Word: calvinism
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...current popularity is a welcome reverse; only a few years ago, she thought that "I was going to die in obscurity." Reared in rural Calvin Center, Michigan, where she performed in storefront churches, she ventured to Los Angeles and got her first break -- and first name change, to Gaby Lee -- warbling love songs at a faux-Parisian nightclub called the Moulin Rouge. She was later dubbed Abbey Lincoln, after the 16th President, by a manager who quipped, "Old Abe didn't really free the slaves, but maybe...
...AUTHOR: CALVIN TRILLIN...
...author tips his hand: "It has been my experience," he writes, "that almost anyone who asks to speak at a funeral or memorial service wants to talk about himself." So it appears; this luminous valedictory centers on the late Roger ("Denny") Hansen. But it is as much about Calvin Trillin as it is about his classmate, the golden boy of Yale...
...higher levels, the gravest concern is the Administration's proposed defense budget cuts, which total $124 billion over five years, more than double what Clinton projected during the presidential campaign. "We all knew the budget had to come down," says retired Army Lieut. General Calvin Waller, an early Clinton supporter. "But I'd prefer the scalpel to the meat cleaver." Majors and lieutenant colonels who have served up to 15 years fear the cutbacks will dash their chances to earn a star. Up and down the ranks, all are peeved by Clinton's proposed government pay freeze. Last week...
...looking for sweaters," he says, "you need to be able to find sweaters." He wants to upgrade the product line -- more high-end electronics, less cubic zirconium -- and eventually to introduce self-contained programs. He has been contacted by everyone from top designers like Donna Karan and Calvin Klein to Roseanne Barr (who wants to market a line of large-size women's clothing). They would join such current QVC pitchpeople as Diane Von Furstenberg, a close friend of Diller's, and Joan Rivers, a famous enemy. (Rivers was publicly furious at Diller for canceling her late-night talk show...