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...Michael W. Smith, both veteran performers in the world of Christian music, saw albums they released in '95 climb higher on the charts than any of their previous releases (Chapman's The Music of Christmas peaked at No. 61, Smith's I'll Lead You Home hit No. 16). Newer acts, such as religious rappers turned alternative rockers DC Talk and the hip-hop-influenced gospel group Kirk Franklin and the Family, have also performed strongly on the newly configured charts--and that success has sparked interest in the music industry and the media. Says Bruce Koblish, executive director...
...this climate, a new kind of retailing culture has emerged--one divided between discount kings with the technology to dominate (Wal-Mart and cavernous "category killer" outlets like Sports Authority and Circuit City electronics stores) and discount kings with the nerve to sell a little flair. "The newer national chains have come in with better technology, better inventory control and better investing management than the older regional companies," concedes Michael Sherman, executive vice president of Jamesway. That situation forced the 34-year-old retailer to liquidate its merchandise and close its 90 East Coast stores...
...here should be limited to old-fashioned prime-time network TV--the fairest way, after all, to draw a comparison with TV's pre-cable Bronze Age. A list of indispensable current series, besides those already mentioned, would include the mighty, acerbic Roseanne, still potent after seven-plus seasons; newer shows now hitting their stride, like Mad About You, The X-Files, Friends, NewsRadio and the wonderful Homicide, more vivid and biting than its more illustrious rival NYPD Blue. Among the season's new shows, American Gothic, Ned and Stacey and The Bonnie Hunt Show are all odd and worth...
...majority of entries are the clever coinages of military folk, who seem over the ages to have had little more to do than embroider their vocabulary with ever newer inventions. Ask any soldier to count the entries, and he will say there are three hundred and sixty-f---ing-five of them. Were it not for our brave fighting men, this book would be a booklet...
...TOURISM, Sept. 25] but a bit careless. The statement that gays "typically have far more disposable income than do straights" and the quote from the pollster who says that gays "clearly spend disproportionately more on travel than any other group" can only serve to fan the flame of a newer, supposedly more positive stereotype of gay and lesbian people. But still a stereotype. JEFFREY MOSTADE Cleveland, Ohio Via E-mail...