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...face creased by grief, declared, "I am sorry," and promised to give back the money as a "tangible sign of regret." At the same time, he pledged to spend the remaining four years of his current term "being the best Senator I can," showing that he may not yet grasp the gravity of his offenses. While the Senate Republican Conference could have stripped Durenberger of seniority rights and committee assignments, chairman John Chafee is reluctant...
...riches. Thus two new plays appearing in metropolitan San Diego would be noteworthy for their reach, whatever their merits. But what Keith Reddin, 34, aspires to in Life During Wartime and Lee Blessing, 40, aims at in Cobb proves in each case to be well within the writer's grasp...
...year, Smith's students feel confident, if not smug, about their grasp of the world. "I used to hear about countries on television and think they were over there somewhere. I hadn't heard of half of them," admits Leila Nesson. "Now I can figure out better what's going on in the world. I'll always know that Angola is in Africa and not just over there somewhere." Says Eleanor Pries, as she examines her final map: "We saw our originals and we just laughed...
...revered for most of this century as an emblem of musical perfection but is now sometimes assailed for shunning the works of modern composers. Here conducting the fine NBC Symphony Orchestra (1939-52), the maestro remains unsurpassed for precision and clarity -- even at breakneck tempos. His structural grasp of entire works is astonishing: parts build with inevitable force to form coherent, if sometimes debatable, interpretations. The digital remastering is admirable, though limited dynamic range and parched sound can yield lusterless strings and tinny horns. The informed listener will find this offering indispensable, but those beginning a music library should...
Spence characterizes his celebrated client as a "small, fragile woman" with little grasp of "the intricacies of finance." But the exiled First Lady, claims the prosecution, treated the Philippine National Bank as her "personal piggy bank." The former manager of the bank's New York City branch, Oscar Carino, nervously detailed how he delivered bundles of cash, usually $100,000, to the First Lady when she visited New York in the early 1970s. (Although she owned a fashionable six-story town house, Marcos preferred to stay in a $1,700-a-night Waldorf-Astoria suite.) Her personal secretary, Carino asserted...