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DIRECTOR: FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA...
...Francis Ford Coppola's Dracula, to call it by its rightful name, powerfully reimagines this Victorian myth for the age of AIDS. Dracula (Gary Oldman) is a warrior-wooer impaled on the cross of his love; he must track his obsession until he is released from it. His misery gives him mesmeric mastery. The wretched Renfield (Tom Waits -- terrific) bays to do Dracula's bidding. Flowers wilt at the count's passage, and maidens burn at his touch. A young woman's tears turn to pearls in his hand...
...triple anointing, Ford Motor Co. named a new executive crew: Alexander Trotman, Allan Gilmour and Louis Ross. The English-born Trotman is apparently heir apparent to chairman Harold Poling after he retires. Unlike his confreres, Trotman has extensive experience overseas -- and the blessing of the Ford family...
...diagnose the economy's ills and prescribe remedies for them. "If we're lowering expectations, summit was a bad choice of words," says a rueful adviser. Though the forum is shaping up as a centerpiece of Clinton's transition, the record of such talkfests has often been meager. Gerald Ford's 1974 meeting of the minds produced mainly red-and-white WIN (Whip Inflation Now) buttons that proved to be little more than good grist for Johnny Carson monologues. "If it's just blah-blah-blah, it's a total waste of time," says Hewlett-Packard chairman John Young...
After seven games, opponents were running up an average of 28.5 points a game while Coach Joe Restic's Multi-Flex made one long for the smooth, humming efficiency of a 1974 Ford Pinto--scoring just 15 points per contest as Harvard spiraled to a 1-6 record...