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...derived from a book that had also prompted a made-for-TV movie. Brecht's own The Threepenny Opera, featuring rock star Sting as the seductive villain Macheath, is freely filched from British satirist John Gay's 1728 The Beggar's Opera. Sad to say, although each show could boast ingenious design and staging or beguiling acting, far from the best writers have been at work...
...companies demand American-style management at stockholders' meetings, we must clearly say no. That's what we did recently to T. Boone Pickens, a man with a disreputable reputation. America is in decline because of American managers who only care about their short-term gains so that they can boast about them at the next shareholders' meeting. Japanese managers use shareholders' meetings to explain their long-term plans and ask shareholders to bear with limited dividends. Japan has succeeded in rebuilding its economy because it has kept its idiosyncrasies, that is to say, management philosophy, labor- management relations and company...
...Paul Howley and Ed Presz have graduated, but Hartje is carrying on the tradition--even if he is playing third-shift center this season. Hartje will skate with senior John Murphy, a fourth-year starter, and sophomore Timmy Burke, who saw limited action last season. The final line will boast the other two rookies to make this year's squad--Matt Mallgrave and Steve Flomenhoft--as well as JV call-up Craig Miskovich...
...Harvard's nine faculties, an average of 31percent of alumni gave last year. And Glimp saysthat figure is consistent with the success ratesat Yale University and the University ofPennsylvania. Some smaller schools--like DartmouthCollege and Princeton University--boast ratescloser to 40 percent, he says...
...Clark cannot do it all, and despite impressive home-run help from his partner in the so-called Pacific Sock Exchange, Kevin Mitchell, as well as from slugger Matt Williams, the Giants seem outgunned overall by the Bash Brothers & Associates. More important, the A's boast the best pitching staff in baseball: Dave Stewart (21-9), Mike Moore (19-11), Storm Davis (19-7) and Bob Welch (17-8). For a closer in relief they call on Dennis Eckersley, who saved 33 games in the regular season and three more against the Blue Jays in the playoffs...