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...Serbs went to the polls Sept. 24, even they suspected the country would cement his presidency in place for another four years. And when the opposition declared a runaway victory on Sept. 25, claiming Kostunica had got 52.4%, compared with Milosevic's 38%, the Serb autocrat still looked strong, albeit shaken. He set about rectifying the decision in his usual way, urging the cronies who packed the Federal Election Commission to rig the count. But the tally was so lopsided that even he could not plausibly claim victory outright. He had to concede he had come in second...
...complex characters, Disappeared will keep the audience on their toes. Set in the fast-paced world of modern New York City, the play also explores the intricacies of human interaction in a mystery setting. "It is smartly written," says director Alison Haskovec '02. "All of the characters have interesting, albeit sad tales to tell about their lives." With layers upon layers of complexity, Disappeared is guaranteed to leave the audience thinking. "Nothing is in black and white-no single person can be put to blame and no one is guiltless," says the director...
...cinema: the apotheosis of a certain kind of mindless cookie-cutter workmanship, like Warhol without the ironic distance. The only track on the album that doesn't just shriek with brain-bursting insignificance is the instrumental last track, "Rebel Heart." The fiddle from previous Corr albums is back, albeit surrounded by the same MIDI-file accompaniment that infests the rest of this God-forsaken album. "Rebel Heart" is worse than, say, the least interesting track on the Braveheart soundtrack, but at least it's not an embarrassment before God and Nature...
Rice had been mentioned as a possible candidate for the post, albeit a long shot--she has no Harvard affiliation...
...Cheney banged the drums the very next day, calling Gore's proposals "hogwash" and "double talk," and on Sunday Lieberman hit back - albeit in that high-road, why-are-they-attacking-us form of attack. "I don't know who that Dick Cheney was at the debate on Thursday night," Mr. Lieberman offered. "He was a rational, civil man and he goes back out and becomes an attack...