Word: rivals
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With the news of Tung's landslide victory (320 votes to his nearest rival's 42), the usually forbearing Hong Kong police arrested 29 noisy protesters outside the convention center. "This sends an appalling message," a senior government official said afterward. "There is concern that some police might feel they need to act a certain way because of the Chinese." As for Tung, he went off to the Chinese city of Shenzhen the next day to receive Beijing's formal endorsement. He will officially take office on July 1, 1997, the day Hong Kong reverts to China...
...rediscovered in a sleek, spare and smashing Broadway revival. Ann Reinking, who stars as 1920s murderer Roxie Hart, choreographed the show in Fosse's slithery style, which is a glorious reminder of a whole lost vocabulary of Broadway dance. And Bebe Neuwirth, a tarty treat as Roxie's jailhouse rival, proves she has mastered the grammar...
...Panetta and favored friend Vernon Jordan, insisted it was teamwork he wanted above all. Gore proposed Cohen for Defense, and Albright was an obvious choice for State. Colin Powell, considered at one point for the job, was pressed by the Vice President as a way to neutralize a potential rival in 2000. But the Republican of choice was always Cohen for Defense. Berger got the NSC job in part by default: he was offered the chief-of-staff position when Erskine Bowles at first seemed unwilling to take it, so NSC was the consolation prize. And Lake was rewarded with...
Another problem for the film is that it opens this weekend opposite Jerry Maguire, a Tom Cruise vehicle. One encouraging sign for Disney is that the studio's research shows women expressing more interest in seeing Denzel and Whitney than Tom. But an executive at a rival studio argues that the research on The Preacher's Wife is skewed because the sampling was done in major cities; a closer look, he says, shows that the picture is evoking a powerful response from African Americans but far weaker interest among whites. He predicts that The Preacher's Wife will gross from...
...California. Generally considered the best commissioner in any pro sport, Rozelle took over the N.F.L. when he was only 33 and there were 12 franchises, each valued at $1 million. Thanks to his leadership--he devised revenue sharing among owners and created the Super Bowl after merging with the rival American Football League--there were 28 teams when he retired, some valued at more than $100 million...