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...Wilder (1981), the second Teardrops record, Cope took over sole songwriting duties, with mixed results. The bouncy "Passionate Friend," with its Beach Boys vocals and a trumpet line that sounds, I swear to God, like the theme song from the '70s sitcom "Love, American Style," somehow manages to avoid collapsing under the weight of its production. "The Great Dominions," on the other hand, is pleasantly ethereal but never gains momentum. Think of it as Cope's "Justify My Love...
...kind of clubhouse deal that irked even diehard Redskins fans, also known as taxpayers. 'Skins owner Jack Kent Cooke and Virginia Governor Douglas Wilder schemed to build a new football stadium in suburban Alexandria, for $160 million of Cooke's money and $130 million in public funds. Cooke would get his name on the building -- and the lion's share of the revenues. But with public outrage mounting, Wilder backtracked, asking Cooke for $40 million in concessions to keep the plan alive. Cooke's answer...
...important to remember that Douglas Wilder, a Black American, is governor of Virginia," Kennedy said. That would not have been possible in his father's time, he said...
...Redskins, that is, to a rail yard in Alexandria, Virginia. No matter that Washington doesn't want the 'Skins to leave and Alexandria doesn't want them to come. In a secret deal whose conspiratorial bravado would have set Boss Tweed and Mark Hanna drooling, Virginia Governor Douglas Wilder offered $130 million to construct roads and rail links to a stadium Cooke would build and own. And Cooke gets to keep all proceeds from food and parking...
Some years back, the Virginia Retirement System, a state pension fund, paid $350 million for these 320 acres of land, intending to develop it for mixed commercial-residential use. This is still mixed use: Cooke has use for free land and Wilder for political glory. Virginians with sharp ears could catch the sound of a state pocket being picked. Says Congressman Jim Moran of a plan that would bring the city few economic perks: "It is a classic case of how not to conduct public policy." Officials in Washington could only fear that getting Skinned meant the town would...