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Reminiscent of the first couple of seasons, the dialogue is sharp and wicked--although this time around, Joey (Matt LeBlanc) seems to be getting more of the good punchlines than Chandler (Matthew Perry), a shift that's prompted much musing around my house about shifting relationships between actors and writers in an ensemble cast.
Dick Gephardt (D-Missouri) drew bipartisan applause for demanding an end to "slash-and-burn politics," which is interpreted as a comment on the Hustler investigation that prompted Speaker-elect Bob Livingston to admit infidelity, as well as the Starr investigation.
The LAT is the only one of the papers to front Microsoft President Steve Ballmer's comments yesterday that U.S. tech stocks are absurdly overpriced, which prompted large sell-offs at Nasdaq and the NYSE.
There was a time when something like the Monica Lewinsky scandal would have prompted an outpouring of debate and analysis from all angles.
One True Thing prompted me to call my mom when I got home.