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President Bill Clinton, looking pleased at having some good news to report, presided over the ceremony and found it "a moment of hope." His flowing phrases and lavish praise for a host of negotiators ended with a quote from a 19th century Balkan poet, Ivan Jukic, who wrote, "Only those are heroes who know how to live with their brothers." Like Christopher, Clinton hoped "the Serbs will join in this effort for a wider peace. We invite them and urge them to do so." Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic shrugged, saying Croats and Muslims can "decide the way they want...
...South Africa transforms itself into a multiracial state. One of 10 remote domains created and recognized only by Pretoria's old leadership, Bophuthatswana -- nicknamed "Bop" -- symbolizes apartheid's failed ambition to confine South Africa's blacks in putatively independent tribal homelands. It is home to Sun City, the lavish gambling resort that has been loudly boycotted by many American performers. President Lucas Mangope, who has ruled as a dictator since the homeland was founded in 1977, suffered such a stinging rebuke from his own people last week that on Sunday the South African government announced it was taking control...
...colleagues? Seated at a table below the opening of the curve, Director of Central Intelligence R. James Woolsey parried the questions with candor, defensiveness and anger. Yes, there had been warning signs that Ames might be a problem: a drinking habit, a foreign-born wife, a lavish life-style that far exceeded his $69,843 annual salary. Yes, suspicions should have deepened when Ames showed some signs of deception on polygraph tests...
This said, there is therefore something appealing about an unambitious movie, one without pretentions of grandeur. "Angie" could easily have slipped into that overworked category of "heart warming" movies, the ones that would lavish overweening sentiment on the death of a pet if it would wrench a single tear from the audience. It could have, but luckily it doesn...
...those seated in the third balcony and unable to appreciate the finer aspects of ballet technique, this production nevertheless assures entertainment through its lavish display of scenery and costumes. John Conklin based his scenic designs on the fifteenth century painting style of Fantastic Realism landscapes and German High Gothic architecture. Crimson Ballrooms and misty mountain vistas heighten the drama of the production, and Conklin's costumes are equally timely and striking...