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...Rather than tread the sitcom writer route, Shenson and Lester selected Alun Owen, an acclaimed Liverpudlian playwright, to write the script. Owen was finely attuned to the nuances of the rough working-class humor indigenous to Liverpool, and rather than impose artificial comedic personas on the Beatles, he simply constructed larger-than-life interpretations of traits he observed in the individual Beatles...
...York, where a certain other candidate running on the Clinton years has gotten over her fears of a certain naughty husband's political impact. Mr. Clinton will spend days in Manhattan and its boroughs (but not venture too far upstate, where Mrs. Clinton needs as light a tread as possible...
...says, "teens are eager to please." If you know the kids' parents are reasonable people, you might say something like "I'll leave it to you to tell them first, and I'll follow up tomorrow." But if you're not sure how parents will react, tread lightly. Lynn Lott, co-author of Positive Discipline for Teenagers, felt terrible after she caught her eighth-grader drinking with friends, but worse after she told their parents and then one of the kids got a beating. In iffy cases, it might be better to contact a child's teacher or guidance counselor...
...This Vehicle Safe?"--about the propensity of sport-utility vehicles to turn over [BUSINESS, Oct. 2]. I was being passed by scores of SUVs at speeds of up to 80 m.p.h., some even faster. Perhaps the question we should be asking is, "Are These Drivers Safe?" Certainly if the tread on a tire separates or there is a design flaw in an automobile, the manufacturers bear some responsibility if people are injured or killed. I think drivers also bear some responsibility if the manner in which they drive endangers themselves or others. suvs are not sports cars and should...
Both Ford and Firestone may bear some blame for the crashes associated with their products. But what about the drivers? Both tread separation and rollover are more likely at high speeds. Remembering all the SUVs that have sailed past me as I drove the speed limit, I wonder how many of those tragic crashes occurred at illegal speeds. ROBERT EBERHART Port Matilda...