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...stories, his collaborators discovered some things they shared, even beyond serious worries about what the temp trend is doing to American industry. Says associate editor Janice Castro, who wrote the main story: "The same qualities that made Sam a good reporter serve him as an editor. He is energetically curious -- a sleeves-rolled-up guy who loves to find out what people are thinking and why." Dan Goodgame, who succeeded Sam as our national economics correspondent, has a slightly different perspective: he calls Gwynne "the first Welshman I've met who can't sing" but who also can't stop...
...CURIOUS CONTRADICTION: THE FEDERAL Deposit Insurance Corporation reported last Tuesday that bank earnings hit a record $32.2 billion in 1992, even as bank lending declined. Armed with such statistics, President Clinton asked the industry to loosen credit strings, particularly for small businesses. To encourage the major lending companies to lend more, Clinton unveiled a package of proposals designed to prompt banks to extend loans more on the basis of track record and reputation than on collateral...
...misty about guys in funny-looking knickers, the first- base box seats have been full of writers. To cite a few, W.P. Kinsella wrote Shoeless Joe (Field of Dreams, in its film version), and George Plimpton came up with the sly and flaky The Curious Case of Sidd Finch. New Yorker sage Roger Angell wrote about spring training over and over, decade after decade, in words so fine that people who would rather have their teeth fixed than go to an actual game can quote paragraphs of Angell to each other. Even George Will, the frowning dominie of conservative political...
...white walls and a curious white box provide the only setting for the tragedy to build within. The latter piece is intriguing with its folding-out sides, one a book-shelf, the other a safe door. It's a shame that it is so little used. Steps from the floor to the top of the structure provide the actors with the sole physical embodiment of their power duels, and when its possibilities are exhausted, Merteuil and Valmont seem immobilized...
...favorite on the scientists who use the nests of pack rats to study the state of the ecosystem thousands of years ago. His ; continuing delight in these stories reflects what he calls a "child-like" fascination with the subject matter. "Children are fascinated by science," he explains. "They're curious, and they ask questions. When you become an adult, you stop doing that because it's embarrassing to say 'I don't know.' But I still have this curiosity and excitement about science." Here's hoping Leon doesn't reach adulthood anytime soon...