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...Blinn (Roots, Fame) and first-time Feature Director Albert Magnoli both deny is specifically biographical, nevertheless hews roughly to the broad outlines of Prince's life. (Prince declines all interviews.) Shot entirely in Minneapolis, where Prince Rogers Nelson was born and grew up, and where he became a regent of the local music scene even before that first album came out in 1978, the movie uses everyone's real name for characters ("We've all called Prince 'The Kid' for a long time," says Band Member Lisa Coleman) and a lot of real locations...
...defense industry, Ustinov is keenly aware of the chronic bottlenecks in Soviet production that have accounted for sluggish economic growth. Should the ruling elite feel nervous about turning the Soviet Union's pressing agenda of problems over to an unseasoned "youth," Ustinov might prove an ideal choice as a regent in a transitional regime...
...police had no reason to doubt his word. It was the most brutal I.R.A. action in London since a double bombing in July 1982 that killed four troopers of the Queen's Household Cavalry in Hyde Park and seven members of the Royal Green Jackets Band in Regent's Park. It was not the first time the I.R.A. had chosen the holiday season to mount bombing campaigns in English cities. Following intelligence reports from Northern Ireland, London police had been warning citizens that they had better brace for a Christmas blitz...
...promotes itself as the only nonsmoking airline and turns away passengers who want to light up. At no-frills Sunworld International, based in Las Vegas, pilots make sales calls, work in the back office and can sometimes be seen carrying out the garbage after a flight. On all-frills Regent Air, passengers are stuffed with French wines, Beluga caviar and Maine lobster...
While many airlines are slashing prices and skimping on service, Regent Air, a new carrier based in Los Angeles, intends to chart a different course. When its twice-daily flights between Los Angeles and New York City begin in July, passengers will live high as they fly high. Amid a lavish art deco decór, they will sip Taittinger champagne from fine crystal and dine on caviar and fresh Maine lobster. They will have plenty of room to stretch and stroll. Regent Air's 727 jets will carry a maximum of 36 travelers, in contrast...