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...movie plays their interracial romance just right - the issue is discussed and debated, but the brother still gets to make a booty call. Hollywood movies, all too often, go to extremes on the subject of interracial sex: either they make too big a deal of it, or they avoid it altogether. In "The Pelican Brief," for example, Denzel Washington didn't so much as get a kiss from Julia Roberts. The fact that "Save the Last Dance" opened at No. 1 at the box office suggests that a significant portion of the American public isn't as skittish...
Until now, Bush has wisely been at pains to avoid being seen as part of the get-Clinton posse. The impeachment hunt produced more casualties among the pursuers than among the prey, returning many unwillingly to private life. In the House that impeached him, Republicans lost two seats. In the Senate they went from five up to deuce. Clinton's wife won a seat there...
Which is precisely the scenario that critics of airline consolidation are eager to avoid. Says Representative Louise Slaughter, a New York Democrat: "It would be a travesty for the new Administration to let this go forward." Maybe, but few expect the Bush Administration to find the thrust reverser for this one. The President-elect hails from American's home state (CEO Carty was a big Bush contributor), and John Ashcroft, Bush's nominee for Attorney General, comes from TWA's. Says Holly Hegeman, an aviation analyst and publisher of the website planebusiness.com "I really don't think we would have...
...topper: flying from J.F.K., which most New Yorkers avoid like a contagion ward because it's farther from Manhattan than LaGuardia Airport and often clogged with international flights. Yet J.F.K. has become jetBlue's trump card. The airport is congested only about five hours a day, and the rest of the time--when jetBlue operates most of its flights--traffic is relatively light...
...ADULT AVOIDANCE Even though they strongly believe that they should be providing guidance to the teens in their life, most adults avoid talking about complicated issues, the Lutheran Brotherhood and Search Institute reports. While 75% of adults feel it is important to give financial guidance to young adults, only 36% actually do, the survey notes. Though 77% of adults believe it is their responsibility to teach teens respect for cultural differences, only 36% follow through...