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Many observers find in the ascendancy of Michael Jackson the ultimate personification of the androgynous rock star. His high-flying tenor makes him sound like the lead in some funked-up boys choir, even as the sexual dynamism irradiating from the arch of his dancing body challenges Government standards for a nuclear meltdown. His lithe frame, five-fathom eyes, long lashes might be threatening if Jackson gave, even for a second, the impression that he is obtainable. But the audience's sense of his sensuality becomes quite deliberately tangled with the mirror image of his life: the good...
Before Jerusalem's reunification, the Jewish Quarter in the Old City was almost totally destroyed. A simple arch rising from the ruins of the Hurva, the most prominent of the old synagogues, is a deliberate reminder of the ravage, and a rebuilt quarter is emerging as a showcase for a new architecture of context. About a third of the residential work was done by internationally known Moshe Safdie, who teaches at Harvard and has done some of his best work in Jerusalem. It is as "modern" as anything touted in the architectural magazines, yet disciplined by the unique constraints...
...attempts to draft former West Virginia Gov. Arch A. Moore Jr. in the race against present Gov. John D. Rockefeller IV have so far been unsuccessful. Moore could provide Rockefeller with a tough fight for the seat from which long-time Senator Jennings Randolph is retiring...
...days ago. Amid shouted "amens" from the congregation, preacher after preacher mounted the pulpit to testify. "Blacks are God's chosen people," thundered one; "I do believe Ethiopia shall rise," shouted another. Then came the most celebrated preacher among them, Democratic Presidential Candidate Jesse Jackson. Standing under an arch outlined in blue and gold, Jackson delivered his message: "Some of you might not give $1,000, but you're gonna give...
...worker at Madison Square Garden during a stay in New York City. The publisher of his first novel, Cup of Gold, a lush fantasy about the pirate Henry Morgan, promptly went belly-up. So did his next two publishers. It was not until 1935, with Tortilla Flat, a somewhat arch dramatization of the lives of Mexican Americans, that Steinbeck had his first success...