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...deliver his speech outside if he were not welcome inside. The convention will clearly be under Dole's control, and though the candidate has given ground on platform language to the most staunchly pro-life factions of the party, he has no intention of watching on as his thunder is taken by the runner-up. Buchanan's memorable 1992 convention address, in which he declared a cultural and religious war, both fired up the troops and turned off moderate voters, whom Dole needs. In contrast, the video format would lend itself to a more cerebral feel. Buchanan will hold...
...rights, Michael Johnson belongs in the other Beverly Hills. At 28 he is the reigning world champion in both the 200 meters and the 400 meters, two races as different as, say, Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly. One is lightning, the other thunder. Yet Johnson has won 18 straight 200s--make that 19--and 51 consecutive 400s--make that 52--and this July he will attempt to become the first man to win the 200 and the 400 in the same Summer Games. Olympic and international track officials had to rearrange the schedule to accommodate Johnson, but the payoff...
...buying votes is common the world over, so is the attempt of one politician to steal his rival's thunder. Yeltsin began his campaign by promising he would not "deviate from [his reforms] a single centimeter. A halt or any attempt to reverse them," he said ominously, "would deal a crushing blow to the country from which it might never recover." But the officials most closely associated with his reforms have been fired, and more than once Yeltsin has said he is still "for reforms, but not at any price; I am for correcting the course...
...decades has become America's most important and daring jazz vocalist," says TIME's Christopher John Farley. "Her voice has the heavy, rolling darkness of a storm cloud, but Wilson isn't given to flashy lightning vocals. She finds emotion in restraint -- her voice murmurs low like distant thunder, or strikes a brief, bright note, like sunlight after rain. New Moon Daughter stands as Wilson?s most emotionally rewarding album, a mellow but challenging crescendo of themes from her past work...
...month Winston Cup season gets under way following last weekend's Daytona 500 opener, this year's success promises to be even bigger. New speedways are under construction in Southern California and Texas, and this fall NASCAR races will be held in Suzuka, Japan. The first NASCAR Thunder retail outlet, a store that will feature NASCAR insignia clothing, souvenirs and artwork, will open in Atlanta in April. As early as September, the first NASCAR Cafe, a theme restaurant, will start serving in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. By 1998 the association hopes to lift its sales of trinkets, clothing and other...