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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...Smith in New Hampshire, Hank Brown in Colorado and Larry Craig help open Senate seats...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dems Win Key National Contests | 11/7/1990 | See Source »

Cardiomyopathy includes a number of diseases that cause thickening of heart's walls, which is the leading cause of sudden unexpected death among athletes. One of the most notable victims of the disease was Hank Gathers, a basketball player at Loyola/Marymount University who died suddenly during a game in March...

Author: By Mark J. Sneider, | Title: Doctors Isolate Heart Gene | 9/10/1990 | See Source »

...Barbie-Doll Treatment. This strategy -- painting a female foe as simply too sweet for the job -- is being tested by WMCs in several states. In Colorado Republican Senate hopeful Hank Brown dismissed Democrat Josie Heath's written demand that he put in escrow $605,000 raised for his campaign at a luncheon chaired by a Denver developer with the comment, "It's a cute letter, but without substance." Heath snapped back that Brown's remarks were "incredibly patronizing. Modern men and women in this country today are well past using language like 'cute' with a woman's serious request...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A New Ball Game | 9/10/1990 | See Source »

Country and western stations are also getting into the act. Disc jockey Ken Cooper at KZLA in Burbank, Calif., came up with several parodies, such as a twist on Hank Williams Jr.'s "All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight" that goes "All My Saudi Friends are Coming Over Tonight...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Pop Song Parodies Mock Hussein | 8/17/1990 | See Source »

Born Stanley Kirk Burrell, he picked up his stage moniker from A's players who noticed his resemblance to home-run king Hammerin' Hank Aaron (the M.C., added later, stands for Master of Ceremonies, rapspeak for band leader). After a two-year hitch in the Navy, Hammer borrowed some start-up cash from a couple of A's outfielders to launch Bustin' Records. He couldn't play an instrument, and he sang with more enthusiasm than finesse, but his first album, 1988's Let's Get It Started, produced three Top 10 singles. And those hits have just kept...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: M.C. Hammer: U Can't Touch Him | 8/13/1990 | See Source »

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