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...rustic two-story home and found Iran standing in the doorway. You may imagine his surprise. Who would have thought to find Iran in such a place; in tasteful suburban Bethesda, Md., no less; dressed up as a postman, of all things; with a gun in its hand to boot? But there it was, large as death for Mr. Tabatabai to contemplate in the second or two before his homeland in disguise made its special delivery to his abdomen. Assassins are not what they used...
Looking as earnest as recruits entering boot camp, Carter and Reagan, as well as Independent John Anderson, pledged to work for the strongest possible national defense in their speeches to the annual American Legion convention in Boston last week...
...forget this, Winston--always there will be the intoxication of power, constantly increasing and constantly growing subtler. Always, at every moment, there will be the thrill of victory, the sensation of trampling on an enemy who is helpless. If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face--forever...
...exploration--will send shock waves through an economy even more deeply mired in crude. His dismissal of conservation as secondary shows that Reagan has little prescience, little desire even to consider the long-term. Increased emphasis on coal--also a finite resource, and the cause of acid rain to boot--and on nuclear energy (which has proved remarkably cost-inefficient, apocalyptic scenarios aside) show an unwillingness or inability to get a grip on the future destiny Reagan begs us to "recapture...
...couple of high-society crooks, their $30 million heist and the wily Scotland Yard inspector (David Niven) who dogs their trail-may have meant to revive the old Hitchcock tradition of sophisticated comedy. But so frail a genre is more style than substance, and Siegel's trooper-boot direction flattens out the laugh lines and bits of business until they have all the charm of an airport runway. Gelbart was smart enough to remove his name from the credits (hence the screenwriter pseudonym). Reynolds was not so lucky...