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...friend of ours in the House was aself-styled Bolshevik--the big beard, the Sovietcap and the bright red scarf. He didn't knowwhether he was Lenin or Trotsky. He even boycottedbathing for six weeks to make a politicalstatement," Brooks recalls. "He walked into ourroom and said...`You two will be condemned by theRevolution...'He then pulled out a gun, aimed itat my head and pulled the trigger...It must havebeen a cap gun or a starter's pistol. Bill justkind of chuckled and shrugged...
...cover story ((THE WHITE HOUSE, March 21)) on the travails of Hillary Rodham Clinton unfair? At least 70 readers support her. "Why are you endorsing this witch-hunt?" asks Clara Beard of Los Angeles, who, like many, suspects the furor over Whitewater is "a ploy to divert attention from much needed health-care legislation." Others agree with Huguet Pameijer of Simsbury, Connecticut, who thinks "the current bash fest" stems from the perception that the First Lady is "too accomplished, too powerful, too darn inexcusably uppity." But some 50 readers have harsh words for Hillary. While the milder critics deem...
...songwriters of his generation. Known for lean, melodious three-minute songs with scathing lyrics about sexual guilt and revenge, he reigned for more than a decade as the acerbic headliner of progressive pop. Then came the '90s. Once a skinny faux nerd, Costello put on weight and grew a beard. His last pop album, 1991's sentimental Mighty like a Rose, was a disappointment. After last year's The Juliet Letters, a sedate song cycle that Costello recorded with the Brodsky Quartet, even devoted fans started wondering if he had lost his stinging touch...
...sophomore Aaron Israel said, "I've gotten a lot of comments about [the beard...
...canny ability simultaneously to buck and ride the new-wave trend, grafting its brawny, blues-inflected guitar licks onto slick synthesizer grooves and pulsing dance beats. On multiplatinum-selling albums such as 1983's Eliminator and 1985's Afterburner, guitarist Billy Gibbons, bassist Dusty Hill and drummer Frank Beard (the only bandmate without one) perfected a progressive yet reassuringly familiar rock stance and tapped a huge audience that shared their ambivalence. By the end of the decade, however, their sound had become all too accurately described by the title of their 1990 effort, Recycler...