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...conclusion becomes even more apparent through a comparison of the weakest installation, "Presence," which relies entirely on the spoken word, versus the most potent installation, "Interval," at which visual images are presented so quickly as to defy cognition. "Presence," in which the audience sits on a bench in a dim room while an audiotape of a woman's fretting over her childhood is played at varying levels of volume and clarity, is a tribute to the most banal of self-help confessionals, rather than focusing the audience's attention on a little examined sense, the nature of sound. "Interval...
When a new president comes into office in the U.S., he invariably promises his Cabinet lots of responsibility and respect, but everyone knows the truth--the President will thoroughly dominate the Administration, and he will treat most of his Cabinet Secretaries like slightly dim distant cousins. In Israel matters have always been different. Ministers there control powerful baronies, and they push hard on the Prime Minister, as do party elders and testy coalition partners. Now Benjamin Netanyahu, who announced his Cabinet last week, is trying to break the old traditions, consolidate power in his own hands and become Israel...
...good time to visit Chinatown is on a bright, i.e. safe, weekend afternoon when you can enjoy dim sum in one of the numerous Chinese restaurants...
...points in the first half hour of trading on fears that the Federal Reserve would boost interest rates to ward off inflation. (The market rebounded later in the day, closing up nearly 30 points.) Labor Secretary Robert Reich, whose department released the new figures, criticized Wall Street's dim view: "This isn't the first time that Main Street has celebrated, and Wall Street has despaired. I don't see any signs of accelerating inflation." The Labor report shows that jobs swelled by 348,000 last month, twice the number expected. It was not the first positive employment report...
...says the CSA holds seven or eight social events a semester, with activities ranging from a mahjong and karaoke night to a dim sum study break...