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That is all changing. The swift success of both Campion's protofeminist film and Nyman's lush, haunting score (more than 1.5 million CDs sold to date) has meant far fewer puffy noses and sour faces. Previously, Nyman was best known for the music he wrote for the idiosyncratic director Peter Greenaway (The Cook The Thief His Wife & Her Lover) and for his own superb 1987 opera, The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, based on Oliver Sacks' best-selling book about neurological disorders. On a recent tour of North America with his 10- piece chamber orchestra...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MUSIC: Minimalist to the Max | 11/14/1994 | See Source »

Cohagan is seen as a swift skater, effective on the transition. He has played well for the Crimson. Last year seeing action in 30 games, scoring three goals and dishing out eight assists...

Author: By W. STEPHEN Venable, | Title: Cohagan: This Ohio Product Makes Good | 11/5/1994 | See Source »

Second-year forwards Eric Perrin and Martin St. Louis are coming off brilliant seasons and should lead the Vermont attack, along with senior Dominique Ducharme. Perrin and St. Louis are swift and crafty, having compiled 45 and 51 points last season...

Author: By David S. Griffel, | Title: ECAC | 11/5/1994 | See Source »

Offical response was swift. Governor Ann Richards designated 33 counties disaster areas, clearing the way for federal assistance. Richards, in the midst of a tough re-election campaign, toured extensively throughout flooded areas in a Texas National Guard helicopter on Tuesday, then held a news conference in the Houston airport. Her opponent, George W. Bush, toured a flooded Houston subdivision in a boat piloted by a Republican county commissioner and helped evacuate a stranded teenager from her home...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Flood, Flames and Fear | 10/31/1994 | See Source »

...welcome but hardly transforming step on the road toward peace in the Middle East, and the American role in bringing it about was only important, not decisive. But the occupation of Haiti -- cross fingers, knock on wood -- so far has been a nearly bloodless triumph. The swift deployment of U.S. troops and planes that scared Saddam Hussein into withdrawing the Iraqi forces he had massed along the border with Kuwait seems a "no-brainer" to many foreign- policy experts. Clinton had only to order execution of a plan that sat in Pentagon computers -- and he could not decline without inviting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Taking His Show on the Road | 10/31/1994 | See Source »

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