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Cuba and Haiti are adjoining Caribbean countries ruled by dictatorships hostile to the U.S., and lately Washington has followed nearly identical policies toward them. It has enforced tight embargoes against trade and travel and even sent warships to prowl off both coasts. Starting last month, refugees fleeing both islands have been plucked from the waters off Florida and interned in side-by-side tent cities at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba...
Bobby S. Fred also uses an alias to run an independent record label -- which he refuses to name -- and to edit a post-punk zine called Bobby Is Fred. He makes his living stuffing burritos at a Del Taco in Los Angeles. Unlike wannabes who prowl Sunset Plaza looking to get noticed, Bobby craves obscurity. He enjoys saying his favorite activity is eating at such trendy restaurants as Spago -- by serving himself from the Dumpster out back. "Look, this is a nation of disenfranchised kids," says Bobby. "The reason we don't talk to the mainstream media is because...
...perfect marriage it may be, but the wedding day is far off, and rival swains are surely on the prowl. Right now CBS looks like a pretty blond in a lowcut dress who goes to a singles bar to announce her engagement. The leaking of the news so far in advance of the board meeting suggests at least that Tisch intends to consider other offers, which would further inflate the stock. One CBS executive admitted that Tisch went public with the merger news because "he fervently believes in doing a deal that makes the best sense for the shareholder...
...more enjoyable point to the movie: the lionesses hunt. Yes, that's right, just as in real life, the lionesses, not the lions, hunt. Mufasa may be cool, but it's Sarabi that brings home the wildebeast bacon. And when Nala and Simba are reunited, she's on the prowl for dinner. Nice to see some accuracy about animal behavioral patterns in a child's film...
...what of those "powerful forces" who resent his winning the presidency? Is politics a contact sport, or bean bag? Of course "forces" prowl and scheme along Pennsylvania Avenue. Forewarned is forearmed, unless you believe the rules of public propriety are only for others...