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...wonder they always save the best for last. The premier monster in Monsters, Inc. is not a hairless green ogre, however, but the esteemed James P. Sullivan, nicknamed “Sulley” (John Goodman)—a genial hulk with long blue fur and purple spots, always accompanied by his loyal but absent-minded Scare Assistant, Mike Wakowski (Billy Crystal), who resembles a one-eyed green pea. Both work for Monsters, Incorporated—an energy plant in the well-run township of Monstropolis, managed by a certain Henry J. Waternoose (James Coburn), who scuttles around...
...tournament—formerly known as the ITA championships—is the premier college indoor tennis tourney in the country. By virtue of her first-place performance, Bergman earns the right to advance to the national competition, to be held November 8-11 in Farmers Branch, Texas...
Halloween comes once a year for most. But to Hootenanny shoppers, Harvard Square’s premier source of pleather and vinyl, ghoulish dress is an everyday get-up. In the scrounge for outlandish costumes, FM suspects that many a lazy Harvard student will head to this freak mecca. Have sales gone up during the month of October? Manager Staci Fick reports that volume has definately increased in October in order to serve Hootenanny’s diverse clientele. Indeed, this store claims to provide “New Fashion for the Freak Generation...
...blossomed in her role with the couple's visit to Europe later in 1961. Her "flawless French," exquisite sense of style and formidable knowledge of French history had both General Charles de Gaulle and his nation at her feet; even Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev was smitten. A later, solo trip to India and Pakistan set the stage for Jackie's best performances yet, when she played first the "little girl," terrified of a snake, with Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, then the bold horsewoman with Pakistan's leader, Ayub Khan, leaving both men charmed. Back in the U.S., her elegant...
...course, being of fanatical religious bent, bin Laden may believe he's impervious to detection. Or else he could be calculating that his own propaganda gains justify the risk. By confidently answering questions on a premier U.S. network six weeks after subjecting America to the biggest terrorist strike in world history - and at a time when Americans are in the grip of an anthrax panic that has even shut down part of their government - bin Laden may be trying to paint himself as invincible in order to deepen the despair of his enemies and rally his supporters...