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...door," said Deng, in a spirited defense of his policy of building ties to the West. "We suffered from this, and our forefathers suffered from this. Isolation landed China in poverty, backwardness and ignorance." Only by means of foreign investment and trade, Deng said, could China achieve a paramount goal: to quadruple its gross national product to $1 trillion by the year...
...picture that Murphy ignites with his urchin charm, is by far the runaway hit of this holiday season. In its first 23 days Cop earned $64.5 million--more than the combined take of its three closest competitors (Dune, City Heat, and 2010). Trumpets a jubilant Frank Mancuso, who runs Paramount Pictures, the studio releasing Cop: "The picture is so dominant that it's hard to determine who's No. 2." In December, when 17 new releases were vying for attention, one of every three box-office dollars came from moviegoers paying to see Eddie Murphy. And only Eddie. In Beverly...
Beverly Hills Cop is a winner too, but eight months ago it was hardly a starter. At that time the property, which had been percolating at Paramount for eight years, was to star Sylvester Stallone. Then Stallone turned in a rewrite of the script, and soon the star and studio parted company. Paramount sent Murphy the script and within hours he agreed to do it. "Directing this movie was like doing live television," Director Martin Brest recalls. "There were seven versions of the script that were cut, pasted and rewritten before each scene. We were reshaping the material every...
...Murphy will remain rich and happy doing what he does so well, so easily. Paramount has secured him for a concert film, referred to familiarly at Paramount as Beverly Hills Cop Goes to London, and five features, possibly including a Cop sequel. His fans--just about everyone--need no catchy titles for his movies. Just call them Eddie V, Eddie VI, Eddie VII. Then watch the lines form and the smiles start to glow...
Throughout his career, Arafat has made P.L.O. unity his paramount concern. The result, more often than not, has been paralysis. While hard-liners grew angry with Arafat's reluctance to embrace only violence, moderates became frustrated by their leader's failure to pursue diplomatic initiatives that might lead to the creation of a Palestinian homeland. When a group of Arafat's followers broke away in May 1983, it became clear that the dispute was no longer just about policies; it was also about Arafat. The rebels were led by Abu Mousa, a former commander in the Bekaa...