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...Clinton's defense, it must be said that Arkansas is peculiarly difficult to lead. It has long ranked near the bottom, if not dead last, among all 50 states in most measures of material and social well-being; so many things needed improvement that only Superman could have accomplished them all at once. And the state constitution ensures that no Governor will ever resemble Superman. The chief executive's powers are strictly limited by a weak veto. To get anything positive accomplished, he must win the consent of an often balky legislature and entrenched industries that are frequently intransigent...
...second place behind Healey was All-Big Five Pennsylvania superman Paul Chambers, with a 6.1 apg average...
...concept,the absence of plot is redeemed by the wit andpersonality of the play. Misalliance is notthe deepest of Shaw's works. And while this lackof depth may keep the play over shadowed by someof Shaw's other writings, Misalliance is anintelligent work and surpasses plays such asMan and Superman and Major Barbarain entertainment value
...hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers remain loyal to the sassy Daily News, which over the years has been celebrated in song (by Frank Loesser and Phil Ochs, among others) and screenplay (its Art Deco building on Manhattan's 42nd Street was reporter Clark Kent's workplace in the Superman movies). For the tabloid's fans, Maxwell's moxie may prove congenial. He has shown a shrewd feel for the city's odd blend of worldliness and parochialism. Playing to Manhattanites' penchant for embracing almost any outsider who professes himself instantly smitten with their metropolis, Maxwell arrived by yacht...
...Superman had friends, and a life outside crime fighting as his alterego, Clark Kent. "The generic hero, kids could try to emulate," she said...