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...blithely pass along bits of received wisdom and arcane Oscar lore so you will be better informed than your neighbor. To succeed in the Oscar sweepstakes, read the following with a scholar's acuity. Then take a list of the nominees, available from the Academy's useful website, www.oscar.com. Tack the list on a wall, blindfold yourself and start throwing darts...
...line between MTV and Court TV blurred a bit more this week. DMX, through his publicist, announced plans to turn himself in to authorities to serve a 15-day prison sentence for a traffic infraction (in my critical opinion, the judge ought to tack on a few more days just for DMX's last two CDs). Eminem, also this week, pleaded guilty to carrying a concealed weapon, and prosecutors agreed to drop an assault charge against him (the Grammy folks, who nominated Eminem's bigoted but best-selling "The Marshall Mathers LP" for album of the year, should probably plead...
...told Gore questioner Stephen Zack. Some styluses were particularly apt to leave chad behind. Some people voted with the card on top of the machine, and only left dimples. Sometimes the chad basin filled up so high that punching through was futile. And Brace never missed an opportunity to tack a Gore talking point at the end of observations. The scanner misses votes, so all the votes in Maimi-Dade must be counted by hand, "the only way of absolutely knowing for sure" who won. Thank you, Kimball...
...style his team displays in Florida, the way he described this election as a question of whether "good overcomes evil"--that kind of tone won't win votes or influence people. Even some of Gore's aides wonder if he is nimble and flexible enough to execute the two-tack governing style that divided government would require. "The best case is that the Republicans would shift back and forth between cooperation and obstruction, depending on the issue," says a Gore adviser. "There would be wins and losses. Can he put his arm around Trent Lott at a bill-signing ceremony...
...able to see past the ensuing Tiger blitz. Just before being leveled by Princeton linebackers, Rose knifed a pass to senior tight end Chris Stakich at the 25-yard line. Stakich turned and, shielded by solid Crimson blocking, turned the short gain into a score. Harvard would later tack on another touchdown, sophomore tailback Matt Leiszler's third...