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...Revolution of 1980. Its bestselling author is the pseudonymous "Philippe de Cormmines," whose cleverly futuristic The 180 Days of Mitterrand last year foreshadowed the rupture in the Socialist-Communist alliance. In Commines's new work, Giscard refuses to give in; at 6 a.m. three SAM II missiles transform the Eiffel Tower into a hulk of twisted steel. Responsibility is claimed by a terrorist group that calls itself Society Against the State. To restore his government's credibility, the President tries a dramatic gesture: he appoints Michel Rocard, a charismatic economist who is currently challenging Francois Mitterrand for leadership...
...School offers two main programs to transform prom organizers into government agency organizers and policy makers: the ten-year-old Master of Public Policy Program (MPP) for those with at least five years of experience in the public sector--the first degree offered by the School when it was founded...
...sensibilities. Gambling, prostitution and pornography are all viewed as typical manifestations of modernism. The Shah's widespread curtailment of civil liberties, freedom of the press and political assembly are looked upon as only further evidence of his determination to deprive the Shi'ites of their power and to transform the nation into a secular state...
Fully half the companies that have moved to the county have settled in Stamford, which has changed from a dingy factory town into a showcase for imaginative corporate architecture. General Telephone & Electronics occupies a striking tower, shaped like an inverted pyramid, that has helped to transform a once decaying downtown section. Champion International's offices in the 21-story Landmark Tower overlook buildings forming a complex that includes a sunken plaza used for tennis in the summer, skating in the winter. Continental Oil, Xerox, Texasgulf and General Signal are in High Ridge Park, which, with six modern buildings...
...career takes off, Stoltzman is increasingly on the road, appearing with regional symphonies or with the TASHI Quartet, which he helped to organize. His ambition now is to do for the clarinet what Casals did for the cello: transform his instrument into an eloquent solo performer. "Last spring, when I was playing in Vancouver with the Amadeus Quartet," says Stoltzman, "a 90-year-old man came backstage and said, 'That's the first time the clarinet ever sounded human to me.' That's what I want-to make music that will liberate people." - Annalyn Swan