Word: underbrush
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...silence, please, for the late great Eddie Murphy, wild child in the promised land of superstardom. Now missing and presumed dead, the bold young adventurer was last seen in the 1984 megahit Beverly Hills Cop. Though a figure billed as "Eddie Murphy" has been spotted flitting through the underbrush of a variety of dismal movies since then, it seems likely that he is being played by a stunt double. Or possibly a stunted double...
...George Bush, who had been urging the State Department to press ahead in the complicated claims-settlement process. At his press conference last week the President admitted to a hope that the agreement would eliminate a further obstacle to cooperation by the Iranians. "I'd like to get this underbrush cleaned out now," he said. "I hope they will do what they can to influence those who hold these hostages...
Kampuchea is quiet. Everywhere. In Kep, a small seaside resort near the Vietnamese border, the ruins of churches, schools and villas rise from encroaching jungle. The narrow road leading into the town, once a weekend retreat for Phnom Penh's well-off, is choked with underbrush. Here and there on the nearly deserted beach, small groups picnic -- families, a gathering of friends. A song of the '60s drifts from a tape recorder, bringing with it the memory of better times...
After walking five miles in the dark from the Rumanian village of Valea lui Mihai, Karoly, his wife Agnes and their two children crouched for hours in thick underbrush near the Hungarian border. Finally, after a group of Rumanian border soldiers marched by, the couple dashed across the so-called Green Line, children clinging to their backs. Once they were on Hungarian soil, the refugees were driven 30 miles by local police to Debrecen and given food, clothing and beds in a government-funded shelter. The police issued the family temporary residence permits, while other officials began organizing jobs...
...jungle also occupies William Steig, who, at 80, has found the source of eternal juvenilia. The proof is in his 21st children's book, The Zabajaba Jungle (Farrar, Straus & Giroux; $13.95). The author-illustrator enters the imagination of Leonard, a small rover who cuts his way through underbrush populated with beaky toucans and blue-bottomed mandrills. After a series of hilarious escapades, the boy encounters the most unexpected creatures of all: his mother and father. They look relieved to see him, and why not? What are young explorers for except to rescue grownups...