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...half a billion figure reflects a White House decision that surprised even Wade Horn, the federal overseer of Head Start. His office was expecting a modest increase, perhaps a tenth as much. "There are two reasons for that number," concedes a Bush adviser, "and both are purely political. First, $500 million rolls off the tongue nicely. It's round and big. Second, a figure that size helps silence those who scoff at the boss as the 'education President.' Think of it as a pre-emptive strike that deflects attention from an overall education budget that won't even keep...
Goldman said that since East Germany's economy is about one-tenth the size of its western counterpart, he did not think a reunification would present a danger to neighboring countries...
Even those who planned their escape had harrowing experiences. Last Sunday Marina Chobanyan, a widow, boarded the Baku-Moscow express to flee the gathering storm. She settled into her seat in the tenth car, thankful to be getting out alive; when the train did not leave on schedule, she began to worry. Suddenly a band of Azerbaijanis burst into the car. "I was ordered to hand over all my papers and valuables, including my wedding rings," she said. "I refused, and they dragged me off the train by my hair." Herded through the streets of Baku, Chobanyan and several other...
Bolcom cheerfully quotes a colleague as saying that he is the only serious composer who drives a Cadillac. But he has worked hard for his popularity, and he still does. His tenth string quartet premiered last year, and Yo-Yo Ma and Emanuel Ax will tour four cities with his cello-and-piano sonata in May. Casino Paradise (an opera about a gangster "that's more or less like a musical") premieres in Philadelphia in April. Other coming works: a "baby opera" about Mozart's librettist Lorenzo da Ponte; a song cycle of poems by American women for Marilyn Horne...
Bright, affectionate and about one-tenth the size of their barnyard brethren, domesticated porkers are working their way into America's homes and hearts...