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...arrived at the talks with conflicting and entrenched positions. No one could have predicted that when it was all over, a jubilant Johny Lahure, Luxembourg's Environment Minister and one of Europe's top negotiators, would stand up and say, "Today there are no losers and only one winner, the environment...
...easier by the facts that much of the world is trying to court China, the world's largest marketplace, and that he is the guest of a huge nation with problems of its own that would rather he kept quiet. And, as church and state incarnate, the Dalai Lama, winner of the 1989 Nobel Prize for Peace, finds himself denied the privileges of a full-fledged political leader even as he cannot enjoy the peaceful immunity of a purely religious figure...
...back to the supporting roles. The Wayne's Worlds were good, the first one quite so. But here's one you may have passed over: Billy Madison (1995). Easily the quirkiest of the Idiot Pack films, (by that I mean the late-model SNL alums) this one's a winner. And Farley, ah, Farley, driving the bus, baring his belly, just yelling . . . That guy was FUNNY...
Price is also known as a scalp collector. That's why Dow Jones chairman Peter Kann is seeing his name in print these days. A former Journal reporter and a winner of the Pulitzer Prize, Kann is considered a brilliant journalist but a less than stellar CEO. While the company has seen 9% annual average revenue growth over the past decade, its 1996 earnings of $190 million are only a shade better than those of 1986, $183 million. While Cox calls Kann a "nice guy," he also says, "Kann is not the person who should be leading the company into...
Hearing these testimonials, a skeptical journalist is tempted to set up an 800 hot line for anyone with an unkind word to say about the actress, anonymity guaranteed. But there may be more urgent Hollywood news about Hunt. Yes, she's now a big star, winner of Emmy, Golden Globe and MTV Movie awards. But on the evidence, she is also a caring, clever person who loves her folks and her shaggy Samoyed dog Johnny, belongs to no cult, lives in the unchic San Fernando Valley, drives a boring black Volvo sedan, loves opera, listens to the dictates...