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Olympia's rock scene used to be Seattle's unpopular sister, sequestered in a state capital of 40,000 with a Norman Rockwellish downtown specializing in hiking gear and Italian sodas, and a local college, Evergreen, that is one of America's most left-wing and unconventional fonts of higher learning. While Seattle's bands headbanged on MTV in the alternative-rock heyday of the early '90s, Olympia was locked in her bedroom reading postmodern gender theory and writing songs on her eight-track for college-radio cognoscenti. Now that Seattle's grunge empire has been sacked and burned...
...inherited tax-free from $2 million to $4 million and would exempt farms altogether. That, Democratic leaders hope, would keep the debate focused on the estates of the superrich. It's classic Clinton: embrace the popular parts of the plan of your opponents, and make them defend the unpopular parts. It was rejected last week...
Putting together a political convention can be as tense as planning a wedding. Where to put those unpopular family members? Should the nominee's dad give a toast? What about his mom? Questions like these vex Republicans whose job it is to keep Americans from clicking past the G.O.P. convention for reruns of Felicity. Complicating matters, the kids want their ceremony in Philadelphia to be "nontraditional." The theme that GEORGE W. BUSH is a New Kind of Republican means nixing time-honored rites. No paeans to Senate majority leader Trent Lott or House Speaker Denny Hastert. They'll get honorary...
...Psychologists seem of two minds about the real-life effects such rejection can have on the human psyche. On the one hand, the deafening if fleeting humiliation can magnify insecurities a contestant might have about him or herself, and the return to normal life as an unpopular non-millionaire could be a rude awakening (both shows employ counselors who try and ease that transition). On the other hand, as Los Angeles TV news shrink Carol Lieberman told the New York Post, those 15 minutes of fame can be a powerful balm. "I'm not saying it's not humiliating," Lieberman...
...Dean of the College Harry R. Lewis '68, entering his sixth year on the job. Lewis, who is also McKay professor of computer science, has proven that he is not afraid to make unpopular decisions--like continuing the tradition of randomization and tightening alcohol policies--but this boldness, coupled with a penchant for sticking his foot in his mouth, have not won the dean many friends among students...