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...nominee Charles Schumer on Wednesday, she told 250 thousand-dollar donors that Republican Senator Alfonse D'Amato is "a Jesse Helms clone" who has voted "to keep women down and back." In San Francisco, organizers who had expected 400 people at her $250-a-head appearance for Senator Barbara Boxer on Friday night had to make room...
...California Senator Barbara Boxer, a Democrat running for a second term, the predicament is particularly unpleasant: not only do polls show her locked in a tie with G.O.P. challenger Matt Fong, but also her daughter is married to one of Hillary Clinton's younger brothers. Boxer deemed the President's behavior "wrong" but urged everyone to "move on." That wasn't enough for Fong, who painted the Senator as a hypocrite who led the chorus of protest against Republicans Clarence Thomas and then Senator Bob Packwood when they were accused of sexual misconduct, but was now giving Clinton a virtual...
Usually it's not all that tough getting Jesse Jackson's blessing. Whether you're a scandal-plagued President, an ear-chomping boxer or a hard-luck farmer, Jackson generally doesn't mind offering up a little private prayer and some public words of encouragement. Of course, when you're Geoffrey Fieger, the man infamously known as Dr. Death's lawyer, getting even a nod from Jackson becomes a tad more complicated...
...Holyfield's ear in a fight last year, former light-heavyweight champ Bobby Czyz offered, "If I hit an opponent and his eye fell out...I would eat it before he would get it back." Alas, even this touching testimonial did not comfort Tyson. After some tough questioning, the boxer became tearful, then angry, refusing to read his closing statement, and sputtering expletives. The panel has 45 days to consider Tyson's status. In brighter brawling news, Lord of the Dance MICHAEL FLATLEY has retired his dancing shoes and is considering a boxing career...
...employed by UPS. He sweats so much during his spastic show of pause-free buffoonery that he has to throw his suits away after five performances. Though his bigger-than-Jim-Carrey muggings are funny and his scatological jokes are fine, the audience appreciates the ex-boxer's earnest, humble hard work as much as the laughs. "I used to come off really cool, and people would yell, 'Get off!' And I thought it would be better to move around a lot," he explains. "The philosophy is, a moving target is hard to hit." Evans has had hit TV specials...