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Colombia was roiling today over allegations that President-elect Ernesto Samper won last Sunday's election with the help of drug money. But in a bizarre twist to the tale, TIME Daily reports, the evidence seems to exonerate Samper. Local TV stations buzzed over what appeared to be the biggest political scandal in the South American nation's history, set off by a "smoking gun" audiotape of leaders of the world's largest drug cartel discussing putative campaign contributions to Samper and the loser, Andres Pastrana. But TIME Latin America bureau chief Laura Lopez says a source close...
...when most comedians are too cool to care, here's an odd twist: the two best stand-up comics on TV are the ones who have ventured most boldly into the political arena. Not the easy-to-take, nonpartisan "topicality" of Leno and Letterman, but informed, savvy, opinionated comedy about real issues. Miller and Maher are helping stand-up comedy escape from its contemporary cul- de-sac, where Jerry Seinfeld clones obsess about sex, TV and life's little annoyances. These two comics read the whole newspaper -- not just the funny clippings their writers collect for them...
Here's the latest Clinton plot twist: Can Dan Rostenkowski prod the big health-care bill through his Ways and Means Committee before he's indicted on low-rent financial-irregularities charges? With the fate of the entire presidency allegedly resting on the shoulders of this unlikely hero, one can only note that even Melrose Place pays some obeisance to the notion of ^ plausibility. Still, we all want to see what happens next...
...play. Einstein's voice rings the clearest and strongest throughout, while Picasso remains boorish and dull. But who would go see Einstein at the Lapin Agile? In addition, Martin would be much better off losing his dumb seventies throw-back sex jokes, rather than trying to put a twist on the average, middle-school fiction writing project...
...Radcliffe lightweights face the BU third varsity heavyweights again next weekend. The women's heavies host the BU first varsity. In an interesting twist, the Radcliffe third heavyweights and the Radcliffe first varsity lights will be in the same race...