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...well-known tastemaker in his own day, Louis Tiffany is now often confused with his father Charles. Charles was America's premier jeweler who founded Tiffany & Co., and son Louis (1848-1933) was born with a vermeil spoon in his mouth. Louis remains a shadowy figure, energetic and Victorian stolid. He married twice, had six children and became infatuated with building and decorating his 84-room mansion, Laurelton Hall, on Long Island. A perfectionist, he sometimes smashed work by his artisans that did not meet his standards...
...Profits of the Minneapolis-based company, whose 666 stores include Dayton's, Hudson's, Mervyn's and the Target discount chain, rose 43% last year, to a record $410 million. In its boldest expansion yet, the company said last week it would acquire Chicago-based Marshall Field's, a premier retailer, for $1.04 billion from London's B.A.T. Industries. B.A.T., which is battling a takeover attempt by Sir James Goldsmith, will use proceeds from the sale to buy back part of its stock...
China tunes in. A speech by Premier Li Peng urging support for environmental protection leads off the evening news from Beijing on April 22, and an Earth Day concert airs nationwide later that night...
...There is no doubt that at this moment, with German reunification staring us in the face, Mr. Kohl is the man of the hour," said emeritus Stanford history professor Gordon A. Craig, considered one of the country's premier experts on Germany...
...Communist Party itself is still being "rectified," though less dramatically than the police. Key sympathizers of deposed party leader Zhao Ziyang, who was sacked for supporting last year's protests, have been demoted or dismissed. Last week Premier Li Peng told reporters that Zhao, who has not been seen in public since last May, is a "free man" but is still under investigation for political crimes. Meanwhile, the party process of Maoist- style "self-criticism," or recantation, continues...