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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...think of records as different chapters in an incredibly long and disjointed novel," says Thompson, whose superb new Rumor and Sigh (Capitol) displays both his carbolic lyricism and his stunning guitar virtuosity. Whitley's peak-heat debut album, Living with the Law (Columbia), comes out of a period of personal turmoil and heartbreak, including the dissolution of his marriage, about which he says, "It was a difficult time. Sort of impossible. I've always needed to write. ((But)) there is a price you pay for whatever goes on. I feel that I've paid something. You get scars from whatever...
...death of the river may help change all that. The National Transportation Safety Board has long argued for stronger, safer cars for carrying so-called environmentally sensitive chemicals, and the idea has gained support on Capitol Hill, where the Federal Railroad Safety Act is up for revision. Scientists say it may be 10 years before the Sacramento River has fully recovered. Perhaps by then tanker cars will be safe enough to guarantee that a disaster like last week's can not happen again...
...Capitol Hill luncheon addressed by John Sununu, 79-year-old lawyer Harry Rosenfield had trouble getting to his feet to hector the chief of staff about Dan Quayle's fitness to be President. When Rosenfield was done, Sununu retorted, "If Quayle does ascend to the presidency, you can be sure he won't fall out of his chair...
During six terms as a Congressman from Philadelphia, William H. Gray ascended to the most prominent House leadership post ever held by a black: Democratic ! whip. In time, Capitol Hill insiders speculated, he could have become Speaker. Last week Gray flabbergasted both rivals and supporters by resigning from Congress to become head of the United Negro College Fund...
...years the court spared lawmakers the hard task of resolving difficult issues like abortion and school desegregation by imposing solutions in a constitutional wrapping. The new court is far more likely to toss such explosive matters back to state legislatures and Capitol Hill. "We're playing a rearguard action just trying to keep what we have," says California Democrat Don Edwards, who chairs the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights. "Congress has to do the work we had counted on the court...