Word: galas
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...event had the ambiance of a yard sale. Volunteers operated the scoreboard and partisanship went along with the beer--hardly what most people expect at a B-School gala...
...this multimillion-dollar partee, Big Bill Clinton -- excuse us, William Jefferson Clinton -- played the role of First Audience. TV viewers of America's Reunion on the Mall on Sunday, or of Tuesday afternoon's Salutes to Children and Youth and the evening's Presidential Gala, could doze through all the dos. Clinton couldn't and wouldn't. A pretty fair performer himself, he knew that a speaker is only as good as his listeners. So he gave the victory fist to soprano (and fellow Arkansan) Barbara Hendricks. He misted up at Goldie Hawn's tale of her dead father. Jackson...
...loans if enough money is raised from ticket sales for the 11 Inaugural balls, sales of Inaugural trinkets (least expensive item of Clintonalia: a $2 temporary tattoo; most expensive: a $925 cherrywood box of Inaugural medallions), and the ad revenue from the CBS telecast of Tuesday's Presidential Gala Concert. This year nearly $18 million in loans has come from 192 corporations, individuals and labor unions. But some of the same companies have also chipped in $2.4 million to the Presidential Inaugural Foundation Committee, which pays for the public and free events of Inauguration week. And these donations...
...have her calls returned. When Geena Davis first offered to perform, same story. Bette Midler was asked to sing but -- good heavens! -- was not invited to any parties. By far the most egregious insult was suffered by Paula Abdul. After losing a bid to perform at the Presidential Gala, Abdul was instead requested to appear at the Salute to Youth. Her response: That's not good enough...
Commerce Secretary-designate Ronald Brown was all set to be the guest of honor at a lavish Kennedy Center gala for which a group of corporations were reportedly asked to ante up $10,000 apiece. Among them were Anheuser-Busch, J.C. Penney and PepsiCo. Brown apparently failed to see any prospective conflict of interest, until the press and Clinton himself thought otherwise. Brown canceled...