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...hypocrisies--he always wears a miter--especially since he denounces Cenci for some unnamed crime, yet wants to punish our hero by taking away his estates in the name of the Church, thereby revealing greed. To demonstrate his contempt for this false system of values, Cenci embarks on a spree of killing and feasting, all leading up to his "defilement" of his daughter Beatrice (Susan Kelly). "For me," he says, "life, death, god, incest, repentance, crime do not exist. I obey my own law." Finally, Cenci's angry wife and angrier daughter have him killed. All the preceeding facts...
Dahltorp is among a growing number of managers being approached by executive-search firms. With the economy rebounding, companies are hunting hard for proven talent, and creating a boom for the 1,500 or so firms that are in the business of finding it. "The recruitment spree is further evidence that the recovery is moving faster than most businesses anticipated," says Lester Korn, chairman of Los Angeles-based Korn/Ferry International, the world's largest executive recruiter. "Last year was our best since 1977, and 1984 should be even better...
...recent notoriety. Dennis DeFranceschi, a close friend and racing partner of Wilder's, failed to see any logic in his sex crimes. Said he: "If you want to act out a pornographic scene, you just go out and hire a bunch of hookers." Contemplating Wilder's alleged spree, DeFranceschi added, "He had no reason to subject himself to this.'' -By Jacob V. Lamar Jr. Reported by Kim Eisler/Tallahassee
...murder spree shakes Seattle
When gunfire ripped through downtown Belfast last week, office workers on their lunch break responded with weary resignation, learned from years of living dangerously. For twelve days Irish Republican Army terrorists had gone on a shooting spree, gunning down five people. By the grim rules of Northern Ireland's religious warfare, it was time for militant Protestants to strike back. Still, when the counterattack came, it proved to be more than the usual random raid against Roman Catholics. This time the Protestants' target was Gerry Adams, 35, president of Sinn Fein, the I.R.A.'s political...