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...temper and hauteur still raise hackles around many a Hollywood campfire. It's said that Diller, furious at Fox programmer Stephen Chao, threw a videotape past Chao, making a dent in the wall; Chao framed the dent. Thus does Diller, whose stare can go through you like a power drill, inspire passions and animosities. Says a studio executive: "People who have worked for Barry and then escaped have a secret handshake. They consider themselves lucky survivors, like the Schindler Jews...
...this any place to drill for oil? the temperature plunges to -40F in winter, then soars to 120F in summer, when swarms of mosquitoes make life even more unbearable. On top of that, workers must wear gas masks and carry oxygen packs, since just a whiff of the invisible hydrosulfide gas that seeps from the ground can cause instant death. "In winter it is difficult to motivate anyone to work," says Larry Barthold, general manager of the joint venture that U.S. oil giant Chevron and the former Soviet republic of Kazakhstan have formed to tap the wealth that lies...
...still see some of my crew members," saysBenton, who will attend a bomb group reunion inEngland this July.Photo Courtesy Harvard ArchivesPart of the training for some futuresoldiers was this "guerrilla drill," pictured inOctober...
...Cambridge, because of Hitler, gender wasdestiny. Where Uncle Sam's finger pointed, Harvardstudents disappeared--or reappeared as look-alikesin a line of naval uniforms stretching, at drill,the length of the Yard. Males in a moment lostsafety, choice and freedom...
...orchestra and chorus are both surprisingly strong for such a small show and both music director Jefferson Packer and vocal director Thomas Malaby should be commended. If the choreography by Vanessa Livingston has a tendency to rely a lot on drill team-like hand gestures, well, it's tough to do much else in much a small space...