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When the nominees for the 39th annual Grammy Awards were announced last week, a lot of familiar, if not shopworn, names were on the list, including Bryan Adams, Sheryl Crow and Journey. There were also, thankfully, some fresh, exciting names--the Haitian-American hip-hop band the Fugees certainly deserved their nomination in the Album of the Year category, as teenage country crooner LeAnn Rimes did hers for Best New Artist. But one name stood out from all the others. Or rather, kind of leaned against the wall, looking cooler than everyone else in the vicinity in a throwback...
...local food-distribution company. That and the idea that Dole can't beat Clinton "is a major problem," says Reynolds. "Of the others, Pat Buchanan has the true believers in tow, the types who'll vote even in a blizzard." Gramm too has significant local support, and his shopworn swipe at Dole's age ("I was a high school senior when he was in the Senate") tickled a crowd of about 70 people at Le Mars' Pantry Cafe last Friday...
Part of it is simply a natural fascination with the new. A year ago, about the only people in Europe who had ever heard of Bill Clinton were former Oxford classmates. In contrast to the parliamentary democracies and their endless reshuffling of shopworn faces, America stands unique in its willingness to entrust power to outsiders. Hillary Clinton adds an unexpected twist -- a woman who has earned her place among the shapers of policy through merit as well as marriage. For Europeans, the choice seems clear: Would you rather read about the Clintons or the squabble over agricultural subsidies...
...still too deep in shock to reconsider their options. Some were insisting that they would still cast a protest vote for Perot, whose name will remain on the ballot in half the states or more. In time, many of them will begin warily examining the candidates of the two shopworn parties they abandoned just a few months...
...Shopworn Horrors...