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...roaring MGM lion, may be Hollywood's most enduring symbol, but lately he's been looking a bit shopworn. Last October financier Kirk Kerkorian agreed to sell MGM/UA to Australia's Qintex, but the deal collapsed when the buyer could not complete the financing. Talks with several other bidders have since fizzled. Last week Los Angeles-based Pathe Communications said it will pay $1.2 billion for the venerable studio, whose 1,000-film library includes James Bond, the Pink Panther and West Side Story. "A great day for Europe!" said Giancarlo Parretti, the Italian investor who controls Pathe...
...carried a bottle of Carbona cleaner with him to hold grease spots on his rakish costume to a minimum. You got to see him at Sioux City, Iowa, on a scorched tarmac in the drought years, and the thrill lasted the whole dismal summer. Turner brought along his pet lion cub Gilmore, which draped its paws over the side of the cockpit as Turner cut the switch and saluted. In a back room at the Garber Facility, Gilmore, long ago a grown lion, proudly presides, beautifully stuffed and stored...
...factly. But it was more than just a win. The Crimson (10-10 overall, 5-3 Ivy League) secured its hold on second place in the Ivies with a convincing victory over Columbia last night at Briggs Cage. Harvard used a balanced attack to beat back several furious Lion rallies to prevail...
...season. Against Cornell, the Crimson trailed by 11 at the half but exploded for a 24-3 run early in the second period to leave the Big Red in the dust. A quick 12-4 burst at the start of the second half of the Columbia match dashed all Lion hopes of coming back from 16 points down at the half. And even in a losing effort at home against Dartmouth, Harvard erased a seven-point halftime deficit before succumbing to the Big Green...
...government of Panamanian President Guillermo Endara, and few are likely to do so as long as U.S. troops remain in that country. Said former President Raul Alfonsin of Argentina: "Disrespect for international law leads to the law of the jungle, and in that jungle we Latins are not the lion...