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...long as she can remember, Candace Scott, 35, has suffered from a consuming addiction. Every spare cent goes to feed her habit, and her husband is hooked just as hard. O.K., so collecting items related to Ulysses S. Grant, the Civil War general turned President, is not as harmful as, say, crack cocaine. But it is now an obsession turbocharged by technology...
...Winfrey announced her intention to make her show more meaningful. In 1996 she started an on-air book club. In 1997 she launched the Angel Network, an ongoing campaign to spur her viewers into doing good works, like building houses for needy families, volunteering at local schools and saving spare change to fund college scholarships. She recently added a regular segment to her show titled "Remembering Your Spirit," which focuses on the rather lofty goal of soothing viewers' souls. "Oprah set the standard in daytime television," says fellow daytime host Rosie O'Donnell. "She consistently maintains a decency and morality...
...spare time allowed by the long scenicmoments invites contemplation of Antz'smain point (which is, of course, the animation).Making an entire movie by computer isn't really agood in itself. Who wants to see the quaint art ofdrawing animation cells taken over byultra-sensitive mice...
...longer have to schlep back and forth to the river for their noontime nourishment, were exuberant. Perhaps caught up in this unbridled enthusiasm, The Crimson lost its wits, portraying the sole beneficiaries of the bag lunches to be "time-pressed undergraduates." Undoubtedly, frantic pre-meds with five minutes to spare between orgo and B.S. reap the benefits of the program...
...this demand for mid-career education has to be done in short seminars because Harvard seeks to put its stamp on the real powerbrokers in business and government--many of whom simply cannot spare the two or three years to earn a Harvard MBA or Master of Public Policy degree...