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...exactly a departure from the type of character the actor typically plays. But hey, the man's damn good at what he does. Consider this Gere's honors thesis at the University for Charming Leading Men. Other highlights include Shelly Long as Carolyn, T's plucky assistant, and Tara Reid as the doctor's conspiracy-obsessed daughter (she gives enthusiastic tours of the grassy knoll). Helen Hunt, usually dependable, plays Bree, the golf instructor Dr. T becomes romantically involved with after his wife is committed to a mental institution. The character, who is smart but cold...
...hold on to their careers--and at least a portion of their salaries--many women cut back to part time. In some cases, though, the compromise gives them not the best of everything but the worst. Tara Fisher, 35, a mechanical engineer who lives in Phoenix, tells a common horror story. From the time her first child was six weeks old, Fisher "dragged her to day care every single day crying and screaming." Fisher tried to go part time but found that staff meetings were invariably scheduled on her days off. She switched jobs and went back to working full...
...departure took Express employees as well as students by surprise. Express Spokesperson Tara Savin said the store was not in financial trouble...
...Tiny Tara Nott became the first U.S. athlete in 40 years, as the women's version of the sport debuted in Sydney, to win an Olympic gold medal in weight lifting. Nott's achievement came at the expense of Bulgarian lifter Izabela Dragneva, who initially won the gold but was disqualified after failing a doping test. Thus Nott, 28, who had won the silver with a total lift of 407 3/4 lbs. in the 106-lb. weight class, became the Olympic champion...
...volleyball and basketball and then zeroed in on soccer, making several national teams. She failed to make the team that competed in the 1996 Olympics, but a job with the Games' organizing committee got her to Atlanta anyway, and she took up weight lifting to stay in shape. "Tara's athletic background, mental toughness, physical gifts give her a great foundation for any sport, including weight lifting," says U.S. women's team coach Mike Cohen...