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...face-off between the two top-grossing films of the week. Casper (the Friendly Ghost) offers his doe-eyed version of mortality against the merry bloodbath that is Die Hard with a Vengeance. But over at Taco Bell, 15-year-old Christopher Zahedi will tell you he prefers the rougher stuff. "I liked the part in Pulp Fiction where the guy points a gun and says a prayer from the Bible and then kills everybody,'' he offers. "You hear the gun go brrrr. It's cool...
Although the Crimson pulled out each of the three doubles matches, it did face rougher competition than originally expected...
...rougher days are ahead. The contract will be harder to pass in the Senate, where most of its provisions face Democratic filibusters. That strain could tear the lobbyists apart. The fealty of the Christian Coalition will be sorely tested, for example, if the Senate, as expected, pares the group's most cherished proposal: a new $500-a-child tax credit. The Home Builders would also revolt if Senator Bob Packwood, the chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, makes good on his threat to place new limits on the mortgage-interest deduction...
Even in the House, things are likely to get markedly rougher for the Republicans in the next few weeks. In fact, G.O.P. leaders are probably facing their first defeat at the end of the month, when the House votes on congressional term limits-a concept wildly popular everywhere but on Capitol Hill. They had originally planned to take up the issue this week but postponed it after discovering that no fewer than nine different factions were battling over what form the constitutional amendment should take. And those were the people who support the idea...
Lake and her top producers declined to talk with Time, but other hosts eagerly defend the genre. "The closer you get on live, unscripted TV to reality and its raw emotions," says Springer, "the rougher it's going to be . Maybe our show can help people learn to tolerate differences. And maybe we can learn that everybody is capable of pain." Phil Donahue, a 27-year veteran of the talk-show wars, doesn't want to bash the Ricki influence either (even though it has contributed to a decline in his ratings). "I do think there's an awful...