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Harvard will be paying out interest of about seven percent, while it can then reinvest that money in Treasury bonds earning 12 percent, explained Sherwood Bain, senior vice-president of the Boston investment banking firm, Burgess and Leith...
...freshmen nominated as of 4 p.m. yesterday were Theresa Amato, Stuart Anlgang, Ied Ashford, Michael Baldock, Anthony Ball, Preeta Bansal, Saran Burgess, Jenniler Burton Ethan Cohen, Regan Coleman, Eggert Dagbjartsson, Gerlad Damm, Suzanne Dechy, Charles DiBona, Mark Eichorn, Erica Eisenberg, Andrew Fletcher, William Foulkes, M. Fima Friedman, Paul Gompers, Loralic Goss, Alison Harrington, Emily Harrison, Adrienne Headley, Ron Herman, Michael Hirschorn, Raquel Jacobson, Per Jebsen, Kerry Kelgar, Scott Kogan, Mary Kwak, Deborah I esinsohn, Brian Melindez, Alan Morre, Steven Nusshaum, An Posner, Marvin Putnam, William Rehling, Samuel Rickless, Mitch Rosner, Chris Roy, Charles Rudmick, Jill Ruttenberg, Jell Russan, Laura Robinson...
...soon to tell whether, or to what extent, Western intelligence had been compromised. It was clear, however, that Washington's patience was wearing thin. British spy scandals have been a Western burden since the days of Kim Philby and his fellow double agents, Donald Maclean and Guy Burgess, all Cambridge graduates and members of the old-boy network, who were unmasked as Soviet agents. U.S. spymasters say that they have tried ever since to persuade their British counterparts to tighten security, but with only limited success. "The British are very good at gathering and analyzing information," says one intelligence...
...necessarily a defect in movies that depend for effectiveness on walloping blows to the audience's emotional solar plexus. Stallone is unabashedly faithful to his character and his friends. The old gang is reassembled. Talia Shire is freshly steadfast and inspirational as Rocky's wife Adrian, Burgess Meredith is back as the wizened trainer Mickey and Burt Young as the earthy brother-in-law Paulie. Carl Weathers reprises his wily Apollo Creed. It is all durable and somehow innocent. There are no crooked managers, no manipulating promoters, no mobsters in this boxing crowd...
...Rocky's dying coach Mickey. Burgess Meredith gives an accomplished, however brief, performance. Perhaps its brevity explains its success. As a character, Mickey, like Adrian, Paul and Balboa, hasn't really changed since Rocky. But because he only appears for a relatively short time, Meredith manages to remind the audience of Mickey's likeability and commitment while avoiding over-kill. And Meredith performs with humor. He trains Rocky in a hotel ballroom, full of posters, balloons and a band that plays Rocky's theme song. Mickey turns and shouts. "Shut up back there. And change your tune." If only...