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...every move. And M.E.P.s were tipsy with their newfound power. At Les Aviateurs bar, a popular watering hole in Strasbourg, young M.E.P.s partied until dawn to celebrate their victory. "There isn't a parliament in the history of democracy that didn't have to fight fiercely for its powers," Edith Mastenbroek, 29, a first-term Dutch Socialist, told Time. "That we did it over an issue of human rights - that's just beautiful." Parliament's assertion of power is a boon for integrationists, who would like to see a greater role for the E.U.'s only directly elected body...
...Pribilof Islands, villagers blame global warming along with industrial contaminants for the decline of 20 species, ranging from kelp to sea lion. In Barrow, capital of the oil-rich North Slope Borough, sandbags and dredging haven't protected $500 million in infrastructure. "We are at a crossroads," says Mayor Edith Vorderstrasse. "Is it practical to stand and fight our Mother Ocean? Or do we surrender and move...
...showed bed jackets made of sequins stamped out of Coca-Cola cans and embroidered brocade coats inspired by Masai patterns--looks to such women as cosmetics mogul Helena Rubinstein. And Som, who showed gold velvet pedal pushers with delicately beaded chiffon blouses, is enamored of eccentric society women like Edith Sitwell...
...consultants take photos of bureau tops or draw diagrams of knickknacks in a curio cabinet. Every detail is considered crucial. "Even the magnets were in the same place on the fridge. We couldn't believe it," says Robin Rose, 45, of Chicago, who helped her in-laws, Don and Edith Rose of Clearwater, Fla., relocate last March. In the midst of the move, her mother-in-law was hospitalized for a stroke. "Mom was so worried she wouldn't be able to find anything," says Robin. "But when she walked in the door, she said, 'This looks just like...
...blond knockout Eileen, who emigrate from Ohio to a basement flat in Greenwich Village - Ruth looking to be a writer, Eileen with dreams of musical stardom. The musical version, composed by Leonard Bernstein and lyricists Comden and Green, arrived on Broadway in 1953, with Rosalind Russell as Ruth and Edith Adams (later Ernie Kovacs' Edie Adams) as Eileen. The show, which lasted a year, didn't spawn the hits that Bernstein's "On the Town" and "West Side Story" did, but it has tremendous musical wit and urban dash...