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...passage of a pending Helms bill -- a measure to punish foreigners doing business with Cuba -- could unleash "huge waves of rafters." He also attacked the Helms proposal as unrealistic, arguing that under the proposed law, even Britain's Queen Elizabeth would be denied a U.S. visa, since the United Kingdom has invested in a Cuban venture...
...came from a noble French family and, like many in his craft, knew as a child he wanted to be a designer. His atelier is on the Avenue George V, and it is his kingdom. His staff members are devoted to him and rarely leave his employ. On weekends he retreats to his 17th century chAteau near Chartres and gardens on a grand scale. He makes the rounds of his clients' weddings and christenings, for they are friends too. These women are concerned with details most people have not dreamt of: the sleeve, the lace, the length of the train...
...Crossan, a professor of biblical studies at Catholic DePaul University. In Crossan's view, the Gospel accounts are parables about power and authority in the new church. "[Israel] was an occupied country with a lot of poverty, malnutrition and sickness,'' he says. "Jesus was 'healing' people ideologically, saying the Kingdom of God is against this system. It's not your fault you're sick and overworked. Take command of your body and your destiny...
...centuries-old Irish problem is about to be solved. Sinn Fein nationalists, who welcomed the plan, still vow to see the Irish Republic absorb the six counties of Ulster into a united Ireland. The Protestant Unionists stand firm on the status quo: Northern Ireland is part of the United Kingdom...
Debussy's opera, based on the play by Belgian symbolist poet Maurice Maeterlinck, is set in the mythical kingdom of Allemonde, but director Peter Sellars has updated the locale to modern Malibu, California. The production was hailed when first seen in June 1993 at the Netherlands Opera; now, 20 months later in Los Angeles, the thematic overtones already present are eerily redoubled. Call it zeitgeist synergy...