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...July parades rolled into one, a pageant of family values and up-by-the-bootstraps success stories and patriotism, with silver confetti falling from the sky like diamonds and 60,000 balloons blown up by volunteers. Delegates heard The Star-Spangled Banner sung so often by stars like Aretha Franklin and Marilyn Horne that they may actually know all the words by now. The whole thing was as Republican as a capital-gains-tax cut, threatening to become at times as maudlin as Nixon's Checkers speech and as corny as Reagan's Morning in America campaign...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bill Clinton's Big Bash | 7/27/1992 | See Source »

...think I'm getting my money's worth now," said Aretha D. Davis...

Author: By Nell M. Maluf, CONTRIBUTING REPORTER | Title: Students React to New Adams Dining Rules | 2/18/1992 | See Source »

...with is universal, but I do it the way we talk about it." Thus when Brandon's character Lydia is considering a name for her baby daughter, her friend suggests African-sounding names like Imani and Shafiq before Lydia decides to pay homage to the soul-and-gospel singer Aretha Franklin. Bentley's Herb wakes up with the universally shared problem of "morning breath" -- and the specifically black hassle of "morning hair...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Blondie, Meet Herb And Marcy | 11/25/1991 | See Source »

...find him down-to-earth and engaging," said Aretha D. Davis '93. "This is a guy who I can place a lot of faith in. He's an underdog, and I like that...

Author: By David S. Kurnick, | Title: Agran Calls for Military Cuts | 11/5/1991 | See Source »

...Aretha D. Davis '93 said Hill would have had no reason to testify had her charges been untrue...

Author: By Scott M. Finn, | Title: Students Divided on Thomas Nomination | 10/15/1991 | See Source »

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