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Maybe the DNC should cut Alex Castellanos a nice fat check. After all, the GOP adman has produced a TV spot that's eliciting torrents of high-level sweat over at RNC headquarters (and, no doubt, torrents of jokes for Jay Leno and David Letterman...
Just the thought of such punishment can make men quake. Take the '92 games in Barcelona, where Karelin dispatched two frightened challengers in the semis and finals without breaking a sweat. Both opponents obligingly rolled onto their back to avoid being lifted and airmailed. "They were so afraid of that," says Hull, "that they practically let themselves be pinned...
...alternative-rock-ruled early '90s, dancing was not a requirement. Who wants to sweat in flannel? Now, with teen pop topping the charts, good choreographers are in demand. Three in particular have emerged as major movers and hip shakers: Tina Landon (who has worked with Lopez and is teaching Aguilera those salsa steps), Darrin Henson (Spears, 'N Sync) and Fatima Robinson (Aaliyah, Backstreet Boys). Says Judy McGrath, president of MTV Group: "These days, when kids send us home videos, hoping to get on MTV, they're dancing in their bedroom, not playing air guitar...
...Gore, doffing his suit coat to reveal yet another sweat-soaked white shirt, his campaign uniform lately, began the symbolic handoff. (Alas, no batons or torches.) First he looked back, thanking Clinton for helping build a strong economy and a strong foundation. Then he swung forward: "The question in this election is whether we erode that foundation, or build on it." He recited some of his standard campaign promises, but also showed some flashes of wit that prove he may have learned a thing or two from The Master. Referring to the Republicans' charge at their convention that the Clinton...
...been trying to rustle up the funds to fully restore the Dumas, a former brothel that opened in 1890. After seeing Almodovar on a talk show in 1998, Butte businessman Rudy Giecek, 57, who had acquired the dilapidated Dumas from its last madam, contacted her. Using little more than sweat equity, they have turned the 43-room Victorian building into a museum exploring the history of prostitution. One day Almodovar would also like to turn the Dumas into her foundation's "headquarters" (a fancy term for her tiny collective, run on a shoestring with loans from a New York City...