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rM This section is recyclable Thursday, January 21 1 993 Austin American-Statesman A 1 3 Did Hillary's hat have life of its own? Several designers outfit first lady Clintons, Gores do victory dances at inaugural balls 4 AP dressed in formal tuxedo tops with jean bottoms chanted "Chelsea, Chelsea" and wouldn't let the new president talk at first. "Wait a minute, I've got to say something," Clinton said. "I think everybody here knows that MTV had a lot to do with the Clinton-Gore victory. One of the things I am proudest of is that you people turned out in record numbers." A few minutes later, at the Arkansas ball, the revelers went wild when a trumpet flourish announced the arrival of the couple many of the 13,000 jammed into the Washington Convention Center hall claimed to know personally. "First of all, let me be really serious," said Clinton.

"Doesn't Hillary look great?" The crowd bellowed their approval Shortly after that, he and the new first lady took the floor to dance to Kenny Loggins' rendition of You're the Biggest Part of Me. And then, Clinton broke into a boogie as the band began to sing, Don't Mesa With Bill Mike Bearden, an Arkansas state senator who had made the trip from Osceola, with his family said he came because "I felt like it was a situation they'd never have a chance to do again." Though home-state boy Al Gore didn't show up for hours, the 8,000 celebrants at the Tennessee Inaugural Ball at the Washington Hilton filled two ballrooms and seemingly several square miles of the capital with rompin', stompin' country music from such Volunteer State talent as the Dixie Chicks, Jerry Jeff Walker, Ro-seanne and Susan Cash, and Jim- By Cathy Horyn Washington Post Service WASHINGTON One sort of wonders what Barbara Bush was thinking Wednesday when Tipper Gore and Hillary Clinton stepped out of the Capitol in their bonnets Barbara Bush, who's never cared much about fashion and never worn a hat except in the rain. Here were two ostensibly modern women done up in the manner of the newly arrived and before noon. There was Tipper Gore in her purple coat with her matching stole and matching hat and, well, it was all fairly matchy-matchy, the result of super-coordination and, one suspects, temporary fashion delirium. As for Hillary Clinton, there were moments on the podium when she appeared to be a hat, a coat and a face a blur of blue without a neck but with a bow, a figure perhaps too proper and primly cloaked.

All along there has been this sense of wanting to please. Hillary Clinton's inaugural suit, in a miniature plaid of fuchsia and yellow, was created by Arkansas designer Connie Fails, as was the cadet-blue princess coat, an ensemble that, on television at least, seemed to pop and glow with the intensity of a Las Vegas floor show. The hat was made by a Connecticut designer named Darcy Creech, and although it was done with the coat in mind, it seemed to have a life of its own. One will never know what mystical association with newly gained power drives wives to wear hats on Inauguration Day. By Lisa Anderson and Michael Kilian Knight-Rldder Tribune News Service 'WASHINGTON Shoulder to shoulder in more ways than one, Bill Clinton's faithful jammed into (he ballrooms of the nation's capital Wednesday night for their long-awaited, sweet dance of victory.

And sweet it was for the throng Of Hollywood stars and more than 70,000 mostly ordinary Americans, many of whom had never attended an inaugural ball and had been turned on by the campaign of the saxophone-playing president. "And Clinton did not disappoint them. At the Arkansas ball, one of the evening's 11 official balls, he accepted a saxophone from musician Ben E. King and played Your Momma Don't Dance and Your Daddy Don't Rock 'n' Roll to the delight of the people from his home state. His all-star band included Kenny Loggins, Dionne Warwick, Carole King, Bruce Hornsby and Chuck Berry.

Earlier, he danced with his wife, Hillary, who was wearing a glittering, purple gown and took a moment to tell the faithful that his inauguration had turned out to be Mthe best people's inaugural that's ever been done." Fittingly, Clinton, his wife, and their 12-year-old daughter, Chelsea, chose a ball sponsored by MTV for their first appearance in aT long evening of dance and celebration. He entered to a recording of his campaign's theme song, Fleetwood Mac's Don't Stop Thinking About Tomorrow. The youthful crowd President Clinton and his wife, Hillary, dance at the Arkansas ball, one of 1 1 Inaugural balls, at the Washington Convention Center on Wednesday. The threat of a cold January day may have Inspired Hillary Clinton to wear a hat made by a Connecticut designer, Darcy Creech. Clinton returned to the White House late in the afternoon to be dressed for the inaugural balls by Sarah Phillips, who designed her blue-violet lace sheath with its iridescent mousseline overskirt; and Barbara Matera, the New York costume designer whose workroom made it.

The dress, which took nearly five weeks to be sewn and embroidered with crystals and beads, arrived in Washington Tuesday with Matera and her husband, Arthur. The lace sheath traveled in a box in the cockpit of the Delta Shuttle, and spent the night under lock and key in the manager's office of the Omni Shor-eham hotel, where Matera and Phillips are staying. i 1 AP States ball at the Kennedy Center to hear Linda Ronstadt and the band Posse at one end of the Great Hall and Little Richard, backed by the Arsenio Hall TV show band, at the other end. No one asked Davis to dance and she stood at the edge of the crowd mostly alone. Nearby was Mary Travers of Peter, Paul and Mary, who was off-duty and having a good time.

Gore could find frustration in defining his role in office No, but Sahm and his band have been arresting crowds with their lively music. People spilled out of the music tent and into the streets when the Texas Tornados played at America's Reunion on the Mall on Sunday. Parents swung their children to the Tex-Mex beat, and solo dancers swirled and whirled. Eatery to Clinton: 'Say cheese' The Austin Grill, where a party was hosted by folks from San Antonio on Tuesday night, was one of George and Barbara Bush's favorite Washington eateries. In fact, the back corner booth on the second level used to have their picture there.

No more. Julian Read, the restaurant's public relations executive, said it has been replaced with a hand-scrawled sign that says, "Hey Bill, your table's ready." Better raise that line of credit John Hatch, an Austin Democratic political worker who is employed in Gov. Ann Richards' criminal justice division, says he was stunned when he received a call from his credit card company asking if it was OK to charge $76,000 worth of inaugural ball tickets to his card. No, it wasn't all right, Hatch replied. He only wanted two tickets.

Somehow, his credit card number had been used for the entire Texas Democratic Party's order. They fixed that problem, but, Hatch said, "I get up here, and they didn't have any tickets for me." Woman arrested on gun charge A woman with a automatic pistol was arrested on the Capitol grounds Wednesday morning about four hours before the inauguration, police said. The woman, identified as Sandra J. Nickler, 36, of New Haven, was carrying the gun for her own protection, according to U.S. Capitol Police.

She was charged with carrying a pistol without a license. First daughter makes the rounds Chelsea Clinton, the 12-year old daughter of the first couple, was making the rounds of inaugural balls and parties Wednesday night. "Shell go until she gets tired," said White House press secretary Dee Dee Myers. Chelsea also is expected to be with her parents at least part of the time during this morning's open house at the White House. Bible used by Clinton from his grandmother From Staff and Wire Reports WASHINGTON The passage of Scripture quoted by President Clinton on Wednesday near the end of his inaugural address came from Paul's letter to the Galatians 6:9: "And let us not be weary in well-doing, for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not." Clinton took the oath of office with his hand on a King James Bible given to him by his grandmother.

Sun shines on Inauguration Day Washington's notoriously unreliable January weather was bright and sunny for the new president's inaugural. The National Weather Service reported an official noon temperature of 39 degrees at National Airport. Rest easy, the movers made it When Clinton's limousine drove to the White House, the new president and his family pulled up behind a white-and-red moving van with Arkansas tags. "Y'all made it, huh?" Clinton said to the movers. Bush joins elite presidential group George Bush is only the fifth president this century who had to suffer through watching the guy who beat him get sworn in.

Other presidents who were beaten for re-election in the 20th century include William Taft, Herbert Hoover, Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter. Music arresting, musician safe Before Texas musician Doug Sahm went to Washington to play at several inaugural events, his 7-year-old grandson, Earl McCoy of San Antonio, had a question: "Grandpa, what's going to happen if Mr. Clinton doesn't like the music you play? He wouldn't put you in jail, would he?" By Earl Lane Los Angeles Times Service WASHINGTON During the post-inauguration luncheon Wednesday at the Capitol with members of Congress, President Clinton was given a crystal bowl by Sen. Wendell Ford, D-Ky. Ford, the head of the inaugural committee, then turned to Al Gore.

"And now, Mr. Vice President, I'm pleased to present you with a somewhat smaller bowl on behalf of the Congress." Gore joined in the good-natured laughter. But the symbolic reminder of Gore's secondary role in the new administration was apt. With his perfect diction and often wooden demeanor, Gore has embarked on what experts say will be a challenging, at times frustrating, effort to bring clout to an office that historically has been a political backwater. tGore, 44, took the oath to become the United States' 45th vice president, with his hand on a Bible that was a gift from his father, former Tennessee Sen.

Albert Gore Sr. He was flanked by his wife, Tipper, and four children Kar-enna, 19, Kristin, 16, Sarah, 13, and Albert III, 10. -Bred of a political family and with immense ambition of his own, Gore has been serving as Clinton's master of ceremonies and chief cheerleader during this week's round of inaugural events. He leaves behind a secure career in the Senate for an uncertain and largely undefined role in the Clinton my Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band. The place really began shaking when Susan Cash blasted out a high decibel Rocky Top, Tennessee in response to a request from the bandstand to "let Washington know we're here." Some stars showed up for inaugural balls.

Geena Davis, Kim Ba-singer and her boyfriend, Alec Baldwin, came to the Western Clinton of their hopes for a partnership in the White House, experts say that the realities of governing will soon intervene. "Gore and Clinton have developed such high expectations of what their relationship will be that Gore is bound to end up disappointed," said Michael Nelson, author of a study of the vice presidency and a political scientist at Rhodes College in Memphis, Tenn. "There had been all this rhetoric of partnership, but the nature of the presidency is that presidents don't have partners. They only have subordinates." "We've done everything we've done by consensus in here," Clinton said of Gore in a recent Wall Street Journal interview. But whether the two baby boomers will be able to maintain that close working relationship in the rough and tumble of the White House remains to be seen.

"Nobody who knows Gore thinks he's cut out to be happy being No. 2 for long," Nelson said. Scott Hajost, a Washington analyst with the Environmental Defense Fund who has watched Gore closely during his Senate career, said that he saw potential for a strong working relationship between Gore and Clinton. Gore's strengths include his knowledge of science and technology policy and his familiarity with the congressional process. It is unclear whether he will follow Dan Quayle's path as head of advisory groups such as the National Space Council or the Council on Competitiveness.

make his own starting with Iraq, where President Saddam Hussein will be certain to test the new U.S. leader. Moreover, Clinton arrives just as the alliance that Bush crafted against Iraq is showing fissures. The new president must find a way to complete the U.S. humanitarian mission in Somalia.

At the same time, he must deal with growing demands to rescue civilians in the former Yugoslavia from the horrors of civil war. And lurking just beyond, are such problems as keeping Russia from exploding as its economy teeters on the brink of ruin and restoring democracy to Haiti to prevent a new refugee influx. The urgency of international affairs could, at least, buy Clinton extra time as he prepares to tackle -the othejr major challenge of his Albert Gcro Jr. Age and birth data: 44, March 31, 1948 Education: Bachelor's degree in government with honors. Harvard University, 1959; attended Vanderbflt University law school and divinity schools.

Experience: House of Representatives 1976-84; U.S. Senate 1984-93; unsuccessfully sought Democratic presidential nomination In 1988; elected vice president of the United States in 1992. Personal: Wife, Mary Elizabeth "Tipper" Gore; daughters Kar-enna, Kristin, Sarah; and son, Albert III. White House. In brief remarks at Wednesday's luncheon, Gore said that he was "honored to accept this new responsibility and this awesome challenge as a partner in doing everything I possibly can to make BUI Clinton the best and most successful president our nation has ever known." Gore and Clinton alike say that they have formed a close bond during the campaign and transition.

During his remarks at the lunch, Clinton mentioned that he and Gore had stayed up late the night before talking about their hopes for the United States and the job they face. But despite the talk by Gore and Ansiysis cans into harm's way, since he had avoided military service in Vietnam. Now he becomes the first president since the Vietnam War to inherit a military conflagration. With relatively little foreign policy experience, he must turn his talent for being a fast learner to setting the nation's course in an unsteady post-Cold War world. With the exception of Harry Truman, who took office in 1945 while World War II was raging, "Bill Clinton is inheriting the biggest batch of foreign-policy confusion in my memory," former President Jimmy Carter told CNN on Wednesday.

For weeks, Clinton stood staunchly behind President Bush's foreign policies. He now must Parties end, work begins for nation's new commander in chief Despite the magnitude of the challenges, the new president will have a Congress controlled by his own party and anxious to make his presidency succeed. And he comes on a wave of rising public good will. Although he won office with less than an absolute majority, Clinton now has the good will of more than 80 percent of the public, a bipartisan poll showed shortly before the inauguration. "Voters have strong positive feelings about the Clinton-Gore team," said Celinda Lake, a Democratic pollster who helped conduct the survey.

The public "desperately" wants the new administration to "succeed in doing something about the serious problems the country faces," she said. This article includes material from The Associated Press. new presidency: fulfilling dozens of very specific promises he made to the American people. "Campaign promises and running a government are two relatively unrelated topics," said Eddie Mahe, a Republican strategist. Even so, Clinton will try to deliver on a handful of promises by quickly ending the "gag rule" that bans abortion counseling at family planning clinics and canceling some special privileges of federal office holders.

But the big promises will be much tougher to fulfill. He has vowed to "rebuild America" by spending $20 billion a year on transportation and other public works, to let any student repay the cost of college by working in a national service job, and boost spending for education and child welfare. Yet in hi book Putting People First, he said he would not raise income taxes for anyone but those with incomes of $200,000 or more. And he promised to chop the federal deficit in half in four years. Recently, as the White House forecast higher budget deficits, Clinton backed away from cutting the deficit by 50 percent.

He also has warned he might not deliver the middle-class tax break he proposed during the campaign. Clinton will have dozens of similar balancing acts to perform. With a broad coalition that is defined more by a desire for change than by a unifying philosophy, he might need all of Solomon's wisdom to lead his administration. Perhaps most difficult of all, he has promised to provide a comprehensive answer to one of the most complex problems in the nation today, soaring health costs. By Julia Malone Cox News Service WASHINGTON And now comes the hard part.

With the strains of the rock lyric "Don't stop thinking about tomorrow" still echoing from four days of festivities, the 42nd president of the United States is waking up today to face grave crises abroad that threaten to crowd out simmering problems at home. As a candidate, Bill Clinton promised to focus "like a laser beam" on the nation's economy. As commander in chief, President Clinton takes over at a time when U.S. warplanes are dropping bombs on Iraq and U.S. troops are braving sniper fire to bring food to starving people in Somalia.

-Opponents once challenged Clinton's ability to send Ameri-.