Word: spate
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Holroyd's biography is, he says, the first major one of Shaw since a spate of centenary tributes in 1956, and among the first in which the subject was not an unacknowledged co-author. Holroyd was chosen by the beneficiaries of Shaw's estate -- the British Museum, London's Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and the National Gallery of Ireland -- and in consequence appears to have been able to unearth some new nuggets, although he offers no footnotes and has put off detailing his sources until after publication of his third volume. The advance from Holroyd's British publisher, Chatto...
...recent successes owe much to an unprecedented new spate of diplomacy among the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council. In January 1987, U.N. diplomats told TIME, ambassadors representing the five -- Britain, China, France, the U.S. and the Soviet Union -- began a series of regular private conclaves at the behest of the Secretary-General...
...Kennedy School, long the resting home of choice for exiled Democratic politicos, has begun to diversify into the area of international relations. With a spate of new programs aimed at bringing public servants from around the world to Cambridge, the school the Kennedys build has targeted an international audience for its latest public relations offensive...
...seems. After a long period of turmoil at CBS -- including protests against layoffs and budget cuts, and a spate of embarrassing kiss-and-tell books -- the appointments were greeted with unusual comity. Burke "is the right guy at the right time," said Mike Wallace of 60 Minutes. Executive Producer Don Hewitt was equally enthusiastic about Stringer's elevation: "Howard will provide a sympathetic ear to talented writers, and that is what show business is all about...
American cigarette companies may feel besieged by the recent spate of local antismoking laws in the U.S., but times are even tougher in Canada. Last week Parliament passed a law that bans cigarette ads in print as of Jan. 1 and banishes them from billboards by 1991. (As in the U.S., cigarette makers in Canada do not advertise on TV.) Beginning next year, every pack of cigarettes sold in Canada will contain a leaflet explaining the dangers of smoking. The tobacco industry fears that the Canadian legislation will inspire a similar crackdown by Congress...