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Among the most novel programs by any U.S. regional troupe is the annual mini- festival in which Actors Theater of Louisville focuses on some slice of the (typically European) past. This year's theme, Italian traditions in tragedy and comedy, embraces not only plays but also opera, ballet, symphony concerts, art exhibits and more. Through...
...been standing here for nine hours waiting for water," says Romis Ali, 45, a Bangladeshi who worked at the Meridien Hotel in Kuwait City. Ali, in his second week at the camp, hasn't had anything to drink in 20 hours. He had his last meal, a slice of stale bread, two days...
LIFESTORIES (NBC, Sept. 12, 10 p.m. EDT). Of the networks' new fall entries, this slice-of-life-and-death series about people going through medical crises is one of the oddest. A downbeat mix of soap opera, psychological drama and medical-advice column, it will try to woo viewers away from America's Funniest Home Videos. Sort of NBC's death wish...
...entertainment industry, Mob watchers say it is difficult to book an act in Las Vegas or Atlantic City without the Genovese brugad getting its slice. Law-enforcement officials point to superagent Lee Salomon of the William Morris Agency as being linked to a top Genovese captain named James (Jimmy Nap) Napoli. In the late 1960s, at a time when the government was bugging the talent agency's Manhattan office, Salomon was arranging for Napoli's wife Jeanne, an unknown singer, to get star billing for her nightclub...
Though he won only 9% of the black vote in 1988, Bush believes Democrats are foolishly taking their black supporters for granted. He is making every effort to gain some votes back. The idea is not to win over all blacks, or even most of them, but to slice off just enough, say 20%, to make the difference in Southern states where monolithic black support helped Democrats upset Republican incumbents in 1986 and 1988 Senate and House races. Call it the 20% solution...