Word: jr
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Three characters, all certified originals. The first, Frederick J. Frenger Jr. (Alec Baldwin), is also certifiable. "A blithe psychopath," in the words of Charles Willeford's spiffy source novel, Junior is fresh out of a California prison and primed for Miami vice. His M.O.: robs crooks who have robbed other people. Thinks he's smart; isn't. Has grousy temper; will break the finger of an unsuspecting airport Hare Krishna. Can compose haiku during his heists -- "Breaking, entering/ The dark and lonely places/ Finding a big gun" -- but can't choreograph a decent holdup. Junior is an engaging monster...
...April 7 opening in Cincinnati, Citizens for Community Values, a powerful and well-funded 16,000-member organization, sponsored full-page ads in local papers and a massive letter-writing campaign. "We think the exhibit is irresponsible, and we think ((the arts center)) should be accountable," says Monty Lobb Jr., president of Citizens for Community Values. "The gallery is open to the public; it's on public land and receives taxpayers' money." As a result of the pressure, the chairman of the gallery's board stepped down from his post and another board member quit outright...
...store will be an outlet of the London-based "HMV" record chain, said Daniel V. Calano Jr, president of Prospectus, Inc., which is developing the site...
...based on free trade and allow equal access to their markets, we must maintain trade relations based on reciprocity. For those such as Japan, we must move to a policy of "managed trade" guided by an industrial policy that would set quotas on Japanese imports. William E. Sharp, Jr. Graduate School of Education...
Senior Vice President: Richard W. Angle Jr...