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Today the population is still in flux. "That's the whole point about the North End," Meyer says. "It's always been the place where newcomers went." Once those newcomers were English colonists; in the early to mid-nineteenth century they were Irish and Jewish immigrants, and by the end of that century they were Italian. Today they are what Meyer calls "hopeful yuppies," young people just out of college and on the move toward economic security...
...will visit us next fall, that the Soviet Union can in fact change. However, we know that the complexity of such a transformation can be overwhelming. If we have learned anything from the exchange, it is that it is virtually impossible to draw conclusions about a nation in flux. We often found it impossible to categorize perestroika and glasnost as "good" or "bad" "working" or "not working." We did learn that if perestroika and glasnost are to work, it will take time...
Designing safe inside a creative cocoon, impervious to commercial flux, is an almost utopian ideal. It requires a nearly impossible combination: flinty individuality, a healthy business base, a viable commercial identity and a strong stylistic hand. Rei Kawakubo of Comme des garcons and Yohji Yamamoto have both been around long enough to be considered less revolutionaries than revisionist classicists, but their new collections showed them to be as restless and clever as ever. Kawakubo sent out dozens of outfits with unexpected lapels and seams like overgrown ski trails, most in combinations of black, red and orange, so the show seemed...
...house leadership is also in flux. Dudley House Co-Masters Arthur C. Loeb and Lotje Loeb recently announced that they will step down this summer, citing professional commitments and disagreements with the College administration...
...refrain in her head: "Who can I trust to care for my child?" She tried everything, from leaving Peter at the homes of other mothers to handing him over to her police-officer husband at the station-house door when they worked alternating shifts. With their schedules in constant flux, there were snags every step of the way. Curtin was more fortunate than most workers: police- department policy allows a year of unpaid "hardship" leave for child care. She decided to invoke that provision...