Article: GIRL POWER SPICE GIRLS: AVERAGE, UNCOMPLICATED, IMPERFECT ROLE MODELS.(LOCAL)

Byline: KERRY DOUGHERTY

I considered wearing a disguise last Friday night as I escorted two giddy 9-year-old girls to see ``Spice World.''

Instead, I drove an extra 10 miles to a movie complex in a part of the city where no one knows me. (That new Regal Cinema complex on General Booth Boulevard has the most comfortable seats.)

The ``Spice World'' phenomenon is a lot like looking at those incredible presidential poll numbers. While it might be true that 70 percent of Americans think that President Clinton is doing a swell job, for the life of me, I can't find a single one. Likewise, although ``Spice World'' grossed $11 million in its maiden ...

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