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Forced out by a river of fire, a homeowner left behind wine and glasses as an offering to Mount Etna. And the lava flow, which since December had rolled over earthen barriers and destroyed two farmhouses, came to a near halt last week just short of Zafferana Etnea (pop. 7,000). Was it natural processes -- or were the volcano gods pleased by the wine...
...parade came to a halt at last in Harvard Yard, where a mammoth bonfire lay in wait...
...successor: John F. Smith Jr., 54, head of GM's profitable foreign operations); Robert T. O'Connell, 53, was bumped from executive V.P. and chief financial officer to senior V.P. Those moves had been expected since late last year, when outside directors began grousing about GM's inability to halt its slide. Last year the company's U.S. operations lost $7 billion, forcing GM to close 21 plants and eliminate 74,000 jobs...
...post-cold war mood, France is suspending all nuclear testing for the rest of the year. New Prime Minister Pierre Beregovoy hopes that others will follow and "put a halt to overarmament...
...schools' racial makeup reflects "demographic shifts" the school board could not control. In cases in which segregation is not the result of actions by local officials, wrote Justice Anthony Kennedy, courts cannot force schools to assign students by race. The ruling might encourage other school districts to seek a halt to court-ordered integration also...