the Dec 14 edition of Today's Papers notes a Washington Post report that David Boies the lead Justice Department attorney in the Microsoft case has lowered the hourly fee that he is charging the government
the House Republicans led by Speaker Newt Gingrich are insisting on their version of the budget
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in a 1996 study in Minnesota's Twin Cities women earning under $10000 a year weighed on average 20 pounds more than women earning over $40000 a year
price Club wipes however are packaged with more modest amounts of cleansing liquid presumably to save the manufacturer money
the 2000 Republican presidential field was shaken up
in the only trial over which he has ever presided Rehnquist allowed the defense to introduce a remarkably large amount of evidence
growing up I was taught that a gentleman precedes a lady when entering a public place eg a restaurant as a sort of vanguard and follows her upon exiting
Friedman suggests that when two cars collide causing a total of say $10000 worth of damage everyone who was within a mile of the accident should be required to pay a fine of $10000
the plainness of the writing the persuasive speech rhythms under the almost hidden iambic pulse manifest immense art culminating in a last line that could be incised in stone
you don't have to buy into Spielberg's Lincolnesque pieties in Saving Private Ryan to believe that there's a difference between World War II and Vietnam
marnham gives us the Rivera-Kahlo relationship as black comedy
Saddam is playing with fire
hyannis port MASS.--At a recent clan gathering all family members with political aspirations
it seems as though wherever there is a vacant spot anybody can put up a telephone booth without any consideration of how it looks
I came to the conclusion that the appropriate punishment for this kind of wrongdoing lying about an extramarital relationship was censure
social political cultural intellectual theoretical aesthetic
getting a call in public on your cell phone is like flaunting how many Christmas cards you receive
it was not the GI generation that rounded up Japanese Americans and put them into camps
years ago when he was still a film critic Paul Schrader wrote an evocative study of the directors Ozu Bresson and Dreyer that he called Transcendental Style in Cinema
Sam Peckinpah might have been fortunate in croaking before he could realize his dream of bringing Max Evans post-World War II western novel The Hi-Lo Country to the screen
there are hundreds of them if memory serves and I can assure you that it doesn't
the conservative Daily Telegraph no admirer of Clinton made a two deck seven column headline out of words from House prosecutor James Sensenbrenner
don't loosen your safety belts yet 
another Europhobic British daily the tabloid Daily Mail called the vote a fiasco and said the parliament had
first a mild feeling of envy along with irritation as if someone had noticed something one can get away with that I hadn't thought of
Bening plays the scene on a cascade of emotion so that she really seems to be speaking from a different world
if you don't have the luxury of seeing the movie twice you'd do well to leave your hopes for a good thriller at the door unless the thrill you seek is that of a great gutsy actor on the high wire
if Vietnam vets have been tempted to make more of a meal of their experiences it's partly due to the fact that those experiences weren't widely shared
as his title suggests Brokaw makes an explicit case for the superiority of the World War II generation
she is Dale Evans and everything went wrong for her last year
the main Flytrap angle across Europe was porn king Larry Flynt's accusations of hypocrisy against Republican Rep
I have but one living relative a female first cousin
the only other valuable child raising hint I have is to dress the kids in orange shirts when they get mobile because then they're easy to spot in a crowd nobody wears orange voluntarily although if you put this in
when Boxer raised this concern her Republican colleagues explained that they were two-tracking the trial while working on things that affect our constituents
I don't think our business is to tell the president he has to make some magical act of contrition
he then conferred with Ambassador Bush who pointed out that Mrs Graham was Jewish the daughter of Mr Meyer
the most apt description of Ellis achievement comes from Rhonda Lieberman in the Village Voice who says that in this portrait of post-macho name-dropping Prada-clad male models Ellis
but the great and the good know that price stability is essential and that inflation is always a bad thing
a nude granddad on a Honda was arrested on a Thai golf course Sunday in an act police say was inspired by an adorable Irish movie about puckish beer-swilling stereotypes
Americans are denigrated for a lack of ability to find other countries on a map and a lack of interest in trying
with its isolated and homogeneous population Iceland is a perfect laboratory for investigating genetic disease
the cover story on Bill Clinton's legacy argues that his greatest achievement is making the presidency smaller while restoring trust in government
he declined to answer questions whereas Clinton answered them falsely
perhaps it's time Rupert Murdoch was held to account not for his private life as he insists on doing with politicians but for the poisoning of public life across the globe
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but in this biography too we learn the salient facts of an artist's development without really coming to understand how they happened
Patrick Marnham's Rivera is a breezy life and times a raucous and gossipy tale that is only secondarily about painting
the DPs know that a long trial probably benefits Democrats but they are so sick of Flytrap and so concerned about the comity of the Senate that they will do almost anything to end this quickly
how else to explain Lott's weak push of the Gorton-Lieberman plan to cut short the trial by holding an early test vote on whether the charges justify removing Clinton from office and his concessions to right-wingers who wanted an expansive trial
while he was at Harvard Malick might have peeled himself off the lap of his pointy-headed mentor Stanley Cavell the philosopher and film theorist and checked out a few of Michael Waltzer's lectures on just and unjust wars
the centerpiece the fighting goes on for over an hour and features the most frantic and harrowing sequences chiefly the company's initially unsuccessful frontal assault on a Japanese hilltop bunker
an early vote would see the Senate address from the outset the core issue in this sorry saga 
we heard a distant tapping on the road A deepening drumming it stopped went on again And at the corner changed to hollow thunder
Johnson's naivete is as convincingly natural as her nose her lips and her breasts
according to the National Enquirer the Secret Service fears that Hillary may bring about that final day
today's Papers has a very selective interest in spending of taxpayers money
let us concede for the moment Kinsley's point that Reagan and Bush were at least as corrupt as Clinton
we're constantly frolicking about in all that damn cilantro
as a result corporations have little to fear from boycotts unless consumers commit themselves to maintaining the boycotts even when they serve no purpose
last May shortly after the merger was announced the Jewish Bulletin carried an article by Natalie Weinstein surveying the range of opinion particularly among Holocaust survivors
the breathless enthusiasm of Gerald Marzorati's review in the New York Times Book Review is not quite matched by other reviewers
critics call this courtroom thriller about a lawyer John Travolta on a crusade against a polluting company perversely undramatic Owen Gleiberman Entertainment Weekly
including one depicting a party held incongruously in one of the Town Hall chambers
born in 1629 in Rotterdam de Hooch apprenticed himself to a Haarlem landscapist called Nicolaes Berchem before making his way to Delft around 1652
that's Henry Kissinger's accommodations in hell
Granma the Cuban Communist Party daily described the euro as a force for tranquility and stability and
Time's special issue The Future of Medicine predicts that the next 100 years will be the biotech century in which scientists will manipulate genes to prolong the lives of healthy humans rather than just treat sick people as they have this century
which is fine because wipes that are too wet must then be followed up with several dry-cloth swipes which can irritate the skin
the cover article and photo essay preview the new Star Wars movie The Phantom Menace
eleven European countries adopted a common currency the euro
this is the fourth claim that puts Tripp at the nexus of all Clinton scandals
there are those who decry the style hegemony of Baby Gap but I am not one of them
hence the Ford Explorer parked outside which I would upgrade to an Expedition except that I live in a neighborhood filled with Naderite public interest lawyers who would firebomb my house if I drove anything so offensive
the accusation has raised a furor because the inspectors are supposed to be independent
former pro wrestler Jesse Ventura was sworn in as governor of Minnesota
hers was a story which more than any other united all the papers of the world in a common obsession
buying stuff is making everyone happy even when it turns out they'd misread the price tag so now everyone is in debt but euphoric
and how wise to want to bag relationships in which the other person is far away married or a filbert
nevertheless reviewers say that Guralnick tells Elvis story Ken Tucker Entertainment Weekly
after all it's not till the discovery that the stock price falls
civil serious dedicated judicious and highly intelligent man 
Johnson's story of how she bedded Frank Gifford ran in the Globe a few years ago
but it's not their missteps that are the problem it's their steps
besides the dialogue between Welsh and Witt The Thin Red Line's other organizing story involves a wrenching tug of war between Nolte's ambition-crazed Tall and Capt
Pennsylvania's Arlen Specter who is often lumped with the Mods really belongs with the Prosecutors
dark matter constitutes most of the universe
presented himself with the award for writing the greatest number of articles in newspapers in the last year
in the on-field tournament the Vikings have the NFL's best record this year and set a record for points scored in a regular season but the Broncos are the defending champs and were undefeated until their final three games
and in New York City it's impossible to get a table at fancy restaurants
and even if inflationary policies were to give the economy a false flush of artificial health they would be counterproductive in the long run because they would relax the pressure for fundamental reform
the importance of this book cannot be overstated
its purposes are 1 to get witnesses into the trial by arguing that the real subject of testimony is perjury and obstruction not sex and 2 to shift the burden to Clinton's defenders by warning that his acquittal would send the country a corrosive message
we're prejudging this thing when we say it doesn't meet the standard of the high crimes and misdemeanors
I went to a New Year's Eve party thrown by a friend at her loft
perhaps we are more reasonable perhaps we have suffered far more
this is the greatest generation any society has produced
it features frozen landscapes gray skies mud-spattered cars and long protracted shots of people walking in and out of buildings that seem to have turned themselves inward to escape the cold
they faced great odds and a late start but they did not protest 
I suppose witnesses will have to be called to decide this
i guess the first time i've made a phone call on it
i like to read some of the philosophy stuff
yeah so i'm just a lieutenant i'm only twenty four so i'm it's interesting hearing from someone
and you know i mean as long it's as long as it's limited to those
but since i'm out of town so much i am hesitant
we're we like it down here pretty good
and her stuff i normally have to take up at least a step if not a step and a half
and i saw areas that they had not shown me and they did not come across as well
no we don't we have to pay for our own insurance
i don't now i somehow i feel we're living in an impartial society
and it's about how the servicemen come home and readjust to civilian life here and the changes everyone's going through it's really interesting
uh-huh well that's nice that it's not in your house
but i was listening to the news the other day and they said they thought a lot of it the reason it was up so was because of the so many people are without work nowadays
they're real convenient but sometimes they're kind of heavy to carry around because you get
well this is a good stepping stone for him
how does salt water or basic yeah
right so now you know when you sign your W-4 form or whatever W-2 whatever that is then they always say do you want a extra amount for state
a second year now she's coming home at the end of the semester
it's not every week but you do get them they make it very readily available
and we have a tendency not to use cash we pay everything by check
i would love i can hardly wait to get up there
ah so Beverly what do you think about drug testing
are they poisonous snakes
well let's see Senators are in for six years right and when did you guys vote him into office
um-hum yeah so to me see that would be the greatest time for you know teenagers to do that would be right after they graduated from high school
at before then it was like get that computer out of here i don't want it around here leave me alone
but we'll have to keep our fingers crossed i guess for the old Mavericks
oh that's a pretty big fish
well it's kind of like one of these it's
and i like Chase Oaks real well but it's kind of expensive
a slight lead foot yes
a streamlining in the government
so it's it puts has put pressure on both of them from that point of view
what's your favorite TV show
so that's why we're going to Plano today that's where we pick them up at day care
what else would be an annoyance well i guess traffic could be an annoyance
have you seen the rest i think i've missed one i'm not sure but i think i've missed one
and is it natural gas and
okay well i mean it's i would guess that in fact they don't test for they don't routinely test for very many prescription drugs but that i but they don't tell you in advance so
i never get in time for any of those so
because we hope we never have to use it
what's it cost to play at now
to get back out
um-hum
le than that motor
now i no one that i grew up with
oh that's too bad
i think that's wonderful so where do you see us changing in the future
i don't know i've had pretty good luck you know even if you take any car and you care for it well enough you're gonna get some good life out of it
what we did one year was for my father's seventy fifth birthday
he definitely is one of the best i think
you know and it was and he had lots of questions and i had to do a lot of reassuring but what my kids made some really interesting observations about how Hannibal the Cannibal you know was playing with this gal's mind
yeah i think we usually have a frost in October
had to yell at my kids had to yell at my kids
yeah right now i'm in college so i'm more into college football than professional i think
make their circle and come back again
yeah i didn't really care for them either or now i won't
it's all about how to have out of body experiences and all of that um-hum yep
we're faced with people that
well you that's we have done that our two older boys were in Boy Scouts and my daughter was in Girl Scouts until just about a year ago so we've
yeah supposed to be
i work for school district and it's it has hurt us a lot
i do like to ski yeah i said i do like to ski
Jeri we're supposed to discuss crime in the United States and what can be done about it
well did you understand what this was for you know what it was for what we
it is have you been living there very long
and now that was very competitive
the and nothing seems to change and i'm not sure that anything will because these if something could happen to make these people not wanna buy it
is Dave playing racquetball
oh anyway i've and i would shut i would bar the closet doors and i would carpet vacuum
the tax rate real high for the last three months of this year and they're gonna lower it for next year
and being able to go with them to some at least some of them you know it had gave me a chance to explain things to them in reference to what we had seen
i wonder how long it's gonna be on for
well i think it's long overdue i just you know there's so much difference in the economies of the two countries i i'm not you know i have a problem
right well i guess it
uh-huh so like camping to you means tent camping and sleeping bag and to some people camping's going out you know in a motor home
set ourselves up to be
so yeah it would be it'd be really good i think
neat we got a camera and he got a real nice attache case which he needed anyway
well does you husband what does he think of your T-shirt and
blanket on the sofa nobody came near it when he was there
where do you go camping at around here
they said they turn into black bugs in the spring
i took lessons a couple of not last spring but spring before last and
and then it started raining so i haven't been able to do it for another week so i'll have to take it over there and get it charged again and maybe i'll be able to see if that won't get it going tomorrow
i would definitely you know want to really check things out and
shining right down on them you know
st haven't read i've read more magazines than books it's which is most unusual for me but
and i guess that's really the thing that really bugs me the most i can't think
and not know where you're going
i watch just about anything but not a lot of TV i mean i'll watch you know maybe a little while when i first get home in the evening
put my parents in a place like that i wouldn't feel bad
that i would just use a three iron all the time and i could hit my three iron just about as far as anybody else could hit a driver so i used that but then i took a few lessons and really worked on it and
didn't really have much knowledge of them at all and you know it's hard
i don't know i just felt it was a real political thing that i don't really think ever got us anywhere you know i don't feel that we
people that did more severe crimes and they maybe they just tend to learn from these people
you know Japanese made duplicates or wherever they were made Canada you know prefabs and all that stuff but
no it's not the same
i forget the figures on the interest rate but it's something like hundreds of thousands of dollars a second
right now i think this Memphis they're trying to get a team and that's where i was when i saw Houston play