Word: groundhogs
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...Groundhog Day? Not quite. But there is something awfully familiar about Secretary of State Colin Powell's upbeat assessment of the U.S.-China relationship following his weekend visit to Beijing. It appears to suggest that the Bush administration will pursue the same basic China policy as the Clinton administration did - which was, of course, essentially the same policy as the one pursued by Papa Bush...
...star Pele, AC/DC in concert, Freddie Mercury blowing kisses, wildlife shots, etc. At first I thought I was having somebody else's acid flashbacks from Woodstock '69. Then, when the Orquestra played their entire medley over again, I decided I was either trapped in my own private version of "Groundhog Day" or I was imprisoned in a South American take on the Teletubbies...
...February In a month chock-full of competing tributes such as Black History Month, Groundhog Day, Presidents Day and Mardi Gras, Valentine's Day romance dominates with signature hearts alongside red, pink, white and black lace. Find savings on housewares, fabric and seeds for the garden...
...wonder why the election has turned into his Groundhog Day. Election night was bad enough. After leaving dinner when Florida was called for Gore, Jeb was back in the family's bosom, a hero for all of 30 minutes when Florida moved back into Bush's column. When the polls shifted again, W. tried to get Gore not to retract his concession by citing Jeb as a controlling legal authority that he had won Florida. W. was wrong then, but may yet turn out to be right. If Gore wins the contest, and the legislature has picked its own electors...
...great thing, historically, about comedies from Harold Ramis (Ghostbusters, Groundhog Day, and Caddyshack) is that they keep mutating on you. Just when you think he's maxed out the comedic potential inherent in a setpiece, he'll change the rules just enough to allow the comedy to flourish on new ground (e.g. Bill Murray's wild progression from hedonism to suicide to philanthropy in Groundhog Day). Ramis' mistake with Bedazzled is that he tips his hand to the audience in the set-up of the movie. Because of the seven-wish structure of the film, you always know exactly where...