in Brownsville, Texas. "Fast Eddie," as he was widely known, lived and breathed cinematic cool: even in his later years he stalked the tables in a tuxedo, with slicked-back silver hair and a cigarette dangling from his lips. The master of the green felt spent his last day cue-in-hand, suffering a fatal heart attack while at the U.S. Classic Billiards Eight-Ball Showdown...
...What was Crosby's secret? The seamlessness, the integrity of the package: His smooth, pleasant face perfectly suited his smooth, pleasant voice and the casual wit of his professional personality. One would call the Crosby style debonair, if the word didn't suggest class. Bing was of every class and none; his trick was to elevate the Joe Average attitude to a kind of masculine chic. It was an attitude, of a man at ease with himself and his success, that would help him dominate entertainment until the '50s. In pop-cultural history - Jolson to Crosby to Elvis - Bing...
...debated, the most profound decisions made. Cheney never leaves the loop. The President not only put him in charge of the transition but allowed him to install allies atop both the Treasury and Defense departments and place former aides at choke points throughout the government. After Bush's smooth first week in office, it was Cheney who appeared on the Sunday talk shows to tout the Administration's success. And last week Bush dealt with the first big crisis of his tenure--California's energy mess--by turning it, and the Administration's national energy policy, over to Cheney...
...There are conflicting reports as to the purpose of the Clinton-Gore meeting. Some are saying it was a way for Gore to put a final period on the relationship. Others argue that it was a bilateral attempt to smooth things over. Will these two spend a lot of time together in the future...
Indeed, it might seem that by now the grove would have become largely symbolic: we are surrounded by as many books and pencils as we are saplings proper. Even indoors we admire smooth surfaces of wood: floors, shelves, bookcases lining our walls. Perhaps we've internalized the notions of academe to such an extent that the grove's use can remain entirely figurative...