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eye WEEKLY                                                July 14 1994
Toronto's arts newspaper                        ...free every Thursday
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                           OLD FOLKS ON TOP
       -- AGING POLS AND WRINKLED POP STARS DOMINATE THE CHARTS

                                  by
                               GREG BOYD


1/4	MORE ON THAT DREAD SHAVING MISHAP AFTER THIS MESSAGE ...

Juice: Supporters of O.J. resume their desperate search for an 
exonerating explanation as the crowd favorite is bound over for trial 
on murder charges. With O.J. being held without bail and out of 
camera's way, the defence media tactics shift to feeding 
increasingly complex explanations for the damning physical 
evidence.

2/4	SEE NAPLES AND RETCH

No News: Jean Chr�tien and his keepers hit Naples for the G-7 
summit, where the usual sweet nothings are acted out for business 
editors back home. Japanese prime minister Tomiichi Murayama is 
briefly hospitalized for feeling sick to his stomach, but economics 
reporters are made of sterner stuff.

3/2	WRONG-WAY MARCHI, COME HOME

Borderlines: Immigration Minister Sergio Marchi meets with RCMP 
and Metro cops to discuss means of executing deportation orders for 
criminals. Marchi politely avoids mention of the bizarre publicity 
stunt in which the Metro police union is suing the minister over the 
death of a cop. Cops return the favor by overlooking Marchi's 
departure, during which his car drives the wrong way down a one-
way street.

4/3	PERSONAE NON GRATA

Pax Americana: The Haitian government boots out U.N. human rights 
observers, who admittedly have never had much human rights to 
observe anyway.

5/	FLASH! GOD ANGRY AGAIN!

Weather: Floods in the southern U.S. kill dozens and drive hundreds 
from their homes; a tornado hits the Qu�bec town of 
St-Charles-sur-Richelieu, killing one.

6/ DAMNED WHEN THEY DO

Senate: The Tory-dominated Upper chamber blocks the election-
promise Commons bill that tore up a deal to privatize Pearson 
airport. Senators nervously scan public opinion to see whether their 
action -- one of the few examples in living memory of the Senate 
fulfilling its constitutional role as the defender of property and 
contract rights -- will be viewed as partisan politicking.

7/ ELVIS SIGHTING!

Successions: North Korean Great Leader Kim Il-sung dies at 82 after 
46 years in charge. His son, Kim Jong-il, the noted junior Stalinist 
and surrealistic Elvis impersonator, clings to power.

8/ OLD PEOPLE HELPING OLD PEOPLE

Old Farts At Play: Concerts by past-expiry-date '70s survivors The 
Eagles and Pink Floyd delight fans while a new Rolling Stones record 
hits stores, all to rapturous, page-filling drool from aging rock 
critics.

9/ FAR OUT, MAN

Weird Science: Comet Shoemaker Levy 9, already ripped into big 
chunks by the gravitational force of Jupiter, smashes into the gas 
giant this weekend. Eager astronomers will be watching as the 
fragments explode in Jupiter's upper atmosphere, little suspecting 
that it's all part of the Pink Floyd light show.

10/ SHOVELLING IT

Civics: Federal job-creation projects in Metro get underway with a 
little help on the business end of the shovel from former Toronto 
mayor Art Eggleton.


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