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...jury awarded more than $2 million to descendants of two of the famed troika (Larry Fine and "Curly Joe'" DeRita). The reason: the grandson and daughter of the Stooge-in-chief, Moe Howard, had stiffed the others on revenues from Stooge-related products. Jean DeRita, Curly Joe's widow, now gets almost $1.6 million, and Fine's grandchildren receive about $500,000. BTW: The next stage of the trial, punitive damages -- ouch! -- began today.Post your opinion on theArts & Culturebulletin board...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TWO OUT OF THREE STOOGES AIN'T BAD | 12/7/1994 | See Source »

...took what was offered. You don't know what you're going to get down the road," says a security guard, a widow who has belonged to HUGHP for 15 years. "It's a bird in the hand versus two in the bush...

Author: By Elizabeth T. Bangs and Sarah E. Scrogin, S | Title: Increased Health Care Costs Worry Staff | 11/14/1994 | See Source »

...over Republican George Pataki, Los Angeles mayor Richard Riordan threw his support to Senator Dianne Feinstein rather than Republican Michael Huffington. Ross Perot extended his vendetta against the Bush family across the generations by backing Texas Governor Ann Richards over First Son George W. Bush. In Pennsylvania, Teresa Heinz, widow of Republican Senator John Heinz, dismissed G.O.P. upstart Rick Santorum in favor of the more patrician Democrat Harris Wofford, calling Santorum "short on public service and even shorter on accomplishments." In the G.O.P., at least, the center would not hold...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Alone in the Middle | 11/14/1994 | See Source »

True enough, the Bible has a great deal to say on the subject of zippers or their A.D. 1 equivalent. Thou shalt not lust after your neighbor's wife or livestock. Thou shalt not spill the seed that was intended for your brother's widow. Thou shalt not divorce and, better yet, not even marry in the first place but wander around single and celibate, spreading the word...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Remember the Sermon on the Mount? | 10/31/1994 | See Source »

...insatiably horny whenever it rains. Feldman's cartoon-like raving is terrifying and funny; he captures all the extremities of Bloody Five's moods, including his bewilderment as his grip on reality slips further and further away. A complement to Bloody Five's hysteria is the cool and calculating Widow saloon, who handles Bloody Five with nerves of steel and a hunger for money. Catherine Steindley's portrayal of Begbick is campy and shrill, but at times she reveals a vulnerability and sense of loss which, though not strictly Brechtian, is a welcome respite for the audience...

Author: By Joyelle H. Mcsweeney, | Title: OF ROBOTS AND MEN | 10/27/1994 | See Source »

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