Word: vocalisms
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Although President Clinton should reestablish friendly relations with Cuba, as he did with Vietnam, he will probably continue the status quo. There is no lobby for ending restrictions on Cuba, while many vocal Cuban-Americans, as well as cranky and aging cold warriors such as Jesse Helms, think that Clinton is too soft on Castro...
...Faces and Madonna in Evita), and each is featured on the sound track of her film. Houston's Preacher (in stores Nov. 12) represents a change of pace for the mainstream megastar. Half the CD is pop, and half is gospel, a genre that should provide Houston with a vocal challenge worthy of her abilities. Streisand's Mirror (Nov. 12) also offers a mix; it's mostly music from the movie score, plus two pallid numbers by Bryan Adams (a duet with Barbra) and Richard Marx, with just one lush solo turn by Streisand. She's too good...
...this year, discussion of the Finance Committee has become increasingly vocal, shifting the focus onto a committee whose grants process has been compared by some observers to a bad welfare program...
...Congressman as solidly liberal as his district, 21-year incumbent Waxman is a Los Angeles institution. He has led the Democratic charge to strengthen environmental regulations and create a national health-care system. His vocal attacks on tobacco earned him a trip to court, thanks to a suit by cigarette giant Brown & Williamson. But this popular and tough Democratic strategist is an odds-on favorite to win again...
...Rockefeller, a descendent of the oil baron, is in a good position to win a third term: few have heard of his challenger, and the G.O.P. hasn't won a Senate race in West Virginia since 1956. A vocal supporter of the ill-fated Clinton health-care-reform plan, he would still like to guarantee medical coverage for every American. Rockefeller came to the state in 1964 as a VISTA volunteer and is a devoted advocate for children and family issues...