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...much depends on one's mood, the setting, the company, and, of course, one's expectations. To discard all pretense of objectivity: I had a great time at Revenge, although a) I was in a good mood, b) in a crowded, happy theater, with c) someone I was fond of and d) I expected nothing...
Kauzov's apparent freedom as a foreign-based deal maker leads U.S. intelligence officials to think it is "extremely likely" he has?or had?some affiliation with the KGB. But romance evidently was not in his instructions from the home office, and his increasingly fond friendship with Christina was broken off by Kauzov's recall to Moscow last fall. Christina pursued Kauzov with phone calls, telex messages and couriers, and a visit to Moscow late last year. Meanwhile, Sergei filed for divorce from his cellist-wife Natasha, gave her custody of their nine-year-old daughter, and moved in with...
...well-reviewed album, which was followed by Live Bullet, a kinetic concert set that went platinum and paved the way for last year's Night Moves, a smash album that sold over 2 million copies and contained one of the most haunting of all contemporary songs, a fond, sexy memory of adolescent love...
...take over the whole neighborhood eventually," says Adam Artis, a resident at 9 Sacramento Place, who has lived in his Harvard-owned twofamily house for five years. Lydia Enos, a neighbor of Artis, several years ago refused to sell her house to Harvard buyers. She says she is very fond of her neighborhood, and had no interest in selling, despite the high prices; Harvard offered. Wylie says that Harvard's tenants' fears that their homes were purchased for landbanking purposes is legitimate...
...first few months of his presidency, Jimmy Carter was viewed with fond and hopeful pride by the leaders of organized labor, who felt they had been decisive in his victory at the polls. "We were in a state of euphoria," recalls Al Zack, AFL-CIO spokesman and a confidant of Labor Chief George Meany. "We had a wish list that was a mile long." But then the disappointments began. Carter and Meany clashed over minimum wage, unemployment, and Social Security legislation. Meany found so many black marks on his list that he added them up and gave Carter a grade...