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That patch of green is now their DMZ. Woody Allen, America's most revered and introspective filmmaker, and Mia Farrow, the waif who matured into a madonna in reel and real life, are at war. What began as a skirmish over custody rights of three children escalated early last week when Allen declared that he was in love with one of Farrow's adopted daughters, Soon-Yi Farrow Previn. Then the tabloid artillery went ballistic. The Connecticut police were investigating a complaint of child molestation against Allen. It was revealed that Farrow discovered the infidelity when she found nude photos...
Icahn brings some surprising strengths to this skirmish. Bankruptcy-court protection keeps his airline's costs down and permits it to offer some of the industry's lowest prices. TWA has suspended payments on $1 billion of debt and is renegotiating lease payments on some aircraft as it works out a plan to satisfy creditors. While Icahn says he expects to fly TWA out of court late this summer, some analysts argue that he may try to stay in Chapter 11 proceedings while doing battle with American...
Call it the St. Valentine's Day Skirmish...
...rule debate is only the latest skirmish in a war over abortion that could injure Bush severely. The ultimate battle will be joined if the Supreme Court overturns the landmark abortion-rights decision, Roe v. Wade, before next year's election -- an action some pro-choice activists would ironically welcome. Planned Parenthood, for one, is eager to throw the issue into the political arena as quickly as possible, and so is urging the high court to consider immediately Pennsylvania's restrictive abortion law, on the assumption that the conservative Justices appointed by Bush and Ronald Reagan would use the occasion...
Even those who reject Douglas' perspective might reasonably conclude that the long war against the busybodies has to be won -- if it is to be won -- a skirmish at a time, tiny battles at the perimeter of individual privacy and choice. One hero in this ongoing conflict is Teresa Fischette, 38, a ticket agent for Continental Airlines at Boston's Logan International Airport. Eager to establish a new image for its ground personnel, the carrier last May decreed that its female ticket agents must wear makeup. Fischette refused, was fired, but was then offered a job where she would...