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...recommendations came from U.S. Customs Commissioner William von Raab, architect of the Administration's controversial zero-tolerance program, which briefly made headlines with the seizure of huge yachts found to be carrying minute amounts of drugs. Some suggestions are mild -- withholding some federal aid from states that fail to adopt strict antidrug policies. Others are radical -- flooding the market with "benign pseudo drugs" to confuse users. Says Von Raab: "The American people are going to have to suffer some inconvenience in order to win this...
...transcends popular stereotypes. In Istanbul they jam the Topkapi Palace to gaze at the 400-room harem of the sultanate and to view its incomparable treasury of emeralds, diamonds, gold and ivory. They pack the Blue Mosque and the other masterpieces of Mehmet Aga, Turkey's great 17th century architect. Bargain hunters fill the cavernous covered bazaar looking for rugs, leather goods and gold. To the south, near Izmir, tour guides jockey for position at the ruins of Ephesus, where the main attraction is the Temple of Artemis, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. In Cappadocia...
Internationally famous architect LeCorbusier built the center. And center affiliate Michael A. Callahan left it--taking an unpaid leave of absence to protest the failure to repair the rails...
Noted Bauhaus architect Walter Gropius founded. The Architects' Collaborative, the firm that has designed Copley Place and many other projects. At the time of the founding, Gropius was serving as dean of the Graduate School of Design. Because of his affiliation with the University, he wanted to stay in Cambridge, says Elizabeth M. Pietrzak, a marketing assistant with the company...
Many seem resigned to that situation. "Women are not suited for administrative positions overseeing men," says Maria Shaulov, 39, who was an architect in Leningrad before moving to New York City last October. Her view is typical even among the educated. "Somehow I feel that for a woman to be the boss is against the natural order...