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...this may have made more sense than taking a vow of poverty or chastity, but it put the rumor mill into overdrive. Worst was the word that the breathtaking Adjani was playing a young man. Such casting would have been a high offense against Gallic gifts, as Adjani proved anew in a recent photo session modeling her favorite clothes from the collections of such designers as Paris' Azzedine Alaia. But Adjani admirers, fear not. It can now be happily reported that far from a boy, the French actress will play a voluptuous, Dorothy Lamour-type % character in what is supposed...
...Atlanta, Tuesday afternoon was sunny, but motorists switched on their car headlights as a tribute. In Los Angeles, the Olympic torch atop the Memorial Coliseum was lighted anew in honor of the space victims. Governor James Thompson of Illinois, before leaving on a trip to Japan, had asked citizens of his state to turn on their porch lights at night during Challenger's mission to express support for the teacher-in-space project. After the tragedy, he telephoned a request that they keep them on Wednesday night as memorials to the fallen heroes. Many other communities paid comparable tributes...
...Islamic fundamentalists who govern Iran have never been known for tact. Iranian President Seyed Ali Khamene'i proved that anew last week during a visit to Zimbabwe, when he refused to attend a state banquet in his honor because women were present and wine was to be served. Khamene'i demanded that all women attending, including Cabinet ministers and the wife of the President, don veils and sit at a table in a far corner of the room. An hour of frantic negotiations ensued, but neither side would budge. Finally, the dinner went on without Khamene...
...Senator had been in a go mode. His fund-raising political- action committee was active, he traveled and gave interviews that encouraged attention to his likely candidacy, and his staffers seemed almost certain that he would run. But the old scandals and family problems were certain to be raised anew: just this fall, a widely publicized book about his former wife Joan had criticized Kennedy as an unfeeling husband. Kennedy's sister Jean Smith, whose advice he highly regards, advised against another race. Politicians he consulted around the country were friendly but unreassuring. A final and perhaps paramount factor...
...that is just what Rajneesh's followers sought: they hoped to get away from ambition and meaninglessness and begin their lives anew. But their dream was short-lived, deflated by deceit and then defeated by disappointment...