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...many people have to go see them? That's the question that has movie solons tugging at their gray beards and wondering exactly how many teenage boys--and the women who love them--can pack a movie house on an autumn weekend. The answer: $39.4 million worth. That's how much money Sandler's wan The Waterboy earned in its first weekend--a record for any non-summer three-day opening, and proof indeed that, while Oprah Winfrey may not be a film star, Adam Sandler surely is. This veteran of Saturday Night Live (remember Opera Man? Cajun...
Today, however, there's a whole pack of treatments and therapies that can take some of the pain out of quitting. Among them...
...costly habit may get costlier. A $206 billion agreement reached between the tobacco industry and state attorneys general, who had sued to recoup Medicaid costs, could lift the price of a cigarette pack by about 40[cents] over five years (vs. $1.10 under an earlier proposal). But perhaps your kids will save a bundle--if tobacco firms fulfill a pledge not to promote their products to young people...
...G.O.P. party chairman who many Republicans say shares the blame for making a hash of the recent elections and for being, looking and sounding too conservative in general. Several of the Governors, including Michigan's JOHN ENGLER, have said in public that it's time for Nicholson to pack his bags. Following the model used by the Democrats, the Governors will discuss making an elected official, perhaps Engler himself or Virginia's JIM GILMORE, the G.O.P.'s new front man, while a more seasoned Washington fund raiser could run the party day to day. Leading the race...
...rest of the pack, however, remains open, with Yale (5-4, 4-2) and Brown (6-3, 4-2) vying for a piece of the league crown. With losses on Saturday, Harvard (4-5, 3-3) and Princeton (4-5, 3-3) were knocked out of any possible share of the championship this year...