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...soloists were, of course, quite good, especially Babcock, whose lovely tone compensated for the poverty of her themes. Chang was, if anything, a bit too thin--though this effect may well have been due to Sanders' acoustics, which make it difficult to hear at the extreme edges of each tier of seats. Vosgerchian, meanwhile, was a beatific presence, smiling and swaying joyously throughout; even what appeared to be a nasty fall, on the way to receiving her applause, didn't change her expression...
...HOUGHTON (R) District 31 (Southern tier--Jamestown; Elmira; Corning...
...ROEMER (D) District 3 (Northern Tier--South Bend; Elkhart...
...people betting that a league can succeed. "What we saw at the Olympics was the U.S. Women's Dream Team drawing the largest crowds in the history of women's basketball, 35,000 for the final game in the Georgia Dome, which is a lot for a traditionally second-tier sport," says TIME's Sally B. Donnelly. "The ABL is betting that if 35,000 people will come to see a game, many more will watch it on television." For fans who don't believe a game without the men's flash and speed is worth watching, the league...
...drew the party faithful. A Dole campaign stop was not Reaganesque (20,000 adoring college students) or Bushian (mom and pop and the kids in the city square). Dole's crowds were 400 and 600, often at small, third-tier colleges, and they were Republican believers. One night, on the Wednesday before the voting, at the Pontchartrain Center outside New Orleans, about 700 people showed up, a big crowd. It was dinnertime, after work, and they could have been home relaxing, watching TV, helping with homework, but instead they got in the van and drove on the highway to stand...