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...vary Marx's formulation slightly, history repeats itself -- the first time as an enchanting evening of song, the second time as an example of extreme bad taste and lazy greed. What was wonderful in Rome in 1990 was awful in L.A. as Luciano Pavarotti, Placido Domingo and Jose Carreras sight-read their way through arias and show tunes on a set that included a waterfall. And no, the Brindisi from La Traviata -- the sequel's intended Nessun dorma -- did not fly to the top of the charts...
...airline and bus fares as reasons for cutbacks. Starting February 1, Amtrak will reduce the frequency of trains on several routes including its busy Northeast corridor service between Boston and Washington, D.C. Slated to be cut completely after April are the Chicago-Milwaukee, Chicago-Grand Rapids and San Jose-Sacramento-Roseville routes. Overall, 530 stations won't see the Amtrak's silver trains, officials said. Amtrak has always depended heavily on federal subsidies -- $952 million this year -- but has faced mounting pressure to reduce them. Amtrak lost $76.2 million in fiscal 1994, the fifth straight year it has been...
Before he was gunned down by an illiterate ranch hand on Sept. 28, Jose Francisco Ruiz Massieu was slated to play a major role as reformer in Mexico's next government. As secretary-general of the P.R.I., a top adviser to Mexico's incoming President and the appointed head of the government's overwhelming majority in the national legislature, he had the political leverage to change the party, which has governed Mexico for the past 65 years. His brother contends the murder probe was thwarted when the evidence began to point toward those who had the most to lose from...
Assistant Managing Editor: Jose M. Ferrer...
...from his post and the PRI. At an angry, 45-minute news conference this morning, Mario Ruiz Massieu said he's given the government evidence that the PRI's president and secretary-general (the second- and third-most powerful Mexican officials ) had blocked his investigation into the shooting of Jose Francisco Ruiz Massieu , Mexico's No. 2 official and a future presidential contender. He also said his boss, Attorney General Humberto Benitez Trevino, joined in the cover-up. Ruiz Massieu distributed a 97-page book he said contained "proof" of the alleged misdeeds...