Word: magic
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Although he stresses that "as far as exams in particular--we have no magic." Catlin emphasizes that therapists "can help students to look specifically at the exam--not as a symbol of anything more." In addition, the twelve service staff members--five psychiatrists, four psychologists, and three psychiatric staff workers--attempt to reassure students that they "have resources." After all, Catlin says, they come to Harvard because they are talented students...
...elsewhere. This movie is serious: Jim Henson's foray into the art, dammit, of puppetry. With the help of Star Wars Producer Gary Kurtz, Faeries Artist Brian Froud, fellow Muppeteer Frank Oz and $26 million, Henson has devised a luxuriantly original fantasy world as dark as the magic crystal totem at its center. The setting is "another world, another time, in the Age of Wonder." A war between the benevolent Mystics (who look like shaggy-dog anteaters) and the evil Skeksis (pustular vultures) has obliterated all but a few of each. Under the Skeksis' whimsically sadistic reign, virtually...
Mexico's new Secretary for Commerce, Héctor Hernández, summed up his nation's expectations in a speech to foreign bankers and investors only two days after De la Madrid's inauguration. "There are no magic formulas to solve the problems," he said. "The miracle must be made by Mexicans themselves." If the U.S. can learn anything from the tribulations of its neighbor, it is that Mexico has become a mature enough force in the world to decide how to face its own problems...
Severely restricted in what he can do, Mubarak has moved slowly. "Don't expect miracles from me," he has warned. "I have no magic wand." He has shuffled his finance and economic ministers. He has raised interest rates on savings and hiked taxes on most imports. He has reassessed Sadat's policy of al infitah (the opening), under which the country has attempted to lure foreign investors. Launched in the mid-1970s, al infitah produced some investment in luxury hotels and soft-drink plants, but did little to expand Egypt's industrial base...
...which was set to music by Charles Ives, as "sharp and acid." It was also young and sexy. Thereafter he made several small ballets, all at least lively, some a bit close to the exercise book. In the past year he has taken a big step forward. In The Magic Flute, a comic folktale ballet (not related to Mozart's opera), Martins produced an earthy, unpretentious romp. Concerto for Two Solo Pianos, made for last June's Stravinsky festival, recalls the sharp, acidulous Calcium, but it is more complex and by far the most dramatic of Martins...