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PENN: It wasn't that they were teaching me so much as I was there to see what they get taught. They're very impressive guys. You never know how these things affect a performance. You just try to have it at your service when you need it, if things come up when you're shooting...
...problems in the prisons affect not only the inmates, but the whole criminal-justice system. Local jails designed to hold convicts until they are sentenced often find that when the time comes to transfer them, the prisons are full. In Michigan, 10,000 criminals have gained early release under a state law that caps the prison population. In every state, more and deadlier inmates are joining America's more than 1.5 million probationers, many of whom receive only cursory supervision...
...because Texas law requires the mayor of an incorporated town to be at least 18. Many residents think the measure will increase taxes and result in no real benefits. "Brian Zimmerman seems like a nice boy," says Diana Critelli, "but it's no longer cute when he begins to affect you at home." For his part, Zimmerman coolly predicts victory and is busy knocking on doors and posting reminders to vote. What will he do if he wins, that is to say, loses his job? "I don't know," says Zimmerman. "There isn't that much to do around here...
...townships surrounding the port city of Durban in Natal province, taking an additional 54 lives. But as the week ended, the country was alive with speculation that the white minority government of State President P.W. Botha was on the verge of making concessions that might, for the first time, affect the essential framework of apartheid. The entire country, and many other governments as well, was caught up in the rumors that Botha may announce a package of unprecedented reforms this Thursday when he addresses the Natal provincial congress of his ruling National Party...
Sure enough, Turner told MGM/UA officials last week that he wanted to make "family pictures," citing The Right Stuff and Shane as examples of what he liked. Said a top producer: "If he starts to let his personal convictions affect what pictures get made or what themes they have, he will drive the company into the ground." Maybe so, but it was not Turner who said, "Public morality is a very important factor on the screen. I seriously object to seeing on the screen what belongs in the bedroom." That was Samuel Goldwyn, and his philosophy helped produce...