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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...funding of abortions for poor women who are victims of rape and incest but holds out hopes for a congressional compromise that would "avoid a veto on my part." He said he would "see if there is room for flexibility" when Senate and House negotiators work out a compromise version of a bill that now would allow such federal payments...
...phenomenal, her stage presence at once imposing and inviting. Pfeiffer gives to Suzie Diamond such a joyous, sultry energy that all who listen feel the spirit of the music surround and lift them. They actually believe and wish all those old torch songs to be true. Suzie's version of "Machine' Whoopee" on top of Jack's piano is straight out of Hollywood history and perfectly executed...
MALCOLM MCLAREN AND THE BOOTZILLA ORCHESTRA: WALTZ DARLING (Epic). Berserk and beautiful: classical waltz music funked up for dancing by rock's baddest bad boy. McLaren is like a compact-disc version of Ken Russell -- funny, vulgar and endlessly inventive...
...most startling symptom of dovishness came from the Pentagon, in the just-released 1989 edition of Soviet Military Power. In the past, the Defense Department has used its annual threat assessment to present the latest scary examples of Soviet high-tech weaponry. This year's version features a cover photo of Soviet soldiers in retreat from Afghanistan under the headline "Prospects for Change." The report concludes, "Today the likelihood of conflict between the U.S. and the Soviet Union is perhaps as low as it has been at any time in the postwar era." Admiral William Crowe, who retired last week...
President Bush's version of the "choice" idea focuses on two major plans: magnet schools, which attract students by developing specialties in areas like drama and science; and open enrollment, which permits parents to move their children from schools they do not like to ones they...