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...missile defense, the response has been underwhelming. "I felt like the ugly duckling at the prom," she says with a laugh. Bush, she believes, "is running against me in '02." It's easy for Bush to have Ted Kennedy to the White House, Tauscher says--his seat isn't ripe for a Republican takeover. "The centrists are a different bag, and Bush has yet to really deal with...
Twenty years ago, I would have done it, probably in the story's first few weeks--a lock, really, a cinch, given all the elements of the story that are ripe for the taking. The amorous Congressman; the enticement of a tale about another Washington intern; sex in the capital city; sex and politics; sex. Or go a little deeper: a story about the impenetrable nature of public lives or of private lives suddenly blasted with publicity and a sidelight into the missing-persons cases that do not draw national attention--a moral lament about that...
...that parents can hand down to their kids. For moms and dads tired of vetting the Jackasses and Limp Bizkits of the world, reruns are a haven in the big scary media environment. For kids, they are another manifestation of today's palimpsest pop culture, in which everything is ripe for sampling and nothing stays dead. They have seen the movies morph Charlie's Angels from jiggle joint to empowerment parable; now they can see the reruns, back on TV Land, big sisters once removed to Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Dark Angel. Says Ron Simon, a curator...
...according to Professor Julieta Ramos-Elorduy, a biologist at the National University of Mexico. Some 1,400 kinds of bugs are known to be edible, and considering that the earth may have millions of insect species?they are the world's dominant class of animals?there are many more ripe for munching...
...This potential clash in substance may be accompanied by an even more pronounced clash in style—from the outside, Summers’ famously direct managerial style is ripe to collide with Knowles’ insistence on diplomacy and decorum. Although past Presidential-Dean pairings where both jobs were held by strong personalities have sometimes worked well, the transition may prove to be almost as great an adjustment for Knowles as it will for Summers...