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Roughly half of this novel, Robert Stone's fifth, is occupied with putting together the complicated and elaborate house of cards that will spectacularly blow apart during the second half. In less assured hands, such a long swatch of narrative exposition might seem cumbersome, even a little tedious. Not so in Outerbridge Reach. A lot happens in Stone's fiction, especially when nothing particular seems to be going on. The author's laconic prose manages to be both dexterous and sinister...
Given the prime swatch of real estate directly across from Philadelphia, the project has generated plenty of interest from future tenants and developers. But there remains the disturbing possibility that Camden's waterfront may become a daylight colony of suburbanites surrounded by a sea of urban decay. The ripples, say the skeptics, might never extend beyond the edge of the Delaware...
...When Swatch introduced a limited edition of watches styled like cucumbers, red chilis, and bacon with eggs, the first 5,250 sent to the U.S. were gobbled up at once. While most plastic Swatches sell for around $45, these retail at eight trendy food emporiums from Newport, R.I., to Seattle for $100. But will these tasteful timepieces by Pop painter Alfred Hofkunst appreciate like the graffiti-inspired ones from Keith Haring, offered in 1986 for $50 and now fetching...
...soda can in hand and a cigarette dangling from his lips. "Shall we start with the frustrating part or the even more frustrating part just ahead of it?" he asks his eight dancers, speaking of a passage in a rather classical-looking piece he is setting to a showy swatch of Saint-Saens. When people start tiring, he is reluctant to lose momentum, but when he offers a choice of beverages or minuets in mock airline- ese, the choice is soft drinks. The ensemble work looks odd at first because Morris rarely distinguishes between men and women. Boy may lift...
...timely move is being led by Societe Suisse de Microelectronique et d'Horlogerie, originator of the popular quartz Swatch Watch. The company has - produced six prototypes of a mechanical, self-winding version of the Swatch, which will probably go on sale next year for about $40. Though quartz models constituted 90% of Swiss-made watches last year, the mechanical versions could account for half of all sales...