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WED 01/03/1990 HOUSTON CHRONICLE
Court `bout' called off
The court bout scheduled to begin Tuesday between comic Richard Belzer and wrestlers Hulk Hogan and Mr. T was called off before the combatants could make it into the ring. The $5 million lawsuit stemmed from a 1985 television encounter between the 150-pound Belzer and the 307-pound Hulkster which the comedian said left him unconscious. Jury selection was scheduled to start Tuesday in Manhattan, but Belzer's attorney said a settlement was reached "in the last hour of the last working day of the year." Terms were not disclosed.
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`Expert' finds nothing kinder, gentler about Bush
Associated Press
MON 01/01/1990
HOUSTON CHRONICLE
SILVER SPRING, Md. - While President Bush talks about "a kinder, gentler nation," Laura Rosetree says everything about his face - from his straight eyelids to his narrow nose and thin-lipped smile - suggests that Bush isn't very keen on kindness.
And about those lips. Bush says "read my lips" about not raising taxes, but what are his lips really saying?
"What they suggest is that Bush controls his speech very carefully," says Rosetree, a self-proclaimed expert in analyzing faces to learn what they reveal about personality.
"He doesn't say whatever he's really feeling or thinking," she said. "If you literally read his lips, they are proclaiming, `I'm not ever going to get sentimental on you. I'm not going to be a bleeding heart." Rosetree, 41, is a former self-development teacher who became interested in "reading" faces in New York in 1976, when she met an elderly Chinese practitioner of an ancient method known as "siang mien.' After a decade of research, she says, she developed her own psychic road map of the human face, which she describes in a 285-page book titled "I Can Read Your Face.' She claims that every facial feature from eyebrows to chin dimples can betray how people think, behave and handle life's challenges. While most psychologists would scoff at such a claim, Rosetree says she's been hired by several businesses to train salespeople and real estate agents in reading the faces of prospective customers.
Sitting in her sunny apartment in this Washington suburb, Rosetree studied a close-up photo of Bush and a videotape of a Nov. 7 news conference for clues to his personality.
Her conclusion: Bush is a hard-nosed pragmatist and skeptic, a die- hard ideologue, a shrewd negotiator and skilled conciliator, an intellectual who revels in the realm of ideas, a decision-maker who respects facts, disdains feelings and isn't afraid of criticism.
"He's not a people person, he's more of an idea person,"Rosetree says. Even the small inner circle of Bush's ear suggests that he "listens for facts and objective information rather than feelings, emotions or spiritual aspects," she says.
"Kindness is not a major trait of George Bush's, judging by his face," Rosetree said.
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Richards officially in governor's race
Associated Press
TUE 01/02/1990 HOUSTON CHRONICLE
AUSTIN - State Treasurer Ann Richards, calling it "a great way to begin the new year," filed with the Democratic Party Monday, making official her bid for governor of Texas.
"I woke up this morning and had some blackeyed peas for luck, then came downtown to file. There's a certain significance to beginning the new year this way," Richards said.
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SAT 01/06/1990
HOUSTON CHRONICLE
`Die Hard II' spurs flap
Portions of Bruce Willis' Die Hard II will be filmed at Stapleton International Airport in Denver, which has angered airline officials who say it endorses terrorism. "It involves terrorism, violence against airports, destruction of an aircraft and a crash," said Jack Ekey, general manager of United Airlines' Denver operations. "As a matter of principle, we don't believe that kind of thing represents either airports or airlines in a way which we see ourselves or want the public to see us," Ekey said. Twentieth Century-Fox plans to start shooting the film at Stapleton on Jan. 15. Greg Lazzaro, location manager of the film, said the airlines' position is "total, unadulterated bull."
Raye hurt in accident
Actress Martha Raye, the exuberant 73-year-old comedian known as the "Big Mouth," broke several ribs in a fall at home that forced a hospital stay in Los Angeles, officials said. Raye was listed in fair condition Friday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, said hospital spokesman Ron Wise. She fell Tuesday. Raye worked in theater and in movies such as Charlie Chaplin's Monsieur Verdoux but perhaps is best known for entertaining troops with Bob Hope. Most recently, she has appeared in television commercials for a denture adhesive.
Slugging it out, again
Sylvestor Stallone is going in for another round of struggle and success in the boxing ring. Stallone, Talia Shire, Burt Young and company will begin filming "Rocky V" in Philadelphia Jan. 15, Mayor W. Wilson Goode announced this week. The new film will feature the familiar formula - fighting, winning with the boxing backdrop. Rocky Balboa, perhaps Philadelphia's most famous resident since William Penn, faces his greatest challenge, producers say, a test that will pit him against his own values, strength and, ultimately, his own spirit. Boxing heavyweight contender Tommy Morrison is featured as Rocky's protege, Tommy Gun.
A bran new breakfast
Perhaps Ronald Reagan had a weird thing about jelly beans. But he didn't mix them with his breakfast as President Bush has taken to doing with Butterfingers. Bush was spotted crumbling the chocolate bar over his oat bran last weekend at a Houston health-club eatery. White House spokesman Marlin Fitzwater said this week that it was the first time Bush pulled the trick, "but (he) liked it so much, he vows to try it again. It kind of came about by accident, I'm told. But it tasted so good, we may make this a staple in the White House mess."
