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...Labour's Lost. Hey, kids, let's cut most of the text, put in 10 classic show tunes and set the story in a mythical European kingdom at the start of World War II. He has cast it with young actors, many of whom have done little Shakespeare and less musical theater. So the Clueless Alicia Silverstone is the princess; Scream's Matthew Lillard and Face/Off's Alessandro Nivola join Branagh and the gifted Adrian Lester to complete a quartet of severely dimpled swains. The assumption--here as in Woody Allen's Everyone Says I Love You--is that singing...
Food and drug stocks, in particular, are solid defensive sectors because they are a good value, provide stable profits and are less affected by economic slowdowns. Best Foods shares rose 50% in the past month on rumors of a possible takeover by Unilever. Johnson & Johnson has gained more than 20%, nearly doubling the Dow's gains, in the past three months. Electric utilities, which also pay above-average dividends, have been rallying strongly. The Dow Jones utility average is up nearly 18% since mid-March...
...Lifehouse, a Tommy-like multimedia project Townshend hatched in 1970. The show was never mounted in its entirety, but Townshend continued to work on it, and several of its songs--including Won't Get Fooled Again--wound up on the Who's 1971 masterpiece, Who's Next. Elements features less-polished variations that expose the rough edges of Townshend's soul...
Pearl Jam was one of the best bands of the past decade; Binaural shows that it's still a force to be reckoned with (the album debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard charts). The songs--such as the muted but passionate Light Years--are less impatient and rage filled than much of Pearl Jam's earlier work. Lead singer Eddie Vedder, married and mature, seems more focused on emotional detail than moshing. If you're looking for the answer to Who's Next, Pearl Jam, rather quietly, is building a long-term career to rival the rock legends...
...been stripped of immunity in Santiago 10. Hard-liner Rafsanjani has withdrawn from its Parliament 11. Head of Haiti? 16. Affirmative action? 19. Sensation of the 1958 World Cup 21. New Rochelle, N.Y., college 22. Prosecutors have dismissed charges against her 24. It may be blown 25. Grp. wanting less arsenic in H2O 26. New guns 'n' butter man in Times Square 28. To __ (perfectly) 30. Post-O.R. destination 31. Sweater letters 33. It's rethinking its use of inmates as telemarketers 37. Preakness winner Red __ 39. Further shorten, in a way 41. Play in which the word robot...