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...instantly took on a special status: it became the sole new straight play on Broadway, and only the third to open there all season (out of 15 new productions in total). McNally rightly saw the distinction as dubious. "I take very little pleasure in it," he told a luncheon of the American Theater Wing shortly afterwards. "I wish there were 30 new plays on Broadway...
...long-lost high school sweetheart. After 15 years, Jack returns to Las Colinas with his soon-to-be third wife, Virginia (Jenni Paredes), a suitably annoying blonde Southern bimbo archetype. Jack has promised to take Virginia to the cotillion that evening and to announce their engagement at a luncheon the next day. His highpowered corporate boss, a forceful cellular presence, seems to have other plans...
Lacking the guts to say no to his boss or break the bad news to Virginia, Jack asks for Karin's help. He has to skip the cotillion, get to California for a business meeting, and return in time for the luncheon the next day, all without Virginia's knowledge. In spite of herself, Karin has Virginia out cold within minutes. Grandmother Mallard, imbibing nearly half a bottle of Scotch between her shampoo and set, passes on to a better world. With two bodies and two deep breaths, the action is rolling...
...asserted today that minorities nominated for high Clinton administration jobs are being singled out for attack because of their race. "I cannot say that there's an orchestrated effort to pick out minorities, but I can tell you it certainly looks fishy," Foster told a Black Press of America luncheon, after he was asked about the issue. Foster said he believed the climate had arisen because Clinton had nominated more African-American, Hispanic and other minority candidates than any previous president...
...should Republicans be out on the hustings so soon after the midterm elections? We all know that they think. What we don't know is whether they mean it or not. Nothing that is said at a luncheon in New Hampshire makes a dime's worth of difference when the show so clearly is in Washington and the keynote figure in the party is Newt Gingrich. A lot of mouths are moving, but his is the voice we hear. Senator Dole has been in Washington so long that all his edges have worn off--when asked about burning issues...