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...whole affair is utterly ludicrous, but it succeeds because it so gleefully revels in its own absurdity. While so many horror films these days desperately try to copy the Scream formula, in which teen stars act hip while being terrorized (Disturbing Behavior and Urban Legend come readily to mind), it's refreshing to watch a horror flick that isn't afraid to rely on excessive campiness. While Vampires never quite reaches the level of ingenious nonsense as, say, Sam Raimi's Evil Dead, its clever blend of Dracula and The Wild Bunch makes for an embarrassingly fun ride. Much like...

Author: By William Gienapp, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: John Carpenter's Vampires Has a Bloody Bite | 11/6/1998 | See Source »

Susan Eisenhower, a colleague of Molinari's atthe IOP, said the ad campaign focusing onPresident Clinton's affair with Monica S. Lewinskyhurt the party...

Author: By Adam M. Taub, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Students Reflect on Elections | 11/5/1998 | See Source »

Poll results indicated that the Lewinsky affair would not resonate with voters in most of the country, but Republicans attempted to use it in select regions, where they believed it would encourage right-wing constituents to vote...

Author: By Jacqueline A. Newmyer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Dearth of U.S. Issues Defines Races | 11/4/1998 | See Source »

...Lord, 65, lies withering from cancer, aware that death is near, the memory that floats back is not from any of her three marriages. Rather, it is of Lord's first love, a passionate affair with a young doctor that lasted only the length of a friend's weekend wedding festivities. While Lord's four children maintain a death watch, she relives every minute of that fateful weekend and encounters snippets of memory from other points in her life that flesh out the affair's consequences. In her powerful third novel Susan Minot mesmerizes with her convincing evocation of Lord...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Evening | 11/2/1998 | See Source »

Last December, Pollard expressed remorse for his spying, shortly after winning Israeli citizenship. In May, Israel finally acknowledged its culpability in the affair. "You are not alone," Netanyahu told Pollard that month in a hand-written note. "The State of Israel will go on working, tirelessly and dauntlessly, to bring you home." And if Pollard finally heads home, it will be with the official Israeli passport--emblazoned with his own name this time--that he received...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: America's Traitor, Israel's Patriot | 11/2/1998 | See Source »

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