Word: bulls
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...through his sophomore year at Harvard, Bartle Bull'93 and his roommate moved into a two-bedroom suite with hardwood floors, a vast kitchen, a sweeping bay window and "seriously high" ceilings...
...speculate on whether Altman's movie will be a hit is to surrender to the players' game: to judge a film's success by its grosses. It is this fascination with the B.O. bull's-eye that strikes timidity in so many directors. In every frame of their work you can smell the fear of failure, the anxiety of losing for even a moment the rooting interest of the moviegoing...
...called the trial "a glorified frame- up" and vowed to appeal. But whatever the outcome, John Gotti is now an unmade man. Many lower-rung mobsters did not like his high-profile strutting for the media; they were especially outraged that it was his right-hand man, Salvatore "Sammy Bull" Gravano, who delivered up his old mentor, as well as underboss Frank Locascio. "The safest place for John Gotti is in jail," observes Michael Cherkasky, head of investigations for the Manhattan district attorney. Gotti may hope to run the Gambino operation from prison, as Colombo boss Carmine Persico, serving...
...after initial edginess they form a winning (and profitable) two-on-two team in a movie that is not as winning as it should be. Writer-director Ron Shelton covers the action excitingly, but his plot is strictly a two-handed set shot. He did much better with Bull Durham, his leisurely, literate movie about minor-league baseball. It makes you think he's probably a nice white guy who just can't jump to an inner-city beat...
...real strengths that could bolster the recovery. Inflation is running at a modest 3% pace and shows no signs of heating up anytime soon. Consumers and companies have seized the chance to lighten their debt loads by refinancing them at lower interest rates. Companies have also charged into the bull market for stocks to raise cash and pay off IOUs. Corporate America sold a record $55 billion worth of new shares last year to help clean up its balance sheet...