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...engaging one-man show, Acting Shakespeare, at the Charles Playhouse for the next three weeks, the actor performs soliloquies of some 20 characters, from Macbeth to Sir John Falstaff to Juliet Capulet. With parts from The Tempest, a romance, and several history plays, McKellen covers all the theatrical bases from tragedy to low comedy. He even throws in Sonnet XX, for poetic justice...
...more covertly than older elite paramilitary units, such as the Army's Rangers and the Navy's Seals. They have been given exotic code names, such as Yellow Fruit, Task Force 160 and Seaspray. New types of equipment have been developed for them, including small, high-tech helicopters and one-man satellite- & communications radios and dishes. In addition, a far-ranging intelligence organization known as Intelligence Support Activity (ISA) gave the Army for the first time the ability to conduct full-fledged espionage using field agents. And all was done in such deep secrecy that to this day the very...
...White House direction, Vaught began planning Honey Badger, a second rescue attempt uniting aviation and intelligence in a predominantly Army operation. The Army developed special equipment: one-man satellite- communications radios, Black Hawk helicopters modified to fly longer distances, and what one source describes as "very small, very capable, very exotic" 500MD helicopters equipped with advanced navigation and communications capabilities. But by then, the U.S. could never pin down the location of any group of hostages long enough to mount a rescue...
Nothing, including the PTL scandal, seems about to change televangelism's practice of financially secretive one-man rule. None of the current crop of big-time TV preachers seem eager to follow the example of the most famous of modern evangelists, Billy Graham, who still gets the highest TV ratings of any preacher for his occasional prime-time crusades. Decades ago Graham pioneered a cleanliness campaign among evangelists by taking a straight salary (currently $59,100, plus housing allowance and expenses) rather than living off unaudited gifts. Graham led the way in giving control of his ministry to an independent...
Despite such difficulties, some enterprising Soviets are building sizable illegal businesses with the law's unintended help. During the trial period, a 32-year-old lawyer named Sasha expanded his modest, one-man costume-jewelry business. Since selling in public is no longer illegal, he arranged for three friends to go to work for him. They took over sales, while Sasha commissioned two part-time jewelers to manufacture the product. That amounted to the illegal hiring of workers, but the profits kept everybody happy...