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Curran, as a 12-year veteran of the Illinois General Assembly, is no stranger to politics. And he thinks the 18th is swing enough to turn its back on an incumbent who has only been in Washington two years. His wealth of state legislative experience ranges from higher education to public utilities and child welfare, and he is promising to bring interest in social activism back to Congress...
Nalepa is no stranger to the House race or his opponent, William Lipinski, who defeated him in 1994 by only four percentage points. Nalepa believes Lipinski is "little more than a seat warmer." If he can overcome a lackluster fund-raising effort and convince voters that the Republican revolution is still alive, Nalepa may have a chance of winning the Republicans a new seat in Congress...
...Tags could have negotiated any fruitful common ground. These tags, the brainchildren of Borovoy and a team of researchers at M.I.T.'s Media Lab, are little wearable computers that can seek out other "smart" tags in a room and swap data. In that way, one can, upon approaching a stranger at a crowded, Thinking Tag-equipped conference, immediately know whether it's worth the brain cycles to attempt social intercourse...
...about his Congressman. He can't help it. The retired college professor who lives in Portland, Maine, is not a political junkie or even someone whose money and clout might be worth the attention. But all through the day, he is barraged with information about Republican James Longley. A stranger calls on the phone to praise Longley as a "friend of small business." A radio spot touts the lawmaker's "antigovernment" stands. A TV ad complains that Longley is the victim of "cheap shots" by "Big Labor bosses." Then there's the whole series of anti-Longley commercials, which charge...
...when he's lucky and apologize when they do wrong. The women in the film are treated generously too. All this helps Swingers work as both a guys' movie and a date movie. Check it out soon. And if you happen to sit next to an attractive stranger, try not to talk about your broken heart...