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With its quirky lyrics, catchy melodies and full-bodied instrumentation, this latest record from the Beautiful South is a musical joy. A male and a female singer, both with strangely infectious voices, propel the disc. The first three songs--"Old Red Eyes is Back," "We Are Each Other," and "The Rocking Chair"--are a good sampler of the Beautiful South's diversity of styles...
...Korea. On Oct. 20, Seoul opposition leader Kim Dae Jung released a letter to him in which Clinton promised to preserve the level of U.S. troops in the $ country. Some Washington strategic-affairs experts remain uncertain, however. A sharp reduction of American forces in Korea would be sure to propel Asians, already jittery about possible transpacific trade reprisals, into desperate searches for new alliances and escalation of what is even now an intensifying regional arms race...
...potential returns on equities. Since 1990, individuals have shifted an estimated $100 billion out of stingy bank CDs into the stock market. More than a quarter of the $120 billion they invested in mutual funds during that period has also ended up in the market. The sudden inflow helped propel the Dow Jones average to new heights last May, when it broke the 3400 barrier for the first time. By propping up the market with their new money, investors like Brown may have prevented or postponed the steep correction that analysts think is probably inevitable...
...conference finals, with one second left and the Celtics down 107-106, Bird intercepted a Detroit ball and passed off for the winning basket. Said he: "I could take my game to the next level just on the roar of the crowd." In the constellation of athletes who helped propel the N.B.A. to record popularity and profitability in the past decade, Bird will be linked with his Dream Team comrades Magic and Michael Jordan as the brightest stars of what may soon be remembered as the N.B.A.'s golden...
...Radcliffe President Linda S. Wilson, who has tried to propel Radcliffe further into the realm of public policy, predicts "some reordering of priorities as women become involved and a more critical mass within the legislative bodies...