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...unpopular bit of myth debunking called The Boys in Autumn. Now Scott is back as a quintessential foxy grandpa, all harmless cuss words and mock-fierce benevolence, in a sentimental 1938 comedy-drama about an old man's battle of wits with death, personified as the prissy bureaucrat Mr. Brink. Scott's new role may be at the opposite end of the emotional spectrum from his last, but it prompts the same question: Why this play...
...Crimson's first opponent of the tournament was another Ivy League squad, Dartmouth. Harvard jumped out to a 4-1 lead behind an outstanding performance by Mok. Mok downed Debra Halay 6-0, 2-6, 6-2 to push Dartmouth to the brink of elimination...
...Treaty, it seems, is no longer a serious one. Bush will offer food aid for the Soviets to entice them to ignore the treaty. The Russians won't starve, and Bush will get his toy (losing any moral high ground he has left by manipulating a nation on the brink of starvation...
...speech -- and proposals -- was not all it could have been, it nonetheless marked a step away from the nuclear brink that was bolder than anyone could have predicted. Bush's initiatives implicitly recognize that a world bristling with nuclear weapons ready for instant launch is not just menacing but also outdated and irrelevant, the relic of a cold war that is over against an enemy that, as Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Colin Powell puts it, "has vaporized before our eyes...
...jobs could have been as exciting -- or stressful -- as overseeing the turbulent banking industry for the past six years. Since he became chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation in 1985, William Seidman has seen more than 1,000 U.S. banks fail, and the number of institutions on the brink continues to grow. The FDIC, which guarantees the nation's bank deposits, has had to pay out more than $24 billion during Seidman's tenure and is running low on reserves. Congress is working on legislation to replenish the funds. No wonder Seidman, 70, has decided to step down when...