Word: mille
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Chicago (a city that really symbolizes all metropolises) just before World War I, Jungle of Cities is about a duel between two men: Shlink (Nicholas Lawrence), the rich and heartless owner of a lumber mill and George Garga (Charles Puckette), the poor and lively library attendant. Spying the youthful fighting spirit in Garga at the play's beginning Shlink hands his business over to Garga, giving the poor agrarian boy a shot at material comfort and power. Garga nabs the offer while Shlink takes on the country boy's family obligations. The switch ultimately turns Garga's family relation...
From his home in Mill Valley, Calif., anytime between 6 a.m. and midnight, Attorney Gregory Dyer can use his personal computer to check his balance at BankAmerica and transfer money between accounts. With his lap computer, Larry Lape, a business executive, does much of his personal banking from hotel rooms ; hundreds of miles away from his hometown Huntington National Bank in Columbus. Without leaving his home, Page Stodder, a Cleveland investment banker, can use his PC to pay bills from 82 different companies. Says Stodder: "It's faster than writing checks, putting stamps on envelopes and taking them...
...then again, H. Ross Perot is not your run-of-the-mill...
Those disenchanted with the run-of-the-mill and seeking films by the likes of Truffaut, Fellini and Cocteau can satiate their Euro-urge at The Brattle Theater (40 Brattle St.). Up until July 11, the cozy movie house will feature its annual Janus Film Festival with movies by popular Eastern and Western European directors. Films from the fifties like James Dean's classic Rebel Without A Cause and and an occasional late night 1960s film will round out the rest of the summer. The Janus Theater (57 JFK in the Galeria) also shows foreign films, though it is currently...
...room and an exercise machine had been transplanted from their bedroom to their daughter's. The front yard looked freshly plowed and the few trees still standing had been stripped of their leaves. The Gosnell's hometown of Atlantic, Pa. (pop. 225), had been leveled, its feed mill, post office, general store and gas station all destroyed. Even the green spring wheat had been ripped right out of the ground...