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...Sleek, new computer terminals have entirely replaced the wooden card catalogs in the two principal undergraduate libraries--Lamont and Hilles--and even Widener's old-fashioned card catalogs will become more and more obsolete as all new acquisitions go directly into the new computer system. HOLLIS, which library officials describe as "absolutely state of the art," also subsumes the microfiche-based Distributable Union Catalog, which listed all library acquisitions since...
...racked up four golds in Los Angeles will certainly compete again in the 100-meter dash, the 200-meter, the long jump and the 4 X 100- meter relay. Then there is the competition: Ben Johnson, the Jamaican turned ) Canadian speedster, has taken a little wind out of Lewis' sleek sails, winning their last five matchups in the 100, including a historic race in Rome in which he set the current world record of 9.83 sec. And finally, there is the old problem, the image problem. Lewis could wind up with a hoard of gold, but he would like...
...company will introduce a convertible (base price: about $8,000). It and all current Yugos will be backed by perhaps the most generous auto warranty ever. During the first year, all parts and maintenance, from routine oil changes to not-so-routine repairs, will be free. Next year a sleek four-door model will be available. Yugo officials say it will be snazzy and dependable. Says Senior Vice President Tony Ciminera: "You won't even know it's a Yugo...
Throughout most of a sleek new office park in Elmsford, N.Y., just half an hour's drive north of New York City, a visitor imagines that harried M.B.A.s sit at their terminals poring over electronic spreadsheets. But at 525 Executive Boulevard, a more exciting menu is on call. Instead of crunching numbers, a group of men and women crunch on praline, and instead of computer screens, they stare into oven windows. A thin figure in a tall toque waves a blade. "All the time be rocking the knife," he says with a Germanic accent to an intent group of onlookers...
Just as the mention of Coco Chanel conjures up the essence of French style, so does the name Cristobal Balenciaga evoke Hispanic style. The legendary Spanish designer, who died in 1972, reigned over high fashion from the 1930s to the 1960s with his sleek chemises and pillbox hats. Among his students were Adolfo, Oscar de la Renta, Givenchy, Ungaro and Courreges. Herrera calls Balenciaga the "greatest designer of all time," while De la Renta traces his use of ethnic accents to the master's influence: "Balenciaga made the most beautiful folkloric clothes ever made...