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...scenic designer or the least-sung usher in the Forrest Theatre in Philadelphia." I can't vouch for the ushers at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre in New York City, who are no less surly than usual, but mostly this Broadway revival gets into the right spirit. The set, a swath of brown prairie dominated by an expanse of blue sky, seems ready at any moment to disgorge the cast of Oklahoma!, and the story of a smooth-talking drifter named Starbuck who comes to a drought-plagued Western community and promises to bring rain is full of corn-fed blather...
Former Republican Pat Buchanan has stepped into the breach, claiming to be the sole defender of a swath of Americans whose interests have not been well represented by major candidates in either party. Specifically, Buchanan claims to represent blue collar workers, the urban poor and others who, despite their hard work, have been left behind during the spurt of economic growth...
...basics are simple: right foot, left foot, repeat as desired. But as anyone who had to cut a swath through regatta spectators this past weekend can attest, it's a jungle out there. To aid the National Geographic Explorer in all of us, here are the four most prolific inhabitants of this particular ecosystem...
...early push for prominence extends beyond the attempt to win friends on the council. Much like the new Democrats or the compassionate conservatives on the national political circuit, several of this year's council candidates are trying to re-make their images to appeal to the widest swath of the campus electorate...
...Clinton campaign--and what may have secured his victory--was the "town meeting," a chance for real people to ask their screened, but still hard-hitting questions, about everything from the environment to the candidate's underwear. The town meeting made politics interesting again for a wider swath of America, and actually got some discussion of the issues in the process...