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...superbly symbiotic arrangement. The celebrity media fill their space and time; the hype Houdinis manage simultaneously to alert and to anesthetize the moviegoer. At times, they stroke and stoke each other. "Appearances on a lot of shows are designed to impress the media rather than the public," says Warren Cowan, chairman of the Rogers & Cowan agency. "Writers and editors watch the morning shows, say, and decide to check the stories out." For the sake of detente, these natural adversaries must get along to get ahead. "Some journalists say that the publicity machine isn't worth the powder it would take...
Falling temperatures usually boost the spirits of oil producers. As energy users in the Northern Hemisphere stoke their furnaces and fill up their oil tanks, demand for fuel begins climbing toward its annual peak. For members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, who supply 40% of the world's crude, the season should be one of relative harmony. But not this year. The group is in the throes of an oil-pumping free-for-all that has sent prices tumbling to levels not seen in more than two years...
...some the light holds hope for the King's return. Once the province of supermarket tabloids, reports of Elvis' resurrection now nestle in bookstores. Following on the heels of Moody's book, Gail Brewer-Giorgio's best-selling Is Elvis Alive? (Tudor; 1988) offers evidence to stoke the stories. Fact: on the singer's grave his middle name, Aron, is misspelled as Aaron. Possible conclusion: Elvis Aron Presley is not buried there. The book comes with a tape of a man who sounds like Elvis and offers Delphic hints of his postmortem life and times. If Brewer-Giorgio fails...
...philosophy born of frustration. Even when Nixon and Ford held the White House, conservatives felt disenfranchised. That is why it was so easy for Reagan to articulate their resentments over high taxes and meddlesome federal bureaucrats. But because of the very success of Reaganism, Republicans can no longer stoke themselves up with anti- Establishment resentment...
...year-old graduate of Israeli jails, Mahmoud has worked since February to stoke the fires of rebellion. His personal allegiance is to Fatah al- Intifadeh, a hard-line, pro-Syrian faction. His first assignment was to transform the informal activism of his home refugee camp into an efficient engine of protest. With seven other Palestinians representing most of the P.L.O. factions and one spokesman for unallied "independents," Mahmoud welded together a series of secret subcommittees charged with various aspects of the rebellion...