Word: sterne
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...about a play about the nuclear issue. In the first moments, Michael Trent is approached by a very wealthy mystery man named Philip Stone (Jeremy Geidt), who has devised a brief dramatic outline concerning nuclear war. He offers Trent a huge commission to base a play upon it. With stern eyes and a solemn bearing, Geidt is wonderfully menacing as he compels the confused playwright to take on the task. As Trent, Howard displays a suitably messy mixture of opportunism, hesitation, and curiosity...
Camdessus thus becomes a prominent member of the bomb squad that is trying to defuse the explosive Third World debt problem. A former director of the French Treasury, he was favored by debtor nations, which expect him to be comparatively sympathetic to their plight. Ruding, known as a stern fiscal conservative, enjoyed more support among the private banks that have loaned billions to the debtors. The bankers are already uneasy about De Larosiere's last big initiative, a $12.5 billion rescue package for Mexico that called for private creditors to accept a stretched-out payment schedule for about half...
...warm, embracing acoustics have enhanced performances by artists as diverse as Rachmaninoff, Heifetz, Callas and the Beatles. But New York City's Carnegie Hall, built in 1891 and perhaps the nation's most famous musical showcase, has long been ripe for a major renovation. With Violinist Isaac Stern, president of Carnegie Hall, leading the effort, a seven-month, $50 million face-lifting was undertaken this year. Among the improvements: an enlarged lobby, a cream-and-gold repainting of the main hall, new seats and elevators, and a modern air-conditioning system. The reopening of the hall last week was celebrated...
...their supercomputers. The blueprints for French Kiss came from the labs of Dassault-Breguet, the French aircraft manufacturer famous for its Mirage fighter jets. A team of 30 scientists, including several "Star Wars" weapons-system researchers from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, perfected USA's unique rudders at bow and stern that help prevent sideslip...
Jane and Michael Stern, young, humorous and well-educated Easterners, have become the self-styled clowns of American cooking. Where other critics travel haute, they take the low road to diners, cafeterias, luncheonettes and truck stops. Their first cookbook, Square Meals, was a paean to the Dark Ages of American cooking. The authors took culinary pratfalls advocating recipes for molded salads, casseroles based on canned soups and tuna fish, etc. Their new offering, Real American Food (Knopf; $19.95), is another, far more appetizing collection of recipes gathered from assorted low-down eateries. They include few recipes from fancy restaurants because...