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The 32-year-old imperial heir selected Masako Owada '85 as his bride-to-be after a long and well-publicized search. Owada is the daughter of Japan's top diplomat, Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs Hisashi Owada.
Not long ago they had a party. A poster near Au Bon Pain (presumably placed there illegally) read "Celebrate the 75th Anniversary of the October (Bolshevik) Revolution. Saturday, November 7." (Imperial Russia used the old-style Julian calendar, so the "October" Revolution actually occurred in November.)
This increased access has helped to create a new and different strain of literature which reflects the new geopolitical concerns. It is no longer limited by imperial shackles. It reflects the realization that the axis of power has shifted irretrievably and will no doubt shift again. It reflects the realization...
But Russia's behavior toward other parts of the old Soviet Union is a different and altogether more troubling matter. In trying to redefine their own nationhood, many Russians have not yet been able to accept the idea that the 14 non-Russian republics of the U.S.S.R. are today independent...
Those changes became a matter of necessity because Chrysler was preparing to eliminate 23,000 salaried and hourly jobs, fully 25% of its work force. That meant not only streamlining its bureaucratic structure and reducing layers of supervisers, but also ending the turf wars between separate divisions, especially design and...