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...Brand New Heavies are the best hip hop imports from England since Mony Love. Their third album, which will again feature the awe-in-spiring vocalist N'dea Davenport, cannot come soon enough...
...harking back to the time of frock-coated dandies and hoopskirted belles, the modern riverboats evoke memories of an era at once more daring and less threatening. "A riverboat is nostalgia, Americana," says John Connelly, owner of the gaudy President, a 297-ft. five-decker that docks in Davenport, Iowa. "A gambling casino is something completely different...
...genius," his mother once confided. Though his father showed a strong attachment to Robert, it was thought that he financed his moody son's quest for college diplomas to keep him away from home. When Robert graduated first in his class from the Palmer College of Chiropractic in Davenport, Iowa, in 1986, the family was relieved that he finally seemed set to embark on a career...
...joked last week that Saddam Hussein's humiliation should be made complete by choosing him as the 1992 Democratic nominee. The fear of such ridicule -- and the bad odor Democrats attach to their has-runs -- are two reasons why no one is racing to set up phone banks in Davenport, Iowa. Says Democratic Party treasurer Bob Farmer: "The party has got into the habit of eating its nominees for lunch if they lose...
Most Principled Congressperson Would nobody step forward and accept responsibility for the $500 billion S&L debacle? Wait! Who's that dowdy Representative resigning her seat to atone for Congress's sins? Lacey Davenport, the heart-of-gold legislator from the glorious state of Doonesbury. The grande dame was swept back into office in a write-in campaign...