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...WILL WINA two-horse race between Reynolds, who won the citation from the four of the five primary critics' groups who often foreshadow Oscars, and Robin Williams of Good Will Hunting, who has lost three times and now finds himself with a serious, broadly-appealing vehicle to recommend him. Edge to Robin Williams, who won from the Screen Actors Guild--the Actors Branch comprises by far the largest bloc in the voting Academy...
Associate Professor of American HistoryBradford A. Lee, another popular junior professorand a recipient of a Levenson prize foroutstanding teaching, also recently failed to wina permanent position. That case offers less-clearcommentary on the tenure system because Lee didnot muster enough support within the HistoryDepartment to win its endorsement, professorssaid...
...most obvious problem, but Poland's economic malaise cuts much more deeply. When the trains do not run, or the electricity goes off, or a project remains unfinished, the response by workers is a shrug of the shoulders and the disclaimer, "To nie jest moja wina" (It isn't my fault...
...smugglers' tactic that Kassanda finds hardest to handle is the use of what he calls the "secret cavities" of the human body. Three weeks ago, he caught six smugglers - four men and two women - loaded with diamonds privately concealed. So it was that last week one John Wina was asked to bend over and submit to the routine check when he showed up in Kinshasa fresh from the mining country. The law's probing finger produced six capsules of white diamonds. Kassanda's cops some how felt they had missed a carat or two. Over Wina...
...British South Africa's mineral rights along with the Union Jack. Accepting the inevitable, the company agreed to turn over its rights to the new government, but held out for fair compensation. When the British government failed in its efforts to arrange a settlement, Zambian Finance Minister Arthur Wina angrily flew home, threatening to cancel all mineral rights immediately after independence...