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...ASSASSINATION OF THE ISRAELI Prime Minister is sad, but it is a wake-up call for all leaders. Terrorism will continue at the boiling point unless there are drastic changes. Leaders have to listen equally to everyone and not lean to the left or right. If they act in this way, individuals will not find the need to go so far as to commit such heinous crimes to get a point across. WARREN A. KANESHIRO Honolulu
Caldwell scissors across the stage in lean and elegant black. Although she does not sing a note, she does a brilliant job of suggesting--with the turn of a hand, the tilt of her head--the minor adjustments of someone attending to an inner genius; you don't doubt that if she could only transfer what's inside her to her pupils, they would sing like angels. And when Callas' voice is piped in--a true angel, soaring out of the loudspeakers--Caldwell, her conduit, suddenly embodies the paradox at the heart of every magnificent diva: someone who might...
...TOOK HALF A DECADE and some very lean seasons for most designers to figure out what women were looking for in the '90s. But one, Miuccia Prada, knew the answer all along: wearable clothes with a touch of class. Prada is a cult that is about to become a movement. The popular thing to say about the Prada style is that it looks like nothing--but that is meant as a compliment. Instead of making a bold statement, like Versace or Lacroix, the clothes are unassertive, combining traditional good manners and an ultramodern industrial sleekness...
Spectators may lean against a railing to watch as Election Commissioners inspect and stamp each ballot by first choices and by precinct. The entire process is usually completed and published by Friday afternoon. Tallies are broken down by individual candidates and by precinct...
...more bang-per-buck you would get from Windows 95 than from dos 3.0, or from a new CD player than from an old, no-frills model--the official inflation rate would be lower and median wages would then look less stagnant, if far from vibrant. Another benefit of lean, efficient capitalism is jobs; the American unemployment rate is stunningly low by European standards--half the French and Italian rates...