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About 1400 of the permits CIEE issues each year are for work in England--one of the most popular countries for work abroad because it presents no language barrier...
...penetrating the thicket of people surrounding celebrities. Stars get heat rash in the constant glare of public scrutiny. If they do not have a thick skin, they get a thick entourage." Despite the difficulties presented by this fortress mentality, there is a need for it. Says Worrell: "Celebrities build barriers to protect themselves from the overcurious public. Unfortunately, a barrier can turn into a prison, an enchanted prison but nonetheless a prison...
Surprisingly, a poet has proved most successful in breaking through the language barrier. Joseph Brodsky, 43, one of the finest Russian poets of his generation, has been rendered into English by such distinguished American colleagues as Richard Wilbur, Anthony Hecht and Howard Moss. Brodsky has even acted as his own translator for two of the poems included in his latest collection, A Part of Speech (Farrar, Straus & Giroux). Currently a New York City resident, Brodsky has been covered with honors, prizes and fellowships, including a $208,000 Mac Arthur Foundation award in 1981. Manifestly, he has traveled a vast distance...
Other possible devices include greasing the goalposts, constructing a barrier around them, providing more police protection, and making announcements that it is illegal to destroy goalposts...
...career. The English ice-dancing couple, Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean, gave the Winter Olympics its first utterly flawless exhibition: nine perfect marks of 6.0 from nine judges. But Gary Beacom, a Canadian skater, became so enraged over his marks from the judges that he kicked the rinkside barrier. American Ice Dancers Judy Blumberg and Michael Seibert likewise lashed out in frustration, though in words only, after seeing their hopes for a medal disappear at the whim of a single judge and her totally bewildering scores. Meanwhile, America's ice princess, Rosalynn Sumners, the reigning world champion, overplayed...