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Whatever Souter's fitness for the court, his relative obscurity has prompted many to reflect unhappily that the path to the high bench may now be open only to candidates who leave few footprints on the way. A large and respected body of commentary on constitutional law -- the very thing that used to be considered an important qualification for any would-be Justice -- appears to have become a disadvantage instead. Asks Arizona Senator John McCain, a Republican: "Should law students in America now be saying to themselves, 'I better not write or speak on controversial issues if I aspire...
...House Armed Services Committee. To avoid offending any of the Kentucky distillers, Hopkins' wife Carolyn will break a bottle filled with a blend of bourbons from all the state's producers. The Navy professes no major qualms about this departure from tradition.Says a spokesman wryly: "The spirit's the thing...
Then came window coverings, more fun than a ramble around Cripple Creek. "They wanted to get more aggressively into imports, so here I am, 23 or 24, on an eight-week trip to Europe, India, Japan. I truly thought I'd gone to heaven." Same thing with decorative pillows: "I had a collection of Seurat and Van Gogh made out of needlepoint in India. I merchandized them as art, not pillows -- $500 apiece. They sold out in one day, so I didn't have time to enjoy the fun." And lamps: "You pick up shells, antique tea cans, baskets, boxes...
...such now established upstart labels as A&M and Geffen. With their sizzling track record, the two partners expect the company to grow rapidly, even in the face of a sluggish economy. "When people feel good they buy records," says Bandier. "When they are sad they do the same thing...
Stripped of ethnic and regional antagonisms, Yugoslav nationalism could be a positive force. It helped Tito maintain autonomy against the aggressive designs of Stalin -- and in that sense was an early harbinger of the freedom Eastern Europe has now found. "Nationalism is not necessarily a bad thing," argues Miroslav Hroch, a historian at Prague's Charles University. He believes after four decades of communism it is inevitable that people will seek a national identity. "An old order has collapsed, and people have to belong to something," he says. "There is nothing wrong with their rallying to the flag." True...