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...resolution by the United Presbyterian Church asks General Electric to set up a committee to review its activities in South Africa--its employment practices and how much money the apartheid government gets from GE--and to report them to the stockholders...
...fuss that "Mr. B." had in mind was a new ballet for Melissa - and it was a triumph. Cortège Hongrois (roughly, "Hungarian Procession"), which was given its world premiere by the City Ballet last week, is one of the most eye-dazzling Balanchine works in years...
Based on Glazunov's melodious score for Raymonda, Cortège is an elegant, plotless exercise in classic Marinsky style that would have delighted an audience of imperial grand dukes. One corps was dressed in shimmering white tights, tunics and tutus; another corps was costumed and booted in a fairy-tale fantasy of Hungarian peasant dress...
Cortège is undeniably a period piece, as relevant as the Romanovs...
Veteran Gaullist Olivier Guichard, 52, a baron and longtime Pompidou protége, could be in line for Messmer's job. Schumann's spot at the Quay d'Orsay could go to his smooth-mannered deputy, André Bettencourt, 53, who was named Acting Foreign Minister last week when Schumann resigned...