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...YORK CITY: Mired firmly in third place during the 1996-97 televison season, ABC execs needed to do something to shake things up. Their solution? Frequent flyer miles. The Disney network announced it will give out miles on American Airlines to anyone who will watch their shows. The catch is that there's homework involved: You have to fill out questionaires to prove you watched shows like 'Ellen' and didn't just hear the highlights at the office. ABC did not say how many miles you could get through the program, or whether you would get more credit for watching...
...globe-trotting foreign-policy President; Bill Clinton, domestically focused stay-at-home President. The reality, however, is that homeboy Bill has flitted about almost as much as cosmopolitan George. And with his first visit to Latin America last week, Clinton surpassed his predecessor. But in the First Lady frequent-flyer contest, peripatetic Hillary wins by many a mile over Barbara Bush, who was a veritable domestic shut-in. A comparison of the foreign trips each has headed...
...with a rousing or sweet-souled tune. Griffith, 42, might be doomed to good humor, with her chipmunk-cute face and perky soprano. In her new CD, Blue Roses from the Moons, she aims for direct emotion and musical simplicity. The bass-heavy Wall of Sound from her 1994 Flyer has crumbled; this is a live-in-the-studio set with a country feel and, among the sidemen, songwriter Sonny Curtis and the three survivors from Buddy Holly's Crickets. The team is relaxed and enthusiastic; it's the aural equivalent of a good mood...
...drums and dancers welcome," says the event's flyer, and Brian S. Anderson '00 said that powwows like this one commonly include a "round dance" open to spectators...
...MUSIC . . . BLUE ROSES FROM THE MOONS: In her new CD, Nanci Griffith aims for direct emotion and musical simplicity. The bass-heavy Wall of Sound from her 1994 'Flyer' has crumbled; this is a live-in-the-studio set with a country feel and, among the sidemen, songwriter Sonny Curtis and the three survivors from Buddy Holly?s Crickets. "The team is relaxed and enthusiastic; it?s the aural equivalent of a good mood," notes TIME's Richard Corliss. "It?s not that people aren?t sad, don?t get kicked around, never die. It?s that music can evaporate...