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Some critics have said the best thing about the new movie version of Mission: Impossible is the famous original theme music, a staccato tune for which composer Schifrin won two Grammy awards. TV themes--like those from Mannix and Medical Center--have been just one outlet for Schifrin; his works also include symphonies, operas and jazz compositions. A native of Argentina, he was brought to America in 1960 by Dizzy Gillespie to serve as his pianist and arranger. A Hollywood contract for The Cincinnati Kid followed in 1964, the first of countless film scores. Schifrin continues to adhere...
...small groups would provide an outlet for people with various activist concerns to share their plans, organize projects, compose a newsletter and make a calendar of all events related to social change issues that different groups are working...
Trade is only one side of the U.S.-Japan economic relationship; the other side is finance. The Japanese, seeking an outlet for the billions of dollars they earn from their exports, buy heavily in U.S. Treasury bills. By virtue of the trade deficit, Japan's holdings of U.S. Treasuries are huge. If Japan ever started selling those bonds, U.S. interest rates would rise and the stock market would plummet. As a Japanese official put it, "Japan can pull the trigger on U.S. financial markets." But Japan would hurt itself in the process. The rise in rates and the drop...
...existence of a second club gives an outlet for people who would otherwise feel alienated from the HRC," says Kennedy...
This lunch-hour version of car shopping has been catching on fast. Nine of the largest U.S. auto dealers formed a chain of superstores called Driver's Mart last month to woo back customers from outsiders like CarMax. In Madison, Wisconsin, dealer Jon Lancaster recently opened an outlet called CarAmerica, which he hopes will be the first in a chain of similar stores. "Fun, fun, fun," is how Madison police officer Susan Carnell describes her 90-minute visit to CarAmerica. Carnell drove off in a 1994 Nissan Pathfinder truck, whose $19,950 price was more than $2,000 below...