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...overarching themes to bind up the threads of his lengthy story: the decline of religious faith and the corresponding rise of the movies. "The novel's central thesis--that movie theaters have become modern America's houses of worship--is never really demonstrated in action," notes TIME's Paul Gray. "It is fascinating to watch a writer of Updike's dexterity cram and mold some tremendously diverse material into a single book. He renders, as tellingly as ever, the magic of individual moments. But for all its author's labors toward unity, In the Beauty of the Lilies remains...
...dismal start on the employment front. By now, of course, it is hardly news that "at most major companies, downsizing is standard operating procedure, year in and year out," in the words of John Challenger, executive vice president of the Chicago outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas...
Even so, the announcement was a bombshell. For one thing, the job terminations were much more numerous than anyone had expected--so much so as perhaps to indicate that a two-year slackening in the pace of layoffs economy-wide is about to be reversed. Challenger, Gray & Christmas counted reports of a record 615,000 job reductions in 1993; that dwindled to just under 440,000 in 1995. John Challenger, however, sees a "real risk that the pace is picking up and will surge in 1996." The AT&T layoffs point to more in telecommunications, he says. In addition, "more...
...disagreement, however, does not involve the Blue and the Gray. Rather, it revolves around efforts to memorialize the 64 University graduates who died fighting for the Confede, ate States of America during the Civil...
Still, a divorcing of the Waleses would have several gray areas--apart from the spectacle of the perpetual Windsors of discontent. Diana, for one, will always be the mother of William, presumably the next King but one. By tradition, a postdivorce Diana would retain the title Princess of Wales unless she remarried. The Queen might even allow her, as a courtesy, to remain "Her Royal Highness," a title reserved for those who are heir to the throne or married to the heir. Financial support and access to the children have probably already been worked out. But Diana's aspiration...