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...instilled an amazing loyalty inpeople--staff and students," says Zarker. "You allgot a real gem up there...
After all that duress, Californians might have expected a polished gem of a budget. What they got instead was a very rough stone that cuts local governments by $1.3 billion, welfare payments by an average of 6% and, most brutally of all, education funding by nearly $2 billion, or 2.2%. Even though Wilson agreed to an intricate 11th-hour compromise that spread some school cuts over two years -- despite the objection of major education groups -- the Governor was judged to have won most everything else in his battle for an all- cuts, no-new-taxes budget in line with what...
...idiom of his Clarinet Quintet and the simple strains of Negro spirituals, which he set compellingly for piano. The album boasts fine performances, especially by pianist Virginia Eskin. WILLIAM GRANT STILL (1895-1978) was similarly eclectic. A staff arranger for the Paul Whiteman band, he could pen a delicate gem like the Seven Traceries suite or a robust concert piece like Africa, originally for orchestra. Pianist Denver Oldham gets them just right...
Another ice cream gem is Toscanini's. Locatedin Central Square, it's a bit of a hike--but thewalk is a great way to burn off some ice creamcalories. And sometimes a little leg work isnecessary to find the only ice cream parlor gutsyenough to blast the Pet Shop Boys over itsspeakers...
...fantasy re-creation of an Old West town. There'll be gunfights around the covered wagon parked on Desperado Street, a sandy boulevard banked by "saloons," "goldsmiths," "jails" -- all facades for the 14 two-story wood-frame buildings that house the guests. Stern's other gem, the Newport Bay Club, is instantly a diamond as big as the Ritz. Bigger, in fact; it's the largest hotel in Europe. The blue, white and cream colors of this seven-story megamansion suggest beachside elegance -- a jaunty, yachty summer idled away with the Rockefellers or Von Bulows...