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What's black and white and yellow and blue and read all over Europe? British press baron Robert Maxwell hopes the answer to that riddle will soon be the European. Two years after announcing his intention to launch a Continent-wide newspaper, Maxwell will be bringing out the first issue on May 11. It will sell for the equivalent of 82 cents U.S. a copy in European capitals...
Mohawks who live on the Canadian side enjoy less autonomy than their American counterparts. Their only attempt to launch a bingo operation was quickly shut down in 1984 by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. The casinos on the U.S. side are also illegal. But that has not kept thousands of gamblers from both sides of the border away from the blackjack, roulette and baccarat tables at six gaudy gambling palaces. Since last June, federal and state law- enforcement officials have repeatedly raided casinos, confiscated cash and removed slot machines in an attempt to keep gambling within legal bounds...
...make up for losses in Soviet aid, China has reportedly offered to provide Vietnam with $2 billion in assistance. In return, Beijing is said to have demanded assurances that the Vietnamese will launch no Gorbachev-style political reforms...
When the National Conference of Catholic Bishops hired the public relations firm Hill & Knowlton in early April to help launch an antiabortion campaign, many of the company's employees expressed outrage. More than a third of the 400 workers in its New York City offices signed a protest petition, and at least one client has reportedly canceled its account...
Then Baldwin and the Whiffles -- an Ur-nerd quartet in plaid cummerbunds and smug smiles -- launch into a rendition of Sh-Boom at the charm-school talent show, and Cry-Baby takes off to parody paradise. It becomes a real musical (new songs, production numbers) and a careering melodrama: Grease with grit. Cliches collide, and so do jalopies; lightning strikes; the jailhouse rocks. Lovers lose themselves in a French-kissing dance that would have been banned on Bandstand...