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...critically acclaimed recipient of a Pulitzer Prize, Wit manages to recreate its off-Broadway magic in a shining Boston debut. And shining brightest of all is Judith Light, starring as the tough literature professor diagnosed with ovarian cancer, Dr. Vivian Bearing. Ms. Light earned national fame in the '80s with her portrayal of Angela Bower on the hit comedy series "Who's the Boss." Having undergone a remarkable transformation for her role in Wit, Light is now barely recognizable. Her shorn head, considerable weight loss and hollowed eyes here stand in stark contrast to the big-haired, gaudy TV character...
...necessarily a return to the excess-ridden '80s or the dopey conglomerates of the '60s. But cross-industry takeovers hit a 10-year high last year, when 22% of companies taken over in the most acquisitive industries were not in the same business as their buyer, according to research firm Securities Data. That's up from...
...Gigi, the secretary, is sitting behind a desk in a room straight out of the '80s. Big purple plushy couch thing, funky colors, all very modern, very Madonna. Gigi calls our contact, we are sent to the twenty-fifth floor...
...decades inspire popular music anthologies. The makers of "Disco 70s" and "Totally 80s" have already begun work on the current decade. "Silicon 00s" will feature titles from Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera, as well as Weird Al Yankovich's "It's all about the Pentiums...
...Russia's partner, but as its primary strategic rival. Analysts have likened Putin to former Chilean dictator General Augusto Pinochet - who conducted free-market economic reforms under an iron-fisted political regime - and even to Yuri Andropov, the former KGB chief who ruled the Soviet Union in the early '80s and pressed for modernization of the economy while maintaining an authoritarian grip on society and a competitive relationship with the West. Putin appears to have made the right noises on economics and arms control, but stood firm on Chechnya and against U.S. efforts to renegotiate the Anti-Ballistic Missile treaty...