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...Small Repairs (Columbia), Colvin meets the Zeitgeist halfway. The harmonica, the assertive fuzz guitar, the typeface of the lyric sheet are all Morissettish. And if that cozens people to give her CD a necessary second listen, it will be a smart move for both Colvin and her new audience. What's crucial is that the voice hasn't changed; instead of Morissette's sandpaper, Colvin has a silky sound that she wears like sackcloth to suit her pretty dirges. These songs, most of which she wrote with her producer, John Leventhal, still have the swank and cutting edge of Colvin...
...were the least watched in history. The TV networks have provided less coverage of this campaign than of any other. Voter surveys suggest that the turnout on Nov. 5 could dip under 50%. Who's to blame for this implosion of apathy? The candidates? The media? The public? The zeitgeist? No, such explanations are wide of the mark: It's the metaphors, stupid...
...soon to know whether the movie will have women talking to the screen, as Waiting to Exhale and Thelma & Louise did. But at the very least, it works as an antidote to the zeitgeist of the '80s, when middle-aged tycoons and their acolytes could suddenly drop an inconvenient first wife without social opprobrium. Time was, a price had to be paid for dumping wife No. 1 just as her usefulness was fading, the kids were leaving home, and she was learning what the sun can do to your face and gravity to your thighs. Then, if you decamped with...
...Republican strategist has become famous for casting a mighty and mysterious spell on the presidency. But the true magic of Morris isn't so much making Clinton understand that the American majority dances to a Republican tune, or extracting great ideas from Mark Penn's and Doug Schoen's zeitgeist-tracking polls, or rummaging through the bureaucracy looking for programs that help the President appear relevant. Morris' gift is to be a psychological trip wire for Clinton, pushing ideological gambits so far across the spectrum that Clinton can just say no. When the consultant wanted Clinton to roll back racial...
What's the zeitgeist? While policies like affirmative action are under siege, a recent study shows a rise in intermarriage between blacks and whites...