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When Newt Gingrich and his self-proclaimed revolutionaries took power after the 1994 elections, they passed the so-called gift ban, a deliberately draconian law that prohibits members of Congress and their staffs from accepting gifts of any value -- even a cup of coffee -- from lobbyists, journalists and contributors. Another reform: Gingrich placed six-year term limits on all committee chairmen. But in the days since Newt announced his resignation, his presumptive heir, Bob Livingston of Louisiana, has been peppered with furtive requests from fellow Republicans who want to turn back the reform clock. The total gift ban, they argue...
Francis Chen '00, who took First Nights last fall, said that the teaching staff has assigned more work over the past two years...
When the folksy, Phish-y band Rusted Root took the stage in Boston on November 5, one could see from the balcony that singer/percussionist Liz Berlin (the only woman in the group) wore a small, shimmery crown of mylar stars on her head. Cute, yes. Appropriate, sure. But also very symbolic. Earlier that evening, while signing posters and CDs at the Kenmore Square Strawberry's, one particularly enthusiastic fan had presented Liz with the shiny crown. Clearly, Rusted Root is not a band that takes its fans for granted...
...general, The Alarmist suffers from a kind of multiple personality disorder. Lines like "stop or I'll shoot" and "I love her and you took her away" alternate with weirdly sophisticated monologues on security and trust. The plot aims to depict paranoid modernity but misses, venturing off into the surreal as it ticks through comedy, romance, tragedy and documentary. The aesthetic attempts to depict low-class L.A. kitsch (the 1954 sushi joint, Tommy's family home in the outer 'burbs), but lacks many key touches. Especially lacking is the cool, retro music soundtrack one would associate with such a picture...
...YORK: Give Theglobe.com credit -- and about $700 million -- for having perfect timing. Three weeks after canceling its IPO because of market doldrums, the chat-heavy Internet portal took one look into Wall Street's newly refilled capital pool and went public Friday -- and struck it rich. Priced at $9, the stock peaked at $97 before settling in at $63 for a payday of some $691 million in market capitalization -- a record for Internet upstarts...