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DIED. RICHARD FARNSWORTH, 80, Hollywood's archetypal farmhand and two-time Oscar nominee; of a self-inflicted gunshot wound; at his home in Lincoln, N.M. Partly paralyzed from cancer, he became the oldest leading actor last year to receive an Oscar bid, for his role in The Straight Story. He worked as a stuntman in more than 300 films before landing his first significant speaking role in 1976. DIED. WILLIAM BUNDY, 83, patrician counselor to three Presidents, who was a pivotal figure in leading America into the Vietnam War along with his brother McGeorge Bundy, National Security Adviser under Kennedy...
Regardless of the sport, games between Harvard and Yale tend to carry a weight greater than individual wins or losses ordinarily do. Episodes in this oldest of rivalries are also battles for respect, honor, prestige, and other intangibles that aren't represented in the win and loss columns...
...across town in the public school system's gifted program, Lopez and his wife Monica opted for a neighborhood private school that offers smaller classes and better communication between teachers and parents. The Lopezes are so pleased with their family's three-year experience in the Milwaukee program--the oldest and largest U.S. public voucher initiative--that they're reconsidering how to vote. "At first Al Gore was our favorite," Monica says, but she has heard he is against school vouchers, "so now I'm not sure who I like...
...from George of the Jungle. How could we translate their interest into a true political education? The numbers don't look good: according to the Federal Election Commission, less than one-third of 18-to-24-year-olds voted in the 1996 presidential election. If we want our oldest to go to the polls in '08, we have to get busy...
Literate pop has all but perished amid today's escapist fare. But in surrendering its poetry, pop ceded much of its authority. So it's almost revelatory to hear Simon, on his first solo album in a decade, delivering 11 graceful songs full of rich, pointed free verse. "The oldest silence speaks the loudest," he sings on Hurricane Eye, a tune about race and America and selective memory. It's pure Simon--and a reminder of what...