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...earth as viewed from the moon. The sight of that shimmering, luminescent ball set against the black void inspired even normally prosaic astronauts to flights of eloquence. Edgar Mitchell, who flew to the moon aboard Apollo 14 in 1971, described the planet as "a sparkling blue-and-white jewel . . . laced with slowly swirling veils of white . . . like a small pearl in a thick sea of black mystery." Photos of the earth from space prompted geologist Preston Cloud to write, "Mother Earth will never seem the same again. No more can thinking people take this little planet . . . as an infinite theater...
Aside from the obvious aesthetic advantages of wearing a diamond nose post, I will admit that it is also a statement: It's a refusal to compromise, it's my way of saying, "My way or the highway." Having this bit of jewel in my nose means I cannot get a job on Wall Street and it means I don't attract the kind of men who wouldn't be attracted to the kind of woman who wears a stud in her nose. I don't think I'm missing much...
...Indeed, they argue that they were simply doing their jobs: serving the interests of readers. John Hoagland Jr., manager of the Christian Science Publishing Society, says the paper's more than $200 million losses since 1961 represented a commitment that could not be maintained indefinitely. "It may be the jewel in the crown of the church," he says of the paper, "but you have to have a crown to have a jewel." The more the Monitor diversifies into other media, says Hoagland, "the sharper the requirement is for central management...
Madame Sousatzka (Shirley MacLaine) teaches piano and shares a London house with a few other distressed gentlefolk. They might all be sitting on a verandah above the Ganges a half-century ago, waiting for the subcontinental jewel to fall out of the imperial crown. But now Madame has taken on Manek (Navin Chowdhry), a gifted Indian lad, as her prize pupil. She will wage war with his beautiful mother (Shabana Azmi) over his time and loyalty. She will goad Manek to greatness and lose a bit of her heart...
Rich Bond, Bush's political director, contended that Dukakis' political base is cracking. Bond called New York "the jewel in his base, and it's shaky...