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...World Series. So the specific exemption for those provided on the "basis of personal friendship" is attracting a lot of attention. At first it looks as if the new rules could break the back of the political culture. The owner of Le Mistral restaurant, just blocks from the Capitol, says the ban is "catastrophic." The venerable Occidental Grill is considering a $19.95 "Hill menu," to beat the Senate limit...
...Some on Capitol Hill are trying to put these ideas into action. Missouri Republican Senator John Ashcroft proposed a bill to let religion-promoting groups use federal or state funds for social services to the poor. Republican Senator Dan Coats of Indiana, along with Bill Bennett, has started the Project for American Renewal, which includes proposals for a score of bills focusing resources on families, community organizations and private charities. Among these are bills proposing a tax credit for adoptions, the reserving of 15% of public housing for intact families, and $1 million grants for school districts to operate same...
...Cocteau Twins built their reputation on being a gothic-ambient, primarily electronic band. Their incomprehensible but passionate vocals struck a chord in the hearts of an unexpectedly large contingent of despairing Britons. Hence the cries of "Sellout!" when the group switched from the obscure 4AD to main-stream Capitol Records, and the winces of fans when 1993's lovely and melodic Four-Calendar Cafe attracted comparisons to the Sundays and the Cranberries. The Cocteau Twins' two latest EPs, released within weeks of each other, take the Twins' unique, subtly emotive sound in a new direction altogether, with uneven results...
WASHINGTON, D. C.: Speaking before a joint session of Congress, French President Jacques Chirac said that his country has forever finished with its controversial nuclear testing program. Although Chirac announced an end to the testing two days ago, many Democrats boycotted the Capitol Hill speech. They charged that after conducting six nuclear tests over the past six months, the announcement came far too late. "We return the insult with our insult," said Eleanor Holmes Norton, congressional delegate from the District of Columbia. House Republicans late Wednesday night blocked an effort to withdraw Chirac's invitation. But despite a last-minute...
...March 4, 1865, a tired, worn Abraham Lincoln delivered his second inaugural address from the steps of the Capitol, having presided for four long years over the most devastating war in the history of the still fledgling American democracy. Indeed, the Civil War, which saw the deaths of 600,000 citizens of the United States, remains today our most bloody, tragic national episode...