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...precious resource, an area of surpassing natural beauty, a source of national pride and, to some extent, the very symbol of our nation. For several years, newspapers had been publishing alarming reports on threats to Baikal from industrial construction along its shores, the felling and rafting of timber and pulp mills' discharge of chemical wastes...
...workaholic Milken, 43, power is more precious than money, so his prison term is the real penalty. By pleading guilty to six counts of securities fraud (reduced from 98 criminal charges in the original indictment), Milken faces as much as 28 years behind bars. But oddsmakers bet that when Milken is sentenced in October he will get five years and serve less than that...
Bill Blass, who has made precious few mistakes in his long career, agrees. He likes woolly legs, not crazy legs. In fact, he likes them well enough to denude his outfits of ornament. "Small head, short hair, no jewels, no necklaces," is his 1990 message. Who will come to the defense of artifice? Not Issey Miyake. Says the Japanese designer, who can conjure more shapes than a sculptor: "Clothes aren't sexy, women...
...Like That" also leads well into Talenti's introspective number, "We Are Not Alone." Talenti nicely avoids being overly precious as he pours out his heart to a stuffed Bugs Bunny. He is joined later in the number by the other three performers, until there are four singing in medley. The cast then segues into "Our Time", a big-as-life finale...
Worst of all, I am ignored by people I don't even know. Sure, they stop and pick up my books when I trip in the middle of the Yard, and one even stopped me and offered to give me directions to the pre-frosh barbecue. But I feel precious few vibes of genuine sympathy...