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...attract new investors, the studio last week disclosed plans for a "major capital or financial restructuring" and an executive shake-up that pushed chairman and octogenarian co-founder Arthur Krim into an essentially powerless position. Such actions may not be enough. Orion's upcoming releases look weak -- and the studio is so hungry for cash that last month it sold its most promising new picture, a movie version of TV's cult hit The Addams Family, to Paramount at a loss...
...Harvard offense had a slower start. After yesterday's 23-4 destruction of Tufts, the team had to readjust to tougher pitching. It managed to shake up Holy Cross pitcher Jim Lielbler in the first inning when senior Marcel Durand drew a walk with two men out. Lielbler, feeling the threat of a man on, delivered two wild pitches, allowing Durand to advance to third base. The chance for an early Harvard lead was quenched however when Dan Scanlan, the eventual hero, struck...
...Instead, McDonald and colleagues found themselves praising the new owner -- who at week's end still required formal rank-and-file ratifications -- as a "tough negotiator who understands problems fast." They enthused about how straightforward and plainspoken he was, how quick to extend a hand to shake on a proposed deal. Having reduced the options to Maxwell or nothing, they did not challenge his characterization of the cuts as "historical, unprecedented and necessary to guarantee the return of the Daily News to the streets of New York...
STING: THE SOUL CAGES (A&M). Oh shut up. Maundering, egocentric speculations on spiritual anomie, all in polite tempos. There are occasional signs of life: the hit single All This Time shows Sting can still shake loose when he likes. He should make a habit...
Although the brusque reception he occasionally receives from passers-by sometimes bothers him, Anthony reasons that, overall, the good outweighs the bad. "There are a lot more people that are really interested in doing better for themselves than there are who could just shake a stick," he says...