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...Bush's dominance of the race, some rival campaigns have dispatched operatives to Texas to scour newspaper clippings and state budget reports, pick over old speeches and offhand remarks, quiz Bush enemies and even some old friends, all in search of information they can use to diminish Bush's aura of invincibility. The goal: to use Bush's record and his status as the chosen candidate of the G.O.P. establishment against him. Warns an operative working for another candidate: "From the minute George W. hits the campaign trail, he'll be under assault and on the defensive." Here...
Some help is beginning to flow in from overseas Albanians. At the head of these multinational fund-raising networks are men such as Switzerland-based Jashar Salihu, a thickly mustached Albanian with a sharply dimpled smile that gives him the aura of a Balkan Tom Selleck. Salihu's Homeland Calling Fund, which has offices around the globe, often channels the money it raises--by courier, in cash--to K.L.A. field commanders, who use it to buy weapons and supplies. Sometimes the flow approaches several million dollars a month, he claims...
...concert was supposedly geared towards children, with Roberta Flack providing hip commentary--somehow she managed to parallel Brahms to Puff Daddy and Orff to Michael Jackson--working the audience and attempting to tone down the somber aura of classical music. In a sense, this effort to reach out to people who would otherwise normally not be exposed to classical music was commendable. Though it was sometimes hard to hear over the quiet buzz of audience chatter, especially with the acoustical downfalls of the athletic building, the casual concert setting could not detract from the magic of hearing a live professional...
...concert was supposedly geared towards children, with Roberta Flack providing hip commentary--somehow she managed to parallel Brahms to Puff Daddy and Orff to Michael Jackson--working the audience and attempting to tone down the somber aura of classical music. In a sense, this effort to reach out to people who would otherwise normally not be exposed to classical music was commendable. Though it was sometimes hard to hear over the quiet buzz of audience chatter, especially with the acoustical downfalls of the athletic building, the casual concert setting could not detract from the magic of hearing a live professional...
...eyes were damp when I finished the eloquent and touching piece by Paul Gray on Joe D. [SPORT, March 22], truly an American legend and icon. The sports aura in which DiMaggio flourished is apparently gone forever. NORMAN R. KIRK Etobicoke, Ontario...