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...excellent dancer and an exceptional choreographer. In seeing her move eurythmically...one often has the impression that she is not a dancer but the dance itself. What more can be said?” wrote Pierre Lév??que—president emeritus of the University of Besançon—on Maxwell’s website...

Author: By Anne E. Bensson, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Maxwell’s Modern Dance Revolution | 6/8/2005 | See Source »

...first peaceful constitutional change of government in 25 years should have been a signal event in Bolivian politics. But the way in which the new President was selected cast a pall over last week's inauguration ceremonies for V??ctor Paz Estenssoro, 77. Paz Estenssoro had narrowly lost the popular vote in the July 14 election to former President Hugo Banzer Surez, 58. But because neither candidate drew more than 50% of the vote, the final choice was left to Congress. Although both men proposed similarly conservative programs, leftist legislators saw Paz Estenssoro as the lesser of two evils...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Notes: Aug. 19, 1985 | 4/18/2005 | See Source »

U.P.I.'s management, employees and creditors accepted a bid of $41.6 million from Mario V??zquez Raa and Houston Real Estate Developer Joseph E. Russo. The once rival bidders began striking up a partnership last Tuesday in the elevator of U.P.I.'s headquarters in Washington, D.C. V??zquez Raa, who is expected to control about 90% of the company, owns the largest chain of newspapers in Mexico. He told American reporters through an interpreter that he plans to restore U.P.I.'s financial stability and improve its performance. Said U.P.I. Vice President William J. Bowe: "It will...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business Notes: Nov. 25, 1985 | 4/18/2005 | See Source »

...anything, really. Perhaps if I had a career as a guy who lounged around drunk in poorly-maintained Flemish castles.” He wrote his thesis on David Foster Wallace’s “Infinite Jest” and Pynchon’s “V??: “My thesis was: these two books are awesome and here’s why. (Basically...

Author: By Michael M. Grynbaum, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: How Harvard Remade ‘The Office’ | 4/15/2005 | See Source »

...made a ‘V?? with my fingers, pointed into my eyes, and then pointed straight into Ryan?...

Author: By Rebecca A. Seesel, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: SEES AND DESIST: The Utter Failure Of A Noble Scheme | 12/17/2004 | See Source »

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