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Mahagonny marks the start of a big season for Weill, who would have been 90 next March. The Threepenny Opera, with Sting as Mack the Knife, began previews in Washington last week and moves to Broadway in October. Menahem Golan soon plans to release a freewheeling film adaptation starring Raul Julia and Julia Migenes. There will be Weill festivals in Cleveland, London and Dusseldorf, and lots of new recordings. The Los Angeles Mahagonny makes an interesting beginning...
...service on a 0-to-30 scale, note the average price of a meal (including one drink and a tip) and offer a succinct judgment on the restaurant. The results, compiled by computer, are boiled down by Zagat and a team of editors into capsule ratings that can sting as well as sing. In the current New York guide, for example, Elaine's, a snobby literary and show-biz hangout, gets bottom-drawer ratings of 9 in all three categories and such scathing reviewer comments as "I'd rather starve" and "check your self-esteem at the door...
Recently, few have felt the sting of RICO as much as the denizens of Wall Street. Federal prosecutors have used the law to go after big names like former junk-bond maestro Michael Milken, who is expected to be tried early next year on charges involving securities fraud. Two weeks ago, several executives of Princeton/Newport Partners were convicted for their roles in illegal stock-trading schemes. Two days later, the Justice Department indicted 46 traders at the Chicago Board of Trade and the Mercantile Exchange, 18 of them on RICO charges. And just last week the law was used...
Since the federal sting was disclosed in January, the exchanges have scrambled to put their houses in order. Disciplinary actions at the Board of Trade have jumped to 119 so far this year, from 55 in the same period last year. During that time, member fines at the Merc have increased eightfold -- to $1.9 million. The day after the indictments were published, the Board of Trade announced it would initiate a $1 million upgrade in its computerized surveillance program as well as triple its minimum fines to $250,000. The Merc's chief, Leo Melamed, pledged "to put the fear...
...thought. Senior Airman Danny Joe Stroud and his alleged accomplice, Airman 1st Class Brian David Roth, hadn't reckoned on Operation Punchout, a sting that ran a phony purchasing company set up by the FBI and military investigators to buy hot military gear. Along with the pricey jet engines, the sting netted a "warehouseful" of items, from canteens to jet instrumentation. Stroud, his wife Kimberly and Roth were charged with stealing the engines. They pleaded not guilty. Twelve others have also been indicted on related charges. "Many of the participants are military policemen, and we find that especially disturbing," commented...