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...naked body, keeps some of the shape of its wearer; the unconcern of a dancer scratching her back between practice sessions in The Dance Class, 1873-76; the tension in a relationship between a man and a woman (Sulking, 1869-71) or the undercurrent of violence in an affair (Interior, sometimes known as The Rape, 1868-69); a laundress's yawn; the stoned heaviness of an absinthe drinker's posture before the dull green phosphorescence of her glass; the exact port of a dandy's cane; the professional absorption of the petits rats of the ballet corps; the look...
...change of KGB chiefs, the leadership was reshuffled in the most populous of the country's 15 republics. Vitali Vorotnikov, 62, premier of the Russian Republic (population: 144 million), was kicked upstairs into the presidency, making way for Alexander Vlasov, 56, a Gorbachev protege, to succeed him. As Interior Minister of the U.S.S.R., Vlasov had overseen a massive clean-up of the corruption-riddled police force. Now, with changes under way in the KGB, Gorbachev must decide who will replace Vlasov...
...first half of the novel, in fact, centers on Eva's moving from job to job in an upwardly mobile search for a normal employer who will treat her humanely. Initially a slave to the minister of the interior, who requires her to shave him every morning while he sits on his velvet-covered toilet, Eva moves to the home of a Yugoslavian potter. She teaches her the secret of creating images out of Universal Matter--a conglomeration of bread dough, dental cement and magic...
...Island in San Diego, and local lawyer Bob Fucillo, who will be the restaurant's general manager, the First Street Cafe promises to be a respectable addition to nouvelle American dining in this area. It features a take-out counter, a bar and even seating in the building's interior courtyard--and all this in thorougly upscale surroundings. This is a restaurant that definitely caters to the new crowd along the Cambridge waterfront...
...boat to Miami. At first the clandestine incursion was little noticed. Endemic corruption and poverty made the island easy prey for the drug cartels. The country's mountains and countless coves are well suited for smugglers. Drug agents have mapped more than 20 small airstrips in Haiti's rugged interior, where landings and takeoffs are shielded from radar detection...