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...that time) frumpy- looking Hillary. Her indifference to matters of appearance was evident on the night before the marriage when, amid the bustle of painters, her mother asked to see her wedding dress -- and discovered that she had not bought one. Mother and daughter went up to the quaint town square of Fayetteville and found one store open, where Hillary bought the first dress she took from the rack...
Little wonder that the parties are moribund, that party affiliation is so brittle, that congressional candidates are now political entrepreneurs beholden to no one. The party convention has become positively quaint. Traditionally it was here that the elders gathered to pick their presidential candidates. That role having long since been forfeited to the primaries, the parties have turned the convention into a made-for-TV show. Perot understands that this new contraption -- parties manipulating media to send out the parties' message under cover of "news" -- is Rube Goldberg inefficiency. Why not let one man go on Larry King and send...
With their flashing boards and shouting traders, the frenzied floor pits of the world's stock and commodities exchanges are a symbol of the human side of the financial marketplace. But they are fast becoming a quaint anachronism. The British and French stock markets are completely computerized, the Toronto exchange plans to shut down its trading floor by the end of the year, and the Japanese, Koreans and Germans are rapidly moving in that direction. Now comes one of the biggest steps toward a global computerized marketplace: this week Reuters and the two major Chicago commodities exchanges plan to launch...
Cape Cod offers nearly 300 miles of coastlinedotted with an array of quaint fishing villagesand rocky beaches. Ferries to Martha's Vineyardand Nantucket leave daily. A trip to the islandsrequires a little planning, some extra cash, ahard to get reservation and a tolerance fortourists but it's well worth the effort. Whitesand, clear surf and gray-shingled cottages withwidow's walks on the rooves all abound on theislands...
...Maine Coast is a tempting alternative tomore local beaches and a good way to get far awayfrom the Yard. Kennebunkport is a touristy villagefeaturing the summer home of George Bush. Whiletouriests aren't regularly invited to the Yalie'splace for supper sans broccoli, the towndoes have several quaint seafood shacks where thebrave can pick up a lobster while it still crawls...