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Bentsen likes to say that he speaks without a Texas accent because his forebears came from Denmark by way of South Dakota. But his family fortune definitely speaks the language of Texas. His father, Lloyd Bentsen Sr., and his Uncle Elmer started buying land and reselling it in ways that brought accusations, though little proof, of shady business practices. From real estate, the family moved into farming, cattle raising, oil drilling, banking. Today Bentsen Sr. is worth an estimated $50 million. The candidate puts his own assets at $2.3 million, all of it currently placed in a blind trust...
...means a chance to become richer still as the "blue-eyed Arabs of the North." By the 1980s, Norway could be producing 1.8 million bbl. daily-ten times its domestic needs-and exporting as much oil as Iraq and Libya do now. For the other North Sea participants-Denmark, The Netherlands and West Germany-the waters already promise abundant oil and natural gas. It was in Holland, in fact, that a giant onshore gas discovery in 1959 pointed rightly to further riches under the North...
...could to assist the negotiations, which ended with the release of all of the students by July 25 in exchange for about $40,000. As a result of that happy ending, Carter, who is black, got a commendation from the State Department; his impending promotion to Ambassador to Denmark seemed assured...
...humble brick. In Seinajoki, he daringly faced the town hall with curved blue tiles that soften the structure's abrupt angles and change hue from blue to gray to black, depending on the light. In his recently opened North Jutland Museum of the Arts in Aalborg, Denmark, Aalto confronted the most difficult challenge in museum design: natural lighting. Most architects avoid the issue by putting up blank walls of solid masonry or tinted glass. But Aalto allows sunlight to pour through high windows, then tames it by bouncing it off curved structural beams so that the light diffuses evenly...
...most of the ballet enthusiasts who saw its New York première, the American Ballet Theater's sumptuous new production of Raymonda provided a night to remember. For one thing, the visually dazzling revival marked the return of Denmark's Erik Bruhn, 46, from his retirement three years ago; at the peak of his career, he was widely regarded as the world's reigning danseur noble. For another, Bruhn was appearing for the first time in the U.S. with his friend and rival Rudolf Nureyev, who has created a production that should enhance his reputation...