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...Vintage Books has rushed out an anthology of 10 poems by W.H. Auden that features Funeral Blues, memorably recited in Four Weddings and a Funeral. Aided by a display showing Hugh Grant and Andie MacDowell, the $6 book, Tell Me the Truth About Love, is selling briskly. The Auden boomlet must cheer Princeton University Press. In September it will publish Juvenilia, 200 mostly unpublished poems that Auden wrote between...
...news. But if it means soft-pedaling or avoiding stories because they might upset viewers, the trend could be troubling. "In some cases," notes David Bartlett, president of the Radio-Television News Directors Association, "good journalism demands that we disturb our audience." For now, however, the family-sensitive boomlet has brought a dose of restraint to local news -- and, for viewers who already have tabloid choices aplenty, a welcome alternative...
...first week. Naturally, Universal Pictures' Tom Pollock is ecstatic. He's also pleased to display surveys indicating that only 2% of parents deemed the film too scary for their kids. "We are gearing ourselves toward younger movies," he says. "There's a demographic bulge called the baby boomlet: the baby boomers and their children, ranging from three to 12 years old. That means you'll see more movies for adults, more movies for families and fewer movies aimed solely at teenagers." Sorry, Danny...
...gloom amid a boomlet? Detroit automakers are seeking major concessions from the Administration, particularly on trade issues involving the Japanese, and are entering a summer of tough bargaining talks with the United Auto Workers. In other words, too much good news too soon could cost them gains on other issues...
...That those out celebrating the millennium are no doubt the very same people who can't even spell it. (Two Ls, two Ns.) You can work yourself into a froth about how the calendar change promises only to render every check in your checkbook obsolete and produce a baby boomlet of Millies and Millards. As you down a glass of warm buttermilk before bed, you can note ! with satisfaction that the year is off to a bad start: ABC says Two Thousand, CNN says Twenty Hundred. Then you can fall asleep counting millennial sheep...