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...telling. On all their films Joel is credited as the director, Ethan as the producer and both as screenwriters; but it is hard to tell where one leaves off and the other begins. Nor will they discuss the quite separate private lives they lead when they leave the Manhattan studio apartment where they meet every day to write and storyboard their films. They also refuse to lay out the meanings of their films or make any large moral claims for them. They say the Barton Fink script arose in part out of a writing block of their own, in part...
...licensed lawyers in the U.S., 1 for every 300 Americans. Even amid the well-publicized contraction of blue-chip firms, the fruits of the law remain abundant -- across the U.S., partners earn an average of $168,000 annually, with incomes up to $1 million not unusual in places like Manhattan. Small wonder 94,000 college graduates applied for admission to law school this year...
...average bike today costs $300 or more, but a superior mountain bike starts at $1,000. What's the difference between the two? "Ten minutes," says a store manager in Manhattan, explaining that it takes him 35 minutes instead of 45 to cover his 12-mile commute on his new high-priced cycle. Reason: lighter weight, superior components and a more rigid frame that absorbs less of the cyclist's energy. Most owners of the top models, however, are more concerned with quality and status than winning the racing edge...
Amid all this glittering change, some still yearn for grand old bikes with big fenders and coaster brakes. In Manhattan earlier this summer, an elegantly dressed woman strolled into a bike shop and bought a $1,500 replica of a green-and-white '50s-era Schwinn Columbia to hang over her living room couch...
...Peru launched a government-wide probe of charges that B.C.C.I. gave two central-bank officers $3 million in bribes in return for their depositing $200 million of Peruvian funds in secret B.C.C.I. accounts in Panama. Officials denied the allegations, which were part of the Manhattan indictment against B.C.C.I. But they said they had deposited money with B.C.C.I. because threats by former President Alan Garcia Perez to reduce Peru's foreign-debt payments had scared off other banks. At the same time, a Peruvian representative to the World Bank who once worked for B.C.C.I. quit his post...