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...still turn out for Time Burton?s next movie - he?s still one of the only big-time directors around who holds out the promise of something different. And like I said, it?s still a pretty good movie. But while the 1968 "Planet of the Apes" succeeded in spite of its shortcomings - mostly technical, some tonal - Burton seemed mostly interested in shoring up his predecessors? weak points rather than aiming for the stars with the movie?s inherent potential for intelligence and at least surface profundity. And the original "Planet of the Apes" was too, well, original to deserve...
...then, 1 1/2 years later, David and Nancy, informed by a placenta-sampling test, stood before their congregation again. David recounted Hope's brief history and reported on his "medical procedure." Then he announced that "amazingly, in spite of that, we're now expecting a child, a little boy." His listeners oohed, ahhed and applauded. "Thank you," David said. "And this little boy will be born with the same syndrome Hope had." Quite audible on the videotape of the event is the sound of several hundred people gasping...
...Nations General Assembly unanimously elected her husband, Kofi Annan, to a second five-year term as Secretary-General. The Swedish-born lawyer turned artist has made no secret of her concern that the U.N.'s demanding top job has taken a toll on her husband but, she says, "in spite of the heavy responsibilities, he seems to be thriving, and I did support him in making himself available for a second term." Annan is painfully aware of the steep price that a life devoted to public service can command. Her uncle, Raoul Wallenberg, the diplomat who saved the lives...
Fortunately, provisions of the 1996 federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act had gone into effect not long before the transplant. The law required any company that employed Hunter to provide coverage in spite of his pre-existing condition. When Hunter signed on as a vending-machine repairman with Cromer Food Services, outside Anderson, S.C., full medical benefits came with the job--no questions asked...
...live in the beautiful state of Vermont, where a large percentage of the public is willing to cast a vote for the individual and not simply vote for a party label. Jim Jeffords has repeatedly been returned to the Senate not because of party affiliation (and perhaps in spite of it) but because of who he is and the honor and integrity he brings to the office. JUDITH SCHEER Colchester...