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...stirs many affable memories and, when it is attached to a new film, a few fond hopes. Think of Robert Donat, suave fugitive of The 39 Steps, double-talking his way out of a political rally and into the clutches of the man with the missing fingertip. Or Cary Grant doing anything in almost any Hitchcock caper: wooing Grace Kelly in To Catch a Thief, dodging a malefic crop duster in North by Northwest. Grant also adorned the genre's apogee, Stanley Donen's Charade, in which the star has five identities and a protective lust for Audrey Hepburn. Neat...
...barred from the securities business for the rest of his life. He still faces sentencing on July 9 on criminal charges. Levine could receive 20 years in prison and a $610,000 fine. But if he helps Giuliani to apprehend new suspects, the sentencing judge is more likely to grant him clemency. Both the SEC and Giuliani are also receiving information from the so-called Yuppie Ring, a group of young Wall Street professionals who, in a case unrelated to that of Levine, two weeks ago pleaded guilty to charges of insider trading and obstructing justice. In that turbulent climate...
...four months ago that the President first tried to persuade Congress to grant $100 million in military and humanitarian aid to the contras, Nicaragua's rebel forces. Reagan went on an intense, high-profile campaign complete with apocalyptic speeches warning of a Communist takeover of the Americas and a televised appeal to the nation. In the end, the House voted against him. This time around, as Reagan takes another crack at winning approval for his package, he has adopted a more low-key approach, tending to rally support behind closed doors. Yet already the public charges, by both friends...
...resolution, which will likely be approved by the government in the next four months, will make Spain the first country in the world to grant rights to the great apes, which include gorillas, chimpanzees, bonobos and orangutans. It makes the killing of an ape a crime and bans their use in medical experiments, circuses, films and television commercials. Although Spanish zoos will be allowed to keep the 300 animals they currently have in captivity, they must improve their conditions. "It's a courageous and decisive step in breaking the species barrier and granting deserved rights to those beings closest...
...white tulle float in; then seven older dancers carry in a large, heavy wooden cross, which they drape in white, with a crown of thorns. Four of the five Wilson daughters are among the dancers, and they offer a special dance to their father, to the music of Natalie Grant: Your faith, your love And all that you believe Have come to be the strongest part of me And I will always be your baby...