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...might be the 1960s migration to the Sun Belt, which brought hockey-playing people from glacier regions like Minnesota to the Southland. It also could be the corrupting influence of TV. Last year, Jason Priestly's character played hockey on "Beverly Hills 90210". This year, roller hockey booms. That might not be a coincidence...
Such old-fashioned politicking, quietly replayed across a belt of carefully chosen Western and Midwestern cities and towns this spring, finally caught up last week with Clinton's new-fashioned energy tax. The well-organized lobbying buried the $72 billion BTU levy that was the centerpiece of the President's deficit-reduction plan. A chastened Clinton pulled back from the bruising fight and left the Senate Finance Committee to wrangle over a replacement plan that included some combination of a gasoline tax and cuts in Medicare. The negotiations will be tense as the committee struggles to meet its deadline this...
...concrete wall built next to the tennis court at his Beverly Hills home. Despite vertigo, he was drawn into the sport's intoxicating lure: in one shot he was doing upside-down situps, hanging from a chopper, when a crew member noticed that he had no safety belt. Stallone was bothered most by scenes filmed on a seven-story indoor wall at Rome's Cinecitta studios. "That was a lot scarier than the Alps," he says. "There's something about knowing that the floor is there and you could go splat at any time...
...limits of flesh; Jordan's constant partner is the silken Scottie Pippen, who might have been regarded as one of the kings of the game were he not in the company of royalty. The Suns' coach, Paul Westphal, is a serious, articulate Christian, a poster boy for Sun Belt conservatism; his opposite number on the Bulls, Phil Jackson, is a famous alumnus of the '60s who reminisces about his drug experiences, gives his players books like Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance to read and checks into hotels under the names of favorite Sioux warriors...
This past spring, with an entire year of training under his belt, Clarke decided to take a chance and enter the open division of the same Golden Gloves tournament...