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...been during his four years in the House pushing legislation that mixes self-reliance and a helping hand. He has offered a plan to revive low-income areas with tax breaks for investment, school vouchers and federal funding for church-sponsored social services. A member of the upstart class of 1994, Watts rode to Washington on a promise to reform welfare, arguing that "race-hustling poverty pimps" in the Democratic Party had used it and other social programs to hook blacks on government checks. But he has also defended affirmative action. The G.O.P. cannot move to dismantle it, Watts...
Picture the good old days of video games. Arcade games were still found in places other than seedy bowling alleys, and "Pac-Man" had his own T.V. cartoon. Formerly cool Atari was being phased out, and an upstart company named Nintendo was emerging. Even better, they were manufacturing something dazzling and new: 8-bit home video games. Crisper graphics, better sound and enough games to make you dizzy with anticipation...
...Shell Trophy Regatta, the co-ed team was equally successful. Captain Pete Strothman and upstart freshman Susan Bonney raced in the Division A double-handed events, while Junior Christian Taubman and Senior Brian Fox sailed in Division...
...punk philosophy, Beck wandered into the limelight as the ultimate slacker geek, announcing his own cheerful uselessness. His clueless sound had a certain novelty appeal, but he seemed less like a suave rock star than like a rock star's whiny younger brother, whose upstart nonsense was original, but couldn't be taken too seriously...
...Frasier. The characters are eccentric and complex, the actors superb, the writers the wittiest bunch ever called into service in TV land, and each episode is more brilliantly structured than the last. I think there should be no question about this show's ability to crush every upstart and retread for five seasons running. Survival of the fittest, I'd say. HOLLIS ASHBY Pacifica, Calif...