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Committee members were nonetheless openly skeptical. Referring to a prepared statement by Clifford and his protege-partner, Robert Altman, which characterized their own conduct as "entirely proper," Wisconsin Republican Toby Roth said, "I don't believe a word of it. You've been in bed with B.C.C.I. for 10 years, and you're telling us all you got was a back...
...served in the gulf has generated support in Congress and public opinion for broadening the role of females in the military. Last week in a landmark move the Senate voted overwhelmingly to overturn a 43-year-old law that bars women from flying combat missions. Said Delaware Senator William Roth, who co-sponsored the amendment with Senator Edward Kennedy of Massachusetts: "The facts show that women pilots have successively broken ground in just about every area of aviation -- and they deserve the opportunity to compete...
COVER Illustration for TIME by Arnold Roth...
There is no narrator; the commentary is embedded in the editing. When Joe Roth describes the pressures of his job as head of 20th Century Fox, his remarks are juxtaposed with clips from The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner. A look at Hollywood negotiating is embellished by an actor quoting from Sun-tzu's The Art of War. Even the way the interviews are shot -- subjects are often dwarfed by huge desks or planted against stark unflattering backgrounds -- emphasizes the Felliniesque strangeness of the world under scrutiny...
Unlike some passive investors who have got fleeced in Hollywood, Robinson put his own sweat behind his equity and teamed up with veterans like Joe Roth, who has since gone on to head 20th Century Fox Films. Robinson's new company, named after the 1943 Preston Sturges film The Miracle of Morgan's Creek, scored a hit in 1988 with its first effort, Young Guns. The company went on to produce such other moneymakers as Major League and Pacific Heights, as well as a dud, Coupe de Ville, which took in only $5 million at the box office...