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This year's American fellows are Howard Berkes of National Public Radio (NPR); Uri Berliner of the San Diego Union-Tribune; Christine Chinlund of the Boston Globe; Philip J. Cunningham, a free-lance writer based in Tokyo; Cara DeVito of NBC news; Joe Hallinan, a national correspondent with the Newhouse News Service; Julia Keller of the Colombus Dispatch; Phillip W.D. Martin of WGBH Radio; Bryan Rich, senior international producer of Common Group Productions based in Burundi; Joe Rodriguez of the San Jose Mercury News; David Turnley of the Detroit Free Press; and David Welna...
JACKSONVILLE, Florida: Tobacco stocks soared minutes after a Florida jury found R.J. Reynolds not responsible for the death of lifelong smoker Jean Connor. Just thirty minutes after the verdict was announced, giants Philip Morris and RJR Nabisco had gained a whopping ten percent in value. Nervous investors had shunned tobacco stocks until the decision was announced: RJR Nabisco was trading as low as $28.37 1/2 before finishing the day up $3.12 1/2 at $32.62 1/2, while Philip Morris bottomed out at $37.87 1/2 and then went up $4.25 at $44.12 1/2. Investors hope that the decision will strengthen the industry...
...singles, junior Philip Tseng dominated his opponent at the third slot 6-0, 6-4. Sophomores Kunj Majmudar and Mike Passarella--playing in the fourth and fifth spots, respectively--also came away with victories, clinching Harvard's 4-3 victory...
This spring an unusual and virtually simultaneous blooming of senior novelists is taking place. Norman Mailer (see following review), Saul Bellow, the mysterious Thomas Pynchon and a seemingly perennial Philip Roth all have new works scheduled for publication. American Pastoral (Houghton Mifflin; 423 pages; $26) is Roth's fourth offering in fewer than seven years, making the 64-year-old a sort of Cal Ripkin of American letters...
DIED. JOHN LANDRY, 73, Philip Morris marketing executive who spurred the Marlboro Man into a galloping ad success; of cancer; in Bronxville, New York. A Thoroughbred enthusiast, he founded the Marlboro Cup, a leading stakes race that folded in 1987. DIED. CHAIM HERZOG, 78, urbane, articulate former President of Israel and exemplar of the nation's soldier-statesman tradition; in Tel Aviv. As U.N. ambassador in 1975, Herzog during debate defiantly tore up the infamous resolution equating Zionism with racism. (Years later, it was repealed.) As President, the ex-general worked to broker rifts in coalition Cabinets, isolate some extremists...