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Normally, NATO gatherings put people to sleep. This one is different. In the wake of communism's collapse, the question on the table for the first time is whether to expand eastward to embrace those former Soviet satellites finally in a position to join the free world's premier defense alliance. "It would be a historic sin to miss this opportunity to bind in the East Europeans," says NATO Secretary-General Manfred Worner. But the West, led by the U.S., is about to commit that very sin. The 16 nations that already enjoy NATO's protection are on the verge...
...play of about an hour, Darlene focuses on the relationship between Sidney (Glenn Kessler) and Rose (Esme Howard), "New York's premier matchmakers." While Sidney and Rose do power lunches setting up their clients with one another, some of their strangest "success" stories parade in and out, complicating Sidney's plans for romance with Rose. With songs like "Just Friends" and "Can't We Be Friends" as background music, the play has a bit of a "When Harry Met Sally" feel, and Sidney's quest for love forms the backbone of the play...
...worn by Babe Ruth during his 1929 and 1930 seasons with the Yankees. Ruth's shirt was just one of 991 items that were offered during a two-day sale of gloves, bats, * rings, boxing trunks and a 1950s N.H.L. Zamboni ice-smoothing machine conducted by Leland's, a premier auctioneer of sports memorabilia. The event grossed about $2 million and was one of the largest auctions of its kind ever held...
Throughout the cold war, the hot line-- really a direct telex-- between the U.S. President and the Soviet Premier was used several times in critical moments. Defense Secretary Les Aspin will soon announce the establishment of a defense hot line between himself and the Russian defense chief, General Pavel Grachev...
...fate of Shougang and other state-owned behemoths was much on the mind of China's rulers last week, as they launched a de facto turnaround in Vice Premier Zhu's austerity measures, coupled with a bid to broaden and deepen medium-term economic reforms. A communique issued by the party's central committee indicated that the government was loosening the restraints on credit and growth that it imposed only last July. But the statement also made a significant nod to the importance of the market as "a fundamental factor in the disposition of resources." And it went...