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WASHINGTON, D.C.: In a pre-Helsinki summit meeting with President Clinton, Yevgeny Primakov continued his push to wring the maximum possible concessions out of the U.S. before NATO begins its eastward expansion. With the Russian Foreign Minister taking an increasingly hard line towards expansion, Clinton laid several concessions out on the table. Among them were a charter to give Russian more participation in NATO proceedings, joint peacekeeping operations similar to those in Bosnia and promises that NATO would not deploy troops in substantial numbers in newly admitted states. But because none of the proposals addressed one of Russia's most...
Manson is not, of course, the first to wring fame out of ghoulish theater. Pioneer shock rockers Alice Cooper and Kiss made millions daring audiences to share the humor behind their fright masks. But Manson's act is shorn of all humor. What's left is lurid spectacle that conveys little meaning beyond its shock value...
...progress in the effects trade. Similarly enhanced "special editions" of The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi will blow into theaters sequentially over the next few weeks, freed for the first time in more than a decade from the cinematic coffin of home video. Besides helping to wring a few more dollars out of the old movies, the refurbishment has also served as pre-preproduction for a new Star Wars movie that is scheduled to start shooting this fall for a 1999 release, the first of the long-awaited trilogy of prequels to the extant films...
...Washington the Clinton Administration could do little more than talk softly and wring its hands. It has little leverage with Netanyahu. The relationship between an Israeli Prime Minister and a U.S. President is always crucial--and that between Clinton and Netanyahu is merely cordial. The warm affection between Bill Clinton and the late Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin will never be replicated with Netanyahu. "What you've got here is two individuals who are wary of individuals like themselves," says one White House official. "Ultimately it's a matter of shared motives--that's the mark of deep common chemistry...
...officially opened, the city was paving over the doubts and wiring up the excitement. Oh, traffic was often a mess, and the sidewalks became a flea market, but Atlanta seemed genuinely happy and gracious about welcoming the world. The City Too Busy to Hate was also too busy to wring its hands over the horrific tragedy of TWA Flight 800. The security presence was so large to begin with, some 30,000 strong, that added measures were hardly noticed. The safety concern manifested itself mainly as an added line of questioning at press conferences. Worries about the heat were diminished...