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...seemingly endless flights of troop transports into Kabul airport, carrying army regulars to replace the mobilized reservists who took part in the original invasion, suggested that the Soviets are settling in for a long stay. Oil Tycoon Armand Hammer last week said that Soviet Ambassador Anatoli Dobrynin had assured him that the troops would leave; but they surely will not go until the Kabul government of Babrak Karmal is secure and the insurgency is under control -and that could take months, if not years...
...Armand E. Singer Morgantown...
...Armand Maloumian, then 20 years old, was visiting Moscow in 1948 when he was suddenly arrested by agents of the MGB (now the KGB). A French citizen of Armenian descent whose father was a physical education instructor temporarily teaching in the Soviet Union, Maloumian was accused of spying for the French secret service. He was first condemned to death, but was later convicted of treason, despite his foreign nationality, and sentenced to 25 years at hard labor. In early 1956, when Soviet authorities were cutting down the Gulag population as part of the destalinization drive, Maloumian was informed...
...third brother, Lenny (Armand Assante), is a war hero embittered by a bad leg. He hates his job as an embalmer (why doesn't he take advantage of the numerous benefit programs for WW II vets?). Initially opposed to the idea of Victor's wrestling, Lenny succumbs to his desire for money and encourages Victor to fight. He pushes him mercilessly. It is the saintly Cosmo who, realizing the error of his own ways, tries to stop Victor from driving himself too hard...
...cash in on every '40s movie cliche not used in Rocky and most of those that were. Set in 1946, the story tells of three downtrodden brothers who dream of breaking out of Manhattan's impoverished Hell's Kitchen: a lame World War II vet (Armand Assante), a loudmouthed schemer (Stallone) and a dumb but sweet aspiring wrestler (Lee Canalito). As Alice Kramden of TV's The Honeymooners might put it, what we have here are a gimp, a blimp and a simp...