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Maggie catches a break when she meets Jorge (Vladimir Vega), a gentle Paraguayan refugee. But as they try to create their own family, Maggie's past haunts them. So does her bad temper. Brutalized as a child, she has a vicious streak and a suspicion of Jorge's goodness. Any man who doesn't strike her- and strike out at the system that she believes oppresses her-well, he can't be a real man, can he? Heroically, Jorge endures Maggie's depressions, rages and physical abuse. All he can do is love...
...know why, but -- maybe because I visit a lot of schools -- that got through. I mean, that personalized it. That made it real." That could mean Gingrich is serious about shedding his party's whites-only image. If so, blacks ought to meet him halfway -- if only to temper the wilder impulses of one very scary white...
...unpretentious neighborhood in suburban Birmingham, Michigan, where he retreats for holidays and other family gatherings. He has been married for 10 years to his college sweetheart, who waited for him while he served more than two years in a federal penitentiary on drug charges. And when he throws temper tantrums on the set of his TV show -- "My set! My camera! My props!", he's been heard to shout -- everybody knows it really is a joke. In contrast to stories about some other sitcom stars, like Roseanne and Grace Under Fire's Brett Butler, those about Tim Allen's rampaging...
...which the president does not agree with her views," said White House Chief of Staff Leon Panetta. "This is just one too many." Panetta added that Elders, long a favorite target of conservatives for her outspoken defense of abortion, drug legalization and sex education, had been warned to temper her remarks, and "if she had not resigned she would have been terminated." The firing comes as Clinton continues to make moves designed to appear responsive to the public's perceived rightward shift. Accordingly, today's action drew approval from incoming House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.), who said...
...voting. It's not that simple, says Cleta Deatherage Mitchell, the general counsel for the Term Limits Legal Institute and co-counsel in Bryant v. Hill. "Incumbents have such enormous advantages that it makes the whole notion of competitive elections a mockery," she says. "It almost takes a national temper tantrum to dislodge incumbents." Meanwhile, Rotunda points to the existence of one federal-term limit -- the two terms of the President. "The nation has survived, indeed flourished," he adds. Furthermore, there is another benefit to shorter terms. "When you have open seats, women and minorities have a better chance...