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That blunt diagnosis is typical of Sachs, 34, an economics wunderkind who was a tenured professor at 29 and has become a champion of debt relief for developing countries. He first gained renown for his advice to Bolivia, which slashed its inflation rate from more than 20,000% in 1985 to 15% today. When Sachs visited Argentina last June, talk-show hosts rushed to schedule interviews. In a single hectic week last month, Sachs was in Peru and Brazil and then jetted to Warsaw, where he advises the new government...
BENJAMIN WEST: AMERICAN PAINTER AT THE ENGLISH COURT, Baltimore Museum of Art. Period pieces today, these 52 canvases show what made "the American Raphael" (1738-1820) the toast of London and the first American artist to achieve international renown. Through...
...furniture for loyal clients. In the process, he has also built a distinguished reputation. Fellow furniture maker Sam Maloof calls him the "elder statesman" of the postwar American crafts movement; Anne d'Harnoncourt, director of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, proclaims him "a national treasure." To further polish his renown, a warm and witty retrospective show of his work is now on view at the American Crafts Museum in New York City. "Full Circle" presents 43 of Nakashima's best pieces, from a battered 1944 teak coffee table to a masterly 1983 music stand whose top is a chunk...
Beginning with Alice Waters, the first female chef to gain national renown -- in 1971 after opening Chez Panisse in Berkeley, where she gives a light, decorative California interpretation to the dishes of Provence and Italy -- the best women chefs have stayed away from traditional mamma fare. Newcomer Caprial Pence combines Oriental condiments with European dishes and local products at Fullers in the Seattle Sheraton Hotel; Hong Kong-born Jackie Shen, chef-owner of Jackie's in Chicago, decks out fillet of fish sauteed with papaya, avocado and orchids...
...actors present here whose flaws lead to disaster. Not only do students hide from challenges, but their university refuses to challenge them. Harvard no longer presumes to tell undergraduates what they need to learn, believing they will somehow find the correct education on their own. The University should win renown as the World's Greatest University, as well as the World's Worst Teacher...