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...landslide that gave the G.O.P. control of both houses for the first time since the election following the Great Crash of 1929. Nixon asked to be put on the Education and Labor Committee, which was going to rewrite the rules of labor relations through the Taft-Hartley Act. In return, he was asked to serve on an eccentric committee that devoted its time to noisy investigations of "un- American activities." It was to be the making of his career...
...directorial debut, this ponytailed stud -- the most consistently successful action star worldwide -- kicks butt in the name of political correctness. He plays Forrest Taft, the usual genius renegade from the CIA who bonds with sacred Inuit spirits and works every woodland trick in the boy scout manual. He also thwarts an oil company run by evil Michael Caine. But first a few good guys must be beaten, kicked and de-fingered, all to give Forrest an excuse to cripple his enemies and blow up most of Alaska...
Mleczko arrived this fall at Bright Arena after breaking the all-time scoring record (111 goals in only three years) at the Taft School in Watertown, Connecticut...
Before transferring to Taft, Mleczko honed her skills by skating for three different teams at once. One squad--a boy's team at New Canaan Country School--was coached by her father...
Although seven other talented first-years join her on the varsity team, Mlezcko still stands out. "She was heavily recruited," said Patsy K. Odden, Mleczko's Taft coach. "Coach Dooley had big expectations because he's watched her since she was very young...