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...that Anne's presence has required no additional measures. Says one equestrian official: "You can hardly breathe for the armed guards. Anne could invite Queen Elizabeth to stay overnight and we wouldn't have to increase the security." Like it or not, the princess still gets some uncommon attention. Confesses a village authority: "The first time I saw her having breakfast in the cafeteria, I whirled around so fast I nearly dumped my tray all over the Australians...
Genteel Privacy. Indeed, genteel privacy is the uncommon denominator of most of the Italian entrepreneurs. Bulgari, a jewelry shop that strives to make Tiffany look like a Woolworth counter by comparison, is buried so deep in the Pierre Hotel that no Fifth Avenue window shopper would know it exists. Ferragamo, a shoe salon, is set back from the avenue and not easily spotted by the unknowledgeable. "Most of our customers are celebrities," says Piero Nuti, general manager of Ferragamo. "We seldom see anyone else." Silversmith Ugo Buccellati is happiest when his sales force entertains only two customers a day. Gucci...
...either with them or without them. But the mystique of nationhood is as elusive of definition as ever, and wherever Kings and Queens still hold scepter, if not sway, they continue to provide the sense of history and continuity that helps make diverse peoples one. That is a most uncommon, magical?and much needed?gift indeed...
DENIALS OF TENURE for political reasons are hardly uncommon in most academic communities. Young assistant professors who are self-professed Marxists often find that their efforts to expose students to radical alternatives as well as traditional, pro-capitalist theories result in failure to receive tenure. Usually the political motivation behind tenure denials is masked by objective criteria (e.g., poor teaching performance, insufficient scholarly publication) that are legally acceptable grounds for dismissal. However, at Boston Stage College as case of tenure has arisen where the mask is so thin it fails to hide what can only be termed a flagrant violation...
...some degree, the Senate has attempted to dampen Common Cause criticism by regulating the content of newsletters and other large franked mailings. Until this year, the Senate regulations were so loose that an occasional proliferation of blatantly election-oriented newsletters was not uncommon. A close examination of Senate newsletters issued in the last year show a wide variety of styles and content, ranging from self-serving puffery to informative discussions of issues with a fair presentation of contrasting views. The style often has reflected each senator's self-perception--whether he views himself chiefly as a public "educator...