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...often, it seems, an aggrieved composer emerges from obscurity to lay claim to a particular pop hit. More often than not, somebody is ready to believe him -- or afraid somebody else will. The melodic and rhythmic resemblance between a four-bar stretch of Jerry Herman's 1964 classic Hello Dolly ("Hello, Dolly, well, hello Dolly. It's so . . .") and Mack David's 1948 quotidian hit Sunflower ("She's a sunflower, she's my sunflower, and I . . .") cost Herman $250,000 when he indignantly settled out of court in 1966. Ten years later, former Beatle George Harrison was nicked...
...launched an all-out campaign against gouging last month, giving inspectors the power to impose fines, shut down shops and force owners to post prices. The names of closed shops are published in daily newspapers, along with the correct costs of basic items. On a morning radio show called Hello, Have a Good Day, listeners have repeatedly complained about high prices and profiteering. Some gripe that while government employees can barely make ends meet, a few merchants are getting richer and richer. Nonetheless, the social and political status of the bazaari, the powerful businessmen who traditionally have run the economy...
...rose at 3, awakened prematurely by her dog's barking. As she looked out the window, she saw an amazing sight. There, on the road in front of her house, were dozens of men, many of them bearded and wearing turbans. As she watched in astonishment, they began chanting, "Hello, hello. Refugees!" Recalls Hines: "They were well dressed. They had suitcases, attache cases and plastic tote bags. They looked almost like tourists...
...truth, the PBS broadcast was less a debate than a video dating service for Democrats. This image was enhanced by a format that included 90-second filmed autobiographies of each contender. There was something almost comic in the intense friendliness of seven candidates introducing themselves like this: "Hello there. I'm Congressman Dick Gephardt from Missouri. The Gephardt family is here in front of our home in Great Falls...
...country crooner sings "Goodbye, sweetheart, hello, Viet Nam," 17 Marine recruits get their heads shaved. The long, defiant hair of the late 1960s falls to the floor; the young men look sullen or stern. Do they know that this is a pre-op for a lobotomy? Double time, in their eight weeks at Parris Island, S.C., they will be stripped of their freedom, their pride, their names. The recruit who dares to hang some John Wayne sarcasm on the drill instructor will be called Joker (Matthew Modine). The guy from Texas will be dubbed Cowboy (Arliss Howard). Gomer Pyle...