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...consort, is actually Pamina's father, and has snatched her from her mother's clutches out of paternal concern for her own good. According to the original text this is all wrong. The High Priest is traditionally a somewhat remote cult figure; here he has become a gentle, tender-eyed parent--the sort of man Liv Ullman should have been married to in Scenes From a Marriage. Although this change makes the scenes between him and Pamina affectionate and even moving, the fight over Pamina now seems to be the result of a broken home, and the pure moral struggle...
...neighborhood pet shop to crack a joke, trying to get the attentions of Adrian, an unmarried, unsought "loser" who stands without a word, feeding the caged birds. "Hey, I hear she's a retard," the loan shark's driver mocks Rocky. But under the fighter's clumsy, tender patience, Adrian emerges from behind her harlequin glasses as an appealing, attractive woman. "I always knew you was beautiful," Rocky whispers. With a sharp jab from the left, Rockybecomes a love story...
Jacques-Yves Cousteau. His tender kindness toward all living things, coupled with his contemptuous disdain for the ravenous human animal, puts him on a plateau few people can reach...
Another reason for the rise in takeovers is that the regulatory climate has softened. The SEC once ordered tender offers scrapped if the disclosure statement was incomplete or in error. Now the SEC and the courts simply require that corrections be made while the offer proceeds. The Federal Reserve Board is no longer leaning on banks to shun "unproductive" loans for purposes like acquiring companies-so there is more money available to raiders...
...takeover, says Felix Rohatyn, a partner in the investment house of Lazard Freres, are usually "very solid, stable, unglamorous, medium-size companies." Also, their stock is primarily held by individual investors rather than such institutions as mutual funds and pension funds, which would be more likely to compare the tender-offer price with book value and reject it. But some Wall Streeters speculate that takeover attempts may soon be made against companies controlled by institutions that are getting tired of holding undervalued shares. Says William Chatlos, a partner in Georgeson & Co., a proxy solicitor: "For an extra nickel...