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George Bush, who has been filling senior slots at a fairly brisk pace, has been criticized for not filling them more rapidly. In fact, the Bush transition has in some respects been going on for a long time. Attorney General Dick Thornburgh and Secretary of Education Lauro Cavazos, whom Bush has reappointed to their Cabinet posts, first took over from their Reaganite predecessors months ago. How much good early appointments will do Bush is another question. The last transition team, Ronald Reagan's in 1980, hit the ground stumbling. Its selection of second- and third-level personnel was notoriously constipated...
...twins. She decided it was a shame to bronze over the trendy, brightly hued designs of modern baby shoes, so she dipped a pair of castoffs in resin. Liking the result, Elliot launched a glazing service called Clear Memories in a Nordstrom's department store. Business has been brisk ever since. For $37 to $45, Elliot will glaze a pair of shoes and mount them on a base of lucite, marble or wood...
...this point, Harvard was leading B.C. by 50 points. The Crimson soared ahead with another monopoly in the 200-yd. butterfly. Freshman Courtney Chubb pulled a stunning first career win in a brisk 2:07.21, trailed by classmate Stacie Duncan in second and Meyer in third. All of these times qualified the swimmers for Easterns...
...verge of becoming a distaff Death in Venice, with another cerebral outsider succumbing to forbidden passion for an enchanting youth. But O'Brien does not bring to this situation any of the doomed morbidity that hovers over Thomas Mann's tale. For one thing, Anna is much too brisk and sensible to believe herself trapped by any fate. And the physical world of the Spanish seacoast is too astonishing to allow prolonged brooding. Remembering misty Ireland and rainy London, Anna is constantly dazzled by the light: "The sun blazed and emphasized everything, sugar crumbs on a plate which the previous...
Despite a brisk breeze blowing off the Charles River, more than 1600 walkers participated in yesterday afternoon's seventh Annual Walk for Peace...