Word: bartons
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation helped fuel the comeback by pumping in $5 billion to recapitalize three major banks, while two others were shored up by acquisition. "Houston deflated so sharply there was nowhere to go but up," says Barton Smith, a University of Houston economist. Low-energy prices forced the oil industry to reduce its reliance on such traditional businesses as exploration and production, while investing more heavily in refining and petrochemical manufacturing, which can earn greater profits...
...they do keep setting things in front of him. Goodman will shoot two more films this spring and summer, both with lead roles: a Las Vegas lounge singer who inherits the English throne in King Ralph, and a salesman in 1940s Hollywood in Barton Fink. Meanwhile, he and Annabeth are preparing for a baby (due in September) and looking forward to a relatively settled life. "Unless," notes Goodman, "I fall hopelessly out of fashion and we have to work in a carnival." Fat chance...
...history since 1865. America is moving away from its institutionalized prejudice, not toward it. The pace may vary, obstacles may still be in place, but the direction is unmistakeable. Progress can only be hampered, though, by the blind, irresponsible hypocrisy demonstrated by Maddox and Allen. Allen R. Barton...
Actors' lines were rewritten in order to make the musical more appealing to a modern audience. "The show is terribly dated. We had to put in extra effort to bring it up to '90s standards," Barton said...
Some members of the cast wanted the changes to go further than Carleton was willing to make. "The problem with the fine director we have is that it was hard to get him to agree to make a couple of changes," Barton said...