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Where could I begin? After a dazed attempt to extract more information from her, I withdrew my hand. No, I sighed, and sank into my white cane chair. I understand...
...previously eluded her. But her past three films ! have fallen this side of blockbuster. Scenes from a Mall swallowed her and Woody Allen whole; Hocus Pocus was a moderately popular summer farce; she turned down the original Sister Act script to make the epic musical For the Boys, which sank expensively, though it featured superb Bette renditions of Stuff Like That There and Every Road Leads Back to You. Perhaps she was hurt by that failure; she sings nothing from the film in her current concert. If she had an unequivocal hit in this period...
Some officials of the Immigration and Naturalization Service and the State Department are upset over Attorney General JANET RENO'S recent decision to override policy and admit to the U.S. eight Cubans whose boat sank off the coast of Mexico. A Justice Department spokesman confirms that Reno personally decided to admit the refugees because their story moved her but insists it was a onetime exception. Sources say ins acting commissioner Chris Sale acceded reluctantly, fearing the decision capriciously discriminated against other would-be immigrants with stories no less tragic. Critics say Reno's decision has encouraged a flood of Cubans...
...Titanic Sank...
Everyone knows the Titanic sank because an iceberg cut a huge gash in its side. But everybody's wrong, says a group of naval architects and marine engineers. Extensive sea-bottom photos of the ship show no gash. The real problem was the ship's steel plating, which was inherently brittle, say the experts -- even a small impact could have caused major cracks. The Titanic's sister ships, the Olympic and the Britannic, made from the same steel, are known to have suffered such cracks...