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...famous, and infamous, men of history are people who looked exactly like George Arliss." Even today, when I think of Benjamin Disraeli, I am reminded that he is the spittin' image of Arliss. Of course, I do not think of either one of them very often. Spencer Howell Silver Spring, Md. Liability of Lighting...
...booby-trapped 1975 silver BMW used in the most recent bombing came from the same used-car lot as the vehicle involved in the Rhein-Main attack. It was purchased for cash one day before the explosion by two men, one of whom had a Moroccan passport and may fit the description of a suspect in the August bombing. The second man mentioned planning to drive to Morocco. Some West German authorities speculated that the RAF was working with terrorists from the Middle East...
CITIC is an elite concern formed in 1979 on the personal order of Deng Xiaoping. He proposed a kind of Western investment banking firm to get around the ponderous Peking bureaucracy and speed China's economic development. Led by Rong, 70, a silver-haired millionaire, the organization has helped foreign companies invest in everything from beer production to coal mining and has raised hundreds of millions of dollars overseas. "CITIC is a breath of fresh air," says Virginia Kamsky, president of Kamsky Associates, a trade consultant with offices in New York and Peking. "The people there ask the right kinds...
AWARDED. LEIGH ANN HESTER, 23, sergeant in the Kentucky National Guard; the Silver Star, making her the first woman to receive the honor since World War II; for her role in deterring insurgents and saving the lives of fellow soldiers during an ambush on a convoy in Iraq last March; in Washington. Hester, who received the award along with two men from her unit, plodded through enemy fire, killing at least three in an effort that resulted in the death of 26 or 27 insurgents and the capture of several more. "We're all soldiers, and we're all equal...
There are plenty of singing groups for the elderly. Most of them croon standards such as Down by the Old Mill Stream and Let Me Call You Sweetheart. But Young@Heart is a different cut altogether. This silver-haired troupe, ranging in age from 73 to 91 (average age: 80), plays to far younger audiences (think 18 to 50) that want to hear songs they love or grew up with--and see them performed. These performers are about a lot more than singing. They take music and put it together with dramatic costumes, scenery and dance movements, and are accompanied...