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...doesn't make any sense," said Victor M. Chavez, manager at Cardullo's. "But we have to follow...
...illustrations, including a map of O.J. Simpson's estate. Marisa Campbell, a senior at New York City's Queens College, and Susanne Seinader, a recent graduate of Ryerson Polytechnic University in Toronto, have researched and collected photographs for the Pictures department. Hakim Fajardo from the University of Vermont and Victor Nunez from Wesleyan University have worked on special projects...
Caruso and McCormack also benefited enormously from the nascent recording industry, which Caruso in particular legitimized as an artistic medium. His 1904 contract with the Victor Talking Machine Co. called for a royalty of 50 cents a record along with a hefty royalty advance. When asked by a friend how much he earned from recordings, Caruso told the man to guess. Ten thousand dollars was the estimate. "Right," said Caruso, "only I make that monthly...
...quickly. As early as ! 1991 he proclaimed, "I say it quite plainly -- when I come to power, there will be a dictatorship." Such high-handedness is already causing problems among his supporters. In March, four Deputies from the L.D.P.'s 64-member parliamentary bloc pulled out. Among them was Victor Kobelev, once second to Zhirinovsky in the party hierarchy. A fifth dissident was later expelled from the party and, just last month, six more members broke ranks to create their own faction...
Another somewhat surprising victor on the right was German Chancellor Helmut Kohl -- shortening the odds that after a tough re-election fight in October, he will be around to play host at the E.U. summit set for the steel town of Essen in December. The 38.8% polled by Kohl's two-party coalition abruptly stalled the once inevitable rise of charismatic Rudolf Scharping, whose Socialists won only 32.2%. At the other end of the tally, Britain's conservative John Major lived fully down to expectations, as his Tories plunged to 27% of the popular vote, their worst showing ever. When...