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DIED. HAMILTON FISH, 70, New York Republican elected to Congress 13 times; of cancer; in Washington. The fourth generation in his family to serve in Congress--and to bear the name Hamilton--Fish helped pass the Fair Housing Act of 1988 and the Americans with Disabilities...
Between Levittown and the Land of the Neverending Fund Raiser lies East Moriches, where people fish, farm, run "country stores" and "garden centers," teach, practice law, hang dry walls and dig swimming pools for other people. On Atlantic Avenue, which leads to the Coast Guard station, the trees are fat, the sidewalks cracked, the homes need reshingling and bikes lean on kickstands in the driveways...
...people wouldn't want Ross Perot along for the expensive dinner, even if that meant they'd have to pay for their own grub. For one thing, he would almost certainly insist on ordering for you. "No, you don't want the striped bass," he'd say. "The fish they serve in this place haven't been in the water since the Great Flood. Waiter, bring him the rib roast. Well done. Just burn her up. And don't go sprinkling on any of those Gucci spices of yours. He wants an honest piece of meat. O.K., next order...
...city suffered through its fourth water alert in 12 months, the mayor tried to calm the populace by calling a press conference. With cameras whirring, Marion Barry dramatically held up a liquid that residents had earlier been warned by health authorities might kill the tropical fish in their aquariums, took a lip-smacking gulp and pronounced it "D.C.'s finest." Citizens were, of course, happy to see that the mayor was drinking nothing stronger than water, but wondered what could be impairing his judgment so severely that he blamed the media and his very own health commissioner for the water...
...wonder whether it will be felled by the same problems that have damaged Major League Baseball. In one weekend, teams committed nearly half a billion dollars to eight free agents, three of whom have yet to win a single NBA playoff game. And that doesn't include the biggest fish in this summer's free-agent sea -- Shaquille O'Neal, who has been offered $115 million over seven years to re-sign with Orlando. The barrage of deals began after the league and its players agreed last Thursday to a new labor deal that eases player movement. Free agency...