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...mood in the first long ache of the Great Depression: frantic, feisty, obsessed with getting a job, a buck and ahead by any means necessary. Today's typical film is a fairy tale; the '30s pictures played like tabloid journalism--the March of Crime. Gangsters, gold diggers, ruthless businessmen, wage slaves and the not-working class all jumped out of the headlines and onto the screen...
...clubs for free--it's good for the atmosphere. Piper Ferguson, a promoter at Hollywood's Cafe Bleu, says that on some nights as many as 100 twentysomethings--sporting shiny sharkskin suits, pointy Beatles boots and tattoos--line up their bikes in the club lot. But Vespa fanatics include businessmen, middle-aged women and just regular guys. Hairstylist Robert Winslow, 29, moved from a roomy loft in New York City's tony TriBeCa to a dingier but more spacious Brooklyn apartment without a kitchen, strictly to accommodate his vintage bikes. "I'm obsessive," he says. "My place is pretty much...
...were born on third base and either got picked off or couldn't find home plate with a map. By contrast, leading Republican candidate George W. Bush [CAMPAIGN 2000, June 21] has made the most of his privileged situation. In addition, he can relate to the problems of small businessmen and those who have battled the bottle. He also takes the Bible seriously and has had executive experience as a general partner of the Texas Rangers and as Texas Governor. I think the W stands for winner. ROBERT B. BOOTH Madison...
...position to handsomely compensate his hosts for some of their losses. While U.S. trade with Afghanistan amounted to little more than $28 million last year, Bin Laden is reported by the AP to have recently taken delivery of as much as $50 million in donations from Saudi and Gulf businessmen ? and might have received a lot more if the Saudi government hadn?t intervened to stop the transfers...
...boss at LaSalle Street, Frankel heard about a troubled Tennessee insurance company, Franklin American Life. In 1991, with money remaining from his derelict investment funds and a few dubious letters of credit, he founded Thunor Trust as a vehicle to take over Franklin. Thunor was run by two Nashville businessmen, who also claim to be victims. Frankel then used Franklin American's assets to purchase at least 10 other insurance companies throughout the South and Midwest. Laxly regulated insurance companies such as Franklin American, which mostly sold burial policies, are perfect targets for scam artists: they collect regular cash premiums...