Word: eves
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Little wonder that on the eve of this week's annual International Monetary Fund meeting in Washington, the IMF and U.S. Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin sent their strongest signals yet that they're poised to assemble a $30 billion package of bailout loans to Brazil. "We believe that the economic well-being of Brazil is critically important not only to our economy but to the entire hemisphere," said Rubin...
...American independents in the '90s. Think of what U.S. films would be like--no, don't, it's too depressing--without the emergence of off-Hollywood auteurs like Kevin Smith (Clerks, Chasing Amy), David O. Russell (Flirting with Disaster), Noah Baumbach (Kicking and Screaming), Kasi Lemmons (Eve's Bayou), the brothers Hughes (Dead Presidents) and Wachowski (Bound) and, of course, the dark lord Tarantino. They're here to stay, but not as colleagues or competitors. "Directors like Quentin don't need to top some other director," says indie-film guru John Pierson. "Their fear is how to top themselves...
Choral concerts are planned for every evening, with organizers hoping to sign up the incomparable Three Tenors--Jose Carreras, Placido Domingo and Luciano Pavarotti--for a New Year's Eve Concert of Hope in Manger Square...
Alas, it is already too late to look for a night's stay at several of the city's grandest hotels. The elegant Hotel Adlon, for instance, which reopened last year, says it long ago finished taking bookings for 1999's New Year's Eve. Still, many leading hotels continue to have available gala packages that offer everything from champagne breakfasts and elegant banquets to candle-light dinners and late-night excursions around the city. The Hilton features a party for youths, with games, swimming, a kids' buffet and--most essential for guests who are celebrating with their children...
When the Holy Door of St. Peter's Basilica is opened for midnight Mass on Christmas Eve, 1999, it will usher in the Jubilee Year for Roman Catholics around the world. From that night until the feast of the Epiphany on Jan. 6, 2001, the Vatican has prepared a full calendar of solemn observances, including prayer vigils, ecumenical celebrations and several canonizations, over which the Pope will preside...