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...radical change in his style in just two years, from the plainspoken beauty of Wind to the diabolical and delirious poetry of Stone. There was hardly a beat for transition, just an amphetamine rush of allusive imagery and electric boogie fused by will and some dark unknowable divining spirit. Bob Dylan not only lived on the margin, he was the margin. Approach at your peril. Precious few have ever got near him, and no one has gone beyond...
...order to battle New York City's giants, Montgomery's sales staff is aggressive enough to make John McEnroe cringe. That spirit comes largely from Weisel, 44, a ski and bicycle racer who encourages his workers to make time for competitive sports no matter how busy they get. Says he: "They ought to have some other area in their life they're interested in, to counterbalance the intense nature of our business." Weisel has built no in-house facilities but sponsors corporate skiing and running teams...
...Peter Steinfels, editor of the U.S. journal Commonweal, says that among his colleagues "damage control is the most pertinent phrase" in synod talk. Father Simon E. Smith, former executive secretary of U.S. Jesuit Missions who is now working in Kenya, sees a Vatican scheme to "box in the spirit" of the council. This can be "thwarted only if the assembled bishops take their own agenda in hand," he says...
...consumers or producers, shareholders or voters, laborers or arts mavens, citizens of the world or school children, Australians can feel the dragon's heat. China is at once an old friend, a potential foe, a buyer, a seller, an alien nation and a muse. It's the face and spirit of globalization: Australia's distant factory floor and an endless market for the country's minerals, gas, technology and brain power. China's soft power is seeping into Australia's cities, suburbs and remote corners. It's changed the nation, and continues to change it. Yet the transformation has attracted...
...think that’s definitely a bright spot, considering in the first half we only scored two goals, to come out so strong,” senior midfielder Casey Owens said. “It shows you something about the spirit of Harvard lacrosse. We’re not going to accept defeat without a fight...