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...black division," says Lenny Kravitz, whose guitar-driven music is deeply indebted to the Beatles and Jimi Hendrix, among others. "They would listen and say, 'We hear your talent, but you really can't make this music.' They would try to steer me toward pop." Guitarist Vernon Reid's sound reflects what he recalls as a "heretical" musical upbringing, shaped equally by Chaka Khan and Led Zeppelin. Angry and baffled by the failure of major record labels to acknowledge the music his band, Living Colour, and other adventurous musicians around New York City were making, Reid organized the Black Rock...
...Kennedy in his remarks called his staff "Washington specialists," mystifying the crowd, who wondered whether he employed podiatrists or editors. You could tell you weren't in L.A. when former Nixon aide Leonard Garment picked the movie Nixon to win every category but one, and Clinton pal and lawyer Vernon Jordan said he wasn't paying attention to any event pushing a pig for a prize. National Endowment for the Arts chairwoman Jane Alexander headed upstairs to the Cafritzes' bedroom to watch the show in peace (she won the pool). Carolyn Bessette, Kennedy's girlfriend, who has proved that...
...COURAGE OF WHISTLE-BLOWERS Galatis and Betancourt in fighting for quality and safety in the nuclear-power industry is inspiring. To the Georges, I say please don't give up--you belong with the true heroes of this country. ALLAN BAZZOLI Mount Vernon, Ohio...
After the previous year's struggle to get a financial-disclosure form from the Clintons, it came as no surprise to Vernon Dewey that no updated statement was forthcoming. This year the bank appears to have simply given up. On July 13, Hillary signed and returned just the renewal note. "I am enclosing the renewal note you sent for Bill's and my signature." There is no mention of the financial statement, and none appears to have been submitted...
...initials WS, evidently referring to Wes Strange. According to the document, reasons for the waiver were that the escrow account was making the payments, and the value of the collateral was "sufficient." Still, waiving such a requirement was highly irregular, especially on a commercial loan, and Vernon Dewey felt it was imprudent to do so. For the first time, the bank now had no current financial-disclosure forms for any of the borrowers. This was the only loan in the bank lacking such documentation. As Strange told Dewey, the troublesome loan was just something they'd have to live with...