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...interview, Tribe said he thought the performance and art in general can spur public dialogue. "It's possible for art to provoke dialogue about public matters whether the art expresses...a distinct view...or tends to raise questions rather than answers," Tribe said...
Unplanned visits, chance meetings, impromptu drinks--these are just the sort of Filofax-be-damned encounters royal life does not amply provide. On a Friday evening last month, however, at Prince Charles' St. James's Palace apartment, there occurred some rather significant spur-of-the-moment socializing. Just nine days before his 16th birthday, Prince William, en route from boarding school to the movies with friends, called his father to tell him he'd be stopping home for a change of clothes. Prince Charles asked his son if he would not mind spending a few moments with a houseguest...
However Wall Street may have viewed the deal, some regulators saw it as a welcome spur to local competition--even as the Baby Bells howled. William E. Kennard, chairman of the FCC, says the merger looks "eminently thinkable." That hardly heartened US West and Bell Atlantic--which last year gobbled up neighboring NYNEX--which demanded access to long-distance markets should the deal go through. So far, Washington has barred the Bells from offering long-distance service to their own local customers on ground that they have not yet opened their "loops" to such rivals...
Awerbuch-Friedlander said other women haveexpressed similar concerns about promotionprocedures at SPH, but have not followed throughwith their complaints. She said she hoped herlawsuit would spur changes...
...With Pakistan already under U.S. sanctions for its nuclear program, adds Waller, ?there are not many levers left to pull." And pressure from Islamic fundamentalists and other opposition parties is likely to spur Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to test. ?Most observers here would be amazed if a test does not take place,? reports TIME Islamabad correspondent Hannah Bloch...