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...Hoving left the Met in 1977 and went on to do a number of things. In the early days of the ABC-TV newsmagazine 20/20, from 1978 to 1983, he was its on-air arts correspondent. For a few years after that, he was chief editor of Connoisseur, a now defunct magazine of the arts, which I contributed to for awhile, so I can say with authority that an editorial meeting with the very tall, tirelessly enthusiastic Hoving was like sitting across a table from a windmill...
...year greeting-card industry is holding up pretty well, according to the Greeting Card Association. "Card sending seems to remain relatively strong even during difficult economic times," says spokeswoman Barbara Miller, who notes the association is projecting that stores will sell 2 billion holiday cards this year, the same number they sold last year...
Soheyla D. Gharib, the chief of medicine at Harvard University Health Services, said she has seen a slight decline in the number of students coming into the clinic with flu-like symptoms. She added, however, that the downturn could be due to the beginning of reading and exam period, when students are often too busy to visit...
...response to these concerns, David Hancock, the project manager for redevelopment, proposed a new architectural plan for the complex. The redesign included a reduction in building heights throughout the sites, but it increased the number of plots that will ultimately serve as sites for the apartment units. The new plan also included more retail space along Western Ave., and it decreases the amount of parking available near housing units...
...staff, Wolfgang Schneiderhan. Paying compensation to victims' families is one way to draw a line under the affair as quickly as possible. An out-of-court settlement would avoid a long legal battle with relatives of the victims, and the amount of the payout will depend on the number of civilian casualties. A Defense Ministry spokesman says the government hopes for "a fast, unbureaucratic solution...