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...steal the show. Of course, stealing the show away from 'N Sync isn't exactly grand larceny. LaToya Jackson could steal the show from 'N Sync. Jackson, ever the canny businessman, didn't really sing during his performance with the boys, he just did a few moves to whet the appetite. If you want to hear him sing, you have to plunk down your cash and see him at Madison Square Garden on September 7 and 10. Some seats are going for around $2,500. Now, I like Michael Jackson. I'll be the first person in line...
...course, he hasn't been handling the economy at all so far, just saying unkind things about it to whet the public appetite for his tax cut. And the tenor of his assessment isn't about to change now. In Kansas City on Monday, Bush gave a familiar short version, saying "I believe the economy has slowed down and we better do something about it." A tax cut anyone...
...speech's best lines were deflated by choppy pacing, and it seemed written on his face that he needed a larger-print Teleprompter. But the message was forward-looking and above all conciliatory, outlining bipartisan ground on education, health care and Social Security. Bush's job was to whet the public appetite for the next administration - his - and politely offer Gore a clear road out of town...
...verdict: Whatever it is, it holds little promise for anyone. Caddell's scaled-down case has already irked the militia types - in conspiracy theory, there are no mistakes - and a guilty verdict will only whet their appetites further. Exoneration would do little to repair the Justice Department's damaged reputation. Afterward, the town of Waco will still be infamous, and wishing the Branch Davidians had picked someplace in Montana to make their stand. And no matter how hard Caddell and the Davidians try to turn a tragedy into a crime, the dead will still be dead, and men like David...
...administrators and students alike to stop and listen to the voices of the Yard and to acknowledge the influence of Harvard's ghosts. Perhaps they will serve as the ghost of Hamlet's father did for the young Prince of Denmark (Class of 1600?), helping to whet their and our almost blunted purposes. The winding train of ghosts of students past which we are about to join can still have influence, and some of that influence will be ours...