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...production company Kushner-Locke, but later Kushner-Locke went bankrupt during post-production, and the film’s rights were defaulted to the company’s bank. The bank passed over a distribution offer from Sony Classics, which would have put the film in theaters, in favor of an offer from Blockbuster/UPN, which had a higher up-front guarantee but would only release the film on DVD and television...
...Arafat back with him from Tunisia to staff the top tier of the PA. But in the course of their 1987-1991 intifada, the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza had evolved a strong local leadership, and many of these younger men were resentful at being overlooked in favor of the Tunisians. The grassroots Fatah leaders are generally more militant than those around Arafat, fiercely critical of the corruption and authoritarianism that became the hallmark of his administration, and impatient with Arafat's strategy of negotiations which they see as doing little to end the occupation. Arafat's reaction...
...your report "The Engine Stalls at AOL" [BUSINESS, April 22]: My family just dropped AOL in favor of MSN. Getting through to AOL proved to be more difficult than talking to someone at the White House. AOL seems to have copped the attitude that "we are the biggest, and we don't give a damn what you think of us." Getting online took forever. Now that we have a new service, we have not had one problem, and we are online instantly. Perhaps AOL should take a cue from its competitors on how to treat its customers and not focus...
...students are capable and to which all of them should aspire. We have tended, therefore, to differentiate among students more by the level of honors awarded than by the award of honors per se.” This view ought not to be hastily abandoned in favor of an arbitrary quota on honors; all students who truly excel should receive honors diplomas...
...Campbell, doubled down the left-field line, scoring a run. After the next batter was hit by a pitch, Lion catcher Courtney Ryan capped the rally with a double over Stefanchik’s head in left, bringing in the third and fourth Columbia runs and chasing Brotemarkle in favor...