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...Barbra Streisand used her speech at the Kennedy School's ARCO Forum last night to defend the art world from what she said was a "resurgent reactionary mood" sweeping America...
...does not exist only to entertain," Streisand said, attacking consevatives' calls to eliminate federal funding for the arts. "To force us to conform to some rigid notion of mainstream American values is to weaken the very foundation of American democracy...
...Streisand's long career in the arts encompassesdirecting, producing, writing and legendary screenand stage performances...
After a long hiatus from public performances,Streisand launched a concert tour last year,causing a national sensation. Tickets for herappearances sold privately...
...raise a projected $2 million for fees in the Whitewater probe and thePaula Jones case, collected $608,000 in its first six months, according to figures disclosed today. Among the 5,865 donors from all 50 states were former President Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalynn, and entertainers Barbra Streisand, Sean Penn and Garrison Keillor. (The average donation was $104, but the notables contributed the $1,000 limit.) Also on the list: several of Washington's top-tier lobbyists, who gave before Clinton vowed to stop takingsuch donationsafter criticism from Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole...