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McDonnell Douglas unveiled its new four-engine passenger jet, the MD-12, the first full-length double-deck commercial plane. Expected to be delivered in 1997, one version can fly up to 511 passengers more than 8,200 miles nonstop...
Known as a Shelter-Pak, the hooded, full-length garment is covered with rip- proof nylon on one side and heavy wool on the other. Depending on how it's folded, it can convert from nighttime bedroll to daytime parka or even a backpack. Each Shelter-Pak contains a deep pocket that is almost as capacious as a duffel bag. Eighty of the garments have been distributed to homeless people in Philadelphia, and the students plan to turn out at least 200 more this year. Vows Assistant Professor Matthew Mehrman: "We are going to keep making Shelter-Paks until...
Zora's Kitchen is Ross's first full-length play, having previously done only adaptions of plays such as A Midsummer Night's Dream. He described this particular adaptation as very close to the original text, except that he and a friend cut it and arranged it with stage directions. This process, he said, prompted him to write the original script for Zora's Kitchen...
...have already had their morning phone conversation with Carson about tonight's show (he has asked for a few more jokes about Ed McMahon's recent wedding and some on the Michelangelo computer virus), and they have finished a draft of the opening monologue. Theirs is one of six full-length monologues prepared by the show's eight staff writers (including two writing pairs) that Carson will get when he arrives at the office between 2 and 3 p.m. From this bounty, Carson will pick the best 15 or 20 gags, put them in order and deliver them later that...
...apparently saved his best treats for a string of mistresses. In 1989 a top New York model joined him at the Kentucky Derby. According to the indictment, clients Kelley Oil and ICN Pharmaceuticals picked up the tab. Another model received an $86,000 Cartier ring and a $24,000 full-length mink, courtesy of Myerson's unsuspecting law partners. To attract prospective lovers, sources say, Myerson liked to pose as a movie producer and "audition" young agency models in his office. "To Myerson, there is just no distinction between persuading a jury and persuading his wife or clients or partners...