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...complete and utter hell," Benjamin said. "It was a swamp, just total marshlands. "It's too bad the course was so bad, because the race would have been a lot faster. The winner probably would have been under 30 minutes without the rain...
Thankfully, Royal Hunt of the Sun manages to rise above the Peruvian swamp in which its characters (and audience) find themselves, but only when Ducey or Mitchell is permitted on stage. As Spanish explorers curious about the culture they hope to subsume, they provide the best moments in the play. Mercifully, the play becomes less patriarchal than anthropological when Pizarro and De Soto stop being conquerors and become students...
...flood of cases may swamp other companies as well. A court-ordered study released last week said Eagle-Picher Industries of Cincinnati, a former asbestos maker, has been devastated by claims and is likely to become insolvent by the end of 1992. The company has 64,000 claims pending, with 20,000 more being filed every year. As part of his overall plan, Weinstein hopes to pool money from several companies, including Eagle-Picher, to help the firms resolve their claims...
...build it, they will come." That rallying cry, from Universal's hit film Field of Dreams, embodies the sentiment that inspired Stein and MCA to develop 444 acres of snake-infested swamp into the largest U.S. moviemaking complex outside Hollywood and a handsome leisure world nearly twice the size of rival Disney-MGM Studios. With a partner, Britain's Rank Organization, and $640 million worth of muscle and imagination, MCA was ready to pose a serious challenge to Disney, on its own terms, for the hearts, minds and discretionary income of the 13 million tourists who visit Central Florida each...
...started it," claimed Texas attorney general Jim Mattox, pictured in political cartoons as the aging "Mutant Ninja Candidate." "No, he started it," says state treasurer Ann Richards, the winner of last Tuesday's mud- splattered, swamp-dwelling Texas Democratic gubernatorial runoff...