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...culture" of our suburbs has fared little better. This summer every mall Cineplex in the nation showed The Doctor, T2 and City Slickers. Every mall has a Gap, the Wonder Bread of clothing stores. Upscale malls have The Sharper Image; downscale malls have Spencer Gifts. Utility and necessity have faded into the distance as things suburbanites don't have to bother with...
...remained a part of her family, and she chastises herself for having abused him. "Listen to this," says Hepburn. "I made him change his name . . . to S. Ogden Ludlow. I didn't want to be called Mrs. Smith. I thought it was melancholic." Her true love, of course, was Spencer Tracy. "He didn't like this or that. I changed this and that . . . Food -- we ate what he liked. We did what he liked. We lived a life which he liked. This gave me great pleasure." With the same warmth that marks her film acting, she plays a final love...
...simplicity and deliberately dotty charm, though, Le Cirque is ^ far from fey. Thierree's tricks and clowning have the savor of the music hall, and Chaplin's acrobatics are accomplished with an athletic elegance too tough to be simply precious. Their son James Spencer Thierree, 17, also appears for some of the more elaborate routines and provides bicycle acrobatics of his own, thus making Le Cirque, in every sense, a family event. The elder Thierree has given due consideration to posterity. "With this title," he points out with typical logic, "we can very well continue touring after death...
Last June, when Charles missed the annual Order of the Garter procession because of his latest bout with back pain, his place in the line was taken by the ancient Queen Mother, who was spry and fit. When the teenage Diana Spencer was engaged to her prince, it was the Queen Mum who stepped in again, coaching her on the fine points of being a royal...
...rancid real estate, that spells salvation. At the 10 largest banks in the business, which hold 48% of all outstanding card debt, credit cards account for 25% of profits. Citibank, the largest issuer, cleared $610 million in profits on its Visa and MasterCard operations last year, according to Spencer Nilson, editor of The Nilson Report, an industry newsletter. Even though some 6,000 financial institutions issue cards, the business had nearly been impervious to price competition. Consumers who will shop around for value on everything from groceries to autos have been sluggish when it comes to seeking better deals...