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...version of Mission: Impossible is the famous original theme music, a staccato tune for which composer Schifrin won two Grammy awards. TV themes--like those from Mannix and Medical Center--have been just one outlet for Schifrin; his works also include symphonies, operas and jazz compositions. A native of Argentina, he was brought to America in 1960 by Dizzy Gillespie to serve as his pianist and arranger. A Hollywood contract for The Cincinnati Kid followed in 1964, the first of countless film scores. Schifrin continues to adhere to a daily practice and composing schedule. Next week he releases...
...Yeltsin's policies, believes a return to a Stalinist state is impossible now, but he fears that the economy's nascent stability might not survive a communist restoration. If Zyuganov reaches the Kremlin, he says, the result may be populism of the sort that Juan Peron tried in Argentina, marked by irresponsible government spending, high inflation, price controls and shortages...
Nicole M. Souffront '96, who has been wearing the same Argentina hat for the last week for luck in writing about Argentinian author Manuela Rosas, said she planned to stop by the University Wine Shop on the way home "to pick up a couple of things" for herself and her roommates...
...RAGE IN ARGENTINA...
...publicity. Not a frame has been shot, yet the film has generated the sort of controversy that surrounds a sighting of the (other) Madonna. Buenos Aires' walls are decorated with slogans supporting either MS. PERON, inset, or MS. CICCONE, who appears, at left, in an exclusive, official portrait as Argentina's once and future, if unofficial, queen. Madonna, who has already recorded the score, plus one song written for the film, is sufficiently inured to the buzz to appear in public, albeit under guard. But even President Carlos Menem has weighed in: "I don't see Madonna in the role...