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...corny, it is by far the most American of all the country's patriotic shrines: unabashedly showy, technically impressive, evangelically democratic, & erected with private funds--and now privately restored as well, with $70 million from a quarter-billion-dollar treasury raised by a showy, impressive, all-American son of immigrants named Lee Iacocca...
Wrong. This is Hollywood comedy. It turns out that the kidnappers are not bloodthirsty villains but an all-American couple named Sandy and Ken (sounds like...Barbie and Ken), who have been exploited by the forces of domination, i.e. the evil fashion industry. Wide-eyed Sandy (Helen Slater), who dreams of being the next Gloria Vanderbilt, apparantly originally designed the Spandex miniskirt which made Sam Stone his fortune, and the oppressed seek revenge...
...Harvard, the Kirkland House resident has been fabulously suceaaful, earning All-Ivy honors seven times and twice being named an All-American. He currently holds university records at 1600, 1500 and 3000 meters...
...much-recruited baseball and basketball star, but a string of injuries in recent years has curtailed an otherwise promising baseball career. A Biology major and a pre-med, the Dunster House resident will attend Johns Hopkins medical school in the fall. Kay was recently named an honorable mention academic All-American...
Which brings us to an interesting point. The von Bulow trial was a media event because it was exciting. It was trash: good, all-American trash. It was not, however, a media event because of the fancy legal maneuvering that accompanied Claus von Bulow's initial conviction--and subsequent acquittal--for twice attempting to murder his heiress wife Sunny Crawford von Auersperg von Bulow...