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...that seems to have changed. In less than three weeks, the next mayor of the city will be chosen at the polls...and New Yorkers yawn...
...still morning in America as far as the economy is concerned, meaning that the Federal Reserve has once again (yawn) declined to raise interest rates. The usual suspects are responsible ? a surging economy, low inflation and a moderate income growth in individual incomes...
...Which is all something of a yawn ? except that on Nov. 20, Reno can enlarge the preliminary investigation of O'Leary into a large-scale shakedown of Democratic abuses. This would allow Republicans to hear the magic words "independent counsel" ? all the while keeping O'Leary as the probe's nominal target. That, as TIME's Washington correspondent Michael Weisskopf points out, would be the attorney general's perfect compromise: mollifying opponents of the Clinton-Gore machine without giving her White House bosses a pair of black eyes...
...senior leaving the Memorial Church mimed a yawn to review Rudenstine's speech, but the president seemed to have impressed parents, who listened to a broadcast of the service in Tercentenerary Theatre...
Indigo Girls have been so good for so long--they were formed in 1983--it's easy to yawn when they come out with yet another solid album. It's sort of like Michael Jordan scoring 30 points: unless he scores 50, is it really news? Still, Indigo Girls' pleasant new album, the Shaming of the Sun (Epic), represents a noteworthy step in the evolution of the pair, singer/songwriter/guitarists Amy Ray and Emily Saliers. The Girls, who are both gay (but not a couple), became more open about their sexuality a few years ago, and on Sun their music seems...