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...plot revolves around two young British academics who seem ill suited to adventure. Roland Mitchell does plodding research on the Victorian poet Randolph Henry Ash; Maud Bailey, a dedicated feminist, is interested in another 19th century poet, Christabel LaMotte. (Neither Ash nor LaMotte existed, but Byatt creates excerpts from their imaginary poems and journals that bring them vibrantly alive.) Roland stumbles across a tantalizing fragment of evidence that the respectably married Ash and the spinster LaMotte may have had an illicit affair; such an event, if proved, would set the scholarly world on its ear. Before long, he and Maud...
...weeks ago, Libyan strongman Muammar Gaddafi called for the hostages' release. After the three were set free in Beirut and safely returned to Paris, French President Francois Mitterrand expressed his "personal thanks" to Gaddafi, and French Foreign Minister Roland Dumas effusively praised the Libyan leader for his "noble and humanitarian gesture." But suspicious Frenchmen and other Europeans noted that last January France returned to Libya three Mirage jet fighters that had been grounded in France since 1986, when the European Community imposed an arms embargo against Libya. Many denounced the release as part of an arms-for-hostages deal...
...outside hitter Roland Rocafort and middle hitter Chris White combined for 16 kills to foil Merryman's debut. Harvard was led by outside hitters Vince Marin and Albert Kim with 18 and 11 kills, respectively...
...recent poll indicates that 61% of the French favor German unification (vs. 45% of the British), but Paris officials are not enthusiastic. Said Foreign Minister Roland Dumas: "I took note of the remark of one East German who said, 'Our friendly neighbors should understand the desire of Germans for reunification.' I am tempted to answer him, 'Germans should also understand the worries of their friendly neighbors.' " Mitterrand last week conceded "the Germans' fundamental right to self-determination." But then he quickly added, "That said, the Germans must take into consideration the engagements that bind us to each other, to European...
...piece solely as a work of art, ignoring its social context. The show was a production of the New Opera Theater Ensemble (NOTE), a company founded in May of 1988 to promote the use of opera as a forum for treating contemporary social issues. The company, directed by Roland B. Tec '88, uses an experimental improvisational rehearsal process in which material is generated, then edited and shaped...