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...popularity of their fearsome weapons into a new splurge of arms spending and big profits. Such is the congressional passion for these high-tech marvels that a new "war dividend" of great value to many people -- but decidedly not to the beleaguered American taxpayer -- is being doled out on Capitol Hill...
...Civil War ended 126 years ago, but the Stars and Bars can still stir racial tension in the old Confederacy. Three years ago, 14 black state legislators in Alabama were arrested for attempting to remove the Confederate flag, symbol of a slaveholders' rebellion, at the state capitol. In 1983 black students at the University of Mississippi succeeded in forcing the school to abandon the flag as its emblem...
Collins is what is known in the business as a "hired gun": his firm contracts its services to various institutions and businesses, pleading their causes on Capitol Hill. Currently he lobbies for Boston University, Tufts University and the New England College of Optometry...
Except, perhaps, on Capitol Hill. Congress remained doggedly silent while Bush deployed Desert Shield and Desert Sword. After a brief flurry of honest discussion before the onset of Desert Storm, the legislative branch lapsed into silence (except for a plethora of inane support-the-war, ensure-our-reelection resolutions) for the remainder of the conflict. Bush's occasional trespasses of his constitutional executive prerogatives were understandable in light of Congress' stubborn refusals to address an issue of war and peace...
...Connor, 24, is one of the most gifted young rockers around, and it is awkward to have someone of her talent and exuberance tell the music business to stuff its highest award. "I don't agree with her rationale," says Joe Smith, president of Capitol-EMI Music, which is affiliated with O'Connor's record label, Chrysalis. "If Sinead doesn't like these shows, then that's her opinion. They get good ratings. This is not the International Red Cross...