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...grownup responsibility. The club members -- now totaling seven -- and their experiences in fictional Stoneybrook, Conn., were created by Ann M. Martin, a former schoolteacher and children's book editor. Scribbling on yellow pads from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily, the 36-year-old author, who lives in Manhattan with her cats Mouse and Rosie, turns out a 150-page Baby-Sitter book and a 100-page Little Sister volume almost every month...
...works which encourage the audience to reevaluate its perception of New York City, the definitive city, are Stella's Study for the Brooklyn Bridge and Edward Hopper's Manhattan Bridge. The spirit in which the artists view the city differs significantly. Stella's work presents the city as dynamic and energetic. The viewer stands at the end of the bridge, staring down its length, which narrows dramatically. The line, straight and bold, and color, electric blue and black, contribute to the powerful impact of the metropolitan bridge. Fast-paced and frightening in its resolute path, Stella's work represents...
...consistently. That makes it necessary for schools to step in to safeguard the public's health and that of their charges. Parental consent, boosters say, is desirable but * unrealistic. "I don't know anyone whose children consulted with them before they had sex," says Caesar Previdi, principal of Manhattan's Martin Luther King Jr. High School. At Jordan High School in the Watts section of Los Angeles, teens are trained to counsel one another on sexual issues, precisely because adult advice is so often shunned...
Instead, the Manhattan-based judge allowed Pan Am to go ahead with an earlier deal to sell its five U.S.-to-London routes to United Airlines for $290 million. Pan Am will get an immediate infusion of $150 million, one-third from United and the rest in bank loans. Pan Am plans to keep flying and honor all tickets and frequent-flyer credits...
Many other banks could do well just to survive the recession. Troubled lenders include such giants as Citicorp, which expects to report a loss of up to $400 million for the fourth quarter of 1990, and neighboring behemoths Chase Manhattan and Chemical Bank. While such firms seem unlikely to fail, they could wind up as merger partners with other big banking companies. Experts are particularly gloomy about the prospect for banks in New England. According to Gerard Cassidy, who follows the industry for the investment firm Tucker, Anthony, as many as 24 of the region's medium-size banks with...