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Despite Broadway's inept history of trying to combine theater and rock, this one works -- mostly because Paul Hipp in the title role gives one of the most kinetic, infectious and musically shrewd performances in memory. His Holly impersonation is dead-on, but even theatergoers who never saw or heard the original are likely to be won over by his galvanic confidence, charm and sweetness. Here are some of the prettiest melodies of the 1950s, from Everyday and Peggy Sue to That'll Be the Day, rendered with the authentic simplicity of a garage band. They are songs about love...
Some in Warsaw say Niezabitowska owes her position to her stunning looks and the new government's shrewd sense of public relations, but she shrugs off both the criticism and her lack of experience. "I think I'm one of the Prime Minister's closest advisers," she says. "I discuss all the issues with him, try to convince him of my ideas, keep him informed about what is happening in the country. That is influence...
...postgraduate hacked out financial guides. According to his proud calculations, they earned him more royalties than Hemingway. He had a "good war" from 1943 to 1945, operating along a shadow line in the Office of Strategic Services. After V-J day it was business as usual. By the '70s, shrewd venture capitalism and self-promotion had made him a multimillionaire. ; They had also made him an important contributor to the G.O.P. treasury and strategy. When Reagan assumed office he offered Casey, his campaign manager, the CIA job. "If it wasn't for you," said the President, "I wouldn...
...LATE NIGHT WITH DAVID LETTERMAN BOOK OF TOP TEN LISTS (Pocket Books; $8.95). Ever since they were introduced in 1985, Letterman's nightly Top 10 lists have been his show's most reliable laugh getters, a shrewd mix of topical satire and frat-house nuttiness. Recycled in book form, they are just as funny to read. Here again are Jim Bakker's Top 10 Pickup Lines ("Pray here often?"; "Your eyes are the same color as my leisure suit"), Princess Diana's Top 10 Complaints about Prince Charles (always calls Pizza Hut before we've decided on topping we want...
...possibly illegal dealings. Citing Bush's M.B.A. from Tulane University, Denver insiders contend that he had to be aware of his own vulnerability to the go-go bankers and developers with whom he dealt. More significantly, they insist that Bush did not fall innocently into the clutches of the shrewd operators. Bush, they say, was as enthusiastic as Denver's highflyers in arranging their financing of his upstart JNB oil company, which he had the bad timing to start just after the petroboom had peaked...