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...election were a time for the shock to settle in. "There was this sadness in his eyes that gave me chills," says a former aide. Gore turned the corner that summer, when he gave up his Secret Service protection and took a six-week European vacation with Tipper, the longest break of their 32-year marriage. Incognito under beard, baseball cap and sunglasses, Gore finally relaxed, and "by the time I got back from that vacation, I was pretty much over...
These are the longest days. Time moves in slow motion. An entire world waits with shallow breath, and the news never ends. Snippets of hope are dashed almost as quickly as they appear, only to be succeeded by fresh rumors of a peaceful exit. In a sense, it is all familiar. End games fascinate. In school, where we studied them attentively, the chapters were invariably titled "The Drift Toward War." The conclusions, too, were nearly uniform: If only there had been more time; if only the antagonists had understood one another better; if only the crisis had been nipped...
...Pearl Jam’s strengths, in particular Ed Vedder’s majestic voice, which goes from leonine rumble on the lead single “I Am Mine” to vulpine howl on “Save You.” Matt Cameron, the longest standing drummer Pearl Jam has ever had (three studio albums and counting), makes his presence strongly felt, introducing the album with a burly beat and scoring music-writing credit for three of the 15 tracks...
...DIED. MYRA HINDLEY, 60, Britain's longest-serving female prisoner who was sentenced to life in 1966 for her part in the notorious child killings known as the Moors murders; in Suffolk, England. Jailed along with lover and accomplice Ian Brady, she was convicted of murdering two of the five children they had abducted, tortured and sexually abused before burying their bodies on Saddleworth Moor near Manchester. Hindley had made a number of legal bids for freedom but a succession of Home Secretaries had ruled against her release. Brady has been force-fed while on hunger strike since...
With the Penn defense softened out of respect for his scrambling ability, the offensive line received a much-needed reprieve. Fitzpatrick led the Crimson on four of its five longest drives of the afternoon, as well as its only score...