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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...should pass up his offer nonetheless: for one thing, we're clearly second choice. An almost-identical letter was mailed to all male Yalies a few weeks ago, giving the same return address, a post office box in Cambridge. Would you date someone who thought Yale had a better mating pool...
...completely believable. As Mcclane, his interactions with Sgt. Al Powell (Reginald Vel Johnson), allowed him to show that he had a soul, something action heroes rarely possess. In the last 10 years, he should have developed into an actor of moresurprising dimensions. But bad choices like "Blind Date" and "Hudson Hawk" brought him quickly back to earth. Now he is having a kind of resurgence, sparked first by his excellent performance in "Pulp Fiction," and blown into flame by the greatness of "Die Hard With a Vengeance...
...balanced budget, as something it might be nice to have someday, if it could be done without hurting anybody. Such oratory, it has long been understood, is the accepted substitute for actually doing anything to bring federal spending back into line with revenues. But to set a hard date, fiscal year 2002, for cutting deficits all the way down to zero? And put real numbers on the table -- as much as $1.4 trillion less spending over the next seven years? And make specific suggestions about where the money should come from, including a hit list of 284 federal agencies...
...case has also attracted attention from advocates for the mentally disabled, who believe that any unchaperoned confession by a retarded defendant is suspect. As a teen, Davis was diagnosed with "organic brain disfunction," which doctors date to a bicycle accident suffered at age 10; in their judgment, he falls within the "borderline range of intelligence." According to Richard Ofshe, a sociologist at the University of California, Berkeley, who specializes in interrogation techniques, "Mentally retarded people get through life by being accommodating whenever there is a disagreement. They've learned that they are often wrong; for them, agreeing...
...Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich said today's decision demonstrated the need for aconstitutional amendment to limit congressional terms. Such an amendment failed in the House earlier this year, but Sen. Fred Thompson (R-Tenn.) pledged to bring a Senate version to the floor "at the earliest possible date...