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...Ministers Amintore Fanfani of Italy and Yasuhiro Nakasone of Japan are due to step down soon, and Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney is in severe political trouble at home. No wonder that their deliberations in a 17th century monastery on the island of San Giorgio Maggiore, hard by the Grand Canal, came to be christened the "Bland Canal" summit...
When change does come, sales of imported whiskies are sure to boom. In the lobby of the five-star Grand Hotel in New Delhi on a recent Sunday night, businessmen J.P. Goenka and N.R. Pillai enjoy 12-year-old Glenfiddich at $8.50 a shot. "Those who can afford it drink it. But for most people, it's still too expensive," says Pillai. "It's a sort of a status symbol," says Goenka, each finger encased in a nuggety ring. "India has a massive middle class ready for this sort of thing, but it's still perhaps just a bit beyond...
...glee ofa Republican Party saddled with corruption scandals, a federal grand jury handed up a 16-count indictment of Louisiana Democratic Congressman William Jefferson, 60, known for promoting Third World trade. The investigation shifted into high drama in May 2006, when the FBI conducted an unprecedented raid of Jefferson's congressional office and disclosed that it had earlier found $90,000 in cash in the freezer of his Washington home. The charges, which Jefferson denies, include money laundering, racketeering and soliciting more than $400,000 in bribes from a Kentucky-based technology company that sought business deals in Africa...
...Report,” as it is officially titled, had been neglected for over a decade, last appearing when former President Neil L. Rudenstine released a report covering 1993 to 1995 that focused on diversity at Harvard. Bok said in an interview last week that he had no grand plans to revive the tradition. “Someone told me, ‘Gee, they haven’t been doing that around here.’ ” Bok said. “But by that time I’d written it. I couldn?...
...beforehand,” says Downer, who hails from Chattanooga. “That’s how we do it in Tennessee.” Wesley was born in Nashville—a mere hour and a half from Downer’s home. She grew up in Grand Rapids, Mich., where the wedding will take place this July 7. “It is what I’ve always wanted,” says the bride-to-be. “A traditional wedding in a big white church with a steeple.” The couple...