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...insiders fear that the continuing Whoops mess could ultimately sour investors on the entire spectrum of municipal bonds. Says James Lebenthal, whose appearances in television commercials have made him America's most recognizable municipal bond dealer: "I feel threatened, and so does the whole industry. I feel the shame of Whoops...
...really a shame that our visit was overshadowed by what happened, especially because the people in Detroit are trying so hard to give the city a positive image," he said. Among other things, the group received free meals, t-shirts, and ice cream during the day-long stop, treatment not unlike that accorded the riders throughout their journey thus...
...expected to learn, and everybody does. "The teacher works to elevate the level of achievement of the class as a whole," explains Rutgers Education Professor Nobuo Shimahara. The Japanese make no effort to single out slow or gifted pupils for special classes. Nor are inadequate students held back; the shame is thought to be too great. But comprehensive exams given at the sixth, ninth and twelfth grades track the best scorers to the best schools...
Perhaps Actor Kiyoshi Atsumi deserves a rest, along with his fans. The celebrated star of the polysequel Tora-San movies has just finished his 31st, an assembly linelike creativity that puts Sylvester Stallone and George Lucas to shame. In each Tora-San film, Atsumi, 55, noodles around in the same wildly checked, double-breasted leisure suit and porkpie hat, playing a middle-age Walter Mitty pitted against the vicissitudes of modern Japan. And with each film, some 4 million Tora-trekkies line up at the box office. His latest fan is a big one: IBM has cast...
August 2--Shame...