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...desert. Movie directors have immortalized him, most famously as a bewigged Charlton Heston throwing down the tablets in Cecil B. DeMille's The Ten Commandments. And next week brings Hollywood's latest celebration of Moses: DreamWorks SKG's The Prince of Egypt, an animated epic that would make David Lean blush...
DIED. FREDDIE YOUNG, 96, cinematographer; in London. His visual flair created memorable images in films by John Ford and David Lean. Young won Oscars for his work in Lawrence of Arabia, Dr. Zhivago and Ryan's Daughter...
...brother, can you spare an additional $120 billion over the next five years? Despite these lean budgetary times, that's been the military's refrain of late, voiced again Tuesday by Pentagon spokesman Kenneth Bacon. It's a tune that may be hard for some pols and citizens to hum during this period of relative peace, but the Pentagon isn't likely to stop singing it soon...
...never changed the fundamental format that had been devised by the brothers. Kroc added his own wrinkles, certainly. He was a demon for cleanliness. From the overall appearance, to the parking lot, to the kitchen floor, to the uniforms, cleanliness was foremost and essential. "If you have time to lean, you have time to clean," was one of his favorite axioms. He was dead on, of course. The first impression you get from a restaurant, through the eyes and nose, is often what determines whether you'll go back. By 1963 more than 1 billion hamburgers had been sold...
Beck's voice on this album sounds worn and weary, as if he's seen it all and seen enough. Everything seems disposed or disposable; his song titles include Cancelled Check, Lazy Flies and Dead Melodies. Yet, calmed by his voice, we lean closer, listen closely. Beck's music does not overwhelm his musings...