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Vincent Arthur Hall was a polite, mild-mannered disability analyst at the New York State social-services department. Away from the office he was a wild and crazy guy. In June, police say, Hall took a day off, went to a bank in Queens and threatened to blow a teller's head off unless he handed over some cash. But as he fled the scene with $725, Hall dropped the Manila envelope he used to conceal a gun and a holdup note. The envelope was stamped with his employer's address, and although the address had been inked...
...RANGE WARS (PBS, Aug. 6, 9 p.m. on most stations). The usually mild- mannered National Audubon Society got into hot water with cattlemen (and the Ford Motor Co., which pulled its ads from an earlier showing on TBS) with this hourlong report on the dispute between environmentalists and ranchers over public grazing land in the American Southwest...
...consists of millions of ordinary Americans who don't like journalists but do nothing more than moan about them. The second group is made up of full-time bashers who publish a lot of newsletters. Some of these professionals have a galling charm, a refreshing sassiness, perhaps even a mild sense of humor. Most...
...books later, Mayle is something of a publishing phenomenon. Toujours Provence (Knopf; $20), his second collection of essays, is climbing the best- seller lists. The success story began two years ago with the British publication of A Year in Provence. The hardback edition at first received a mild, pleasant response, but never underestimate favorable word of mouth. In paperback the book was No. 1 on the charts for 60 weeks, and Mayle's plumber, mason and the rest of the artisans became popular heroes. In the U.S. the paperback has just appeared, and the publisher is rushing extra printings...
...B.J.P. uses the Ayodhya issue to stir Hindu anger, but Advani is always careful to stress that he does not advocate violence against Muslims or harsh treatment of any minorities if the B.J.P. comes to power. What the B.J.P. advocates officially seems mild -- an end to Muslim personal law in civil matters and restrictions on religious schools for all minorities. But in practice, B.J.P. workers are full of hatred for Muslims and regularly provoke violent confrontations. Says Qari Moinuddin, a Muslim politician in Jaipur: "They meet you on the street and say, 'Long Live Rama...