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TRENT LOTT (R., Miss.), above right --$225 Waterford clock from Mississippi State University --$972 Steuben eagle from the Bryce Harlow Foundation --$5,000 silver statue of Columbus from United Seamen's Service...
...jumped to $5 billion, Clark's own net worth stands at $1.3 billion, and he escapes often to enjoy the last laugh while sailing to sun-drenched paradises like Tahiti. He has earned the lush life twice over, even though others share the high-tech glory. After all, Columbus may have discovered the New World, but it was Isabella and Ferdinand who persuaded the royal court to put up the money...
...Raised in Captivity" opens with the funeral of Miranda Bliss, the mother of Sebastian Bliss (Padraic O'Reilly) and Bernadette Dixon (Nicole Columbus). The funeral brings together Bernadette and Sebastian for the first time in years and forces them and the people close to them to re-evaluate the purpose of their lives. Sebastian, we soon learn, isn't the small-town boy made good that everyone takes him for; in fact, he's lonely and deeply in debt. As Sebastian searches for a way to change his life, Kip Dixon (Jed Silverstein), Bernadette's husband, undergoes a similar crisis...
...Nicole Columbus, as Sebastian's materialistic sister Bernadette, captures her character's wonderful ditziness with her rapid-fire style of speech. Jed Silverstein skillfully brings to life the whimsical, excited attitude of Bernadette's dentist-artist husband Kip. And finally, Nora Dickey shows great talent as Sebastian's psychiatrist, plagued with feelings of her own inadequacy. All the actors were exceptional; not one of them let down the rest with a bad performance...
...team assembled last week in Columbus, Georgia, site of the Olympic competition (and of the team's lone defeat, 1-0, in a game with China last year), and will stay together through the Games. When the players were chosen last year, Richardson said, "We are living our dreams, and we won't stop until we get the gold." Now there's a name: the Golden Girls. --By Lawrence Mondi...