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Coming from a culturally rich but economically poor Roman Catholic farming family in Northern Ireland, a world that would pervade his early works and continues to haunt his writing, Heaney attended Queen's University, Belfast and taught at several other universities before ending up at Harvard, where he taught a poetry workshop every spring semester until he won the Nobel Prize...

Author: By Ankur N. Ghosh, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Seamus Heaney Visits Harvard; 'Talks Shop,' Offers Recent Poetry, Translation of 'Beowolf' | 10/30/1998 | See Source »

...economy overall. Insiders say his position is secure for the time being, not least because nobody in his right mind would aspire to take over the economic portfolio now. But if the economy keeps worsening, Zhu's joke about building his own coffin could come back to haunt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: China's Missing Pieces | 10/26/1998 | See Source »

...American city has so successfully reinvented itself as many times as Las Vegas. The only constants in Las Vegas--from the dream of Bugsy Siegel to the haunt of the Rat Pack to a collection of theme hotels evoking other times and places--have been the gambling and the wisdom that it is no destination for the culturally inclined. The opening last week of Steve Wynn's $1.6 billion Bellagio hotel and casino, modeled after an Italian Riviera village, is the initial step in a plan to change that perception. Among the first to sample the Bellagio's attractions were...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Contributors: Oct. 26, 1998 | 10/26/1998 | See Source »

...Venetian. The initial $1.2 billion phase, set to open next April, will feature 3,000 luxury suites, a convention center second only to Chicago's in size, and a pricey shopping mall with a 1,200-ft. canal running through it--on the site of Frank Sinatra's old haunt, the Sands...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Las Vegas--Over The Top: In With The New | 10/26/1998 | See Source »

Surprise surprise, the movie isn't over at that point--Visnjic comes back to haunt the sisters, bringing police officer Gary Hallet (Aidan Quinn) to the scene. At this point the real story begins as Bullock begins to discover that love ain't all that dangerous (spoken with sexy southern drawl, compliments of Quinn) and Kidman, having battled Visjnic on earth, takes him on in the spirit world...

Author: By Meredith B. Osborn, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Sleepover Slump: `Magic' Fails to Charm | 10/23/1998 | See Source »

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