Word: roberte
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News Editor for This Issue: Ross G. Forman '90 Night Editors: Jonathan S. Cohn '91 Ross G. Forman '90 Spencer S. Hsu '90 Joseph R. Palmore '91 Robert J. Weiner '92 Editorial Editor: Colin F. Boyle '90 Features Editor: Spencer S. Hsu '90 Sports Editor: Julio R. Varela '90 Photo Editors: Hector I. Osorio '89-'90 Rebekah C. Seaton '91 Business Editor: Michael S. Harwayne '91 Copy Editor: Michelle M. Shih...
Killer actress, please. We speak of Ellen Barkin, 35, who does more than curl men's toes. In her first film, Diner (1982), she played the young married whose husband rags her because she can't catalog his precious 45s. In Tender Mercies she was Robert Duvall's teen daughter. She righteously battled Dr. Lizardo in The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai and taught her sweet niece how to dance in Desert Bloom. Just now she is bookending her role in Sea with a turn as the triple-crossing ultrabitch in Walter Hill's Johnny Handsome. Tough? This babe can blast...
...troubles in the junk- bond market that has fueled major takeovers. The singular event that shook investors was the faltering of a $6.75 billion labor-management buyout of UAL, the parent company of United Airlines, the second largest U.S. carrier. "That's when all hell broke loose," said Robert Newman, a floor trader for Equitrade Partners. "It was very reminiscent of something I do not care to think about...
...rested on some shaky foundations. Chief among them is the relentless pace of corporate takeovers, which enriched everyone on Wall Street, from stockholders to investment bankers. But the buyouts have been fueled by financing from a junk-bond market that was severely weakened last month when Canadian developer Robert Campeau nearly defaulted on $1.27 billion of debt payments on loans that he had used to acquire Allied Stores and Federated Department Stores. In the wake of Campeau's problems, the money for new takeovers has begun...
...Assemble a handful of the best jazz, R.-and-B. and rock artists, and turn them loose in a weekly, hour-long musical showcase that has smooth-talking alto saxman David Sanborn as host. Result: the best damn music show on television. Look for Eric Clapton, Robert Cray and Taj Mahal to perform this season...