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...Republican strategy. With not much cooking on the foreign front, and with the economic issues that usually decide elections divisible into those that look pretty good right now (growth, unemployment, inflation, the deficit) and those for which the Republicans have nothing much to suggest (wage stagnation, middle-class angst), "character" is naturally a tempting theme. Part of the answer lies with the media. Skeptical scrutiny of Presidents, it seems, is on a permanent upward ratchet. This is a good thing, by and large, but rough on the incumbent. And part of the answer lies with Clinton himself. Not that...
...said the network was not picking up the show. Negotiations to devise a new format were unfruitful; two weeks ago, Herzog gave Best Brains, MST3K's production company, permission to try to sell the program elsewhere. The final new episode--a fond savaging of the sluggish sci-fi teen-angst epic Laserblast--will...
HINDUS IN INDIA Angst over the plight of those sacred creatures, cows, in land of former colonial rulers...
AIMEE MANN DESERVES A PLACE of special honor in the somewhat crowded pantheon of great singer-songwriters who have never got their due. A decade ago--before Alanis Morissette, Tori Amos and the latest wave of female alternative rockers began road-testing designer-packaged angst--Mann was cracking the Top 10 with her band 'Til Tuesday and their million-selling debut single, Voices Carry. Her gorgeously crafted, McCartneyesque melodies and her lyrical bent for evening the score with slippery record execs and self-absorbed lovers not only made for refreshingly pungent pop, it also became the blueprint for today...
Despite the angst over Packwood's wet kisses, the sexual-harassment wars are still lopsided. Three women and a tape apparently don't equal one man whose feelings were hurt. Debbie Henson was let go by the Republican National Committee after five months on the job. She has sued the R.N.C., describing a put-out-to-get-ahead atmosphere where backrubs, lap sitting and being called "pretty thing" were not unusual. Sexual-harassment fatigue kept Henson's suit from getting much attention until an R.N.C. video surfaced. In one skit, national convention manager Bill Greener hires a well-endowed stripper...