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...night life, the best bet is to go to the White Elephant Hotel, just two blocks off Broad Street on the water, to hear the piano player. In the summer, musicians Jim Badger has islanders and tourists alike rolling with his music...
...veneer of political correctness the President had added to the policy in order to claim an "honorable compromise." As irritated as Nunn might be at Clinton's admittedly tortured distinctions between gay "orientation" (to be tolerated) and gay "conduct" (grounds for dismissal), the betting was that he would merely badger Defense Secretary Les Aspin and Gorelick into effectively admitting that it and other pesky wordings were indeed fairly meaningless, and eventually give the package his blessing...
...this spring. More than 800 students entered the annual TIME Education Program (TEP) contests, and the 12 winners received a total of $31,500 in scholarships. In the high school essay contest, co- sponsored by the Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co., the grand prize went to Michele Host of Badger Union High, Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. She wrote a moving tribute to her mother, who taught her that "learning begins in the home, and with the family." Other star writers: Robert Farrell of Klein Forest High, Houston; Jackie Casper of Sheboygan County (Wisconsin) Christian High; and Sanam Lari of Tamalpais High...
LIKE A TIN PAN ALLEY TROUPER, ROSS PEROT HAS A craving for the limelight and for Larry King Live. His latest gig casts him as head of a new watchdog group, designed to badger Bill Clinton and Congress about federal spending and the deficit. Before a crowded Dallas press conference, a pleased Perot unveiled new versions of the old props -- the fiscal charts, an 800 number and TV commercials -- that helped him capture 19% of the vote in November. Then he regaled reporters (or at least himself) with a scratchy rendition of Patsy Cline's smash hit Crazy...
...Elis' first ECAC loss, but not its first of the season. At the Great Badger Showdown over Winter Break, Yale kept eighth-ranked Wisconsin tied, 1-1, into the final session. The Badgers, however, finally got their act together, rattling off five goals to take the contest...