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...flashback scenes, overexposed with flashbulb-like bursts of light, and special effects that take us on a Fantastic Voyage--style journey inside pieces of evidence. The setup is similar enough to satisfy CSI fans, but the few variations are missteps, especially the grim performances and the broadly telegraphed sexual tension between leads David Caruso and Kim Delaney. Still, in a show where "acting" consists of wearing a lab coat and staring meaningfully at a rivet or a corpse, these flaws shouldn't hurt the ratings...
...There’s already a tension,” Price says. “The tension is, do we stay the course and do what the faculty and administrators have suggested is the path to a better high school, or do we have reason to do other things that make it harder to stay the course...
...Hence, Daschle's plan: Keep one eye on the growing tension over Iraq, one eye on a wretched Dow. If he (and the rest of the party) is lucky, this could be the year the Democrats hit two key issues at exactly the right time. It just depends on whether the party can drive their economic message home - somehow elevating them over the well-funded, extremely popular war cries of a sitting President...
...biennial U.S.-vs.-Europe showdown has a rare team spirit that appeals even to nonfans. This year's matches, Sept. 27-29 at the Belfry in Sutton Coldfield, England, a venue that has hosted the Cup three times before, should be no different. There will be tension, surprises, mind games; there always are at Ryder Cups. But who would really call it fun? Originally set for last fall, the Cup was postponed after the Sept. 11 attacks. The balls and T shirts and golf umbrellas in the Belfry souvenir shop still say "Ryder Cup: 1927-2001," as do the flags...
...while Sacramento approaches an ideal for integration, it certainly isn't paradise. Beneath the multicolored surface, the city's 407,018 inhabitants vacillate between racial harmony and ethnic tension. You see a Sikh casually strolling into a Mexican restaurant for takeout, an Eskimo and a white punk hanging out together downtown. But you also see black and Hispanic parents outraged because their kids' test scores lag behind those of whites and Asians in integrated schools. And you hear Anne Gayles-White, the N.A.A.C.P. chapter president, saying "There's still too much hatred and racism in a city like this...