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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Wartime Writings should add more luster to the Saint-Exupery legend, though the author might think otherwise. He was a perfectionist, accustomed to going through 25 or 30 drafts of his prose before submitting it for publication. He used language with extreme care and respect, all the while doubting its ability to communicate essential truths: "I've always thought that words were like love among tortoises -- something not well attuned as yet." This collection of letters and miscellaneous pieces would certainly strike Saint- Exupery as unpolished and riddled with contradictions and inconsistencies. It is all of that and something more...
...human opponents opens a door or rounds a corner, you know terrible trouble is about to ensue. Anytime someone confidently announces what looks to be a foolproof plan to exterminate the aliens, you can be equally sure that this is another example of pride going before a slimy fall. Add to this plenty of snappy dialogue, gloriously staged combat sequences, imaginative hardware and special effects, the assured direction of James Cameron, and you have the elements that should add up to this summer's inescapable movie...
...Soviet courtroom, and to spend days trailing ordinary citizens around. Inevitably, what is shown is often appealingly human, so even in Britain, where there is more tolerance in such matters than in this country, there were complaints of propaganda when the series was shown. Anticipating trouble, Frontline decided to add "wraparounds" to discuss concerns about propaganda. (Usually when the subject is Communism, a prudent station operator wants at least one panelist who will argue that Gorbachev is no better than a smiling Genghis Khan.) Which raises another question: Is the American public so susceptible to alien wiles that it cannot...
...mission's undisputed star was Voyager, a distinctive, almost ethereal craft, whose shell weighs only 938 lbs.; add engines and other equipment, and it is still shy of a ton -- lighter than most small cars. The rest of its takeoff weight of nearly 6,200 lbs. (which will be closer to 12,000 lbs. for the around-the-world flight) is mostly fuel, distributed evenly in 17 tanks, located in the wings, fuselage and "outriggers" that flank the cabin...
...effort to snip the budding fake identification industry, the state Registry of Motor Vehicles plans to add extra safeguards designed to prevent those under 21 years old from using altered licenses to buy liquor...