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...plausible, theory of what transpired involves a conspiracy. As a macho former movie star, Estrada was held in contempt by Manila's business aristocracy. Mrs. Aquino is from landed gentry. Cardinal Sin has an understandable aversion to a President who boasts of mistresses and illegitimate offspring. In the mid-'80s, the Elite and the Church banded together to help organize Manila's masses against Marcos, a moment of triumph they have never forgotten. The fact that a high percentage of Filipinos loved Estrada was exasperating. Even more inconvenient was his grip on the Senate, which seemed to ensure that...
...offers of help. They make few suicidal gestures, but a greater number succeed in carrying out their suicides. Despite what many people believe, young people between the ages of 15 and 24 have the lowest suicide rate in the nation (13.3 per 100,000), while white men in their 80s have the highest...
...anymore, though it felt like it might be the '80s all over again. MTV didn't have a ball this year; the hot ticket was the Texas Black Tie & Boots Ball--retro, perhaps, but still honoring the great Inaugural tradition of excess and bad taste. All week long the capital was filled with Halloween Texans, dressed in a way they never would have been at home. They sold out of full-length furs in Midland, Texas; for those who had never seen a ranch, $450 Stetsons were selling briskly at the Ritz-Carlton, where the chef was whipping up rattlesnake...
...Thus, many analysts are hopeful that with the ad game's old-line clients back dominating the industry's biggest dance, this year's game-within-the-game will feature some quality old-time spots. Are we back in the advertising-as-art glory years of the '80s, when Mean Joe Greene tossed towels and Ridley Scott introduced the MacIntosh? That, like a repeat of last year's nail-biting Rams-Titans finish - or even Bud's fad-making "Wassup" spots - may be too much to hope for. But at least we won't be wondering this Super Sunday what...
...chance to take the easiest possible road to fandom: I grew up in San Francisco during the '80s and early '90s, in the age of Walsh, Montana, Rice and Young, and the five championships they brought to their adoring yet capricious faithful. Around age seven I decided that rooting for the Niners was really a waste of time - they would win with or without me. On the other hand, the Browns (my dad's team since his youth in Akron, Ohio) would benefit greatly from my psychic energy. It was a weighty decision to make at so young...