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...nothing else, a smooth presentation. Remote control in hand, Time Warner chairman Gerald Levin last week greeted a crowd of skeptical reporters in an Orlando, Florida, hotel ballroom, then pushed the "on" button and, with the help of Jim Chiddix, Time Warner Cable's technology chief, began the first public demonstration of the world's most sophisticated -- and expensive -- interactive-TV system...
First he ordered a movie: a Sylvester Stallone vehicle called the The Specialist (cost: $2.95). Then, pressing the "fast-forward" button on his remote, he zipped ahead to what he said was his favorite scene -- Sharon Stone bending down to place flowers on the grave of the family she had lost to a mob bombing. He pressed "pause" and, like a gadget-crazed kid, began putting his multimillion-dollar toy through its paces. With The Specialist still on hold, he ordered a second movie, The Client, fast-forwarded to another favorite scene -- where Susan Sarandon is deciding whether...
Paglia sees a sexual wasteland populated by Sandra Dee girl-women who cry wolf at the first wolf whistle, and clueless men emasculated by feminism's stern dictates. The longest new essay, "No Law in the Arena," is a panorama of hot-button topics: rape, harassment, pornography, abortion. What makes Paglia infuriating and invaluable is her willingness to find, in these victimological issues, shades of male anxiety and female responsibility. There are also quieter pieces, notably a loving memoir of four homosexual friends who helped shape her sensibility. But it's silly to ask this brainy pipshriek to calm down...
...Republicans get a majority in the Senate, he has to wear an Oliver North button tomorrow," Marcucci said. "If the Democrats win, I have to wear a Clinton-Gore...
...silence is the reason most people refrain from hitting the snooze button one more time...