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They were like the Kennedys of Massachusetts, an immigrant clan that reaped power and pain in almost equal measure. They were like the Ewings of Dallas, with a brilliant, scheming son wrapping his dirty deals in a whisper and a smile. They were like every family, the Corleones of Mario Puzo's imagination, except they wrote their quarrels in blood. They killed their rivals, and when they felt betrayed from within, they killed each other...
There was only one question I had after living through an interview at 8 a.m. on Saturday morning in which a hungover ophthalmologist asked me to whisper. Only one thing nagged my mind after a doctor lectured me for 45 minutes on why he would never let his son enter medicine. (Every time I tried to say anything, he just raised his voice to drown...
...deal. Remember the $300-a-share United Airlines buyout that fell through? The stock closed at 99 3/4 last week. Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan should whisper to the chairman of Morgan Guaranty Trust, "Do it at $160." It's just one deal, but it could affect psychology. The crazy '80s are over, it would say ($300 a share was preposterous), but the world is not going to end, and deals can still be done at other than fire-sale prices. If investors saw UAL shoot to 160 in a deal backed by America's most highly respected bank, greed...
...most reclusive countries in the world, North Korea has long been closed to even the faintest whisper of an alien idea. Yet when a British passport holder recently went to the North Korean embassy in Beijing and expressed a desire to visit the Hermit Kingdom, he was warmly received. London does not have diplomatic relations with Pyongyang, he was reminded, but he was more than welcome to come in. Not only would the authorities take care of his visa; they would also confirm plane tickets, provide him with a hotel and meals, set him up with a guide. And since...
...music professionals flap-jawed at his technical virtuosity. In 1984 he burst into national prominence by winning Grammys in both the classical and jazz categories, the first of eight such awards he has collected. The unmistakable sound of his horn, whose fat, breathy tone can sing, shout, growl and whisper like a human voice, has thrilled audiences from New York City to London to Tokyo. He has appeared on TV shows ranging from Johnny Carson's to Sesame Street. And he is now breaking into movies with the release next week of Tune in Tomorrow, starring Peter Falk and Barbara...