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Ongania's outrage was no surprise. During his 14 months in the Casa Rosada, the mustachioed strongman has all but declared sex illegal in his already strait-laced country. His regime has put Argentina's few tame girly magazines out of business, ordered nightclubs to keep their lights bright at all times and outlawed kissing in public parks. It has banned such widely acclaimed films as the Czech-made Loves of a Blonde and Michelangelo Antonioni's Blow-Up, based on a short story by Argentina's Julio Cortazar; it recently ordered a popular local television...
...these surreal situations are en countered in this collection of truly scary short stories by Argentina's Julio Cortazar (Hopscotch), who lives and works in Paris. One of the stories, Blow-Up, provided the plot for Antonioni's hit movie. Another describes the sordid death of a musician who strongly resembles the late Charlie ("Bird") Parker. Perhaps the most affecting of all is the title story, which explores the daydreams and posturings of three lonely sisters in an Argentine suburb...
Industrias Kaiser Argentina as the nation's biggest automaker. Ford will have a broader base from which to operate in Latin America. Brazilians may not realize immediately that they have a Ford in their future. Ford will continue to make Aero-Willys, Itamaratys and Gordinis for the time being; it will likely replace them later with Galaxies and a brand-new, still secret, five-passenger car known only...
Harvard's opponents in the heat were Argentina and the highly-touted Canadian crew from the University of British Columbia. The Canadians, who captured the Gold Medal at the Pan-American games four years ago in Brazil, finished more than a length behind the Crimson last night...
...Harvard crew grabbed a lead of half-a-length right from the start of the race. The Canadians finished five seconds behind Harvard with a time of 6:24, and Argentina finished third at 7:32. In last night's other heat, the Cuba boat--racing the same length and under the same conditions as the Harvard crew--captured first place with an unimpressive...