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Bronfman, for now, is just quietly waiting. After all, he is earning $60 million in quarterly interest on the bundle of cash. Mindful of his own experience at art auctions, the sometimes impulsive Bronfman will tread carefully. Says he: "I do not want to wake up one night and say, 'My God, why did I buy that...
Where the court feared to tread, Helms and Hyde are prepared to march with flags flying. "Defining when life begins," says Hyde, "is the sort of question Congress is designed to answer, competent to answer, must answer." The wording of his bill is direct: "For the purpose of enforcing the obligation of the States under the 14th Amendment not to deprive persons of life without due process of law, human life shall be deemed to exist from conception." The intent is clear. Explains Hyde: "If the fetus is human life, as of course it is, it ought to be accorded...
...converts. But the church's fortunes soon ebbed. Four thousand of the new Christians were martyred in Nagasaki and elsewhere. Some were decapitated, some executed in scalding-hot springs by shoguns and local lords. The ruthless persecution continued over the centuries. Officials forced suspected believers to tread on Christian images. In some places an annual oath renouncing Christianity was obligatory. One reminder of the past: at least 7,000 kakure Kirishitan (crypto-Christians) persist even today in practicing an odd form of Catholicism, just as their ancestors had to do in order to preserve their faith...
...crowned heirs of Banquo, foretold by the three witches, march with a stately heraldic tread across a narrow catwalk that spans the upper rear stage like a suspension bridge. In these and other scenes, the director groups and separates her players with a painter's eye Individual playgoers may cavil at some of the liberties that Caldwell takes with Shakespeare, but few could deny that she represents a fresh, colorful and audacious directorial presence in the theater. -By T.E. Kalem
...Friday, the White House tried to tread a narrow line between the obvious U.S. joy at signs of substantial progress and the still prevalent fears that something might yet go awry. Said Press Secretary Jody Powell in response to the barrage of inquiries: "It is certainly everyone's hope there will be an agreement, but it is not a certainty. We do not have an agreement yet. Once they see our response, if they agree with it, we will have an agreement." Conceded a senior White House official: "The outstanding issues are not questions of principle. Those have been...