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...trips already paid for by individual governments. A high official at U.N. headquarters in New York City is promoting the career of his mistress in a well-paid U.N. job. A key adviser at one of the U.N.'s most controversial agencies is said to be an alcoholic too seldom sober to do much work. And the head of a worldwide agency is reputed to have bought his job by handing out cash--bundles provided by his national government stuffed into a suitcase--to delegates from other countries who agreed to sell their votes...
...stentorian tone seldom employed at presidential press conferences, Yeltsin excoriated reporters for predicting that the meeting would be a disaster. "Well, now for the first time I can tell you that YOU'RE a disaster," he said, sending a beet-red President Clinton into a such fits of laughter that took him nearly a minute to compose himself...
...perhaps one of the most versatile and loudest trombonists today. Though he only rarely picked up his horn, Marsalis also distinguished himself, particularly in his trumpet duel with Marcus Belgrave and his balled performance. Those performance stood out from the concert together with the adventurous selection of seldom-heard Ellingtonia which constituted a fitting tribute to the Duke in itself...
...staff editorial on AALARM makes only one correct statement: that the members of AALARM should not be punished for their actions. If we were to take a seldom-enforced rule out of storage, dust it off and apply to a group just because we don't like their message, we would be going against the notion of content blindness that is central to freedom of expression. In a university setting that thrives of the free flow of ideas, free speech assumes even greater importance. If AALARM members were to face disciplinary action. Harvard would be making a mockery...
...host of the crowded cocktail party that is his memoir, Gore Vidal is mostly on his best behavior. He seldom scandalizes his guests and rarely flings a martini into anyone's face. Courtly but gossipy, chummy but not overfamiliar, he proudly points out all the notables he has managed to attract to his soirae. Yet, while there is a good deal of pleasurable ogling to be had, Vidal's book is the sort of grand, teeming affair that leaves you feeling vaguely unsatisfied, as though you are not quite sure why he invited you in the first place...