NEWS LITE : HOME-RUN CHAMP KING OF COURTESY.Mark McGwire not only hit some excellent home runs. He did it with excellent manners. The National League of Junior Cotillions, an etiquette and social training program, put the St. Louis Cardinal at the top of its list of those it named the Ten Best-Mannered People of 1998. McGwire was cited for ``accepting great acclaim with great humility,'' the Charlotte, N.C.-based group said Wednesday in a statement. Kenneth Starr, John Glenn, Katie Couric, Chelsea Clinton, Oprah Winfrey, Billy Graham, Garth Brooks, Peter Jennings and Whitney Houston were also named. Jerry Springer was cited as the Most Ill-Mannered Person of 1998 for ``presenting a television program which lowers the standards of civility in America.'' Nominations came from cotillion students and directors nationwide. Jethro mite tetchy tetch·y also tech·y adj. tetch·i·er, tetch·i·est Peevish; testy: "As a critic gets older, he or she usually grows more tetchy and limited in responses" James Wolcott. if taste called tacky You can gripe gripe v. To have sharp pains in the bowels. n. 1. gripes Sharp, spasmodic pains in the bowels. 2. A firm hold; a grasp. about plans for a flame-spewing derrick outside the proposed Beverly Hills Mansion & Casino and worry about the impact on views of the Sierra Nevada. But don't tell Max Baer Jr., a k a Jethro Bodine, that the project based on the old ``The Beverly Hillbillies'' television show is tacky. That is what an opponent called the planned hotel-casino Tuesday at a Reno City Council meeting. ``One hundred million people watched it every week,'' said Baer, who appeared in a black leather jacket and black suede snow boots. ``So 100 million American citizens are tacky?'' He went on: ``I'm a has-been, a used-to-be and a was. But at one time, I was an is. . . . Jethro will always be an is, just like Superman or Batman is an is - because of television.'' The council approved a series of zoning changes and permits that Baer needs to move forward, but postponed action until Jan. 12 on what Baer says could be a deal breaker if rejected: a proposed 240-foot oil derrick with a 70-foot flame he calls crucial. Princes, servants, aides lunch at Ritz Princes William and Harry joined in a Christmas lunch Wednesday for the private secretaries, personal assistants, valets, grooms and gardeners who work for their father, Prince Charles. The young princes spent the first day of their school holiday at the traditional lunch in the Ritz Hotel in London. Along with 100 of their father's personal staff, they dined on turkey and trimmings in a private room glowing in candlelight and decorated with balloons and streamers Streamers is a play by David Rabe. The last in his Vietnam War trilogy that began with The Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel and Sticks and Bones . This is the boys' second Christmas without their mother, Princess Diana, who died in a car crash in August 1997. Musician sounds off on litigation An action brought in court to enforce a particular right. The act or process of bringing a lawsuit in and of itself; a judicial contest; any dispute. When a person begins a civil lawsuit, the person enters into a process called litigation. Tim Rice, knighted lyricist lyr·i·cist n. A writer of song lyrics. Also called lyrist. Noun 1. lyricist - a person who writes the words for songs lyrist of the Broadway musicals ``The Lion King ``and ``Beauty and the Beast Beauty and the Beast is a traditional fairy tale (type 425C -- search for a lost husband -- in the Aarne-Thompson classification). The first published version of the fairy tale was a meandering rendition by Madame Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve, published in ,'' had a letter published in a British newspaper in which he attacked what he said is a rising tide of dubious plagiarism Using ideas, plots, text and other intellectual property developed by someone else while claiming it is your original work. claims against high-profile composers. The letter in the Daily Telegraph came a day after Andrew Lloyd Webber Noun 1. Andrew Lloyd Webber - English composer of many successful musicals (some in collaboration with Sir Tim Rice) (born in 1948) Baron Lloyd Webber of Sydmonton, Lloyd Webber was exonerated by a New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of jury of stealing a tune from an obscure religious songwriter and using it in his musical ``The Phantom of the Opera,'' a case that's dogged Lloyd Webber for almost a decade. ``Many unknown songwriters have been able to bring the full force of the law against the writer of a hit song simply because he or she is able to employ a lawyer prepared to accuse a hit-maker of plagiarism for the promise of a fee if they win,'' wrote Rice, who's done lyrics for Lloyd Webber stage hits including ``Evita'' and ``Jesus Christ Superstar.'' The letter was endorsed by Stephen Sondheim, Elton John, Barry Gibb, Sting, Mick Jagger and Phil Collins. YULE LOGARITHMS Book adds it all up on science of Santa A new book uses quantum physics and computer technology to establish what every kid already knows - Santa Claus really does exist. In ``Can Reindeer Fly: The Science of Christmas,'' author Roger Highfield takes up - among many mysteries - the sticky problem of how Kris Kringle manages to dePliver presents to the world's 2,106,000,000 kids - the number fixed by UNICEF UNICEF (y  `nĭsĕf'), the United Nations Children's Fund, an affiliated agency of the United Nations. - on Christmas Eve. Highfield notes that by starting his annual trip at the International Date Line and flying counter to the Earth's rotation, Santa actually has 48 hours to complete his rounds. He also notes, employing Einstein's theory of relativity theory of relativity Einstein’s contribution to the space-time relationship. [Science: NCE, 843–844] See : Turning Point , that as he does, time slows down for the Man in Red because he moves so quickly, while to us on the ground he appears to be moving at warp speed. Highfield even suggests that Santa may travel through ``worm holes,'' allowing him to go from place to place in a blink of an eye by turning his sleigh sleigh: see sled. into a virtual time machine. How does Santa know where kids live? Highfield says the National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), civilian agency of the U.S. federal government with the mission of conducting research and developing operational programs in the areas of space exploration, artificial satellites (see satellite, artificial), has speculated that he picks up electromagnetic signals from children's brains. But some mysteries still remain. Highland writes that scientists believe that Santa's sleigh is built of materials still beyond our comprehension and is powered by fuels yet to be discovered. News Lite is compiled by Karen Duffy from Daily News staff and wire reports. CAPTION(S): 3 Photos Photo: (1) McGWIRE (2) HOLIDAY FUN Monica Lewinsky puts in a surprise appearance at a holiday party hosted by The Shooting Gallery studio in New York on Tuesday. Associated Press (3) RICE |
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