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...openness, the vocabulary of liquidity. Minneapolis, not St. Paul, is a mecca for performance artists, people who can't sing or dance or write or act but who can crawl through a pile of truck tires wearing a shower curtain and wave a flashlight and say things. Minneapolitans lean forward and watch them, perspiring, afraid that some subtlety may escape them. St. Paulites look at each other and say, "Whose idea was this...
Daniel Kadlec questioned why Reebok appeared on the California Public Employees' Retirement System's list of laggard companies [MONEY IN MOTION, Feb. 24]. He overlooked 12 reasons: the members of the Reebok board. The sneaker company's "lean years" landed it on the CalPERS list, and rightfully so: $100 invested in its stock in 1991 was worth only $122 five years later, vs. $232 for industry competitors. Sure, Reebok's stock has seen the light in the past 10 months, but this glitch hardly gives CalPERS assurance of the company's future long-term success. Our putting Reebok...
...Deserves It: Minghella is at least at talented as David Lean, but no one balanced horror, comedy, violence, and pathos as skillfully as Coen...
...wrong. I'm sure Mr. Harvard's gift was well-appreciated during the lean years of colonization. But, with all due respect, what have you done for us lately, John? All but one of your books were lost to a 1764 fire and your estate could maybe cover a couple of tuitions at today's prices...
...While the President played down his surprise visit to Havana today as well as his talks yesterday with the leader of the Dominican Republic, Fujimori has acknowledged that offering the rebels asylum in exchange for the release of the hostages "might be necessary at some point." He seemed to lean toward Cuba's offer when he stated that he did not think the Dominican Republic would be a suitable destination for the rebels. While the Dominican Republic was the first to offer asylum, Castro has long held a soft spot for hostage-takers, welcoming Sandinistas...