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...only memorable scene in the film is Billy Crystal's hilarious portrayal of Miracle Max, the wizard who has been fired from his royal position. Max helps bring the movie's hero back from the dead with a chocolate-covered pill, but Crystal's cameo is a diamond which sparkles in an otherwise unremarkable film...
...Smith specialize in buying and selling low-priced stocks and bonds issued by companies that have filed for bankruptcy protection or are perilously close to taking that step. This dishonor roll ranges from such well-known hard-luck cases as Texaco, Manville and LTV to obscure ailing firms like Crystal...
...financial information that surfaces in court papers. Even firms that may never emerge from bankruptcy are worth a look, he says, if the value of their / assets is not fully reflected in the price of their securities. Earlier this year, Bennett decided that bonds issued by Louisiana's Crystal Oil, a Shreveport-based company in bankruptcy, were worth more than 4 cents per dollar of face value. Four months after he recommended the bonds, the price jumped to 16 cents...
When Cheryl Tatum, a cashier at a Hyatt hotel in Crystal City, Va., braided her hair into cornrows last year, she received nothing but compliments from customers. She received something else from her boss: notice that she was not complying with hotel policy against "extreme and unusual hairstyles." After being dismissed, Tatum filed a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, thus marking what may be the first discrimination case based on hair. Tatum has since enlisted the aid of Jesse Jackson, who has promised not to stay in the chain's hotels during his presidential campaign unless the dispute...
...photography is crystal clear, the characters are impeccably dressed, and the mood is vividly depicted. Where the film runs into problems is in the plot...