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...working. On one occasion, people in the Siberian town of Bilibino objected to the use of a bathhouse by a group of Western journalists. & African students in Moscow, already feeling somewhat lonely, report that the AIDS scare has made life even more isolated. "I used to hear people say 'Monkey' behind my back," says a Senegalese student. "Now I hear them say 'SPID,' " the Russian acronym for AIDS...
...Motor Yachts in Fort Lauderdale leads the U.S. in building big boats, with twelve taking shape in the family-owned yards. Its new production plant will add more than 50 architects, skilled fitters and welders to its staff of 250. The yard's most celebrated product is the notorious Monkey Business, which helped drive Gary Hart's presidential campaign onto the rocks. Broward's most popular boat, however, is an 80-ft. starter, or "yuppie special," that sells for $2 million. The typical buyer is a fast tracker between 35 and 40 who yens for something more than...
...disclosed last week that it had cut a deal with the Miami model-actress for a movie based on her life, to air next spring. For a sum rumored to exceed $100,000, Rice agreed to tell all, including what, if any, monkey business transpired between her and former Presidential Candidate Gary Hart on that fateful weekend in Bimini...
Even Perelman's enthusiasms are vinegary. He had famously collaborated on Monkey Business and Horse Feathers, but when an editor plans to anthologize portions of the film scripts, their scenarist responds, "If illiterates and rock fans (synonymous) can only be led to purchase my work by dangling before them the fact that I once worked for the Marx brothers, then let us find some other publisher." James Agee and Dorothy Parker were friends of Perelman's, but readers would never know it from his keyhole view of the beach house the two shared: "They both exist...
...Delta did not have enough troubles, a monkey broke loose last week in the baggage hold of a 727 about to take off from Atlanta for Columbus. It took an hour to corral the animal, and the flight was canceled. The incident might normally have been good for a chuckle, but Delta officials are in no mood to laugh...