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...diminution of the colossus of the East can only ease the minds of the nations of Eastern Europe that are slipping out of its political grip and those of Western Europe that have fearfully armed against it since the end of World War II. Amid the rejoicing, however, some cautionary notes are in order. A fragmenting giant with an immense nuclear arsenal must be carefully watched for signs of instability. That would be particularly true if the U.S.S.R. unraveled to a point at which a Russian chauvinist republic might control it. Such concerns are real, if premature. As William Webster...
Lured by the seemingly inexhaustible demand for junk-bond financing, Drexel's Wall Street rivals rushed into the profitable business. The newcomers included such prominent firms as Goldman Sachs, First Boston, Merrill Lynch and Shearson Lehman Hutton. While Drexel's grip on the market gradually slipped, in 1985 it controlled more than half of the new issues. "Drexel is like a god," Michael Boylan, president of the publishing firm Macfadden Holdings, declared in a magazine article that a Drexel executive proudly framed. "They are awesome. You hate to do business against them...
...easy, far too easy, to poke fun at these idiosyncrasies. What Murdoch can do surpassingly well is move a narrative. Once caught in her grip, the reader flies through myriad complications, signal switches and genuine surprises. The Message to the Planet is not her strongest book. It chronicles the decline of Marcus Vallar, a charismatic man who may have mysterious healing powers. But the central figure is a tiresome young don, Alfred Ludens, who is preoccupied with genius -- he is writing a book about Leonardo -- and obsessed by Vallar. The subplot involves a pigheaded painter and his attempts to maintain...
Just before Muhammad Ali and Sonny Liston fought for the heavyweight boxing crown in 1965, baritone Robert Goulet lost his preliminary bout with The Star- Spangled Banner. He made it flawlessly through the first several lines before losing his grip on the lyrics. He later blamed his Canadian upbringing for having to hum the remainder before thousands of fight fans and a closed- circuit television audience...
...streets of Pristina, Kosovo's capital, demanding the resignation of local leaders, free elections and the release of political prisoners. Kosovo's 1.7 million Albanians, who out-number Serbs and Montenegrins in the region almost 10 to 1, last flooded the streets eleven months ago, when Serbia tightened its grip on the nominally autonomous province. That decision triggered riots that left 28 dead...