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...government investigation. "The fact that they believed they didn't have to obey the rules is shocking," said Stephen Miller, a Philadelphia securities lawyer. "To be seen to have violated the rules and to have people at the highest levels of the company know about it -- and possibly even wink at it -- is also shocking...
Prodded by host Mark DeCarlo, the show revels in double entendres but primly stops short of going all the way. "Mine was harder, but his was bigger," says Kathi about Michael. Turns out (wink, wink) she's comparing their biceps. "There's kind of an arbitrary line that we can't cross," says executive producer Howard Schultz. "We don't try to hit the nail on the head." Be thankful for small favors...
...suspect in the whodunit plot at a Hasselfree murder mystery (5) or stand to recite the Pledge of Allegiance at Prom Queens Unchained (6). For warm- weather theatergoers in search of an easy evening out, the shows provide organized fun with a hip parodic wink -- a blend of summer camp and . . . summer camp...
Italians are notorious for not paying their taxes, but with the government staggering under annual deficits of more than $100 billion, Rome can no longer afford to wink at deadbeats. To embarrass delinquents, Finance Minister Rino Formica launched Operation Glass House, giving computerized lists of the past decade's 270,000 tax evaders to the press. The lists include such figures as leather-goods entrepreneur Roberto Gucci and Benito Mussolini's son Romano...
High on the mountaintop, where the life-giving star is worshiped, no one slept a wink. There in the cold, thin air of Hawaii's Mauna Kea, home to the world's greatest concentration of high-powered telescopes, the scientists paced, fretted and nervously tuned their instruments. Night is darker than pitch at the crest of the 4,300-meter (14,000-ft.) dead volcano. In that utter blackness, the ultimate sun worshipers waited for the day that would dawn not once but twice...