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...master of the quiet revelation of cosmic disappointment - the existential wince - but when the makeup came off he gave every evidence of enjoying his time on earth: spinning anecdotes about the actors and playwrights he knew, or devouring a Bay's English muffin, or working on his flower and vegetable garden in his New Preston, Conn., home. When Mary curated a Museum of Modern Art exhibition on Hitchcock, and the director's daughter Pat came to New York, George graciously and eagerly joined us at Orso to reminisce with her about their days in Golden...
...This week's summit had all the ingredients of compelling agitprop: martial pageantry, a red-carpet welcome for Roh, flower-waving crowds, and even a cameo by the reclusive Dear Leader, who, despite looking unsteady and in poor health, nevertheless emerged to play host. But stagecraft doesn't equal statecraft. For now, the dream of a North Korean perestroika remains just that. Roh may have taken a symbolic step toward reunification - but the road ahead is long and far from smooth...
...FLOWER POWER North Dakota's Democratic Senators want $450,000 to revamp the International Peace Garden, a "symbol of friendship" between the U.S. and Canada...
...from a two-year M.A. at Wolverhampton. That same year, another professor, Wang Jianzhong, set up undergraduate and graduate glass programs at Beijing's Tsinghua University, with Wolverhampton's assistance. Together, these two courses and their graduates formed the roots of Chinese contemporary glass art. It is starting to flower today as one of the most exciting genres in the world's fastest-growing arts scene...
...Gandhi had starved and saved Calcutta in 1947. They filled its courtyard and crammed the gully lanes winding along its sides that had once been overrun by those angry mobs. Far from the dignified solemnity of the old Viceroy's Palace, dozens chattered and applauded when the Governor laid flower petals at an altar to Gandhi. Crowds of enthusiastic well-wishers turned his polite withdrawal into a prolonged retreat...