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...Hotel Queen to shame. Jurors will have to decide whether a wife always knows what her husband is up to -- in this case, deposed President Ferdinand Marcos, who died last September. "The Marcoses were masters of deception," said prosecutors. "They elevated three- card monte ((a form of shell game)) to an art form." Scoffed Marcos' lawyer, Gerry Spence: "In this country one doesn't become a criminal by sleeping with one's husband...
...Then you haven't been paying attention. The Turtles -- four wisecracking, pizza-guzzling reptile masters of the martial arts -- are already the biggest animated adventure act to hit television since Ghostbusters cartoons. Kids adore their hip and slightly naughty sense of humor ("Let's haul shell out of here"). "I like Michaelangelo because he's a smooth dude, a party animal," says Michael Serio, a 7-year-old fan from East Haven, Conn., describing his favorite of the four...
...criticized -- tendency for punks and villains on the show to fall into racial stereotypes. As far as the movie is concerned, box-office expectations are high. "Everything that has to do with the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles has been successful," says producer David Chan. Who knows, maybe he'll shell out for a sequel...
...Living in a snail's shell, being able to hide and defend what you considered worth living for: culture, tradition, family, Germany in a way. We were defending German soil. Had we left, there would have been a desert. A snail, sitting in its cozy shell, making itself as comfortable as possible, occasionally putting out its antennae to find out what life is like. But in our shells we always had time for others. People in our circle of friends became a little like Slavs, who in their long winters seem to have plenty of time to play chess, chat...
Pledging AOA is an intense process. During the pledge period, the Sphinxmen study and are tested on Alpha history. With such illustrious members as Martin Luther King, Jr., W.E.B. DuBois, Jesse Owens, football hall of famers Gene Upshaw and Art Shell, Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, New York Mayor David Dinkins, Rep. William Gray III (D--Pa.), Assistant Professor of Neurology and Harvard Foundation director Allen Counter and Senior Admissions Officer David Evans, AOA is a rich and diverse organization. As any Alpha man will tell you, Alpha history is Black history...