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...Sopranos' comedy is inseparable from its drama, as in the exemplary third episode, in which patriarch "Uncle Junior" (Dominic Chianese) begins showing signs of senility--after faking it to avoid jail. Watching TV, he lands on HBO's Curb Your Enthusiasm and looks uneasily at the similarly bald, skinny Larry David. "What the f___?" he asks. "Why am I on there?" (Imagine if HBO had been airing The Sopranos.) Chianese is just one example of the show's bench strength, and he gives his best performance yet as he drives to Newark and gets lost looking for his long-dead...
...course, if an unsuspecting spouse discovers a large stash, it can undermine the trust in a marriage. Psychologists point to another danger: stashes that are used to avoid conflict. "Money is such a loaded issue, many couples don't have the communication skills to talk about it," says Ellyn Bader, co-founder of the Couples Institute in Menlo Park, Calif. But if you never engage your husband in frank discussions about the budget, you may drift further apart, she warns. "I see lots of premature divorces among couples who keep things so toned down that eventually the relationship feels empty...
...Slobodan Milosevic in the Hague has already lasted two years. Now, with the announcement that presiding judge Richard May will step down on May 31 for unspecified health reasons, it will likely last even longer. Prosecutors decided to wrap up their case two days early in an effort to avoid further delays. Although officials at the International Criminal Tribunal say that May's departure will not seriously disrupt the trial, it could be a lucky break for Milosevic. He has a right to appeal against the appointment of a new judge or demand a retrial. And the remaining two judges...
...October 2001, U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft asked the publishers of scientific journals to avoid releasing “sensitive” information—a loosely-defined category of unclassified information that, by the standards of the PATRIOT Act, could be applied toward subversive ends...
...Assistant District Attorney Adrienne Lynch argued in a May 13 bail hearing that Pring-Wilson “has attempted to avoid responsibility” and was “trying to cover up his wrongful conduct” by lying to the police...