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The Last Brother by Joe McGinnis. Who is this character with a famous name and a mind marinated in platitudes? Certainly not pure fiction, which might have been convincing, but a lifeless creature born out of New Journalism and the checkout-counter culture. Bad novel and bad biography, The Last...
5 NYPD Blue (ABC) Here's the happiest: at a time when serious dramas have virtually disappeared from prime time and new shows seem doomed unless they get surefire time slots, Steven Bochco returned to form with a fierce, unfashionably hard-edged police drama -- and scored a surprise hit. Stars...
Bill Clinton is usually a great off-the-cuff speaker, able to answer complicated questions smoothly and with a sure command of detail. But at times last week he found himself struggling for words. The worst moment came when a radio reporter questioned the President on vivid new charges about...
Tasting around among the styles of various Cognac houses makes a great adventure (see box). Some are edgy, some are round, some fruity and some buttery. Because each has its own character, there's a Cognac for every drinking personality on your holiday gift list. Even if the recipient is...
In that respect, life distinctly imitates art: Goblet of Fire is the first of the movies to deal explicitly with sexual tension between the characters, especially Ron and Hermione. It's also the first movie in which a major (all right, sort of major) character dies. Newell, the series' third...