Word: steals
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Chan came back to Guangzhou from Australia because he thought fortunes were to be made here. But business has soured since 1994, he says, and his two city shops are losing money. Even worse is crime. "Guangzhou is very bad," he says. "So many bad men, pickpockets, they all steal." Ever since he was mugged and badly beaten one morning, Chan takes two bodyguards when he ventures out. Now he wears no expensive watch, carries no cell phone ("the prime evidence you have money") and hides his emergency beeper in his pants. The authorities are no help, he says. "They...
...women, though, who steal the show. It may be because of author George Fourth's genius for comedy, and a book that dictates the relative importance of the wives--not the husbands. But a stellar cast doesn't hurt...
...generally quite good in their stock roles. Sarah Pfisterer as Magnolia demonstrates some impressive vocal chops and manages to convey the girl's radiant innocence winsomely, as well as her later, more subdued dignity as an abandoned wife. Real-life husband-wife team Kirby and Beverly Ward almost steal the show as the husband-wife comic team of Frank and Ellie who leave the show-boat for a gig in the Trocadero. And Elizabeth Mary O'Neill does steal the show, if only briefly, as Magnolia's daughter Kim: her Charleston, near the very end of the show...
DENVER: While this year's summit of major industrial nations will focus on topics ranging from terrorism to infectious diseases, President Clinton intends to steal the spotlight by flaunting the state of the U.S. economy. Clinton, who will arrive in Denver today for the three-day Summit of the Eight, has already set the tone, highlighting the American model of economic development and the policies the Administration has utilized to support private enterprise. "It's indefinable and intangible, but I think it has a lot to do with why we are who we are," he crowed to the Wall Street...
DENVER: While this year's summit of major industrial nations will focus on topics ranging from terrorism to infectious diseases, President Clinton intends to steal the spotlight by flaunting the state of the U.S. economy. Clinton, who will arrive in Denver today for the three-day Summit of the Eight, has already set the tone, highlighting the American model of economic development and the policies the Administration has utilized to support private enterprise. "It's indefinable and intangible, but I think it has a lot to do with why we are who we are," he crowed to the Wall Street...