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...cardinal's communique said that "after all the meetings that they have had, the mediators believe that the acceptance, in principle, of its proposal would favor the rapid advance of the cease-fire negotiations...
Boitano hands most of the credit to Coach Linda Leaver. When she spotted him at age eight in Sunnyvale, Calif., Leaver was initially struck by how "tiny and adorable" he was. She was most taken, however, by his rapid improvement. "I came home and told my husband that Brian would be a world champion," says Leaver. "It just took a little longer than I thought." After 16 years of working together, Leaver and Boitano hardly need to speak. They simply sense. "It's kind of like one person split in half," he says...
...hints of a slowdown could be found among last week's statistics. Most ominous was the rapid growth of stockpiled products held by manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers. The glut of goods was the result, in part, of a slowdown in consumer spending...
...Miller '89 of Lowell House and Ellicott City, Maryland, Senior Editor, Mark T. Brazaitis '89 of North House and Washington, D.C., Sports Editor, Elsa C. Arnett '89 of Dunster House and New York, New York, Deputy Magazine Editor (Politics); Sophia A. van Wingerden '89 of Cabot House and Rapid City, South Dakota, Assistant Magazine Editor, Casey J. Lartigue '89 of Houston, Texas, Associate Sports Editor, Jennifer M. Frey '90 of Mather House and Allegany, New York, Assistant Sports Editor, Julio R. Varela '90 of Lowell House and Bronx, New York, Assistant Sports Editor, Michael J. Lartigue '89 of Houston, Texas...
...Western modernist ethos. They came from a world enlaced with traditional forms, in which the idea of an avant-garde was barely conceivable and the notion of radical renewal seemed like cultural parricide. Terms like expression and the self had quite different loadings in Paris and in Tokyo. The rapid change of styles in Paris -- fauvism, cubism, expressionism, surrealism -- was bewildering. But they seemed portents of cultural renewal; so even with Japanese who were painfully aware that their country had a name in Europe for imitation, not invention, the need overran the obstacles. "Of course one has to imitate," remarked...