Word: states
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...week's end Texas Governor Bill Clements and other state leaders were getting ready to appoint a special study group to prepare proposals for the legislature, which must come up with a new school-financing plan by May 1, 1990. Everything from a hike in state sales and tobacco taxes to a first-ever state income tax is expected to be on the table. Similar cases are pending in Alaska, Minnesota, North Dakota, Montana, Oregon, Tennessee and New Jersey. These efforts to equalize spending within states, however, may be just warm- ups for a far more radical notion: equalizing spending...
...rhythm -- lots of rhythm -- that accounts for the new craze, and a good deal of the beat comes from the state of Bahia. There, in the Brazilian equivalent of the American Deep South, African tribal dances are blended with European sounds to create the insistent samba; the afoxe, associated with the Afro-Roman Catholic Candomble religion; and the chugging, accordion-dominated forro, which blends African rhythms with Portuguese folk music. Says U.S. guitarist Arto Lindsay, co-producer with Peter Scherer of the latest album by an eminent Brazilian performer, Caetano Veloso: "In Bahia and the north you find the purest...
...tropicalismo to mainstream pop. Multi-instrumentalist Hermeto Pascoal, 50, coaxes music out of everything, it seems, from teapots to hubcaps to sewing machines. Singer- songwriters Djavan, 40, and Ivan Lins, 42, are purveyors of easygoing, soulful music in a sophisticated urban style. Djavan, who hails from the northeastern state of Alagoas, began making records in the mid-1970s; his most recent albums have included songs in English. Lins' songwriting is freighted with rich chord changes; like Djavan, Lins is aiming for mainstream crossover appeal abroad. With this in mind, he sings in English on this year's Love Dance...
...Brazilian star perhaps most widely admired abroad is Nascimento, who credits trumpeter Miles Davis, saxophonist John Coltrane and the Beatles as influences. In airy harmonies that resound with the church music of Minas Gerais, the state in east-central Brazil where he grew up, Nascimento writes uplifting sound poems full of yearning and determination. His music is infused with a near mystical celebration of life and love, coupled with a respect for nature that borders on animism. Ironically, Nascimento's records, as well as those of many of his popular colleagues, have been largely displaced on the radio playlists...
...lurked the probability that sooner rather than later, U.S. muscle would be needed to subdue a tyrant. In the minds of many, a doubt has lingered from last year's presidential campaign over whether Bush had the heart to use power. The explanations of inaction from his Secretaries of State and Defense and his White House staff have echoes of almost every sad incident of our times, going back to Pearl Harbor. Bush's caution will probably not displease the bulk of American people now. But history sorts out the facts and is a harsher judge, not influenced by popularity...