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...mother. When he was rated only as the equal of his girlfriend, Sandy Cohen (Bakalar), in French, Michael found out this was because of her superior accent, and he practiced his pronunciation. He did not like losing, even to friends. He signed her yearbook, with a parting flourish, in French. The accent had been conquered...
Then he is off again for a sprint to Boston's Logan Airport en route to a final flourish in Atlanta. Bennett seems to revel, too, in these dashes, riding the fast lane in cars, in conversation, in politics. "He's got a big ego, and he knows it," says an associate. At Logan, Press Secretary Loye Miller tells him of an invitation from a TV talk show. "Crossfire wants you Saturday," he says. "Not Saturday," replies Bennett, a homebody who scorns the Potomac syndrome of "working the restaurants at night." He snorts, "A big status thing in Washington...
...terra-cotta pots, vivid woven rugs and ceramic tiles of the Santa Fe style, and homebuilders around the country are busy slapping stucco onto plywood and chicken wire to satisfy a growing yen for adobe homes. At the same time, more public buildings are being constructed in a modern flourish on the Old World style of Spain, with arched porticoes, wide, shady courtyards and bubbling fountains. "I like a building that has a lot of romance in it, that isn't so sterile," says Miami's trailblazing architect Bernardo Fort-Brescia, who grew up in Lima, Peru. "There are moments...
...take time to subject the charges to official investigation, there were shouts for Ogonyok Editor Vitali Korotich to substantiate them himself. Korotich gamely came to the podium and explained that he could not name the alleged culprits because their party membership protected them from public prosecution. Then, with a flourish, he turned and handed Gorbachev what he said was his evidence...
...prevail. Businesses and families, to name two, are not necessarily best run by democratic principles. At some point, hierarachy and authority must be relied upon when it comes time to make a decision. More important is the possibility that undemocratic private institutions are necessary for democracy to flourish in the public world of politics...