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While academics and activists frequently clash about the ways and means of radical social change, Davidson predicted the tension between the two groups would spark "a creative mix" at the gathering...
...finding good guests: there won't be any, just Mason schmoozing for half an hour. And this week Mason returns to Broadway with an all-new monologue that is bound to revisit such accustomed topics as sex, politics and Mason's all but patented specialty, the undeclared cultural clash between Christians and Jews. All in all, Mason seems to be enacting a phrase from the subtitle of his book: How to Get Everything You Ever Wanted Through Pure Chutzpah...
...gruff manner, the C-in-C (pronounced sink) is affectionately known as "the Bear" by subordinates and as "Stormin' Norman" by rival Pentagon brass. He is aware that the U.S. presence in the conservative Islamic society of Saudi Arabia has created a potential clash of cultures that could undermine the alliance against Saddam Hussein's aggression. For instance, to avoid antagonizing the Saudis, Schwarzkopf has banned alcohol for the troops he leads. He himself abstains even on trips to neighboring gulf countries that allow liquor. "More than any other command," Schwarzkopf said, "this is a political-military assignment...
Warning of an "alarming trend," CBS sportscaster Lesley Visser drew national attention to another reporter-player clash: a summer rebuff of Detroit Free Press reporter Jennifer Frey by Detroit Tigers pitcher Jack Morris when she requested an interview. Said Morris: "I don't talk to women when I am naked unless they are on top of me or I am on top of them." Tigers . president Bo Schembechler admitted that Morris' comments were out of line, but said in a letter to the paper that sending a woman into the locker room showed a "lack of common sense...
Matsushita faces another challenge, which is the difficulty of blending its conservative corporate culture with MCA's Hollywood approach. The clash was less pronounced for Sony, which is considered more worldly and innovative. As did Sony, Matsushita is paying for the services of a Hollywood matchmaker, superagent Michael Ovitz of Creative Artists Agency, who is acting as middleman...