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...explosions here, just a skeleton unearthed from a shallow grave after a 30-year rest. Sam Deeds (Chris Cooper), sheriff in a Texas border town where even corruption proceeds at a somnolent pace, has reason to believe these to be the earthly remains of a sadistic and crooked predecessor, Charley Wade (Kris Kristofferson). He also guesses that his late father Buddy, who succeeded Charley as sheriff but is widely regarded as a saint, may have been Charley1s murderer. That would be all right with Sam, who's tired of swallowing invidious comparisons between his performance in office and his dad1s...
...Israel has no quarrel with any of its Arab neighbors that cannot be solved amicably. But Silver notes that his omissions say more than the rhetoric: "He didn't mention the Oslo peace agreement, he set no time for redeploying troops from Hebron or meeting with Arafat. Unlike his predecessor, he still speaks of Arafat as a terrorist and shows visible repugnance at the prospect of meeting him." Netanyahu also insisted that peace negotiations cannot proceed as long as terrorist attacks continue, saying that one of the pillars of peace is reciprocity. "But the Palestinians have kept their side...
...Administration's initial version of Filegate, that White House operatives Craig Livingstone and Anthony Marceca had been working from an outdated list of names, was disputed last week before a House committee. Nancy Gemmell, Marceca's predecessor in his job, said she left him an up-to-date list. Richard Miller, a Secret Service official, denied that his agency could have provided the White House with an access list that included names from previous administrations...
...associate deanship will undergo something of a metamorphosis under Herschbach, Under Herschbach's soon-to-be predecessor, Martha G. Gefter, the job was primarily a financial one. Herschbach, on the other hand, will be a more all-around adviser...
...overshadowing the brown, crisping lands between and around them. Thanks to lessons learned in the 1930s, farm acreage has long been tilled and cultivated with an eye to soil conservation, to making fields less likely to blow away; the contemporary Dust Bowl is not as dusty as its famous predecessor...