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...Tiger," in which he played a dress manufacturer who lets his youthful ethics slip away, won him the Oscar for best actor of 1973. The project was rejected by studios until Paramount agreed to make it on a $1 million budget - Lemmon cut his salary to the Guild minimum of $165 a week to make the picture's ends meet...
...Probably more now than ever. Although pundits who were worrying about this sort of thing during the campaign tended to think a year was a safe minimum learning-to-fly-solo period - for what that's worth - but Bush has been in office five months now, and his feet are pretty wet. And it's not as if Cheney is the only wise old government hand left in this Administration...
...sharply divided opinion, the Court ruled that a Rhode Island man does have the right to challenge the government's refusal to develop marshland property. Property owners everywhere should keep their rejoicing to a minimum, however. While the law provides landowners with financial recourse if the government's acquisition of their property somehow deprives them of income, the majority ruled this was not the case here. As is fairly typical of this Court, the Justices were eager to discount broader implications of their ruling, concentrating instead on the individual case. Here the Court ruled against Anthony Palazzolo, arguing that since...
...disintegrate and politicians fail to solve worsening congestion, airport managers are trying to fix the air-travel mess on their own. Massport, the regional authority that runs delay-plagued Logan, has taken the most radical step. In February, it became the first such authority in the nation to set minimum performance standards for airlines. Soon it will name names of underachievers in its "Guaranteed Passenger Standards" program, which requires carriers to shape up or face fines--or worse. "Airports have historically been run for the benefit of the airlines," says Virginia Buckingham, executive director of Massport. "But we're starting...
...There is a concern in the administration that Sharon's view is that he can simply maintain an extended cease-fire and keep political negotiations to a minimum. The Bush administration doesn't accept that view, and will try to persuade Sharon that it doesn't work - a long-term cease-fire won't be enough to keep a lid on things from the Palestinian side. Without both sides committing themselves to political negotiations, there would be an inevitable resurgence of violence...