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...precedent, either thespian or tonsorial, is Frank Thring as Pontius Pilate in Ben-Hur. What he did to Charlton Heston the fellow in the blue blazer is doing to Port Charles, the town in which General Hospital is situated. Mr. Blue Blazer turns out to be Mikkos Cassadine, an amuck plutocrat who means to create "a brave new world." Wants to set the planet an example of his terrible power by freezing Port Charles into submission. Confused; consult TV Guide, which verifies program is General Hospital, not Flash Gordon...
...cocktails hung over Belfast. One youngster blew himself up as he tried to plant a crudely made bomb in that city; a Belfast policeman was shot to death. Another youth died during a riot-caused auto crash. The violence spread to the Irish Republic, where a Dublin gang ran amuck along fashionable Dawson Street, hurling rocks and debris through shop windows. Heavy police protection was given to scores of British Members of Parliament...
Natural gas is a prime example of federal regulation run amuck. During the 1960s and early '70s the Government limited the average wellhead price producers received for gas sold between states to below 200 per 1,000 cu. ft. At the same time, gas within producing states, where there were no price controls, was sometimes sold for more than $2. As a result, producing states enjoyed a surplus of gas, while the rest of the U.S. was beginning to suffer shortages. Few drillers were bothering to explore for gas that could be sold between states. The Natural Gas Policy...
Vice President Walter Mondale proclaimed the Games open, and a jogging psychiatrist from Tucson lit the Olympic flame. Like a county fair run mildly amuck, the ceremonies then erupted with a swarm of released doves and helium-filled balloons, followed by the gentle flyby of two dozen immense hot-air balloons. It was fun, and the display left the crowd in an ebullient and expectant mood. As the spectators filed out, members of the American ski team were climbing onto one of the buses that had brought them from the Olympic Village. "Right on!" someone in the crowd cheered...
Hundreds of convicts poured out of their cells and stormed through the halls, yelling, "Get the guards!" Four teen guards and one medical technician were captured; three others on duty, helped by friendly prisoners, found hiding places. The rioting inmates then ran amuck through the 37-acre prison grounds. Some rushed to the workrooms for boards, pipes, acetylene torches, anything that could be used as a weapon. Others broke open cabinets in the pharmacy for drugs-tranquilizers, barbiturates, even insulin. A few found containers of glue, which they sniffed to get high...