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...most fascinating quirks of Ragtime is the number of historical figures included in the cast. Booker T. Washington (Allan Louis) serves as a role model of monumental importance for Coalhouse and his friends; likewise, Harry Houdini (Bernie Yvon) is always introduced as an example of the success even an immigrant can find. Social activist Emma Goldman (Theresa Tova) plays a key role in Tateh's life as she organizes the labor rallies of Lawrence, Massachusetts. On the other end of the spectrum, a haunting dance depicts J.P. Morgan and Henry Ford crushing the starving masses underneath their ridiculous wealth. Even...
...vanishing, the Bush Administration is stumbling, and the AIDS crisis is worsening. But the public seemingly can't get enough of the Kennedys, so reporters pour in from Italy, from France, from Spain, from Britain, from Manhattan, from everywhere. "I am here because of the Kennedy name," says Yvon Samuel of France-Soir. "Willie Smith is a nobody...
...arrived at the hilltop campus building. Armed with a hunting knife and a .223-cal. Ruger rifle manufactured in the U.S., Lepine climbed to the second-floor corridor and shot a woman student dead. Then, a carefree grin on his face, he entered the mechanical-engineering class of Professor Yvon Bouchard, where a student was in the midst of presenting his term project. "I want the women!" cried Lepine, ordering female students to one side of the room and men into the hall. "We thought it was a joke," said Bouchard. They learned otherwise when the gunman pumped several rounds...
...have lately grown concerned that he is not moving fast enough to put his program in place. The Confederation Nationale du Patronat Francais, which represents 90% of France's major companies, has long argued that excessive state regulation was smothering the economy. Since 1980, according to C.N.P.F. President Yvon Gattaz, France's share of the world market for manufactured goods has dropped from 10.2% to 8.2%. The reasons for this decline, says Gattaz, include a "punitive" corporate tax and the substantial charges that companies must pay for their employees' social benefits. C.N.P.F. estimates that these corporate taxes and charges total...
Along the way, Guerrero informed his captors that he did not have all the keys needed to open the facility's double-door system. Some were in the possession of another Brink's security officer, Yvon Bertoux. Within hours, Bertoux was abducted from the parking lot of his suburban apartment and his son held hostage while Bertoux was taken to the Brink's complex. Once inside, the gunmen managed to overpower four other guards and force Guerrero and Bertoux to help open the safe. The take, an estimated $9.5 million in cash and valuables, was the largest theft...