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...actor finds vibrant life in each of them. In his rich wife's mansion Romano is the buffoon philanderer, tiptoeing toward domestic calamity. At the spa he is the exuberant courtier, wading into a mud bath to retrieve a woman's hat. On business in Russia he is the dapper salesman, mainly of himself. And years later, reminiscing with a stranger, he is the old seducer whose spirit nearly broke when his heart did. Dark Eyes won Mastroianni the Best Actor prize at this year's Cannes Film Festival and, by rights, should earn him an Oscar nomination next February...
SEPARATED. Peter Jennings, 48, dapper anchor of ABC-TV's World News Tonight; and Kati Marton, 38, author of Wallenberg and An American Woman; after eight years of marriage, two children; in New York City...
John Gotti likes to dress and drive for success, preferring $1,800 double- breasted suits and a black Mercedes 450 SL, all in keeping with his reputation as the "Dapper Don" of the underworld. Last week he had reason to top the spiffy threads with a bright, back-in-business smile. The reputed boss of America's largest Mafia family was acquitted by a New York jury of federal racketeering charges brought against him nearly two years ago by federal prosecutors. As the jury foreman called out not-guilty findings for Gotti and six co-defendants, including Gotti's brother...
...Jersey town asks how it could happen, experts fear that others will seek similar fatal attention. -- Senator Sam Nunn fights for strict adherence to a key arms treaty. -- Freedom for John Gotti, the Mafia' s Dapper Don. -- Senate Minority Leader Robert Dole has become a hot presidential candidate. -- Marian Wright Edelman is a Washington lobbyist -- for children...
Gotti, who was dubbed "The Dapper Don" for his well-tailored clothing and had been in jail since three months before the start of the seven-month trial, returned home to an enthusiastic welcome from neighbors in the Howard Beach section of Queens. Passing drivers honked horns and shouted congratulations, and yellow ribbons were tied symbolically around trees, and around the waist of a Gotti supporter...