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...device to galvanize and unify the disparate interest groups on the left. Neas is overseeing a "megacoalition" of prominent liberal organizations, including the N.A.A.C.P., Common Cause, People for the American Way, the National Organization for Women and the National Abortion Rights Action League. The coalition has published a half-dozen scholarly analyses of Bork's record and coordinated demonstrations against the nomination around the country...
...Princeton-based publication, run entirely by students, printed at least a half-dozen letters to the editor that were written by staff members and signed with other students' names...
Item No. 2: A half-dozen fans showed up at the Princeton game with their faces painted half red, half white. Briggs is hardly Cameron Indoor Stadium (Duke's home court, where the student fans--many with painted faces--are affectionately known as "the animals") but at least it's moving in the right direction...
MOST PROLIFIC AND IMAGINATIVE RESTAURANT DESIGNER Now that restaurants have become living theaters, it seems fitting that some of the most noteworthy are the creations of a would-be stage-set designer, Paris-born Sam Lopata. Taking New York City as his backdrop, Lopata, 45, has unveiled some half-dozen eateries in the past year alone, each in a distinctive style. Foremost among them are the reserved restoration of the haute cuisine Lutece; the playful deli-diner that is Lox Around the Clock; Casino Pascal, a barren redo of a plusher, earlier Lopata work; and Extra! Extra...
...Lines announced a bid to take over the fourth-place spot (11.9%) in the passenger race with an $860 million play for Western. Warns Lee Howard, an economist with the Washington consulting firm Airline Economics: "We see a tight oligopoly emerging in the airline industry, with perhaps a half-dozen major carriers controlling 90% of U.S. travel...