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...just enough of the details of court protocol, carriage rides and commissions that make the late 18th century so exotic. Mozart and the members of his circle come vividly alive-not only his father and remote, tragic mother, but also Constanze, his flighty, second-choice wife who turned professional widow (and mythmaker) after his death; and his cousin Basle, with whom he not only exchanged famously scatological letters but also, Solomon suggests, enjoyed active and uninhibited sexual relations...
Volatile alterna-goddess COURTNEY LOVE has found a new outlet for all of her raw emotion. The widow of Kurt Cobain and lead singer of the ever more successful rock band Hole will make her film debut opposite surfer dude-action hero-Hamlet Keanu Reeves in the dark comedy Feeling Minnesota...
Last week it came to a crossroads. Despite rumors that Gibson controlled most of the votes on the N.A.A.C.P. board, Myrlie Evers-Williams, the widow of civil rights martyr Medgar Evers, pulled off a stunning 30-to-29 victory to become the group's head. ``I am here because I love the N.A.A.C.P.,'' she said last week. ``I believe it must survive. I believe it must thrive.'' The former executive at Atlantic Richfield, who now serves as a commissioner on the Los Angeles Board of Public Works, has always perceived the N.A.A.C.P. in terms of life and death...
...what could become a historic, industry-breaking class action lawsuit against American tobacco makers. The suit charges that top tobacco firms knew nicotine was addictive and manipulated itslevels in cigarettesto keep customers hooked. U.S. District Judge Okla Jones certified the suit, filed by a smoker's widow and three current smokers in New Orleans, as a class action, which means that anyone in the country who has failed to quit despite a doctor's warning that smoking is unhealthy may join the suit. Defendants include American Tobacco, Philip Morris, R.J. Reynolds, Lorillard and Liggett. R.J. Reynolds responded that the judge...
...executive director Benjamin Chavis, has been accused of misusing funds and doing nothing to stop sexual harassment of some employees. Chavis was fired last August amid charges that he used NAACP money to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit. The chief rival for Gibson's job is Myrlie Evers-Williams, widow of slain civil rights leader Medgar Evers. The organization's 64-member board is slated to elect an executive director tomorrow. While the ousting of Gibson seemed certain a few weeks ago, sources tell White the "count is very close...