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...Conventional is what the four high school kids protesting outside the club want. One of them, Fred Moffat, 17, holds a sign that says, "That's not a woman, it's a man, baby!" His friends are equally passionate in their anti-Reno sentiments, except possibly the one with a sign that says, "Honk if you like cookies." "I've hated her ever since the Elian case," says Moffat, who skateboarded here. "But I think it's good she can poke fun at herself. The SNL thing was hilarious." Dancing, especially really bad dancing, really does bring the world together...
...California, Berkeley, disputes the assertion that Toumai derails the standard evolutionary family tree, let alone plants a bush in its place. The discovery is a tremendous accomplishment, he says. "This fossil is the closest we've got to the common ancestor. But dentally, it's just like Ardipithecus, except for a few minor characteristics." The mix of primitive and more advanced traits leaves him similarly unimpressed, since such mixing has been seen in various species discovered over the past 80 years. In spite of what his colleagues say, White believes that Toumai may well be the direct ancestor...
...Except that this arena was the Nassau Coliseum on Long Island, N.Y., 7,800 miles from Bombay. Most of the stars had flown through 11 time zones to be at last month's Bollywood Awards (and to pick up checks ranging from $10,000 to $70,000 for their trouble). Their Indo-American fans, many gorgeously duded up in turbans or silk saris, had come to bond with their homeland's most popular art form. "Every South Asian grows up with some kind of connection to Bollywood," notes Indian writer (and Brooklyn resident) Suketu Mehta. "In certain ways...
...Except your poor lawyer who had his gas turned off," yells Stern. This guy is good...
...office hits. Originally published in 1998 by the DC Comics imprint Paradox Press, "Road to Perdition" (304 pp.; $13.95), written by Max Allan Collins and drawn by Richard Piers Rayner, has been reprinted to coincide with the release of the movie, directed by Sam Mendes and starring Tom Hanks. Except for a pair of sharp-eyed Hollywood producers, the book received virtually no attention when it first appeared. That was an oversight. Focusing on different themes than the movie version, the original "Road to Perdition" makes an exciting and intelligent companion to the film...