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...Street's most respected prognosticators. He said that U.S. interest rates, which have been falling for five months, could continue to ease because of sluggishness in the economy. The prospect of lower interest rates drives down the value of the American currency because it makes foreigners less eager to convert their money into dollars for investment...
...start a devastating plague? But on a simpler level, this screenplay by Hal Barwood and Matthew Robbins, directed by the former, works very well as a hard-charging chiller. The nasty microbe in the lab turns people into murderous psychopaths when it infects them. And they, in turn, convert the facility into a kind of high-tech haunted house. Kathleen Quinlan is attractive as the uninfected security guard most imperiled by these creatures. She may be scared, but never out of her wits. Jeffrey De Munn nicely underplays the independent scientist trying to set things to rights. The rest...
...headed by a woman, Illinois State Lottery Superintendent Rebecca Paul. I expect the lottery under her leadership to produce profits of more than $500 million for education in the coming year. For Illinois that is certainly "Fortune 500." James R. Thompson, Governor State of Illinois Springfield Computer Convert...
...groups, ranging from Greek Orthodox to Evangelical Protestant, have long operated educational centers in Jerusalem without difficulty. So have the Mormons, but their local branch of Brigham Young University has now come under fire from Jews who fear that its real purpose is to serve as a center for convert-seeking missionaries...
...Benson last week wrote to Kollek, promising that Mormons will honor all Israeli laws. These commitments have not mollified Rabbi Moshe Porush of Yad 1'Achim (A Hand to the Brothers), an antimissionary organization that is spearheading the protests. He points to a 1979 Mormon handbook on how to convert Jews, which the church says is no longer...