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...caught in a downpour during an open-air concert given by Luciano Pavarotti in London's Hyde Park. The occasion, which marked the 30th anniversary of Pavarotti's first major performance, also marked the ninth time in a month that Diana, possibly attempting to squelch growing rumors of marital discord, appeared in public with husband Charles. After huddling under plastic sheeting with a towel over her head during most of the 90-minute program, Diana emerged with dampened hair and less than immaculate clothes. But she still managed to look good when she went backstage to congratulate the grandissimo opera...
...while most whites know, with absolute certainty, that such is profoundly untrue, or at least that whatever discrimination exists is, - for the most part, justified. That difference in perspective will endure long after the House-passed civil rights legislation is killed, compromised or enacted into law, for the fundamental discord is not over quotas but over the aptitude of those classed as racial minorities. Non-"Anglos" may not typically be tapped to run FORTUNE 500 companies or manage professional sports teams, but the reason -- many whites quietly believe -- has less to do with racial bias than with the failure...
...unauthorized sampling ends in discord. Tom's Diner, an a cappella tune by Suzanne Vega, had been known only to fans who owned her 1987 album, Solitude Standing. Then late last year a couple of audacious remix artists who call themselves DNA sampled Vega's voice and grafted it onto a throbbing beat. Vega liked the new version so much that she asked her record company to release it. The resulting Top Five single was the surprise...
Rosovsky's books include Discord in the Pacific: Challenges to the Japanese-American Alliance, Asia's New Giant: How the Japanese Economy Works and Japanese Economic Growth: Trend Acceleration in the Twentieth Century...
...hastily called news conference yesterday,Ishaq Khan said that Bhutto's government "haswillfully undermined and impaired the work of theConstitution, resulting in discord, confrontationand deadlock, adversely affecting the integrity,solidarity and well-being of Pakistan. Corruptionand nepotism in the federal government has reachedsuch proportions that the orderly functioning ofthe government no longer carries public faith andcredibility...