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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...every check." Today, internal memos revealed an extensive effort by Gore's staff to schedule time for him to make phone calls seeking donations from his desk near the Oval Office. While it's illegal for federal employees to solicit money in federal buildings, Gore maintains he was not subject to that restriction. Meanwhile, Common Cause points out Republican Party committees received $23.1 million in soft money this year, out-raising the Democrats by 2 to 1. Democratic Party committees took in $11.2 million. Both numbers are drastically higher than figures for previous post-election periods...
Though in common they have youth, a propensity for bleak subject matter and an ability to write beautifully about it, the three playwrights are very different. Marber, a Londoner who got his start on the comedy circuit performing stand-up and working with the popular television comedian Steve Coogan, crafts intricately layered, well-observed, heartfelt plays in a realistic vein about contemporary relationships. McDonagh is more a folkwriter in the tradition of J.M. Synge. His macabre, wildly funny and over-the-top tragicomedies are slightly absurdist, set in remote parts of rural Ireland and peopled with comic grotesques--or literal...
...knew Vincent Van Gogh as a girl and was already in her 40's at the time of World War I. A genetic marvel who outlived her only child and grandchild, Calment was riding her bicycle around town well into her 11th decade. She became the subject of considerable media attention two years ago around the time of her 120's birthday, releasing a "rap" record and charming reporters at a lavish birthday party with her sharp wit. ("A very short one," was her answer when asked what sort of future she expected.) Calment's death means that the heirs...
...debate gets downright vicious when the subject turns to "chronic Lyme disease," a catch-all term that means different things to different people. Some patient advocates and their medical allies believe the Lyme spirochete tends to persist in the body even after standard antibiotic treatment. This camp generally favors intravenous antibiotic therapy to treat chronic Lyme. On the other hand, some academic researchers and their allies argue that people with chronic Lyme fall into one of two categories: they either have hypersensitive immune systems that have overreacted to an earlier, no longer viable, Lyme infection--in which case antibiotics...
Baseball, in turn, has to take its hat off to him. Irabu had been the subject of speculation, resentment, ridicule and gigahype since declaring his intention of pitching for the Yankees, and the Yankees only, last February. After antagonizing baseball officials and teams on both sides of the Pacific--"Headache-y," he was called--Irabu signed a four-year, $12.8 million contract with the world champs this spring. Last week he paid immediate dividends by attracting a near sellout crowd of 51,901 and turning them all into Irabu-sters as he struck out nine Tigers and allowed five hits...