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...complaisant heiress, the slick saloon proprietor, the sick comic, the sullen stoolie who talks in the guarded whisper of cell block and exercise yard ... HE IS HARD-MUSCLED, HANDSOME, HANDY WITH A SNUB-NOSE .38, AND HIS HIDE IS AS TOUGH AS THE BLUING ON A PISTOL BARREL. Decent, disillusioned and altogether incredible, he is a soap opera Superman. He is television's 'Private Eye.' Smarter than the cops, craftier than the crooks, too quick to be caught and domesticated by the classiest doll, TV's private detective runs second to only one competitor in the race for ratings...
...directive] Gordon and Sonny Stitt. And it's been known simply as the best jazz club outside of the U.S. ever since. Like the music itself, Ronnie Scott's has had to ride the tides of fashion, but the first principles devised by Scott and cofounder Pete King - a decent piano, a late bar and a warm welcome for all - have, until its recent $4 million makeover and relaunch, been little tinkered with. After Scott's death in 1996, King persevered for eight years but finally sold the club to British theater impresario Sally Greene. "I got a fantastic club...
...rest of world-and particularly Muslim countries. I used to think of the U.S. military as a great and humane force that saved the world from such menaces as communism and Hitler's evil. I am sure that the vast majority of U.S. Army officers and enlisted men are decent, professional soldiers. But the recent string of incidents that has come to light in Iraq is destroying the reputation of a great professional army. It would be best for the U.S. to find an honorable way out of Iraq quickly. Swift and transparent trial and punishment of the perpetrators...
...Hizballah fighters and supporters were out in force, passing out flags and posters of Hassan Nasrallah, their leader. A new billboard played on the Arabic meaning of his name, declaring "Victory from God, Nasrallah is Back." That evening, as the terrace cafes of East Beirut filled with the first decent sized crowds since the war began, the southern suburbs erupted in fireworks and celebratory gunfire. Divided in war, the city is still divided in peace...
...going to eke out a living? It won't be easy: two weeks ago, Kodak reported a $282 million second-quarter loss, almost twice that for the same period last year. Low industry-wide profit margins mean that competing on price will be difficult. Consumers can already buy a decent camera for as little as $80. Although iSuppli, a California-based research firm, says the cost of producing a camera will continue to decline, those cost reductions won't keep pace with plummeting consumer prices. If vendors don't want to compete on price they'll have to distinguish themselves...