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Liem expressed hope last week that next yearwould be a quieter one for Dunster House...
DIED. DONALD SWANN, 70, composer and performer; of cancer; in London. Quieter half of the British comedy duo Flanders and Swann, Swann wrote the eclectic music for Michael Flanders' gently satirical lyrics in a pair of revues, At the Drop of a Hat and At the Drop of Another Hat. They toured throughout the '60s, with Flanders providing dry commentary and lead vocals and Swann at the keyboard, adding his thin but enthusiastic tenor to such whimsy as The Gasman Cometh, Song of Reproduction (a jab at stereo enthusiasts) and The Hippopotamus Song, an ode to "mud, mud, glorious...
...West spoke back last week in a quieter but no less assertive tone. A third and supposedly climactic round of high-level talks between North Korea and the U.S., to discuss trading diplomatic recognition and economic aid for the North's full compliance with the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and other Western demands, was scratched. South Korea put its 633,000 troops on alert. Seoul also accepted an American offer to deploy 48 Patriot missile launchers to defend against North Korean Scud missiles and announced that it had resumed planning for the Team Spirit military exercises with the U.S., suspended...
...response from Women's Studies] has been alot quieter because frankly they don't want tostart a lot of noise," says Bowdren. "If they do,that committee will never come a department...
...Marshall Report has resulted in a quieter unit, but very little else, guards said. Interviews with guards show the unit is still badly divided over the discrimination claims. And the report has done little to change opinions on either side...