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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...They got down on themselves in the third set," Schossberger said...
Moviegoers at the new hit Sea of Love check out Helen and think, What a woman. Got to be a killer...
This chameleonic actress has a lot going for her, starting with her eccentric good looks. "Taken apart, Ellen doesn't work," observes Martin Bregman, who produced Sea of Love. "But put it together, and you've got a stunning woman." Then she gives you Method intensity with treacherous glamour. As Sea's director, Harold Becker, notes, "Ellen is very real. She looks like she's lived, like she's earned her face." And her spurs. This is a ferociously bright, witty, serious actor who packs risk and surprise in every move. She will go bigger, badder, beyond. "So much...
...shock greater than on Wall Street, where some traders had left work early Friday to enjoy a balmy Indian summer day. "I was on the floor until 2:30," said specialist Stone. "The trading was so quiet that I decided to go home." But by the time he got there shortly after 3, the damage was already out of control. "I saw quite a bit of panic selling," said Muriel Siebert, who heads a discount brokerage that bears her name. UAL shares fell 5 1/2 points before trading in its stock was halted because the number of sellers overwhelmed buyers...
...biggest losers were Wall Street arbitragers, who make money by buying the stock of takeover targets and selling it at a higher price when the deals go through. The high anxiety about the junk-bond market sent the stocks of takeover targets plunging across the board. "The arbs got their heads handed to them," said Anson Beard, the chief trader for Morgan Stanley. "Very few anticipated that the UAL buyout could fail." Small investors suffered less because they have been less active in the market since the 1987 crash...