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...name O plays on the French word for water (Cirque's founders are French Canadians) but also means to evoke the word of wonder that audiences so often express--Ohhhh!--as gorgeous bodies sail through the air or dive from a 60-ft. pedestal into the pool that occupies much of the huge stage. O could stand for the oasis of sophistication Cirque represents with this production and its sister show, Mystere, at Treasure Island, on the four-mile Strip in the desert...
...earnestly. His wry sense of humor will be a relief to hassled parents. He observes, for example, that at 12 to 15 months, a toddler is "becoming aware of the expressive function of language and has developed an uncanny ability to pick out--and endlessly repeat--the one swear word you accidentally slipped into a 10-minute-long conversation." Brott also knows how to get a dad's attention: active fathering, he suggests, is "the ultimate aphrodisiac" for your partner...
...most mainland jurisdictions that have begun to recognize gay equality (usually through laws that prevent employers from firing people for being gay), the local gay community is open, savvy, well-organized. Moms and dads are told, employers are educated--gay becomes not such a foreign word. Not in Hawaii. Even Ben Cayetano, the state's Democratic Governor and a man who proudly calls himself liberal, told TIME that same-sex marriage shouldn't be legal for the same reason that "marrying your sister" isn't legal...
Instead of taking Hyde at his word when he promised a speedy inquiry, the White House took his new stance as a sign of weakness--a reaction to polls showing an incipient public backlash against the G.O.P. And contrary to its Democratic allies in the House, who are inclined to negotiate with Hyde, the President's team thinks the best strategy is to take on Starr, refuse to concede any facts that might put Clinton in future legal jeopardy, and dare House Republicans to impeach him in a party-line vote. If they do, the assumption is that the Republicans...
Modern is British Prime Minister Tony Blair's favorite word. Blair is forever telling us he wants a modern country with a modern democracy. Unfortunately, he finds himself in charge of a very old-fashioned nation. So he has set himself the visionary target of "rebranding" Britain. Instead of enjoying this country of nice old things, he wants to create a new "cool Britannia." Little surprise, then, that his passion for the modern has spread upward from Britain's House of Commons into the 700-year-old House of Lords. Under plans unveiled last week by Baroness Jay, the Labour...