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Rumania finds splendor in solitude
...many cases, these were menial positions, tasks performed without public credit. But no matter how prosaic (geraniums planted by...), aesthetic (pigeons released by ...) or majestic (jetpack flown by . ..) the chore, the 9,000 performers who fashioned the splendor seen on television last Saturday saw themselves as putting together something of first importance-sappy as that may sound. But when was the last time you saw a casually tossed cigarette butt snared by a youthful groundsman before it hit the sod? "My job is to keep this area clean," he said, walking away with the dirty object in the empty yogurt...
...decision to hold its population conference in Mexico City could hardly be more appropriate. In all its splendor and squalor, the Mexican capital is the archetype of Third World megacities that are climbing to the top of the list of the world's major urban centers (see following story). Says Allan Rosenfield, director of Columbia University's Center for Population and Family Health: "We in the West haven't done very well managing our big cities. How Indonesia, India, Mexico and other Third World countries can handle them is beyond my comprehension...
...laud Elizabethan splendor...
...annual cost of $13,000, it seems a daring goal. The school may be rethinking, but it is clearly not retrenching. The strategy: a more youthful, lively appearance. For the first time, the cover of the catalogue is in full color this year, showing the campus in golden autumn splendor. Five years ago, the inside pages were filled with shots of classrooms and labs, with perhaps a Nobel laureate or two. This year there are smiling students clowning, dancing and embracing. Says Admissions Dean Dan Hall: "We are going for a bit broader student," The result: an estimated freshman class...