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...true silver lining in the impeachment cloud was that Congress was too preoccupied to screw up anything else." STEVEN H. JOHNSON Lakewood, Colo...
According to police, Steven Eric Mullins, 25, and Charles Monroe Butler Jr., 21, plotted for two weeks to murder Billy Jack Gaither, 39. On Feb. 19, they arranged to meet him at a Sylacauga bar and lured him to a secluded area. There they beat him and dumped him into the trunk of his car. They then drove about 15 miles to Peckerwood Creek in Coosa County. There, says Coosa County Sheriff's Deputy Al Bradley, "they took him out of the trunk, took an ax handle and beat him to death." They set two old tires aflame, says Bradley...
...Steven Spielberg, Saving Private Ryan: Of course he's a sure shot--he's won, what, like ten Oscars already, right? Surprisingly, no. Although big Steve has racked up six nominations, he only has one win to his name, for 1994's Schindler's List. Get ready to make it two, though, folks. Whether viewed as an underdog or a front-runner, Spielberg's got it in the bag this year, and rightly so. No other director in the world could have created the searingly realistic battle scenes of Private Ryan. Don't talk to me about narrative flaws--with...
...WILL WIN: Steven Spielberg. The Academy loves to reward Spielberg for taking on serious themes. And why not? The fact that he does films like Jurassic Park 2 simply highlights the highflown goals of a movie like this. Saving Private Ryan is every bit the directorial triumph. However, keep an eye out for a dark horse-scads of film critics' organizations have been giving Best Picture to Spielberg while reserving directorial honors for quirky, Harvard-educated Malick...
...Marines and airmen to make our military run," says Hunter, a senior member of the House Armed Services Committee and a veteran who won the Bronze Star after taking part in helicopter assaults in Vietnam. The notion of recruiting such folks to the military came to him after watching Steven Spielberg's Saving Private Ryan, in which a Stateside Army officer lacks an arm. The California Republican says he plans to discuss the idea in a scheduled meeting with Defense Secretary WILLIAM COHEN...