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...Bert Snow, a Somerville sculptor. The visiting artist at Cabot House, Snow has created Gargoyles to perch on top of the Georgian style dormitories. A dormer-window inspired sculpture, Gargoyles will sit more than 40 feet above the Quad and will respond to variances in the wind. A troika of forms made of steel, wood and nylon, the project will be illuminated at night and filled with natural light by day. Gargoyles addresses more vantage points than last year's picnic tables/artwork in that it can be seen from the Quad itself and also from inside college common rooms, student...
Last week the Kremlin recommended blanket amnesty for everyone convicted by the infamous star-chamber "troika" courts of the Stalin era, in which three party and state officials had absolute power over the accused. The courts were the dictator's primary instrument of mass terror during the 1930s and functioned until his death in 1953. According to Western historians, the amnesty may apply to as many as 20 million people, a large number of them posthumously. Another post-Stalinist landmark: the weekly magazine Literaturnaya Gazeta published a detailed account of the role played by the dictator's secret police...
Baker had preferred that Bush appoint a troika consisting of Fuller, Sununu and campaign pollster Bob Teeter, who together would bring the necessary Washington experience, negotiating ability and personal clout to the job -- much like Reagan's first-term team of Baker, Michael Deaver and Ed Meese. But Bush was determined to show his independence. While some members of the transition team seemed thrilled to see the President-elect make a bold decision, others recalled that Bush was not always at his best on his own. Said a skeptical adviser: "There was a lot about this week that was reminiscent...
...Mass. By the end of the evening the decision was made to welcome the errant surrogate son back into the fold. Sasso was awarded the purposely ambiguous title of vice chairman of the campaign. But in effect the campaign structure was altered to allow each member of the ruling troika to do what he or she does best. Sasso will become the dominant figure, mapping strategy and massaging Democratic political leaders. Brountas, who combines political inexperience with mature judgment and long friendship with Dukakis, will provide the balm of lawyerly calm wherever needed. And Estrich, who insists she is "delighted...
...Mickey Mouse Club, Wednesday was officially dubbed "Anything Can Happen Day." But for the star-crossed Democrats, it was Super Tuesday that ushered in the season of anything-can-happen politics. The members of the Democratic troika, Michael Dukakis, Albert Gore and Jesse Jackson, each declared victory as they split almost equally the 20-state delegate harvest. But the fates decreed that the 9.5 million Democratic voters would deprive any contender of the kind of breakthrough that would unfuddle the nomination muddle. In fact, the verdict on Super Tuesday for the Democrats, unlike that for the Republicans, may be that...