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...Among the first through that new door for the coming season were ? once again ? Yorkin and Lear. This time they have a spin-off from "Family" called "Maude," and already it ranks as one of the fall's top prospects. Maude is Edith Bunker's cousin who lives somewhere in upstate New York. As played by the formidable (5 ft. 9 in.), husky-contral-toed Beatrice Arthur, she may do for liberal suburban matrons what Archie has done for urban hardhats...
...that end he includes a bibliography, a genealogical chart, and a glossary. Even so, he admits that it still amounts to his deciding which version of the tale most suits him, and adding his own details when no others fit. Perhaps classical scholars will wince, but putting a personal spin on history couldn't be more Homeric...
...great up-and-coming rock bands right now, and in the next couple of years we're going to see something really exciting," says Poneman of Sub Pop. "Have we made that switch and turned on a dime in one week?" asks Alan Light, editor-in-chief of Spin. "I don't know, but I think it obviously shows there's a hunger for something else...
...That word radical is one of Blair's campaign favorites. Public patience, however, is already frayed. Blair's legendary p.r. machine is now undercut by stories of its dark arts; former Prime Minister John Major denounced it last week for "spin and deceit." Turnout on election day is expected to be low because of voter suspicion that Blair's notion of a radical second term will be more disappointment, attractively packaged. Both friend and foe can now be heard in Westminster predicting Blair will quit during the next term. A longtime adviser suggests the Prime Minister will indeed leave...
Watching TV, in other words, is becoming work, not just for people like me but anyone with a PC and a TV in the same room. Turn on CNN's The Spin Room and you can continue the political debate in a chat room full of partisan psychos in love with the CAPS LOCK key. Watch a basketball game and you can log on to a website full of all the snooze-worthy stats that network producers get paid good money to slog through for you. Check out the Oscar preshow on E! network, and you can rate the stars...