`The militant days of the march seem to be gone. We used to be petitioning for specific issues and rights; now it’s mostly community empowerment.’ — Thomas Bannon, a spectator at Sunday’s 29th annual Chicago Gay and Lesbian Pride Parade & Rally. This year, there were 269 registered parade entries, the most ever.
ASKED WHAT SHE’D BE DOING IN FIVE YEARS, TEEN TENNIS STAR MARTINA HINGIS REPLIED: `I don’t know what is going to happen. Maybe I will be a mother already–No, I hope not. I want to enjoy my life first.’
`We were a bit hurt.’
Yoko Ono, disappointed about not being invited to a recent memorial service for Linda McCartney in New York.
`These are not American rights or European rights or developed-world rights. They are the birthrights of people everywhere.’
President Clinton, speaking Monday about human rights in China.
`That’s like throwing a deck chair off the Titanic.
Cubs Manager Jim Riggleman, not overly optimistic that Sunday’s win, which snapped a seven-game losing streak, will end the Cubs’ slump.
`They are dealing with common cases that people face every day.’
Robin Conrad, senior vice president for the legal arm of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, referring to the cases heard this year by the Supreme Court.
`Freshman All-Star.’
U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin’s classification in Washingtonian magazine’s annual list flattering–or criticizing–members of the U.S. Congress.
`Sufficient power should be available to meet Monday’s demand.’
Gary Wald, a ComEd spokesman, reassuring the public after a switch malfunction and weekend storms caused two Quad Cities reactors to conk out.
`Supermax.’
The nickname for the maximum-security federal prison that houses Theodore Kaczynski (the Unabomber), Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh and World Trade Center bombing mastermind Ramzi Yousef.
`I feel more at home with each show, and I look forward to being around for a long time.’
Talk-show host Magic Johnson, whose 3-week-old program has had poor ratings and reviews.
`Stonewall.’
The event that sparked the modern-day gay and lesbian rights movement. When New York City police raided a gay bar named the Stonewall Inn on June 27, 1969, a riot ensued, with bar patrons fighting police with fists and clubs.
`Everything is washed away. Our road looks like a river with a telephone pole sticking in it.
Lois Harman, as brown water rushed past her house Sunday in Clendenin, W.Va.
