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...long as they keep it open to the public--the tempo of loss has slowed. But there are few estates that do not face their annual nightmare of rising damp, falling cornices, skyrocketing repair bills and shrinking rents. These shared threats induce the mood of solidarity fondly guyed by Noel Coward decades ago: "Though if the Van Dycks have to go/ And we pawn the Bechstein Grand,/ We'll stand/ By the Stately Homes of England." As one should, for there is no parallel to the stubborn integrity of their collections among the stripped and much-looted palaces across...
...other big question remained last week: How much of a taste had the Reagan Administration developed for unilateral military action in the face of a future terrorist threat? At the Pentagon, Noel Koch, the Defense Department's top terrorism expert, argues that just such action is necessary if terrorism is ever to be defeated. Says Koch: "Even the closest of friends are going to have disparate interests on the margins. If you want to sit around and wait for a united strike, it becomes an excuse for doing nothing...
...devoted to Schwarzenegger's pursuit of his enemies. He shoots them, drops them off cliffs, slits their throats, chops off their arms, breaks their necks, and blows them up. And, oh, yes: he also punches a steam pipe through his archenemy. "Let off some steam," he snarls--not exactly Noel Coward wit, but it is one of Schwarzenegger's favorite lines in the script. "The thing that separates me from the rest of the action leads, like Stallone, Eastwood and Norris, is that I bring in all this humor to my films," he says. "I love that, to have...
...Middle East, certainly, terrorism seems to have inexorable momentum. According to the State Department, the number of incidents there has doubled annually since 1982. What is more, says Noel Koch, a Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense, the terror "has become more violent and much more indiscriminate...
...Currently, there is a heavy reliance on teachers as the sole means of teaching [in the Third World]," said Professor of Education Noel-McGinn, director of the project. "Often there are no textbooks, no instructional materials. We want to find ways that are both more effective and cheaper...