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...director, Robert Zemeckis (Back to the Future, Who Framed Roger Rabbit), says, Gump has "no typical storytelling devices: no villain, no ticking clock, no burning fuse." Yet it has exploded at the North American box office. In its second week of release, when ticket sales for even the most robust hits drop perhaps 20%, Gump held even. This past weekend it reached the $100 million mark; an industry savant predicts, quite conservatively, that it will finally earn $165 million...
These are heady goals for even the most robust of classical labels, but though Virgin Classics may not occupy the uppermost rung in term of financial clout and big-name draws, it has championed several relatively unknown ensembles which can outplay the competition, big label or not. A good example is the Brahms piano quartet cycle recorded by Domus, which outshines Sony's offering with a super-powerhouse lineup of Isaac Stern, Jaime Laredo, Yo-Yo Ma, and Emanuel...
...those with a taste for both melodrama and irony, it would be appealing if Tisch -- widely considered the duller of the two men -- were cunning enough to use Diller as bait for an even more robust suitor. Why, it would be the stuff of network television. Greed! Lust! Power! Infighting! Backbiting! The Barry and Larry Show, with a few mystery guest stars, could be CBS's hottest program this summer...
...international effort to bolster the dollar failed resoundingly today -- the currency rose slightly, then fell back. President Clinton was clearly frustrated by the greenback's predicament, pointing to a robust American economy that should increase the traders' faith in the dollar. Wall Street responded by running for cover: the Dow Jones industrial average fell 62 points...
...rode the campaign trail, Clinton sounded like an out-and-out internationalist. His proclamations on foreign policy were full of idealism and broad hopes for an improved world. He cited Woodrow Wilson, the epitomy of internationalism, as a role model. Then-Governor Clinton supported more robust U.S. cooperation with the U.N.; he called on the Bush administration to pay off its debt to the body, and he even supported the formation of a permanent U.N. military force, something the Bush administration firmly opposed...