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...there are novelty seekers whose work resembles sculpture more than furniture. Leading them is Vladimir Kagan, 55, many of whose sofas, desks, chairs and bedroom furnishings are custom-made with Plexiglas, marble, bronze, leather, lacquer or textiles. Kagan's work lacks the devout simplicity of pure crafts manship and often looks as though it had been swiped from the set of Fellini's La Dolce Vita...
...Americans got so upset over Watergate,' French Historian François Furet said last week. "The French in particular and Europeans in general do not have a moral conception of politics." An English political columnist ruminating on Watergate sounds as if he were discussing an odd tribal custom: "That's true. The Americans take democracy very seriously " Many Europeans admired Richard Nixon as a statesman the last strong American President in the field of foreign policy. To them, Watergate was a profligate waste of superior leadership. It weakened America's force in the world...
...point of the papal visit. On 175 well-groomed acres, more than 300,000 people gathered, a staggering number considering that the entire Scottish Catholic population totals 800,000. Families and groups of youths came with picnic baskets. To soccer-style chants and crescendos of applause, the Popemobile-a custom-made, bulletproof vehicle-rolled up and down aisles carrying the Pope high over the crowds. At Communion time the multitude adopted a respectful silence. By the time dusk had fallen, John Paul was being serenaded by the audience to the familiar strains of Auld Lang Syne. Michael Goodwillie, an unemployed...
...college with that campaign. The Review proceeded to harass Dartmouth's gays. The paper printed the names of all members of the school's Gay Students' Association, some of whom had not yet come out of the closet. And The Review launched a drive to revive the sexist custom of crowning a "queen" during Winter Carnival, outraging the school's female minority...
...President's proposal also troubles us for another reason. The Constitution should be as insulated as possible from fleeting political caprices; instead, it should reflect the more timeless values of the nation, not controversial policies like organized school prayer. Yet the President has chosen to ignore this custom, seeing the wide support it enjoys among his partisans...