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...March of 1983 Christo said he hopes to surround ten islands in Florida's Biscayne Bay with five and a half million square feet of pink fabric, an exploration of the interface between land and water. Environmentalists initially questioned the project because of possible damage to sea-grass, but an impact study disproved their concerns, he said...
...most eloquent, entertaining and provocative spokesmen for education in America. But we should all pause to ask whether Giamatti's moral principles do not rest on a disguised litism. Those who question "the discrete purity" to winning may be losers, but as an equally integral part of society's fabric they have an equal right to help in "the weaving of the web of state." Even if they didn't go to Yale...
...outspoken Sir Freddie has begun to sound as cranky and befuddled as many of the competitors he undercut to get a share of the North Atlantic route four years ago. Sniped he of the Pan Am action: "It is nothing less than suicidal marketing that could endanger the fabric of the airline industry as a whole...
...customers say they feel better, walk better, talk better," reports Sally Baker, who owns Chicago's Futon Studio. Boston's Shinera Futon Mattress Inc. sells 75,000 units yearly at about $95 for one of twin size covered in a standard fabric. To emphasize the comfort dimension, some new futons come with a core of foam rubber, which seems to disturb at least a few futon purists. Not to worry, soothes Emily Kossowsky of Boston's New Moon Futon Co. Says she: "We stress that the foam is surrounded by cotton...
Moreover, the Europe-wide average understates the human plight, and political explosiveness, of unemployment that approaches 20% in such industrially depressed pockets as Northern Ireland and Belgium's Wallonia.* Warns Ivor Richard, European Commissioner for Social Affairs: "This is bound to place immense strains on the social fabric of our societies. With the increased propensity to violence amongst those who feel they have been victimized, this could threaten the very roots of our democratic and free societies...