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...would be all too easy to give up and say that only expensive PR campaigns matter to the voters any more. Tsongas' success in the Northeast showed that people are ready for an end to the hype. Jerry Brown's lowbudget campaign has filled the void Tsongas left behind. The Connecticut primary resulted in a one percentage point difference between Brown and Clinton, and polls indicate that there would have been a majority for Tsongas had he not quit. Showy packaging isn't everything...
Ever tried to calculate the cost of your retirement? Good luck. An average senescence with no surprises can be a lowbudget affair, but beating the actuarial tables may mean a mighty surge in expenses. Nothing is more unpredictable than medical bills, particularly for longterm nursing care, which can be the biggest health expense for the elderly. For that reason, more and more retirees are turning to "life-care communities," which promise to cover all basic needs until death in return for a hefty entrance fee and monthly service payments...
OVERWHELMING THE LOWBUDGET staging of Junior Common Room vinyl, the Lowell House Drama Society renders an impressive performance of Edward Albee's classic Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf. A cosy setting without lights, curtain or stage serves to bring the audience right into the living room with sparring couple George (Daniel Zelman) and Martha (Alicia Rubin), and their tortured guests Nick (Aaron Carlos) and Honey (Jane Loranger...
...timid. The five studios that have survived the national movie recession of the past decade or so-Toho, Toei, Shochiku, Nikkatsu and Daiei-find their profits in real estate, supermarket chains, Kabuki theater troupes and bowling alleys. Most of the 322 films produced last year were roman poruno, or lowbudget, soft-core-sex pictures. The number of theaters is down 68% since 1958, and ticket sales were a pathetic 150 million (down 87%). Even compared with reduced attendance figures in the West, Japan is a disaster area: five tickets were sold last year for every person...
...immortality. Says Associate Editor Richard Corliss, who wrote the main story for this week's effort-with contributions from John Skow and Reporter-Researcher Melissa Ludtke Lincoln: "Here were two movies with no stars. Both were small budget. Together they cost much less than Annie. How important could lowbudget, horror or science-fiction films be?" The answer: so important that Corliss delayed a long-scheduled trip to the Cannes Film Festival in order to get started on the story. For two days he wrote, then flew to Cannes for three days, then caught the Concorde back to New York...