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...playing with nothing less than DNA; a palace is built to entice Satan up from hell; hands rebel against the minds that move them; the dead and the living couple in a Texas motel. Each story involves an uncanny mix of eroticism and terror; each is an instance of headlong narrative. Barker, already celebrated in Britain, is about to surface in the U.S. with demonic force. The world may be ready for a combination of playwright, illustrator, film director and writer, but can it accept his eerie resemblance to Paul McCartney...
...counselors say that members of this year's class have displayed an optimism about career opportunities which sets them apart from other recent Harvard graduates--an optimism that has allowed seniors to bide their time before jumping headlong into traditional career paths...
...pounds) 600,000 from Britain's Channel 4. The pinch shows, and so does the pluck. Kureishi's story shifts moods, and Omar changes motivations (Candide to Sammy Glick), in an eyewink. Stephen Frears' direction can be lyrical and clumsy by turns; it can soar or trip over its headlong ambitiousness. The splendid cast is urged toward caricature, then plays through it, with Seth magnificent as a mandarin socialist in decay. He is the eloquent conscience of a people stranded in a land whose imperial sun has set. Alas, they are too busy making it, on the empire...
...MORE one-liners are calculated to fall flat than to reverberate, and although the "graceful" dance numbers are predictably gawky and clumsy (in "true Pudding fashion"), "Between the Sheiks" is one of the most spirited and colorful shows in recent Pudding memory. And the range of talent carries it headlong through three hours of nonstop silliness. It's not just "too hot" in Solong--it sizzles...
...that the properties, which include the gilt- leafed Crown Building on Fifth Avenue and a new nine-story shopping mall in Herald Square, are worth $350 million. "Mr. and Mrs. Marcos are now in the world class of corrupt national leaders," Solarz said. "They may have secretly led a headlong, multibillion-dollar flight of capital out of their country...