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...second straight quarter of decline, economic purists could declare that the U.S. is-or was-officially suffering from recession. Yet the dropoffs have been so small, compared with the severe slumps of the 1950s, that most economists refuse to classify the current period as more than a mini-recession...
...real stars. Unlike their counterparts at the Oscar awards, they were making no effort to hide their boredom and hostilities. To watch the ceremonies, they divided into groups before three TV sets labeled, respectively, Orthodox, Conservative and Reform. Drinks were bountifully provided, along with lox and cream cheese and mini-eggrolls...
...Continental Connector Corp., a mini-conglomerate that bought the Dunes, has experienced a stock drop from last year's high of 83⅝ to 27⅜ in mid-December, when the American Stock Exchange halted trading. The ban will be lifted when the company re-certifies its financial statements for the past three years. The SEC accused Continental Connector's management of issuing two proxy statements falsely stating that an audit, which included the Dunes, had been made in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. As one result, the owners of the Golden Nugget casino have called...
...single expression -that of a man with a pebble in his shoe. Masochists, lovers of camp and chroniclers of the collapse of Hollywood will sift for years The Adventurers' riches of embarrassment. There is the waste of Charles Aznavour as a kinky sadist and Anna Moffo doing her mini-Maria Callas. There is Ernest Borgnine, trapped in a Spanish accent several sizes too large. There is Candice Bergen, grimacing as she loses her virginity to the offscreen sound of firecrackers banging. There is windy dialogue ("Yesterday never happens again"). There is the rhythmic up-and-down movement...
POOFF plans: "If stores will no longer stock the mini, my home economics students and I will simply make our own." Even in the gloomy shadow of Seventh Avenue, a New York chapter is just getting under way. "We will fight as hard as we can," promises Division Head Mrs. Ros Frenkel, "and as long as people like us object vigorously, we have a winning chance...