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...encompass most of western Germany's work force. The 5.4% wage hike they squeezed out of the government is, ironically, precisely the amount accepted by the union and rejected by the government when an arbitrator recommended it well before the strike began on April 27. The union's chief weapon was its shrewd, tough-talking president, Monika Wulf- Mathies, who brilliantly calibrated the walkouts to demonstrate the union's power without antagonizing the public. No more than 430,000 members stayed off the job at any one time, limiting the strike's damage to levels other citizens could tolerate. Business...
...March) have grossed in excess of $100 million domestically. The summer just produces more predictable hits, mostly sequels. "Hollywood is front loading the summer with blockbuster sequel products," notes Martin Grove, film analyst for the Hollywood Reporter, "which virtually guarantees that the early summer business will be strong." Lethal Weapon 3 leads the assault this weekend, , followed quickly by Alien 3 (May 22), the Red October sequel, Patriot Games (June 5) and Batman Returns (June 19), the last easily the season's most anticipated and expensive movie...
...sequel usually costs more and earns less than the original film, though Lethal Weapon 2 and last summer's top finisher, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, bucked that trend spectacularly. Batman Returns, like T2 before its release, is now the subject of a whisper-down-the-lane campaign on its sprawling budget ("It cost $70 million." "I heard 80. Who'll go for 90?"). Says Variety reporter Charles Fleming: "The only way you make money on a picture like this is if everybody in America goes three times." But all will be forgotten if director Tim Burton, who has turned dicey...
...Stars on the screen put fannies in the seats. Sure, but what's a star? * Mel Gibson? In Lethal Weapon movies, but not in Hamlet. Steve Martin? In Father of the Bride, but not in L.A. Story. Over the past three years, only three actors -- Arnold Schwarzenegger, Kevin Costner and Sean Connery -- have starred in two $100 million-plus pictures. Just one performer has starred in three. But Julia Roberts is taking the year...
...cases range from the petty to the serious: traffic violations, larceny under $250, trafficking in cocaine, assault and battery with a deadly weapon. Some crimes don't sound like crimes at all. Possession of burglary tools...