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DIED. VIRGINIA MAYO, 84, Hollywood blond of the 1940s and '50s who inspired the Sultan of Morocco to write her a fan letter in which he called her "tangible proof of the existence of God"; in Thousand Oaks, Calif. She played opposite stars from Bob Hope (The Princess and the Pirate) to James Cagney (White Heat) but won her greatest critical acclaim as Dana Andrews' cheating wife in the Oscar-winning World War II drama The Best Years of Our Lives...
...DIED. VIRGINIA MAYO, 84, Hollywood actress of the '40s and '50s who inspired the Sultan of Morocco to write her a fan letter calling her "tangible proof of the existence of God"; in Thousand Oaks, California. She started out as a chorus member in musicals and played opposite stars ranging from Bob Hope (The Princess and the Pirate) to James Cagney (White Heat). Her looks overshadowed her acting, but she won critical acclaim as Dana Andrews' cheating wife in William Wyler's Oscar-winning World War II drama, The Best Years of Our Lives...
...leapt to the center of national attention following the December purchase by U.S. giant Electronic Arts of a 20% stake in French rival Ubisoft. "There's a lot of creativity in France, and we don't want to end up as another sweatshop for video gaming like India or Morocco," says Romain Poirot-Lellig, director of the industry association APOM. EA says its intentions are not hostile and industry sources in the U.S. point out that one of Ubisoft's best-selling games is - mon dieu! - that great French cultural gem, Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon. - By Peter Gumbel Apple...
...It’s probably wise of Harvard not to encourage their students to go into dangerous countries,” said Kristi “Gerby” Marks ’05, who was in Morocco during the Casablanca bombing. “If there’s a travel warning from the State Department, it’s there for a reason...
...changed positions dramatically on several issues, shifting from a hard-nosed student of realpolitik to a true believer in Bush's vision of spreading democracy from Morocco to Afghanistan. Her transformation "was a bit of an iterative process," she told TIME last month. "One of the President's contributions had been to remind us all, again, of the link between our security and our values...