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...firms went on an unprecedented credit binge. Commercial IOUs soared from $829 billion in 1980 to $2 trillion last year, enabling corporations to finance a record number of buyouts, restructurings and stock buybacks. But with the economy on the verge of a recession and many businesses leveraged to the hilt, companies are struggling to shape up and reduce debt loads. "Corporations are discovering that debt is a double-edged sword," says Edward Tyburczy, a senior vice president of Standard & Poor's, the debt- rating agency. "Those who lived and grew by the sword are now in danger of dying...
Bill Cosby plays an overworked widower on the brink of a promotion that will finally ensure a secure future for his children. Right before everything is finalized, though, he dies in a freak accident, his house mortgaged to the hilt and his family virtually destitute...
...contretemps with Jews threatened to flare anew after a televised "town meeting" presided over by Nightline's Ted Koppel. Mandela had kind words again for Arafat, Castro and even Libya's Muammar Gaddafi. They "support our struggle to the hilt," was his explanation. When asked about the human-rights shortcomings of Libya and Cuba, Mandela retorted that the A.N.C. had "no time to be looking to the internal affairs of other countries...
...SHILLELAGH FOR HER THOUGHTS. Margaret Thatcher, an early and ardent supporter of Gorbachev's, continued to lead cheers during her visit to the Kremlin last week, and even urged top military leaders there to back Gorbachev to the hilt. But behind her public exhortations lie deep doubts about his chances. She sees the emergence of Boris Yeltsin as a particular reason for pessimism; she regards him as an unguided missile, and has privately characterized him in a phrase that could raise hackles both in the U.S.S.R. and closer to home. "He is like an Irishman," she says...
...Pudding shows, it is somewhat surprising to see him playing a woman, particularly one that's supposed to be the heartthrob of the show. He carries off his new persona with grace and humor. His "Wilhemina Wordsworth" character is melodramatic yet snide, and Tomarken plays her to the hilt. And his excellent rendition of the gospel tune "I'm Getting Married and I'm Mourning" is definitely one of the high points of the show...