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That task looked doubly difficult after Miami-Dade County Mayor Alex Penelas, a Cuban American, made his vow not to help federal officials enforce any order to return Elian. Penelas then all but tossed a match into the city's powder keg by declaring he would hold Clinton and Reno "responsible for anything that may occur." But Penelas--a Democrat who dreams of a Cabinet post if Gore wins next fall--felt affirmed a day later when Gore backed congressional bills to give Elian, his father and other Cuban family members instant U.S. residency, and argued for moving the case...
...executives are understandably torn between expensive, quality programming that may take months to catch on with viewers and the cheap, immediate gratification of cringe-fests like "Multi-Millionaire." Since Grushow's declaration, the television world has been rife with speculation. Will Rupert Murdoch's network hold fast to its vow, even if it means taking a hefty hit in the ratings? Stay tuned: Fox may have inadvertently created the season's best cliffhanger...
Perhaps the soul searching in the towns of Hazleton and Shenandoah is one of them. The man knows his vow of poverty, his itinerant ways and his Jesus robes have provoked some quiet scorn and loud questions. But he is determined to channel this curiosity into introspection. Even the name he gives is a question: "What's Your Name?" It is, he says, the question Moses asked God at the burning bush. He says he wants people to reflect on "the deep mystery of [God's] name and the union between his name and our names." Personal queries are parried...
...will find them, I vow. And then I will find their secrets...
Gloria Swanson and Hedy Lamarr each married six times; Ernest Borgnine and Martin Scorsese, five apiece. There's a word for this kind of person: amateur. Following is a list of those who took serial-vow taking seriously...