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...harshest blow for the Crimson squad came when pole vaulter Mike Short missed the vaulting pit and fell to the ground, fracturing his left elbow...
...surface, I don't know what it is about, but in the pit of my stomach I do know what this is about," Hunt said of the play, in which she stars as Rose Hudd, an elderly shut-in whose husband will not speak to her. "It's a very strange piece...
Britain's political lineup will now pit the newly created Social and Liberal Democrats and Owen's breakaway party against the leftist Laborites and Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's Conservatives. Though the new parties hope to weaken the Conservatives' mandate, they could have precisely the opposite effect. By dividing an already weak opposition even further, they just might give Maggie Thatcher's Tories a real shot at governing England for the rest of the century...
...Times-Mirror Gallup poll conducted Wednesday showed that Rather's favorable rating among viewers -- already lower than that of either of his two network rivals -- dropped to 66%, from 73% last fall. Many journalists too criticized Rather for losing his cool during the session. Even Sam Donaldson, the pit bull of network correspondents, contended that Rather went...
Will Drabinsky's pit-bull perseverance play in Hollywood? Already he has tangled with one of the major studios, canceling 140 play dates of Columbia's Leonard Part 6 after the studio "broke its commitment to us" and pulled The Last Emperor from Cineplex theaters. The air thickened with threats, and as of now, Drabinsky says, "the two corporations are not doing business together." Viewing all these skirmishes, one industry solon is impressed but skeptical. "Drabinsky is very bright and articulate," he says, "but he's also very arrogant. Other exhibitors watch from afar as he builds his Taj Mahals...