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...said, 'O.K., I'll do your deal with five changes,' Phil Gramm would have diarrhea for a week. That's a political reality." -- SENATOR BOB KERREY (D., NEBRASKA), COMMENTING ON THE HEALTH-CARE BATTLE WITH AN EYE TOWARD THE RIVALRY BETWEEN DOLE AND GRAMM FOR THE G.O.P. PRESIDENTIAL NOD...
...Invasion of the Body Snatchers); they are forgotten schlock from the bottom of producer Sam Arkoff's Z-movie barrel. Maybe they were drive-in classics, but that's because kids didn't go to drive-ins for the movies. The A.I.P. films were moldy melodramas whose only nod to '50s spirit was in their titles. If they were to show up on TV now, it would only be as fodder for the brilliant deconstructionist raillery of Mystery Science Theater...
...through the motions of considering Manhattan to avoid embarrassing the Big Apple's G.O.P. mayor, RUDOLPH GIULIANI. But sources say the choice will come down to San Diego or New Orleans. The G.O.P. is looking to court votes in California, so insiders are betting San Diego will get the nod for the convention when the decision is made in January...
Here's our nod to the "weekend of love" celebration. If we were in "the Age of Aquarius" in '69, what "Age" are we in now? Win the much coveted -- and very cool -- TIME Daily T-Shirt! Send your answers to "WMay." We'll have a blind drawing Monday afternoon and notify that person whose karma catapults him into the winner's circle...
...backed Democrats oppose it because it bans some assault weapons; liberals don't like it because it expands the application of the death penalty. It was rescued, however, by some Republicans (between 10 and 20 at last count) who are expected to cross Party lines and give it the nod...