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...give Hannukah presents, and I don't want to receive any. Giving gifts for Hannukah is silly. So is a "Hannukah bush" and the prospect of Hannukah Harry flying through the sky with a bunch of reindeer...
...novelist is also the London correspondent for the New Yorker (yes, the one who recounted Margaret Thatcher's refusal to be consigned to "ermined dotage"). He laconically says that he is miffed at the prospect of being one of many voices at the magazine and loyally (even strenuously) defends the appointment of its new editor, Tina Brown...
...Although I am delighted at the prospect of new vistas [literally and figuratively], I will also miss each of you very much," Viggiani wrote. "Over the last few years you have entertained me and impressed me, driven me crazy and kept me young. Always, you have touched my heart...
SOME DO IT BY SELLING OFF, OTHERS BY CONSOLIdating. The sale by General Electric of its aerospace business to Martin Marietta Corp. for $4.05 billion illustrates both defense-industry survival techniques, in wide use after six years of declining spending, and the prospect of four more under Bill Clinton. The deal, which will make Martin Marietta the world's largest defense- electronics firm, with revenues of $12 billion, supports chairman Norman Augustine's conviction that "companies that combine will be the survivors." GE chairman John Welch, worried about holding on to a division too small to compete in a shrinking...
...protracted debate over local Russians has distracted Baltic leaders' attention from other issues. A majority of the 1.8 million ethnic Russians are faced with the prospect of becoming unwelcome foreigners. In Lithuania, where the alien population of 20% poses little threat, all inhabitants received instant citizenship. But in Estonia and Latvia, where non-natives make up 40% and 50% of the population respectively, the citizenship issue is highly charged...