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...twice as many people as the quake and disrupted, though far more briefly, far more people's lives. In years past, such a week would have triggered the Rose Bowl Effect, whereby frostbitten football fans in Minneapolis or Buffalo lust after the visions of palm trees in Pasadena and vow to move there. Now, if anything, the vision is reversed. More Americans are leaving California than arriving; an estimated 580,000 fled last year to other states, for a net loss...
...Carolina, for the "Renaissance Weekend," an annual gathering the Clintons have attended for a decade, at which successful liberal yuppies talk about policy and personal growth and make contacts. To be included in the Renaissance Weekend, one must promise not to discuss publicly what happens there, but despite this vow of omerta, some information could be gleaned...
...soldiers have died since Aidid started targeting them in June. U.S. officials admit his forces have the capacity to conduct hit-and-run attacks indefinitely. U.N. positions take mortar fire most nights as Aidid tries to wear down the staying power of the 30 countries contributing troops. His subordinates vow to fight on even if he is captured...
...cast wear masks, as the Greeks would have done. This helps ensure that the real star of the play is the play, which may be the most cunning blend ever of high moral purpose and low humor. Its premise is that war-weary women of Greece convene and vow to give up sex until their men give up battle. That is no small sacrifice: the women are just as lusty as the men, and their triumph is of will over self, not of puritanical virtue over vice...
...groups vow to fight the Nunn-Clinton military policy...