Word: topicalism
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...months now, Topic A around the FBI water coolers has been gossip that FBI director Louis Freeh was actively job-hunting in Manhattan's high- dollar law firms. Freeh, a career public servant with six young sons, no savings and a puritanical bent, alternately denied and encouraged rumors that he was just waiting out First Bad Boy Bill Clinton before he pulled up stakes and moved north...
...WYCLEF JEAN The Ecleftic: 2 Sides II a Book (Columbia). While other hip-hoppers just lay tracks, Wyclef writes songs. No topic, from romance to the Amadou Diallo killing, is beyond his range, and no musical style, from reggae to country, is beyond his grasp. Political, comical, unpredictable--Wyclef is the most inventive male performer...
TYING THE KNOT Heard that tubal sterilization means having to live with difficult menstrual periods? Not so, finds the largest study yet on the topic. Women who underwent the contraceptive procedure--in which the Fallopian tubes are tied, cauterized or clamped--were compared with women in a control group. Result? No difference was found in menstrual pain, amount of bleeding or length of cycle...
...Thanks for having the real good discussions about what we're trying to do," was about all Breaux had to say. And that was all that needed to be said. Bush didn't get an energy secretary - given the strong signals from Breaux about the topic, he probably didn't even ask - but the photo-op symbolism about "getting things done" across party lines came through loud and clear...
...article on foster care. Our system simply does not work. While solutions are possible, they will come only when we are willing to set aside our agendas, honor our values and work together to seek compassionate and creative solutions. We must care. TIME's willingness to write about this topic put a horrible reality right before our eyes. SISTER LAURA SWAN Lacey, Wash...