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...pages; $75), with text by Martine Kahane, curator of the Opera's library-museum, and musicologist Thierry Beauvert, succinctly recounts the history of the fabled hall, but the real tour d'horizon is provided by Jacques Moatti's photographs, which take the reader from the subterranean lake beneath the mammoth building, where the Phantom of the Opera was said to roam, to the gilded statue of Apollo and his lyre, which soars some 230 ft. above the streets of Paris...
...said Molly Yard, president of the National Organization for Women. NOW is planning a huge letter-writing campaign to petition the Justice Department and Supreme Court to retain Roe v. Wade, plus a protest at Bush's Inauguration. Together with NARAL, the group is also planning a mammoth pro-choice demonstration in Washington in early April. "Mr. Bush may intend to make abortion illegal again," declares Yard, "but he has to understand that if he tries, he will be awakening a sleeping giant...
...REMEMBRANCE (ABC, Nov. 13-23). Cast of thousands! Cost of millions! Makes Roots look like a sapling! The mammoth sequel to The Winds of War closes out its 18-hour fall campaign this week and sets the stage for a twelve-hour- plus conclusion next year...
...REMEMBRANCE (ABC, Nov. 13-23). Cast of thousands! Cost of millions! Makes Roots look like a sapling! This mammoth sequel to The Winds of War will spend 30-plus hours -- 18 now, at least twelve next year -- following Navy officer "Pug" Henry (Robert Mitchum) from Pearl Harbor...
...mammoth deal is completed, it will intensify the debate about whether leveraged buyouts are good or bad for American business. Proponents point out that the stock market has severely undervalued many companies. Thus the only way shareholders can get fair value for their investment is through a buyout. Another argument in favor of the trend is that by breaking up conglomerates, buyout specialists create more efficiently run businesses...