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...with its verkrampte, or ''closed- minded conservative,'' camp. He was a pragmatic politician, eager to press the flesh and do the deal. He proved cautious in his personal life as well. He married and stayed married to his college sweetheart. An earlier generation of South African leaders liked to relax by hunting big game; De Klerk took up golf. One thing that rankled Mandela's supporters throughout the talks was De Klerk's dogged refusal to condemn the principle of apartheid. The President will admit that the system led to injustices, particularly the forced removals of blacks from places legally...
...final goal of the 6-2 affair, and Dartmouth finally, mercifully, yanked netminder Sean Samuel. In 54:44 on the Bright Center ice, Samuel was beaten six times. Du had a hand in four of the scores. Two weeks earlier, with the season lurking far enough away to relax a little, Donato made a bold prediction for Du: “I think he’s capable of being a guy that other teams have to game-plan around.” Turns out, coach knows best. —Staff writer Rebecca A. Seesel can be reached...
...cooking school in Monti della Tolfa, an hour's drive north of Rome, has run courses for children. Husband-and-wife team Assuntina Antonacci and Claudio Pierotti teach bambini of all ages how to prepare traditional Italian fare, using the estate's organically grown herbs and vegetables. While parents relax in the 16th century country house, their sprogs concoct fresh pasta, tomato sauces and jams. Pierotti, a trained sommelier, even introduces the idea of wine appreciation. But there's no wine tasting for the tykes?that pleasure is for parents only...
...sense of reality to artists who would have none of it. The photographer Man Ray stands amid what appears to be a collapsed building, André Breton puts on huge spectacles, Marcel Duchamp and Joseph Stella pose together on a sofa, while Tzara, Max Ernst and Jean Arp relax on a Tyrolean holiday. In one photo Sophie Täuber-Arp holds the fanciful Dada Head, 1920, which she constructed; the actual painted sphere is just a few rooms away. Her husband and frequent collaborator, Jean Arp, is seen with a monocle-like disk over his left eye - the Dadaists...
...stirred up unresolved feelings about his own brother. Phoenix finds that laughable, although he doesn't laugh. "There was a lot made of my going to rehab, and it seems very dramatic, but it wasn't like that. I just became aware of my drinking as a tool to relax when I don't work. I basically went to a country club where they didn't serve alcohol." As for the notion that he overempathized with Cash's loss, he says, "That's simplistic. I never think about my similarities to a character...