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...admissions process is absolutely gender-blind, says Dr. Gerald S. Foster, director of admissions at the medical school...
...long run, trade with Cuba will help to foster democracy. As Cuban entrepreneurs come into contact with their counterparts in the free world, as democratic culture and values begin to permeate the country, the citizens of Cuba will demand the freedoms they deserve, and will grow more and more intolerant of their dictator...
...happened, Toby Brown did not write his screenplay and did not give up his practice. But almost any enthusiastic amateur might have spurred Crisis in the Hot Zone into production faster and with happier results than the Hollywood royalty -- Robert Redford, Jodie Foster, director Ridley Scott and producer Lynda Obst -- to whom 20th Century Fox entrusted this $50 million thriller. Nearly two years after Preston's article appeared -- time enough for him to expand it into a book, The Hot Zone, due in stores in a few weeks -- the film had not begun shooting. Last week, in fact, it looked...
Back at Hot Zone, Redford, Foster and Scott were all hoping to make a good picture. But they could never agree on what that picture was. Scott wanted a thriller, a true-life version of Alien, his 1979 sci-fi horror epic, that was strong on hardware and icky special effects, with maybe an ecological message. Redford, who signed on for $8 million and who had script approval, wanted an ecological message movie about a heroic virologist from the Centers for Disease Control -- his role. Foster ($6 million and script approval) wanted an ecological thriller about a heroic Army pathologist...
...late July, House and Senate conferees reached agreement on HR3841, the interstate banking bill, which would allow bank holding companies to establish separately managed and capitalized banks and branches in more than one state. Its sponsors claim that the legislation will make banking more convenient for customers and foster a leaner, stabler and more profitable banking system. A Senate vote was delayed Aug. 9, when Texas Republican Phil Gramm lodged a point of order involving his state's banking laws. Final action is expected sometime after Labor...