Word: crisises
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Rarely has the description "statesman" seemed so appropriate. In his long career, however, Urquhart represented no single state but rather every nation on the globe. During a 41-year career as a senior U.N. official, rising to the rank of Under Secretary-General for Special Political Affairs, Urquhart, 69, found...
Without any debate, Baryshnikov is a performer of artistic genius, but no man is a hero to his corps de ballet. The big morale crisis in Private View involved the casting of the film Dancers, a modern gloss on the classic Giselle. Less than half the troupe's dancers were...
"Even though there was a big drought and we only had two days of rain all summer, the people in the farm towns were still very generous and prepared big meals for us," Faber says. "In Minnesota, there was a farm family, and even though their farm was about to...
At least one person thought it was a good idea. President Bok, who initiated the survey, said when it was released in April he hoped it would help "quantify" the quality of American higher education for the first time. Keen observers may have linked Bok's intentions to a report...
OVER Thanksgiving break I got a lot older. Suddenly events and people conspired to make me feel less like a boy and more like a beginner grown-up. Part of it was fun, like moving from the kiddy table to the Big People's table during Thanksgiving dinner. But most...