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Into the Geography. In Honolulu, another example of Warnecke's ability to blend modern technique into a unique geographical setting will soon go into construction. The $14 million Hawaiian state capitol will rise on 24 banyanlike columns that will soar 60 ft. above a shallow reflecting pool-symbolic of Hawaii's oceanic isolation, but not in conflict with the Italian-Renaissance-style lolani Palace near...
...drive for East-West trade. It is Garant Insur ance, a Russian-owned-and-operated firm set up under Austrian law, and its business is supplying coverage for Western businessmen who trade with the Soviet bloc. In the five years of its existence, Garant has seen its premium income soar from less than $600,000 to $4,000,000 this year; it now does business with some of the best-known manufacturers in Western Europe...
...story, Mrozek zeroes in on the absurdity of Communist hortatory jargon that often lends heroic titles to mundane party functionaries, hoping to inspire them. A group of civil servants is likened to eagles, and Mrozek takes the elevation literally. Warsaw clerks suddenly begin flying around their offices. They soar away from their desks, take to the mountains in southern Po land, and even begin carrying off lambs. Lead weights, which authorities cagily attached to their shoes, did no good, Mrozek records with relish-"they escaped in their socks...
...dime, the three afternoon dailies collectively lost a 333,000 paid readership -only 46,000 of which has come back. After the city's 114-day newspaper strike last winter, another 500,000 buyers disappeared for good. If prophecies about the Mirror prove true, the total loss will soar past...
When the Conquistadors came in 1519, they hoped to found not just a colony but a New Spain. Instead, the Mexicans absorbed the Spaniards. The viceroy took the place of Montezuma; Christ became the altar ego of the god Quetzalcoatl, the plumed serpent and savior who can both soar like a bird and slither like a snake. In 17th century crucifixes by Indian artisans, Christ's body does not hang upon the Cross, but becomes part of it, styled after pre-Columbian pieces in which animals and human figures became part of the pottery. In one oil, a viceroy...