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...four unpublished novels, plus four stories and a radio talk -- the unmistakable Pym piquancy is everywhere. It mocks a self-centered woman in the 1940s as she awakens: "Something unpleasant had happened. And then she remembered. It was the war." It characterizes a Hungarian discussing the liability of touring Budapest with a husband: "You do not see the moon and the river. You are thinking only of what you shall eat." The dryly insightful spinster, an honorable role since the days of Jane Austen, is no longer in vogue; Pym was the last of the line. This...
Maybe following Budapest, those barriers will come down. The Hungarian capital will be the host for the 1988 world championships -- and a quad perhaps? -- just four weeks after the Olympic Games. Then both Brians intend to retire from amateur skating. Is there life after 6.0s? Orser already co- owns a restaurant in a Toronto suburb and is planning a second this year. Boitano (surprise! surprise!) also wants to go into the food business. His dream is to open an Italian restaurant in San Francisco, some place where he can satisfy his constant craving for pasta. Both Brians will have...
Hoyos believed that the Medellin cartel could be broken, but he was realistic about the consequences of trying. A year before Hoyos' murder, a former Justice Minister who had been appointed Ambassador to Hungary was tracked down and seriously wounded in Budapest. Said Hoyos at the time: "No one is safe anywhere against the vengeance of the mafia...
...spun a worldwide empire unmatched in the history of musical theater. With one exception, the ill-starred Jeeves of 1975, Lloyd Webber has scored an unbroken string of triumphs over the past 15 years. His most financially successful show, Cats, has had 19 productions in cities ranging from Budapest to Tokyo to Sydney to Stockholm; eleven of them are still running. Cats has racked up total box-office receipts of more than $425 million...
...British composer of Evita and Cats has his biggest hit yet in Phantom, which opens Jan. 26 after an all- time- record advance sale. With his shows playing from Budapest to Tokyo, Lloyd Webber, 39, presides over a musical empire that brings him more than $1 million a month (though not always critical acceptance) and is making him a superstar. See SHOW BUSINESS...