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Director-screenwriter Woody Allen and co-writer Douglas McGrath have comically and affectionately reimagined the archetypes of backstage dramas from the days when the New York theater was a robust and glamorous institution. They're all here, doing their best to bring David's neo- O'Neillian work to life: the wise, temporizing, desperately undercapitalized producer (Jack Warden); the aging ingenue (Tracey Ullman), complete with ill-tempered lapdog; the agreeably self-destructive leading man (Jim Broadbent); above all, the Great Lady of the Theater ("I don't play frumps or virgins"), portrayed by Dianne Wiest in a boldly swooping performance...
...that the interest rate on the average 30-year fixed loan across the country is now 8.93% -- up nearly two percentage points from a year ago and up from 8.89% just seven days earlier. It's the highest rate since April 1992. Despite rising rates, home sales have remained robust recently. One reason is that homebuyers are increasingly choosing adjustable rate mortgages -- at about double the pace of last year. The introductory "teaser" rate on new ARMs is still below 6% nationwide, on average, and individual banks in many areas are offering terms...
Stocks were mixed while bond prices fell on Monday as investors reacted to more news of a robust economy. The National Association of Purchasing Managers reported that its index of manufacturing growth climbed to 58.2 in September, from 56.2 in August. Any reading over 50 shows the economy is expanding. The index now stands at its highest level in six years, as factories strain to keep up with demand. What worries economists the most, however, is that the NAPM's index of the prices manufacturers pay for materials rose to 77.1, also the highest level in six years. That...
...Janet Jackson's rise to megastardom). Every song on II is about love and is performed at mid-tempo; the whole enterprise could easily have become just another bland-as-the-Weather-Channel collection of precision- crafted pop songs. It didn't. Each of the Boyz has a robust, nimble voice -- "There's not a weak link in the bunch," says Jam -- and the group turns almost every song on II into a vocal workout. Water Runs Dry, with its plaintive singing backed by a spare acoustic guitar, creates a mood of sublime melancholy. An a cappella cover...
...Europe Bureau Chief James Graff. For now, Yugoslavia's pugnacious stance towards its cousins eases the pressure on Western countries to punish the Bosnian Serbs, who rejected a peace plan last week. "Milosevic is doing all the dirty work for (the West)," says Graff. "So any consideration of real robust military actions does not have to be on the front burner...