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...rockets would come in more heavily than ever. Last week's barrage left 600 people dead and almost 2,000 wounded. "Hekmatyar cannot get power, so he has become a complete spoiler," explains Islamabad columnist Mushahid Hussain. Unless the carnage stops, there may be few spoils left for the victor...
...exultant. "For us it's a victory," he said. "I'm very pleased with our kids." The Dominicans had, after all, come within eight runs of tying the Cubans. The Cuban pitcher, for his part, complained that he'd had a bad day. And the smiling Cuban centerfielder Victor Mesa (a.k.a. "El Loco") bubbled over with noblesse ; oblige: "The Dominican Republic should be very proud to lose only 8-0." Across town that afternoon, where another dominant Dream Team was on display, the responses were almost identical. "Our objective has been to keep them within a 45-point range," said...
...Raphael's Alba Madonna. Initially, plans called for the paintings to be taken to Mount Weather and hung on the walls there, arranged not by artist or period but by the size of the canvas. Curators were worried, however, that the site's humidity would destroy the paintings. Victor Covey, then the gallery's senior conservator, designed an ingenious lightweight metal container on wheels that one person could roll through the gallery and, within minutes, gather up the 18 or 19 most prized paintings, then slip them into designated slots. Inside the container was a tool chest with devices...
...recording of Company, the witty, brittle musical that established Stephen Sondheim as Broadway's premier lyricist-composer. Pennebaker fashioned the joy and angst of the 18 1/2-hr. endeavor into a thrilling mini-musical in itself. Virtually unseen for two decades, the film is now available on video (RCA Victor). High points: Dean Jones earnestly attacking Being Alive, Elaine Stritch agonizing through The Ladies Who Lunch. As a good show should, the 53-min. video leaves its audience craving more...
...Victor Bowen, the reservations manager for theCharles Hotel, said that in recent yeras therecession has hurt his business "incredibly...