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...networks want comedians to work clean," says Richard Fields, owner of Catch a Rising Star, a Manhattan comedy club. Indeed, many young comics regard stand-up comedy less as a goal than as a stepping stone. "People today are not just shooting to be * headliners," says Dennis Perrin, a New York-based comic and writer. "They want the big payoff -- a movie or TV series...
...earth would Ottawa want to buy ten nuclear-powered submarines? "If there is going to be somebody's navy in the north," explained Defense Minister Perrin Beatty, "it should be ours." The Canadians are irked that U.S. subs patrol the Arctic passage without permission from Ottawa, which claims the waters as Canadian territory...
...just for the sake of prestige. Sidney J. Weinberg, a legendary financier of the 1950s, once served on 31 boards. By comparison, his son John L. Weinberg, chairman of Wall Street's Goldman, Sachs & Co., holds only six director's posts. The pay remains lucrative. The consulting firm Towers, Perrin, Forster & Crosby reports that the median annual fee among large companies is $18,000, plus $700 per board meeting and expenses. The most prestigious director's posts pay much more in return for a heavy commitment of time. The director who serves as chairman of Du Pont's finance committee...
...over extensive French arms sales to Iraq. By Thursday morning, all 14 of the women and children on board were released. That afternoon the remaining hostages were herded onto the runway. The hijackers blew up the plane's cockpit, then surrendered. French Chargé d'Affaires Jean Perrin called the explosion "a little matter of honor...
...joined the labor force, compared with 37.7% in 1960. The number of families supported by one breadwinner, meanwhile, dropped to 33% from 48.3% over the same period. Says Philip M. Alden Jr., a benefits specialist with the New York City consulting firm of Towers, Perrin, Forster & Crosby: "Benefits had to change with the times...