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DIED. GUNTHER GEBEL-WILLIAMS, 66, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus animal trainer; of cancer; in Venice, Fla. Gebel-Williams, the best-known animal trainer in the world, diminutive at 5 ft. 4 in., trained tigers and leopards to jump through flaming hoops and wrap their bodies around his neck. Though a gifted trainer, he lost teeth and bore deep scars from the huge animals, with whom he performed in 12,000 shows. When Kenny, one of his beloved panthers, died, his skin was preserved and displayed in Gebel-Williams' living room...
Monday afternoon Robert Mueller began the first round of his confirmation hearings with members of the Senate Judiciary Committee. Mueller, nominated to replace Louis Freeh as the top dog at the FBI, is widely expected to sail through the hearings; some insiders predict he?ll wrap up the vote by the end of the week...
...about Pearl Harbor's prospects abroad; but before the studio would agree to make the movie, Bay and Bruckheimer had to shave the cost. They gave up their own up-front fees, persuaded cast members like Affleck to take pay cuts and canceled traditional studio-movie goodies like a wrap party and jackets for the crew. "We joked that this was the most expensive independent movie ever made," says Bay, who threatened to quit several times over budget and ratings issues. (He wanted an R to depict the horrors of war; Disney wanted PG-13 to get more teens...
...swearing-in ceremony on Ellis Island for new citizens. The trip was designed to get him mixing with a number of faces of color - a tactic the White House believes sends all-important messages of compassion, caring and moderation. But the event also allowed the president to wrap himself in the greatness and majesty of the country itself, a feat he accomplished quite well during his remarks...
Bush and Kennedy are adversaries this week, but each will be ready to wrap his arms around the other when doing so suits his purpose. That makes each man's camp more than a little nervous. Kennedy often thrives during a Republican Administration. He despised Jimmy Carter and suffered in silence as Bill Clinton tilted to the center. During a G.O.P. Administration, he is freer to bend Democrats to his agenda without competition from a President of his party. And Bush realized before he arrived in Washington that he would have to go through Kennedy to pass his domestic agenda...