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THIS is Pudding theater at its best. The actors seem to enjoy the show and the chance to ham it up with a genuinely funny script, and their excitement is infectious. This is not just a two-hour excuse to show a lot of men waltzing around in fake breasts and fancy costumes. Instead, it is an amusing, original--while typically derivative--show, with catchy music (written by Larry O'Keefe) and hilarious lyrics...

Author: By Emily M. Bernstein, | Title: Pudding Heights | 2/21/1990 | See Source »

Maurice finally sounded a tocsin last March, warning that profits would decline for at least the first half of 1989. He also announced plans to sell off much of the firm's $360 million consulting investment. Calling the move "ham-handed," Alan Gottesman, an advertising analyst at the Paine Webber brokerage firm, noted that Maurice "managed to depress morale and performance in the consulting arm at the same time that he was letting potential buyers know they could pick up the firms at a discount." Fearing a messy auction, clients began to switch to other consulting agencies. So far, only...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sibling Setbacks | 12/25/1989 | See Source »

...been discovering inequalities that exist within the league." Peck- ham said. "Differences favor some schools to atremendous degree...

Author: By Sandra Block, | Title: Grapplers Enter Season With New Faces, New Maladies | 12/8/1989 | See Source »

...Tigers broke the serve and scored one point before Cunning-ham's huge kill muzzled them. Cunningham ended the game with two more kills for the 15-5 victory...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: W. Spikers Edge Out Tigers | 10/23/1989 | See Source »

Next to be mauled were other Leeward Islands. Antigua and Barbuda caught only glancing blows, but they were powerful enough to cause $37 million in damage. In St. Kitts and Nevis, more directly in the storm's path, ham-radio operators estimated that 99% of the population of 48,000 was homeless. Damage there was put at $50 million...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Winds Of Chaos | 10/2/1989 | See Source »

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