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...show's popularity unsurprising: "We're living in a science-fiction time. We're swimming in an ocean of technology, and that's why Star Trek, Star Wars and 90% of the most successful films of the last 10 years are science fiction." Indeed, Star Trek has helped spark a revival of science fiction on TV, including such shows as Babylon 5 and SeaQuest DSV and an entire cable network, the Sci-Fi Channel...
...Baker and Dick Cheney can't be beat. Only Alexander has worked as hard as Cheney laying the groundwork for 1996. But the former Defense Secretary is the very definition of dull, and as one big-state G.O.P. chairman says, "We saw with Bush that you need as much spark as heft if you hope to win." Cheney makes Baker look charismatic, and this ex-everything is a world-class fund raiser. Both Cheney and Baker will share a slogan -- "Bring Back the Grownups" -- but since their best credentials are outside the realm of domestic politics, they might not triumph...
Shapiro would devote a quarter of the savings to deficit reduction and another quarter to middle-class tax relief in the form of a $710-a-year family tax credit per child. The remainder would be for programs to increase productivity and spark a rise in stagnating personal incomes. "We'd get enough to quadruple funding for infrastructure, basic research, and education and training programs," he says. "We could also expand the Administration's welfare-reform plan...
Again, the spark came from our quarterback, running back and kicker. Vin Ferrara posted the sixth-best passing total in school history, going 19 of 22 for 302 yards in the air. Hu carried 38 times for 166 yards and two touchdowns. And Hannon nailed five extra points (O.K., I'm stretching the comparison thing...
...other costs. Just last week PepsiCo said its third-quarter earnings rose 18% over those of a year ago, to $541 million. Motorola's profits surged 50% to $380 million. Chrysler topped both those gains with profits of $651 million, which represents an increase of 54%. Such news helped spark a rally on Wall Street that lifted the Dow Jones industrial average 55 points in a single day and 113 points for the week...