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...federal grand jury last week charged three executives -- Charles Atkins, 32, William Hack, 62, and Ernest Grunebaum, 52 -- of Securities Groups, a bankrupt Manhattan-based investment firm, with providing $550 million in false tax write-offs through fraudulent trades in Government securities. Atkins, who headed Securities Groups, is the son of former Ashland Oil Chairman Orin Atkins. The roster of investors lured into the scheme reads like a program listing for Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous...
...last July. Although the benefits were restored by the bankruptcy court and Congress passed a measure last October that extended the benefits, that protection expires on May 15, and the retirees are lobbying the lawmakers to give them permanent insurance coverage. Congress is considering legislation that would require all bankrupt firms to get court approval before eliminating retiree benefits...
...time could not be more ripe. Ronald Reagan, with his sale of arms to Iran, has proven his foreign policy morally bankrupt. He has discredited himself by resorting to underhanded methods of diplomacy devised in the White House basement in order to evade the will of Congress. The forthcoming Tower Commission Report threatens to expose him as a blatant liar What's more the contras themselves are engage in a damaging power struggle which threatens to rip asunder the United Nicaraguan Opposition, as well as the President's policy...
Little Shop is the story of Seymour Krelborn (Rick Moranis), a nebbishy orphan raised by a nearly bankrupt Skid Row florist, Mr. Mushnik (Vincent Gardenia). Seymour spends each day slaving away in Mushnik's shop, kept alive by his two loves: botany and Audrey (Ellen Greene), the dipsy platinum blonde store clerk. One day Seymour buys a mysterious plant from a Chinese merchant--a plant we later learn has come from outer space with intent to conquer the world...
...compensation was the gift of humor. It buffered him from harsh experience and provided the equanimity evident in his work both as a writer and a physician. Medicine suited his compassionate temperament and the need for a career to support his family after his father became a bankrupt and a drunk. Chekhov never shirked this responsibility; it became one reason not to start a family of his own. The other, more powerful rationale was his attraction to writing. In this matter, Troyat is particularly poignant, one might even say Chekhovian: "What was a woman to him, no matter how desirable...