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...Nicaragua, Ortega went to unusual lengths to demonstrate his commitment to the Guatemala agreement. His boldest gesture was to name Miguel Cardinal Obando y Bravo, one of the Sandinistas' harshest critics, to a four-person commission that will oversee Managua's compliance with the plan. While State Department Spokeswoman Phyllis Oakley applauded Obando's appointment, she charged that "the Sandinistas have stacked the council in their favor...
Ortega seems eager, however, to give at least the appearance of cooperation. He quickly formed the Nicaraguan version of the "national reconciliation commission" that each country must set up to monitor compliance with the pact. He invited opposition political groups and Miguel Cardinal Obando y Bravo, the archbishop of Managua, to nominate candidates for the four-person panel. As a friendly gesture to Arias, Nicaragua dropped its lawsuit in the World Court charging Costa Rica with violating international law by harboring contras...
Programming is so important that a New Age breed of crystal therapists has sprung up to teach the uninitiated how to harness their rock power. Brett Bravo, 54, who was raised a strict Methodist in Texas, left organized religion in l975 to follow her "evolutionary spiritual path" to Solana Beach, Calif., where she conducts weekly seminars on how to program crystals. In a $45 one-day session, participants learn to cure ailments, erase negativity and recharge energy stores. "The way the stones heal," claims Bravo, "is by man's electrical field combining with the crystal's electromagnetic field. This affects...
After repeated exclamations of "Bravo" had subsided, Peabody Professor of Music Lewis H. Lockwood began the discussion of the work by saying, "Anyone who knows Beethoven, knows this work represents part of a collective landmark in the history of string quartets...
...donations, will help provide clothing, household goods and temporary shelter for the 92,000 people evacuated from Ukrainian towns near the dangerously radioactive plant. Last week's event featured laser beams, smoke machines, a henna-haired singer named Alla Pugachova and bands with names like Autograph, Kruiz and Bravo...