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CITIZENS, A CHRONICLE OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION by Simon Schama (Knopf; $29.95). Exactly 200 years after the bloody facts, a Harvard historian offers a fascinating, often surprising account of what went right -- and wrong -- during one of the world's most celebrated social convulsions...
Journalists who cover the world's hot spots traditionally enjoy a measure of immunity shared only by diplomats and representatives of the International Red Cross. Recognized as impartial observers by most combatants, reporters often venture into battle zones with hand-lettered signs attached to their cars identifying them as PRESS or TV. If their delicate neutrality is compromised in any way, the system breaks down and the danger increases. This, unfortunately, is what is happening in the Israeli-occupied territories of the West Bank and Gaza...
...been in much doubt. Larkin might have had mixed feelings about his Collected Poems, which contains more than 80 pieces never before seen in print and some two dozen previously uncollected in book form. But the poet's army of admirers -- solitary types, for the most part, who are often surprised to bump into fellow enlistees -- need suffer no such scruples. This volume only enhances Larkin's imposing stature...
...discussion about a successor." But last week the iron chancellor of the Berlin Philharmonic abruptly ended his distinguished 34-year tenure as conductor-for- life. With a curt, 17-line note to West Berlin's new culture minister Anke Martiny, the Salzburg-born Karajan, 81, severed his often troubled relationship with an orchestra widely regarded as the finest in the world. The reason given was ill health, but to an even greater extent Karajan was bowing to pressure from both his restive orchestra and the West Berlin senate...
...people who cheat at golf, chances are they cheat at life." Sports agent Mark McCormack in his best seller What They Don't Teach - You at Harvard Business School warns executives about character traits seen on the green. How a business associate handles the "gimmes," short putts that are often conceded by an opponent, can help you understand someone's personality. McCormack says that business people who assume a putt is a gimme -- even when it is 6 ft. away from the hole -- will never ask for a favor. They expect...