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...Across 2. 2B or SS 3. Ingredient in some tissues 4. He took home eight 5. Results of poisonings, sometimes 6. Exile of 1979 7. La Brea stuff 8. Grammy winner Twain 9. Betty Lou __, who was denied a reprieve by Bush 11. The X-Files figure 12. Spandau's last prisoner 14. Basso Pinza 17. Cackleberry producer 21. Real estate abbr. 23. Radius site 24. Robertson, who called a McCain co-chairman a "vicious bigot" 25. The Straight Talk Express, for one 26. Mob turncoat arrested for allegedly pushing Ecstasy 27. Sotheby's CEO Brooks, who resigned 28. Java...
...according to Bradley, he'll fight on. In a pre-debate press conference Bradley quoted Mark Twain: "The reports of my demise are greatly exaggerated." Are they? It's true that the candidates are fairly close in the delegate count and that only a small fraction of the nominating votes have been cast (there are more than 30 times as many votes at stake Tuesday as have been decided already), but Gore is comfortably ahead in the polls in every voting state and, barring an aggressive last-minute move by Bradley or a gaffe by Gore, there's no reason...
True, it's not Johnny Cash or Bob Dylan, but it at least deserves to give Shania Twain a run for her money. On Getting There, there's a version of "Jersey Girl" by Tom Waits, a musician who has managed to forge an acting career with an ounce of grace; perhaps some day we can play Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon with musicians rather than just actors...
...take the Spider that Died in Mark Twain's House, sandwiched between two glass slides and projected on the wall. Although the piece itself is visually arresting, something--some poignancy, some aura--is added by the knowledge that it was in Twain's house that the spider died...
Exhibit A: "That Don't Impress Me Much" by Shania Twain...