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MARK WHITFIELD: THE MARKSMAN (Warner Bros.). This prodigiously gifted 24-year- old jazz guitarist is right on target with a mellow, bluesy swing that will have you jabbing the "repeat" button before the first tune is over...
...part in it," he has warned his countrymen that they have entered a "period of emergency." In an interview on Israeli television, Shamir said Saddam "wants to involve us in the current confrontation." Defense Minister Moshe Arens concurs: "If somebody in Iraq decides to push a button and launch a ballistic missile, that missile will probably land somewhere in Israel...
Something in the Baton Rouge air must make politicians go partway round the bend. Before their latest session ended, the state legislators pressed every hot-button issue within reach. They not only passed the strictest anti- abortion law adopted by any state since Roe v. Wade but almost passed a measure to encourage the beating of flag burners by reducing the penalty to a $25 fine. Then they approved a law requiring record companies to place warning labels on songs that promote deviant sex, violence, drug abuse, suicide, devil worship or incest...
Republicans are not reaching for the panic button because they believe Bush will escape grievous harm unless fears about the economy become reality. Another reason for their calm is that no Democrats are yet rising as serious challengers for 1992. Nate Landow, Democratic Party chairman in Maryland, concedes, "We're certainly more optimistic now, and there are new opportunities. But I'm not sure we know how to exploit them...
...fossilized skeleton of a giant sloth, a prehistoric creature that--like some college students today--slept 22 hours a day and woke only to eat. And for a positively thrilling afternoon you can't miss "Songs of the Spring Warblers," recorded bird-songs accessible by the touch of a button...