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Paris' venerable Olympia concert hall has never seen anything quite like the stir created by Woody Allen and his New Orleans Jazz Band. It's been like that at every stop on Allen's 14-city, 23-day European tour, which ends in London on March 18. In Madrid he needed a police escort to get in from the airport amid what El Mundo called Woodymania. In Barcelona more than 300 autograph seekers mobbed him at the stage entrance. "Woody's having a ball," says his banjo player and musical guru, Eddie Davis. "He's kind of stunned...
With Wilson no longer a factor, observers say the new format should benefit Sen. Robert J. Dole (R-Kan.), who has received the backing of most of the region's Republican leadership, including Weld, Connecticut Gov. John Rowland and Sens. William Cohen (R-Maine) and Olympia Snowe (R-Maine...
...drunk malt liquor as a teenager; he remembers his father's strong words on the matter. "He found stuff on me and sat me down and explained to me what it could do." He concedes that his father was right. Next month Terence has a court date with Olympia Hester, a woman who claims he is the father of her 10-year-old daughter and says a blood test backs that contention. "If [the child] is mine, I'm not going to contest it," says Terence. "By no means will I run away from my responsibility...
...while House Republicans seem firmly behind the bill, the GOP leadership is having a harder time in the Senate. The reason? Many Senate members are only now learning the details of the Republican plan: "The reconciliation bill was only released to the full Senate this week. Senate moderates, like Olympia Snowe, are only now beginning to see the full range of the cuts, and they're uncomfortable with them...
...impressive names in the movie, with the exception of Allen himself, have tiny cameo roles as various Greek actors or Chorus members. Here the prime question comes into play: does one really want to spend $7.50 to hear Olympia Dukakis crack one joke...