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...more chimerical aspect of Elkies' musical life is his singing. In exactly which register is he most at home? "I have to sing bass in the Glee Club," he responds, adding that "I have sung tenor under duress, and alto under the influence!" His voice, however, is not Elkies' real forte: "It might still be conceivable [for me] to get a career as a professional musician, but not as a singer...
...surely, people aren't going to tune in with the same amount of glee to hear Rush praise Newt, even approving the then $4.5 million book deal as a good example of capitalism. But he insists he's not cozying up to power. "I'm not friends with these people; I want to be free to criticize if need be, if they back off on term limits or a balanced budget." The new Speaker and Rush have spoken, he guesses, only "seven, eight times at the most." Rush has kept less distance from the new members, who have been called...
...right." Like other NAFTA critics, Perot sees Mexico's turmoil as proof at last of the trade pact's perils. And he sees more proof in the offing: after the peso's plunge, with Mexican labor even cheaper, American jobs will head south en masse. The poorly concealed glee of NAFTA's foes gives the Clinton Administration yet another thing to get defensive about. If NAFTA was a blunder, then doubts arise about the centerpiece of Clintonomics: free trade, as in NAFTA, GATT and plans for Pacific Rim and Pan-American trade zones...
Tentatively scheduled to appear at the concert next Saturday in Tercentenary Theater are the Pitches, the Din and Tonics, the Callbacks, the Opportunes, Glee Club Lite, the Veritones and the Kuumba Singers...
...North's travails were met with glee at Robb headquarters, where aides were considering whether to use footage of Nancy Reagan in an ad for their candidate. Robb, after all, has been bathed in shame as well. The Democratic Party's onetime star-in-waiting has been dogged by stories about his attendance at swank parties with alleged drug users while he was Virginia's Governor and his alleged marital infidelities. While refusing to admit specific transgressions, Robb has conceded to having "let my guard down" in the past. That line, joked The Tonight Show host Jay Leno, "is just...