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This time it might really happen. The vicious 16-month war among hate-filled neighbors that has soaked Bosnia and Herzegovina in blood -- and seared the conscience of the rest of the world -- might be coming to an end. But not because the combatants have seen the horror of their ways or the Western democracies have made justice prevail. If the killing does grind to a stop in the coming weeks, it will be more out of collective exhaustion than the result of any agreements or pressures the politicians are trying to impose...
...perception of negativity so much more than their Democratic counterparts? The late Lee Atwater, whose brainchild was George Bush's successful 1988 campaign, would understand that it's matter of execution. Ads like Atwater's infamous Willie Horton spots and Sen. Alphonse D'Amato's (R-N.Y.) vicious attacks in '92 weren't like the cheerful Wellstone spots. They were vitriolic and penetrating; they burned their way into the memories of television viewers. To the standard newspaper reader or radio listener, a negative ad might look a little too much like the Republicans, at it again...
...years as a prosecutor, Reno saw firsthand the link between a miserable child and a vicious adult. She fought for better children's services, from health care to day care to preschool education, all on the grounds of crime prevention. She set up a one-stop child-support center, with everything from counselors and law-enforcement officials to medical personnel for drawing blood to confirm paternity. She was one of the first prosecutors around to come down hard on scofflaw spouses who skipped out on child support, prompting a disgruntled father to scrawl threatening graffiti on a sign near...
...Radcliffe Summer Theater presentation of the play has some nagging problems, but is worth seeing and guaranteed to make you laugh. Wasserstein manages to balance the different aspects of the work very well. She doesn't pull punches with her Jewish mother jokes, but she avoids the kind of vicious self hatred bordering on anti-Semitism that afflicts some Jewish comedy. She also successfully walks the tightrope between family-bashing, man-hating feminism and family-centered, woman ignoring sexism...
...Instead of blaming the press, blame your rivals: they really want you to fail. "I got so many calls over the weekend from people gloating," says a studio head, chuckling over his faxed copy of the disappointing Last Action grosses. "I never knew there were so many vicious people." The same executive helpfully pointed out that Last Action Hero is really the "first big picture" developed by Canton at Columbia, thus denying him credit for A Few Good Men and Groundhog...