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...West Germany it has decreased 9%. Says André Michel, an oil trader for the Swiss-based Albaco Oil Co.: "It has taken consumers a long time to respond to high prices. But things have finally begun to change. If it had happened sooner, the price of a barrel of crude today would be $15 and not more than...
DIED. Sidney (Paddy) Chayefsky, 58, Bronx-born, barrel-chested playwright who won three Oscars (for Marty, The Hospital and Network); of cancer; in Manhattan. First successful in TV, he wrote Marty as a humorous love story, was startled when viewers cried. He had three Broadway hits (Middle of the Night, The Tenth Man and Gideon). The essence of his writing, he said, was to portray "characters caught in the decline of their society...
...lean federal budget, pork-barrel politics as usual...
...there was clear proof last week that they were giving them to the Palestinians in Lebanon. The Libyans were acting as middlemen in the deal; in the past three weeks they have sent in some 52 trucks loaded with Soviet-made rocket launchers, 130-mm artillery pieces and four-barrel, radar-controlled antiaircraft guns. In addition, about a month ago, Libyan Strongman Muammar Gaddafi gave the Palestinians $75 million as a gift...
There the story rested until Lucas, cooling out on a Hawaiian beach after launching Star Wars, began embroidering his tale for Spielberg, his friend. "I felt like I was eating a barrel of popcorn at a noon matinee," Spielberg recalls. Two years later they called in Screenwriter Lawrence Kasdan, who shared the screenplay credit on Empire, for a marathon "pitching" session. For five consecutive nine-hour days the three men shouted, argued, paced and acted out the story until its line was firm. "We are general practitioners," explains Spielberg. "The best work I do is when I'm locked...