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...when The French Lieutenant's Woman is being filmed in Lyme Regis. Mike (Jeremy Irons), a young British actor, is playing Charles; Anna (Meryl Streep), an American actress, is playing Sarah. Mike, we soon learn, is in love. To Anna, he is little more than an electric blanket-something to keep her warm in bed while on location. And so the two play out a familiar film-set romance: Mike pressing, Anna depressing; Mike the Method actor living out his role, Anna the detached professional. Is Mike infatuated with Anna or with Sarah? By the end of the film...
...ship-"on a big cruise, across the world." And in spite of the danger of being swept away, at any time, or perhaps because of the danger, we were not allowed to be depressed or unhappy. The way the world worked was not cause for some sort of blanket cynicism or sophomoric despair; according to my father and Iowa Bob, the way the world worked-which was badly-was just a strong incentive to live purposefully, and to be determined about riving well...
...there it was, covering the city like a thick, yellow, semi-transparent blanket. And this was a sunny day! You look straight up and you see blue sky, but look across the horizon, and your view is cut off after a couple of miles by that blanket of claus ophobic petrochemicals...
...threats the whole time." He submitted to three lie-detector tests and said he was told that "all my answers were deceptive." This, he explained, might be attributed to his nervousness. Other evidence was sought after authorities obtained a search warrant for Williams' home. They confiscated a yellow blanket, purple robe, dog hairs and fibers from a carpet and bedspread. Some of the evidence is said by police to be "encouraging," though final laboratory tests comparing it with trace evidence found on victims are not yet complete...
...negative reaction of the business community to the University's sale of $50 million in Citicorp notes after the bank open a line of credit to South Africa. Putnam abandoned his customary behind-the-scenes posture to take a leading role in advocating that the Corporation lift its blanket prohibition against investments in banks that loan money to South Africa...