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...weren't for financial aid." The struggle is not so severe for that blessed crew known as "legacies" -- youngsters like Michael Mailer, son of Norman, and Caroline Kennedy, daughter of J.F.K. -- with family members who went to Harvard. At least one in three of these slides under the rope, in contrast to one in six among ordinary applicants...
...throw out the desperadoes. The Magnificent Seven it is not; it is The Three Amigos, a comedy adventure due for Christmas that also features Martin in other roles: co-writer (with Singer-Songwriter Randy Newman, who provides four songs for the three sometime mariachis), executive producer and even fancy rope twirler. Which one gets the senorita? Chase, for one, would say only, "I think I get a peck on the cheek...
...Rope Mon.-Tues...
...Rope Sun.-Tues...
...Lena Rigon, had been taking helicopter-flying lessons. In reality she was Nadine Vaujour, 34, wife of one of France's most carefully guarded prisoners, and she had learned her lessons well. At 10:45 last Monday morning, Nadine flew a rented chopper to Paris' Sante prison, dropped a rope onto the roof and picked up her husband Michel, 35, who still had 28 years to serve for attempted murder and armed robbery. In the confusion, another inmate was left behind. Minutes later, the helicopter landed in a nearby soccer field, where the couple jumped into a car and disappeared...