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...quarreled fiercely over economic resources, like oyster-harvesting rights in Chesapeake Bay, and Congress had no real power to keep the peace. The brief but violent Massachusetts farmers' uprising, known as Shays' Rebellion, had provided a garish vision of things to come. Though it had taken Virginia's James Madison and his like-minded colleagues nearly two years to prepare the way for this "Federal Convention," the scheduled opening day, May 14, came and went without enough delegates to get started. Washington's arrival the previous day was a good omen, though. Without his prestigious presence, there was little hope...
...inscription INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, RED SQUARE. OPENING MAY 28, 1987. Indeed, so persistent was the hoopla surrounding the strange case of Mathias Rust that Soviet Foreign Ministry Spokesman Gennadi Gerasimov jokingly suggested that the "Cessna company organized all of this mess for advertising purposes." Not likely. As they say on Madison Avenue, no one can buy that kind of publicity...
...reality, the days of glory meticulously numbered. Air Force One, soon to be replaced by a grander, fancier model, sits in its hangar eager for a last run around the track. So hail and farewell, Mr. President, and good luck and fun in Europe. The fresh faces of James Madison High School in Vienna, Va., cheer him off from the sweet sweep of the South Lawn. The creaky jet still has some spirit as it thunders up through the gray clouds and is away. The Iran-contra mess seems to fade to a whisper, the deficits and the trade struggle...
Activity: Madison plays the piano, jazz and Gospel, beautifully. "Music was like talking to myself," he says. When he was 10 he had lessons in classical music for 10 months and made progress so fast that in less than a year he found himself playing in a competition for people with four or five years of experience. He said he entered the competition because he wanted to compete with his friend Carl who had been playing for several years. "Madison Sample was cocky at that stage," he admits...
...Madison's mother sings Gospel in church and looks after his father, himself, and his little sister and brother. His father is a bus operator for the Chicago Transit Authority. According to his son, Madison Sample Sr. "went to college for three years. Then I came along. After that he was going from job to job trying to make ends meet... He was interested in sciences also. I used to feel bad about [my father dropping out because I was born...