Word: affair
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...title, suggesting, by reference to Higgin's first work, The Friends of Eddie Coyle, that Richard M. Nixon's mentality was comparable to that of a small-time Mafia hood. Disappointingly, this is as close as Higgins comes to explaining Nixon's peculiar behavior duing the Watergate affair...
According to Higgins there were at least two tragedies in the affair precipitated by the over-zealousness of Sirica, the Ervin committee and journalists. The case against John Connally hinged on the testimony of one man, Jake Jacobsen, and would never have been brought to court in normal times. Even more regrettable was the conviction for perjury of Attorney General Kleindienst, who actually threatened to resign when asked by Nixon to interfere with the ITT case, but denied to Sen Edward Kennedy's committee that such a request had ever been made...
...film. Once Raffaella accepts subjugation, in a cathartic scene where she kisses Gennarino's feet after he has symbolically thrust a stake through a skinned rabbit, the comedy is dissipated. Using the graceful closeups which distinguish her style, Wertmuller evokes the intensity and eroticism of a great love affair so subtly and effectively as to make Last Tango in Paris seem like a mouthwash commercial. The subjective gaze of the camera and the expressive interaction of the actors combine to compel the audience to identify strongly with the characters, men with Gennarino and women with Raffaella. In fact, the emotional...
...performance of J.S. Bach's Passion According to St. John at Sanders Theater has become almost an annual affair. The Passion was originally performed as a liturgical drama around Easter, but it has lost some of its religious connotations through the centuries and is now a staple in choral repertoire. Saturday night the Cecilia Society, an outstanding local chorus, celebrates its 100th anniversary with a performance of the Passion featuring some of Boston's finest vocalists on the solo parts. Backing up the singers will be the Cambridge Festival Orchestra. 8:30 p.m. Tickets available at the door...
...dispute with Libya is a complex affair. In 1972 Libya nationalized 51% of Occidental's subsidiary there. Since then, Oxy complains, Libya has restricted production to the point that the company cannot fulfill its commitments to customers. Last month Occidental notified the Libyans that it was filing suit in international arbitration courts for $1 billion, claiming breach of contract; simultaneously, it refused to pay $440 million in royalties and taxes. The Libyans, according to Occidental, last week cut off crude deliveries altogether and refused to let 520 non-Libyan employees of the corporation, including 230 Americans, leave the country...