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...break the deadlock, Christopher offered a diplomatic plum to Syrian President Hafez Assad: a meeting with Clinton in Geneva. The mid-January summit, which is expected to bring the Syrians back to Washington's bargaining tables by February, will enable Assad to project the statesmanlike image he craves. And it will also give him a chance to explain to Clinton his reservation about the Arafat-Rabin accord...
...leaps and their perfect synchronicity elicited tremendous applause from the audience. The slow and sensuous, technically challenging Arabian "coffee" movement performed by Kyra Strasberg, Todd Eric Allen and David Porter, mesmerized the audience and incorporated elements of modern dance into classical ballet. Finally, the rapid speed of the Sugar Plum Fairy's pirouettes and her leaps in plie on point all allowed Jennifer Gelfand to look delicate and effortless while demonstrating her internationally recognized mastery of technique. While strong on her own Gelfand proved to have even more range in her movement in a pas de deux with her talented...
...present of a nutcracker shaped as a toy soldier, and by his nephew. That night she dreams of a battle of mutinous mice, won by the nephew in the guise of a life-size nutcracker. Marie and the Nutcracker are then carried off to the land of the Sugar Plum Fairy, where they are entertained by dancers of every country and candy imaginable. The dancers are talented, notable performers including Arabian Coffee and Mother Ginger in drag with her brood hidden under her skirt...
...start leveling the regulatory mountain, Hosokawa will first have to evict bureaucrats who thrive in its shelter. The bureaucracy has effectively run Japan for the past four decades, and it battens on its power -- not to mention the plum private-sector jobs that go to many senior government officials when they retire. A recent study by Tokyo Shoko Research, for example, discovered that nearly 1 in 5 construction-company board members is a former bureaucrat...
...walls of the Flemish section are a gray-mauve that curators describe as plum but less charitable observers call degueulis d'ivrogne (loosely translated as regurgitated wine). Here the magnificent Flemish collection, featuring works of Van Eyck, Van Dyck and Bruegel, ultimately prevails. And so does the ingenuity of Pei's layouts, which is evident throughout the painting galleries. For Poussin, Pei designed a special octagonal room to show off the famous Seasons series. And for the 24 oversize Rubenses commissioned by Marie de Medicis in the 1620s, Pei designed what is the stunning centerpiece of the Flemish section...