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Dennis Potter lived on TV. He was a dramatist, not an actor, yet viewers in his native England and abroad knew Potter's life story through his teleplays. In 1964 he ran unsuccessfully for a seat in Parliament as a Labour Party candidate, then wrote his two Nigel Barton plays about a Labour M.P. that hit such a nerve the party demanded they be softened. He fictionalized his military service in last year's six-parter, Lipstick on Your Collar. His 1986 magical musical memory masterpiece, The Singing Detective, pictured a writer who, while suffering an egregious skin disease, psoriatic...
...Lush beds of lavender, lamb's ears, lilies, begonias, irises and poppies surround the house. The box hedges are perfectly manicured. A magnolia tree thrives. The plants are a living testament to Joel Rifkin's gifts as a gardener. "Joel could tell you exactly what's growing," says Frank Barton, who lives across the street from the landscaper. "He knew how long it'll grow and when it'll die." But Joel Rifkin cultivated life and death in other, more odious ways. And last week he revealed a terrifying bouquet of evil...
Many investors are increasingly hunting for bargains abroad, where stock prices and yields are often more attractive. "We are moving to markets in Europe, where levels are clearly a lot cheaper than in the U.S.," says Barton Biggs, managing director of equity research for Morgan Stanley. "And to Asia, where the real economic growth in the world is taking place." Chicago's Wanger Asset Group has already collected $160 million in its overseas funds only seven months after opening for business. Much of the money is headed for Japan, where the stock market is slowly recovering from its speculative meltdown...
...soak the rich" notion raised some questions. "Clinton starts off by talking about honoring work, but there's no way to sort out the people making $250,000 and say, 'They don't deserve it, so let's tax them at a higher rate,' " says University of Houston economist Barton Smith. "They're not all fat cats. Some of them are people who have worked all their lives, developed a business and succeeded...
Walsh would extract those lessons from his subconscious and bake them into his next game plan. In turn, he made his players practice the hypothetical so as never to be surprised when it unexpectedly happened the next Sunday. "Everybody was ready for every situation," says 49er offensive tackle Harris Barton. "When we began a game, we really had an edge." Adds 49er linebacker Mike Walter: "On the field, the game can be a blur. If you have panic on the sideline, it will kill a team quickly." Walsh, standing serenely on the 49er sideline, secure in the knowledge that...