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At a conference of Republican Governors in Des Moines last week, there were frequent complaints that Washington was not dealing fairly with the states. Said David Runkel, a spokesman for Pennsylvania Governor Richard Thornburgh: "We had to take certain steps since 1980 to reduce our own budgetary imbalances. Should our...
The Republicans lost another incumbent just across the Mississippi River in Iowa. Like Percy, Roger Jepsen, 55, may have been hurt by rural economic problems; the farm-debt crisis is severe. But Jepsen, a conservative first-termer, had plenty of problems of his own doing. Last year he claimed congressional...
Meier is best known for the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, which opened last year, a gleaming white tour de force with a majestic presence. It is the latest in a distinguished series of structures in which Meier's signature porcelain panels and white pipe railings are used...
What is needed, says Meier, is not an abruptly new architecture but a creative extension of the modern tradition, and he applies the prescription to his newest assignment as well. "I will have 18 months or so to work out my design concept for the Getty complex," he says, "but...
What's worse, the bad-mouthing and image-bashing seems to have been paying off. Last summer Jepsen began overtaking Harkin's seven point lead in the polls on the strength of his heavily negative advertising, and by mid-September he was nine points in front. Last month Harkin began...