Word: appeals
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Clinton aides see the child initiatives as offering several benefits for the President. They will perk up a fall agenda that is notably lacking in sex appeal, ranging from a projected battle over trade policy to a presidential trip to South America. Democrats are also casting about for issues that will differentiate them in the voters' minds from Republicans, following the bipartisan orgy of the balanced budget. "New programs for kids are a great way to unite the party," says a White House aide; even House minority leader Richard Gephardt, who denounced the balanced budget, is helping plan the kiddie...
...bronze. The town fathers of Marciac, France, have just unveiled a life-size likeness of the trumpeter. Every year Marsalis and jazzophiles the world over converge on this hamlet in southwestern France, inflating its 1,200 population to 125,000 for a festival in August. Marsalis explains the appeal: "The people are soulful and humble." To prove his affection, he's composed the 90-minute Marciac Suite. Mayor Jean-Louis Guilhaumon certainly proved his. Artist Daphne du Barry's $80,000 tribute now occupies pride of place in front of a former Augustine cloister...
...first single, D'You Know What I Mean?, is a fun, if frothy, rock anthem; The Girl in the Dirty Shirt has a cool, clomping beat and playful but passionate vocals; and Stand by Me, with its big, sweet guitar licks and hand-clapping chorus, has pop appeal. So far, though, Oasis hasn't come close to creating a body of work that will make the young, hot, upstart rock bands of the future want to borrow from it. But the band is still a fairly new one. And there's a long and winding road ahead...
...building part time to have some pin money. Do you think she's going to get $1 million? I own no property. I have no savings." Nor does she have money to fight the ruling. "My attorney's fees are in excess of $14,000. I'd love to appeal, but there's nothing...
...Judge Matsch's Denver courtroom -- and it's likely to contain few kind words for Stephen Jones, who McVeigh wants the court to yank from his case. "He screwed up badly but I'm not bitter," McVeigh told the Buffalo News Tuesday. "I only want him off my appeal...