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...wait and see how robust the debate anddiscussion we generate will be and what effectthat will have on the University," Nader said, inresponse to Steiner's criticisms...
After governing the state from 1974-'78, Dukakis defeated then-incumbent Edward King in 1982 to reclaim the office. In his second effort--along with a bit of good fortune--he has performed and economic miracle. Massachusetts stands as the most economically robust state in the country--a state with the lowest unemployment rate and with the best potential for continued growth. While social services have gone up, taxes have gone down...
...ambivalences about South Carolina and New York. Though aggressively Southern, Tom keeps his nose pressed against the windows of Manhattan sophistication. He is particularly fond of pricey restaurants where he can indulge his taste for overseasoned prose. At Lutece, for example, "I tasted the wine and it was so robust and appealing that I could feel my mouth singing with pleasure when I brought the glass from my lips. The aftertaste held like a chord on my tongue; my mouth felt like a field of flowers. The mousse made me happy to be alive." The book is loaded with this...
...opera's scope with tender reminiscences only implied in the libretto. In Otello, however, flashbacks to the Moor's slave childhood are maudlin, and Zeffirelli's camera, jumping edgily from storm to massed choruses to brawls and bedrooms, tires the mind. As Otello, Tenor Placido Domingo is in robust voice, and Bass Justino Diaz makes a splendidly vile Iago. Yet Zeffirelli's presumption in heavily editing Verdi's taut masterpiece serves neither movie audiences nor opera lovers well, and the patina of homoeroticism that suffuses the film contradicts the heterosexual spirit of both libretto and score. No wonder...
...budget deficit, says Brian Smith, a newsletter publisher in Alexandria, Va., would be roughly equal to the profits of all U.S. corporations, and nothing seems to make the deficit shrink. Said Albert O. Nicholas, president of the $1 billion Nicholas Fund in Milwaukee: "The economy isn't all that robust, and companies aren't coming up with the earning increases or even maintaining the earnings to support the stock-market euphoria that came about because of declining interest rates...