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...Russians do not just loft these requests into the blue. They have been negotiating deals with the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank that will put some of them within reach. Russia, now an associate member of the IMF, is expected to be granted full membership at the end of April, probably along with several other former Soviet republics. At the same time, Yeltsin has pledged to enforce a stiff regime of deficit reduction, tax collections and credit restrictions...
...hair has been tamed (Bob's choice), but not his restless energy. Hughes, 53, divides his time between a loft in downtown Manhattan and a house on Shelter Island, off New York's Long Island. In between his books and art criticism, he enjoys such hobbies as carpentry and deep-sea fishing. Though he has by no means become bored with the art scene (his next book will be on the painter Goya), Hughes admits a growing passion for history and social issues. "Generally speaking," he says, "the real world interests me more than the art world." Happily, writing...
...Getty Center has been called the commission of the century, and for once that may not be hyperbole. The project includes a sprawling museum containing everything from an 18th century French corner cupboard made for the head of the Polish army to Van Gogh's Irises; a spacious, circular loft building, where art scholars can think and write, mingle and argue; a separate building devoted to harnessing computers on behalf of art-historical truth; an auditorium; a restaurant; and a huge state-of-the-art facility for conservators. All this will be set amid gardens and fountains on a positively...
Harvard opened the scoring 17 minutes into the contest when senior Co-Captain Robin Johnston eluded a Lion defender, creating enough space to loft a beautiful crossing pass. The ball found the head of Miller, who placed it beyond the reach of Columbia netminder Rachel Barney...
...Nancy in question is Nancy Reagan, who was credited in 1987 with using her well-shod foot to loft the self-important chief of staff, Donald Regan, out of the White House. Her husband, like virtually all other Presidents, had been trying to avoid the distasteful task of firing a helper and friend whose insensitivity was damaging the nation...