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Lithuania quickly shifted toward flexibility. Seizing on an idea floated last month by French President Francois Mitterrand and West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl, Vilnius offered, in return for negotiations, to suspend all legislation it had passed since declaring independence. Prime Minister Prunskiene flew to Moscow to present the offer to...
Hollywood spending is likely to rise until some box-office disaster forces studios to retrench once again. When film legends Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks and D.W. Griffith formed United Artists in 1919, a Hollywood wag famously quipped, "The lunatics have taken charge of the asylum." Today's top...
Milken has already made what amounts to a whopping down payment on his penalty. When he was indicted on racketeering charges last year, Milken promised to post $700 million to keep prosecutors from seizing his assets. So far he has handed over $300 million in cash plus an IOU for...
The alleged mastermind of this scheme was a man who knows a good business opportunity when he sees one: Panama's Manuel Antonio Noriega. U.S. immigration officials suspect that the 47 aliens were ultimately headed for New York City's Chinatown and were customers of a lucrative passport-for-sale...
Harvard came close to seizing one victory, but Assumption College came out the victors, sweeping both games, 3-2 and 6-1. And although Harvard (3-14 overall, 1-3 Ivy) lost by what may seem a signifigant margin, they put up a valiant effort.