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Likewise fresh--surprisingly so--is this 1961 musical, which has more verve than one would expect from a satire of modern business written a third of a century ago. Frank Loesser's music and lyrics, reorchestrated by Danny Troob, retain their brisk propulsion, as does Abe Burrows' book, somewhat realigned and streamlined by director Des McAnuff...
Dispatching questions about his plans as efficiently as he once put away opponents,former world heavyweight champion boxer Mike Tysonheld a 76-second press conference, telling reporters that he will return to the ring, retain the services of controversial promoter Don King and fight at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas in a series of bouts to be televised on Showtime. But Tyson, who just completed three years behind bars for rape, did not name potential opponents or say when he will fight. "I will continue my journey to making myself a better person so I can help others," said...
Richard Levin, who became president in 1993, and his provost then compounded the problem by trying to retain as much of the $20 million as they could for the university's core endowment. They favored filling the four junior positions with existing faculty. Kagan and other original planners of the program resigned from the committee, and a new one was formed. In a colossal blunder, Levin failed to inform Bass of these changes, and when the new group expressed concerns, the members were told, according to a university source, "Don't worry about the donor...
...have everything," Dowling said. "Ifwe could somehow still retain that wonderfulrelationship, that would be a terrific thing todo...
...These aren't survivalist wackos," says John Howard, president of the Individual Rights Foundation. "A lot of them are prominent people in their communities who do believe the Federal Government has gone too far." Even as the Westerners fight for local control, they are struggling just as hard to retain the huge federal grazing, farming, irrigation and mining subsidies that the Clinton Administration tried to cut. Either way, they are mad as hell at Washington...