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...assuage its otherwise hyper-ultra-rational pursuits. (Harvard, on the other hand, fulfills its quotient with the Center for Literary and Cultural Studies). True, literature and folk and myth concentrators swarm around Paul; but he is even more accosted by computer science and physics concentrators, begging for a grain of his prescience. The modern world sneers at the concept of fatalism and propounds and increases individual agency, but we still want to be told our futures. We still want to believe in destiny...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Allure of Palmistry | 3/11/1996 | See Source »

...stump not long ago, Forbes had this to say when asked about China: "I read that if the average Chinese ate an extra egg every three days, it would take the entire grain production of Australia to feed the chickens that would have to lay those eggs. That's a big market. We've got to access it." Fair enough--but there's clearly more in his head than eggs, and if he ever permits himself to speak without a script on a steady basis, he might get closer to the job he wants...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ABROAD WITH FORBES | 2/19/1996 | See Source »

...government," may we assume that you now agree that your 1993 budget with its massive tax hike was a poor idea? "Yes...but it wasn't all bad." In short, Clinton's strategy for the election year seems to be to draw the line where there isn't a grain of sand left to be found...

Author: By Eric M. Nelson, | Title: Facts Amidst Appearances | 2/5/1996 | See Source »

...camera's darling who changes his entire appearance a couple of times a year. His fashion reputation is based on his rampant inspiration, his romps through costume history that turn archives into seductive, in-your-face clothes. His specialty is the slinky, tricky, bias-cut dress (cut across the grain of the fabric), which is the design of choice for movie stars--or anyone who wants to flaunt a shapely figure. Galliano was chosen to revitalize Givenchy by Bernard Arnault, president of LVMH, which owns not only that house but also Lacroix and Dior. It was time, Arnault had decided...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FASHION: THE NEW KID IN TOWN | 2/5/1996 | See Source »

...North Korea this winter endangers more than 10% of the country's 23 million people, based on firsthand observations made by U.N. workers in December. Pyongyang's strict system of food rationing has been further tightened to cope with an expected shortfall of more than 3.5 million tons of grain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE WEEK: DECEMBER 24 -30 | 1/8/1996 | See Source »

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