Word: michel
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After last week's vote, Republican Leader Bob Michel charged that the Democrats were playing a "variation of the old con game, 'Heads I win; tails you lose.' " Declared Michel: "We refuse to play." Recognizing that he had been outwitted, O'Neill withdrew the measure. But where did that leave the contras? In confused limbo. The Senate has approved the President's aid request; the House has not. Michel announced that he intends to seek a "clean" vote on the funding by rounding up the required signatures of a majority of the House (218 members) to bring a bill directly...
...striking back, Reagan immediately responded with a question: "Any casualties?" No, said Poindexter. The President clenched his fist and shook it. "Good. Good." The tension had lifted. The White House summoned congressional leaders for a briefing, and Poindexter informed Tip O'Neill, Strom Thurmond, Robert Byrd and Bob Michel about U.S. actions. O'Neill emerged from the meeting and, choosing his words carefully, declared that "the Administration's handling of this matter is on the right course...
...forces of moderation. In Beirut, four French television crewmen were kidnaped on Saturday by unknown gunmen. Earlier, the shadowy Islamic Jihad, believed to be the umbrella organization that includes Shi'ite Fundamentalist groups like the Iranian-backed Hizballah (Party of God), announced that it had killed French Researcher Michel Seurat, 37, one of the four other Frenchmen kidnaped in the Lebanese capital during the past two years. Six Americans and one Briton are still missing. The reasons for the alleged murder: retaliation against the French for their pro-Iraq policy in the gulf war and for the recent expulsion from...
ANOTHER SEQUEL TO the La Cage Aux Folles trilogy has just hit the silver screen, and the two principal characters, Renato/Zaza (Ugo Tognazzi), the transvestite star of the Cage aux Folles cabaret, and Albin (Michel Serrault), the manager of the St. Tropez nightclub, are still being played by the original actors. Naturally, Zaza and Baldi have aged a little bit since the saga began--they mostly go by the names "Mammi" and "Pappi" as a concession to the passing of time...
Along with all the attentions which Mammi has received from the costume director of the movie, she also gets exclusive delivery privileges of the film's choicest lines, as written by dialogue director Michel Audiard. When Mammi catches Pappi taking a peek at Playboy, she remonstrates, "Pappi! Don't do that, honey. You shall give yourself nightmares. Please! Be sensible!". When she has to wear a business suit, she complains, "I hate flat shoes! I absolutly hate flat shoes! How can anybody ever keep their balance in these damn things!". Funny dialogue is great, but gestures and expression make Serrault...