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...French call it "L'Oreal's greatest moral scandal." A corporate feud has focused attention on the pro-Nazi leanings of the beauty giant's founders. As a result, the U.S. Justice Department is weighing banishment from American soil for Jacques Correze, the honorary head of L'Oreal's U.S. affiliate, Cosmair. The turmoil began after Jean Frydman, a Jewish film mogul, decided to sell his share in Paravision, a L'Oreal-backed movie firm. Unhappy with L'Oreal's offer, he sued, making some provocative charges. He says the company forged his resignation from Paravision in order to placate...
...latest feud between Robb and Wilder had its origin in a secret tape -- ostensibly sent to Robb by an anonymous donor -- of an intercepted cellular-phone conversation between Wilder and an ally. When Wilder denounced the eavesdropping caper, a transcript of the tape appeared in two newspapers. Robb responded by suspending three aides, pledging an investigation of his office and pleading for peace talks with Wilder...
...Robin Hood films are, of course, not about a Norman-Saxon feud or the equitable redistribution of goods. They are about star quality. The mythic Robin Hood is a figure of strength, grace, wit and humanity. He radiates moral self-confidence. He is a fellow's best friend and a woman's dream lover. He personifies what in simpler times was called masculinity. No wonder the role lured some of the cinema's top exemplars of derring-do. Douglas Fairbanks (1922), Errol Flynn (1938) and Sean Connery (1976) made memorable glosses on the English lord -- and no matter that...
...dominant newspapers, the Louisville Courier-Journal and Times. The papers built, then eroded, a name for excellence; they promoted liberal orthodoxy and civic virtue, but had scant national profile. Thus it is a touch baffling that the past four years have yielded four books linked to the family feud that led to the sale of the dailies and reduced to mere wealth the clan's erstwhile power...
...felling of the tree marks the latest incident stemming from a feud which dates back to the 1960s. Much suspicion falls on the Lampoon, a semi-secret organization known to occasionally publish what some hesitantly call a humor magazine. Lampoon members were unavailable for comment yesterday...