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When Tom Daschle, the Senate minority leader, asked Kerrey to head the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (D.S.C.C.), it was a downright curious choice. The job, which is to raise money for Democratic senatorial candidates, is usually reserved for a partisan loyalist. Kerrey, the only Medal of Honor winner in the Senate, was resolutely bipartisan and a conspicuous Democratic holdout on the President's 1993 budget. Daschle confesses, "I didn't know what to expect." Kerrey himself was divided (nothing unusual there): he was Bob Kerrey, Nebraska Maverick, not Bob Kerrey, Party Guy. But the situation was grim. The Republicans already...
...proven themselves in tangible fields, but who more importantly have concerned themselves with more intangible human qualities. These people seek self-development for its own sake, show a concern for the community around them and relate to others in a way that is abidingly compassionate, never complacent and always curious...
MacPherson's desire to complete his schooling as quickly as possible had a curious result when the time finally came to receive his diploma...
...course the researchers who chase intense storms never want to get that close to a tornado either, and they also try to avoid getting hit by lightning or losing control when driving too fast over slippery roads. And while they are certainly curious about the movie Twister and are well aware of the growing market for tornado videos (see box), scientists like Davies-Jones are worried that the attention their arcane line of work is attracting may inspire people to take unwise risks. They are aware that the romance of tornado chasing has attracted a dangerous number of amateurs. Sometimes...
...curious way, Crichton and Martin have outsmarted themselves. To begin with, tornadoes don't make very good movie villains. They're big and scary, all right, but there is a certain sameness in their MOs. If you've seen one of them transport a large object from point A to point B, you've pretty much seen them all. This predictability is exactly the opposite of director Jan de Bont's last film, Speed, in which you could never guess what would happen when Sandra Bullock wheeled her bus around a corner...