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Like Ruth, Sling Blade's Karl Childers (Billy Bob Thornton) is a brain-damaged naif taken in by strangers. When he was 12, Karl killed his mother and her lover. Now, 25 years later, he is released from a mental hospital and befriended by a boy (Lucas Black) who could be a healthier version of the lonely, imperiled child Karl was and still is. Rural Arkansas is home to some very decent people--the boy Frank, his mother and her boss (Ritter), Karl and his various keepers--and one or two moral skunks, notably the loutish boyfriend (Dwight Yoakam...
...such flavors as double chocolate and banana. The product gives consumers 25% of their daily calcium requirement and keeps retailers happy with a shelf life of nine months. "Here was an opportunity to take something traditionally thought of as a commodity and make it fun and dynamic," says April Thornton, director of new products at Pepsi. Don't look for a Cindy Crawford endorsement: at about 250 calories, Smooth Moos tops a can of Pepsi by 100 calories...
Cummins has brought a conservative bent to the race to fill the seat of Ray Thornton, who's leaving for the state Supreme Court. Denouncing Vic Snyder's attempts to abolish the state's anti-sodomy law, Cummins praises the recently passed Defense of Marriage Act and expresses outrage that Snyder may have gays campaigning for him. Cummins once said he and Snyder weren't far apart on issues like Medicare, the environment and Social Security, but later declared he knows of no race "with a bigger difference between a liberal and a conservative...
...race to fill the seat of fellow Democrat Ray Thornton, Snyder has been called to question on his attempts to repeal Arkansas's anti-sodomy law. Countering that this is just his conservative opponent's attempt to derail his campaign, he contends that gay rights are not a major plank in his platform, instead emphasizing a balanced budget, campaign-finance reform and environmental protection. In a Little Rock district with a substantial working-class and African-American constituency, he also vows to protect education and Medicare...
...James H. Quillen, R-Tenn. (1) Jack Reed, D-R.I. (2) Pat Roberts, R-Kan. (1) Charlie Rose, D-N.C. (7) Toby Roth, R-Wis. (8) Patricia Schroeder, D-Colo. (1) Gerry E. Studds, D-Mass. (10) Robert G. Torricelli, D-N.J. (9) Ray Thornton, D-Ark. (2) Barbara F. Vucanovich, R-Nev. (2) Robert S. Walker, R-Pa. (16) Pat Williams, D-Mont. (at large) Charles Wilson, D-Texas (2) Bill Zeliff, R-N.H. (1) Dick Zimmer, R.-N.J. (12) *Lost primary this year...