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Political figures, who are increasingly desperate to show that they're regular folks, do a lot these days that is quite literally unbelievable, and they tend to do it on television. Citizens who witness some totally unlikely and thoroughly bizarre television appearance--sometimes for no more than a split second, since the use of remote-control devices is an aggravating factor here--may wake up the next morning wondering whether they saw it or not. Then they remember what their mothers said about overactive imaginations...
...owner Peter Angelos that the play be ruled an out and the game be replayed from the eighth inning with the Orioles ahead 4-3. Back on the field, the action has so far been terrific in both the American and National League Championship Series. The Yankees and Orioles split a pair of tight, tense games in New York that featured dramatic home runs, clutch pitching performances, and, of course, that memorable catch. Meanwhile, the St. Louis Cardinals have shown surprising power in hitting well against an Atlanta Braves pitching staff that just got through embarrassing the Dodger's hitters...
...Clinton's visit highlighted a recurring problem with the IOP's most popular events: the lack of space for many interested undergraduates. Fewer than half of the 1,000 undergraduates who entered the Clinton lottery got seats in the Forum or in overflow; the remaining tickets were split among graduates, faculty and staff, according to the Forum's director, Heather Campion...
Kennedy did not break up with Hannah until after his mother's death, in the spring of 1994. Kennedy and Hannah had been together for more than five years, although it was said that his mother disapproved of the match. Sometime in 1993, before he split with Hannah, Kennedy and Bessette began seeing each other. In 1995 she moved into Kennedy's loft in TriBeCa, a trendy area of downtown Manhattan...
...people who are used to living well," observes Betty Nordwind, executive director of the Harriet Duhai Family Law Center, a nonprofit legal-aid service in Los Angeles. Among her divorce clients, if the husband has a younger girlfriend, that is likely to be "reason No. 20" for the split, with violence, money troubles and addiction the more pressing concerns...