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...week before the election, ol' Fritz is in a tussle with bounding Bob, who wants to close up that pork barrel so tight that he votes against projects that benefit his own district. "He resents the government," says Hollings. "Ask him what has he done in Washington in the past six years but whine and complain and holler pork...
...blackguard, but he's their blackguard, grabbing whatever he can for the state. Schumer argues that D'Amato has been bad for New York because he voted to cut funding for schools, hospitals, highways and the environment. When D'Amato holds a press conference to trumpet some pork-barrel item, says Schumer, "he's working an elaborate con. He chops off your hand, then sews a finger back on and expects a pat on the back...
...known that whatever its message, the movie bubbles over with felicities. The actors, once they get over their early overplaying, are uniformly splendid. Ross gets plenty of smart fun from the collision of '50s and '90s: a "healthy" breakfast loaded with pork products, a mother-daughter sex talk in which Muffin explains the facts of life to Mom. Carpeting the film is Randy Newman's richest score, tremulous and true to the period; those yearning violins express an ache the Pleasantvillagers don't yet know they have...
...Dining Services' hearty meal of pork picatta, mushroom chicken and lo mein doesn't fill you up, try Food Glorious Food. Advertised as a cabaret event that will "whet your curiosity (and appetite)," The Will and Lil Show, with Joe Della Penna on piano, is serving up some classic culinary tunes. And the best part is you won't gain weight. 8 p.m., Cambridge Center for Adult Education, 56 Brattle Street...
...spectacle of an embarrassed Republican party," says TIME congressional correspondent James Carney. "They won on education, and by hanging tough they've kept Republicans off the campaign trail for an extra week." And the budget, which even Democrat Robert Byrd called a "colossal monstrosity," looks to be loaded with pork -- which will prove immensely helpful to Democrats having trouble finding Bill Clinton's good side. Of course, victory for the Democrats in these midterms will likely be measured in how many seats they manage not to lose. But as Carney says, "Democrats are a lot better off than they were...