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...huge window display for such arcana as smiling M&M's on skis, a version of the Olympic mascot, Magique, made entirely of chocolates and other gadgets Olympiques. Billboards around town featured uplifting quotations from Andre Gide and Catullus, while discos offered such unlikely come-ons as "La Nuit du Single People." But for the most part, the Savoyards seemed unaffected by the world's sudden attentions, and by the nomadic pin traders spreading their wares along the street...
Ridding the planet of the millions of tons of ozone-depleting chemicals contained in that vision is not just a big job; it may be the biggest job the nations of the world have ever taken on. In the 60 years since Du Pont began marketing the miracle refrigerant it called Freon, chlorofluorocarbons have worked their way deep into the machinery of what much of the world thinks of as modern life -- air-conditioned homes and offices, climate-controlled shopping malls, refrigerated grocery stores, squeaky-clean computer chips. Extricating the planet from the chemical burden of that high-tech life...
Whatever the truth, Clinton realized that his denials of Flowers' charges were not enough, so he agreed to appear with his wife on CBS's 60 Minutes Sunday night. How to effectively stem an anticipated "bimbo du jour" problem had become a tactical consideration because Clinton was dissatisfied with how his denials played through the print media's filter. "Too little control of how it goes over," explained a Clinton aide. "The only way out is through television." With 60 Minutes' post-Super Bowl audience expected to approach 100 million people, the state of the Clintons' union was certain...
...CIRQUE DU SOLEIL II (HBO, Dec. 17, 21). Montreal's fantastical theatrical circus troupe presents an all-new show, spotlighting a bewitching company of aerialists, acrobats, contortionists and clowns...
Hubbard, a gregarious Indiana entrepreneur who ran Pierre du Pont's 1988 presidential bid, points out that those who object to the council's rulings are free to mount challenges in the courts. Hubbard says the council's goal is to improve the nation's competitiveness, not to shelter industry from regulation. "The higher the cost of the regulation, the higher the cost of the product to the consumer," he explains. "Our whole effort is to protect the consumer and the American worker...