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...discovered, distributed and disarmed. (Hear that, Seattle; Athens, Georgia; Austin, Texas? Make one new move, and we'll send a planeload of advance scouts.) That in turn makes it harder to come up with much that's new. ("Unless people start wearing lumber," says the performer and fashion watcher Sandra Bernhard, "there's not much more designers can do.") Even the growth of multiculturalism can make hip more difficult. It's harder to feel genuinely alienated at a time when almost everyone can claim membership in some ethnic or sexual subnation, leaving the fearsome notion of an all-powerful mainstream...
...Stephen Breyer is not only a husband and father of three. He is a gourmet cook. He is a bird watcher, an avid reader, a student of philosophy and a speed typist." -- Senator Barbara Boxer (D-Calif...
...Cliburn watcher, therefore, could really have been surprised when the pianist failed to answer the bell for Round 2. The Rachmaninoff, which he says is his favorite concerto, is even more difficult than the Tchaikovsky. Cliburn calls it "a one-act opera in which the soloist sings all the roles...
...that awarded the winner a year in Paris and an internship with the magazine. Her essay was on the great Russian ballet impresario Serge Diaghilev, among others. Diaghilev was a shrewd, sophisticated choice, bound to knock the glossy's one-upping editors back on their heels. Says a Jackie watcher of impeccable credentials: "You could talk with her about Baudelaire, but not about Cromwell...
...approach to fighting inflation has been too gradual. Instead of soothing the markets, the Fed's modest one-quarter-point rate increases in February and March simply fueled ) suspicions that more rate hikes were on the way. While no central bank official has publicly criticized Greenspan, one Fed watcher asserts, "I have found by talking to regional Federal Reserve Bank presidents that there is a revolt going on, with them saying that they want to make interest policy, not have the White House...