Word: chases
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...gone smoothly. Buckingham Security, which operates a 95-bed prison in Butler County, Pa., was forced to back away from a plan to build a new medium-security prison in Chartiers Township, Pa., after hundreds of angry residents stormed the town hall in protest. Among their concerns: Who would chase down escapees? Answer: the company would call in state or local law-enforcement officials...
...Jones industrial average dropped a total of 26 points on Tuesday and Wednesday before pulling out of its slump and finishing the week at 1529.93, down 6.77 points. Hardest hit were shares of energy firms, and banks with large loans to oil-producing countries. The stock of Chase Manhattan, for example, fell $7.125, a decline of nearly 10%, in two hectic days...
...year since 1979, no film returned as much as $100 million to its makers (though Back to the Future, the 1985 champ, should soon reach that goal). Variety Industry Analyst Art Murphy sees this slump as a cyclical phenomenon: the film economy booms, too many films are made to chase the extra dollars, the flurry of competition leads to hasty decisions, then the poor fare drives ticket buyers away. This summer, for example, young viewers tired of kidpix like Real Genius and Heavenly Kid, while adults boycotted big-budget dramas like Revolution ($22 million), A Chorus Line ($27 million...
...serial. And a winner is something as automatic as a Steven Spielberg special (last year he produced Back to the Future and The Goonies), a Sylvester Stallone sequel (Rambo: First Blood Part II and Rocky IV) or a comedy from Saturday Night Live alumni (this year's three Chevy Chase films, Fletch, National Lampoon's European Vacation and Spies Like Us, were among the dozen top grossers). As Screenwriter Robert Kaufman notes, "The studios know that one week of Chevy Chase and Dan Aykroyd walking into walls in Spies Like Us will gross as much as Woody Allen...
...fled a welcoming crowd, only to be ambushed outside their hotel room by Hong Kong Standard Correspondent Leonel Borralho. A long scuffle with Penn and bodyguards ensued, after which Borralho sued for $1 million. Two days later, reporters on stakeout took off after the couple, and the resulting car chase created a huge traffic jam, with bystanders cheering Madonna on. The pair finally consented to a photo session, though Penn sacked his publicity agent for failing "to keep the press from us." They are scheduled to leave this week, and the case against Penn will be tried without...