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...series' domain is the subcontinental divide that separates those worlds. The action begins with an awkward mating dance between a shy English expatriate, Daphne Manners (Susan Wooldridge), and a tall, dark, handsome Indian, Hari Kumar (Art Malik). Straightforward enough, so it seems. But "in India," as one character points out, "nothing is self-evident." The exceedingly British Manners lives with an Indian lady she calls Auntie, and longs to make herself at home in India; the Indian-seeming Kumar has just emerged from a previous incarnation at an exclusive English boarding school, and finds himself an alien...
...council last night discussed Harvard's selling of two and three family buildings to faculty members who will occupy them. By selling those buildings, the University will remove them from the domain of Cambridge's strict rent control laws...
...longtime personal friend and confidant. Although Dumas is said to be less hard-line toward the Soviet Union, less committed to the Third World and more pro-Israel than his predecessor, his appointment will probably have little overall effect on French diplomacy, which is traditionally the President's domain. Said Dumas in Paris last week: "I think French foreign policy has been masterfully conducted by Mr. Mitterrand, and I don't see any reason why it should change...
Russell said he wants the City to exercise its right of eminent domain, snatch the Concord Ave. property from the University at market cost, and build public housing for the elderly or low-income families...
...PBXs relay calls between telephones and data between computers. For more than a decade, IBM has tried unsuccessfully to develop a market-winning PBX. By buying Rolm, IBM is challenging the telecommunications supremacy of AT&T, the largest manufacturer of PBXs. This year AT&T invaded IBM's domain by introducing personal computers and minicomputers...