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Is this exotic experiment in the Tennessee pastureland just a bright spot in a gloomy picture, or does it herald real change for the manufacturer? GM chairman Robert Stempel, who succeeded Roger Smith last August, is likely to operate in ways far different from his predecessor. Smith, an autocratic manager...
Thus Kissin's Carnegie Hall recital in New York City last month was one of the most eagerly awaited American debuts of the past decade. It proved decisively that the advance word was no mere hype. Schumann's early "Abegg" Variations beguiled with youthful ardor and passion. The same composer...
This small and distinctly peculiar novel was published in the original Spanish in 1988, just as its author began his long, ultimately losing campaign for the presidency of Peru. Now that it is available in English, In Praise of the Stepmother should raise again the question that readers have been...
Schwarzkopf's inspection was delayed by an unscheduled meeting with Sultan Mohammed al-Haza, administrator of a remote northern principality sparsely populated by Bedouin sheepherders. As incense wafted through the room, Schwarzkopf perfumed his hands in preparation for a lunch of chicken and rice. Observance of the ancient ritual of...
It must begin with a recognition that the American concept and practice of freedom have been distorted. To the founders it was self-evident that freedom required obligations; in the past half-century the notion of a citizen's obligations virtually disappeared from public discourse, while "duty" came to be...