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Boston Museum Trio gets a grip on Handel and Mozart at 3 p.m. in Remis Auditorium...
...recession tightens its grip on New England, the University's long-awaited multi-billion dollar fundraising effort faces a future marked with uncertainty...
Besides freeing the country from the grip of the Tontons Macoutes, Aristide has pledged to wage war on corruption and bring openness to government. But to succeed he will have to enlist the help of the very groups he has alienated, including the church, businessmen and the upper classes. Since his party failed to win a majority in the 110-seat parliament, he may also have to learn the art of democratic compromise. Last week Aristide hinted at the possibility of forming a government of "patriotic union" that would include some of his former opponents...
...also fantasy romances like Pretty Woman and Ghost. If we make it, they want it -- and lately, if they are Japanese, they want to buy the American companies that make it. Foreign investors realize that in the chancy business of manufacturing popular art, Hollywood has an ever tighter grip on the world's pulse. Since 1985 the overseas take from U.S. films has doubled. Movies represent a robust portion of an entertainment industry that registers an annual $5 billion or so trade surplus...
...professions are really concerned about is profits. In fact, psychiatrists have reason to worry. From 1982 to 1987, according to one poll, the proportion of counseling visits handled by psychiatrists fell from 36% to 22%, while those by psychologists rose from 29% to 34%. This summer Washington loosened psychiatrists' grip on treatment of the elderly by permitting psychologists to receive reimbursements from Medicare. In addition, the California supreme court undercut psychiatrists' authority by allowing psychologists to admit patients to the state's hospitals...