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...told, he helped change the way the world is seen on film. In Red Desert (1964), he reflected the industrial and emotional decay of modern Ravenna in skies streaked like a sulfurous rainbow. In Blow-Up (1966), he painted London phone booths a deeper red, turned the grass a brighter green, to play against his protagonist's Day-Glo life. Now Antonioni has plumbed the resources of the new video technology and emerged with his most impressive experiment yet. The Mystery of Oberwald will be shown next week at the New York Film Festival; it is unlike anything...
...another construction site, though, things were looking brighter for the University. The seemingly jinxed Medical Area Total Energy Plant (MATEP) moved one step closer to completion with the installation of the plant's diesel engines. A few protesters tried to block the work, but officials said they were optimistic the challenges were almost over. If a few remaining court fights go as expected, they said, the diesels could be churning out electricity by this time next year...
...Economists agreed at its meeting last week that American business faces some difficult times in the next few months. But once beyond these choppy waters, the prospects for the economy in terms of growth and reducing inflation are markedly brighter. However, there will undoubtedly be stress in the short term...
...clutching their release papers and a few meager possessions, stepped out of the Atlanta Federal Penitentiary last week into bright sunshine and into a brighter world of freedom. At the foot of the steps, the pair turned back toward the prison and raised their arms in victory to friends peering out the barred windows. Ezequiel Puentes-Prieto claimed he had never despaired of being freed because "I've never done anything wrong." His companion Jorge Perez-Paez had not lost hope either but admitted, "I had gotten depressed about ever leaving...
...future of funding more mundane renovations in the Houses and academic buildings may become brighter, James A. Davis, master of Winthrop House and chairman of the Sociology department, points out that there is "good news demographically" concerning "notoriously generous" Harvard alumni. "Our oldest alumni now have experience in the House system. And they're the most generous," Davis says. This may be an advantage in the capital fund drive where, Reardon says, alumni may choose to direct money to a particular facet of Harvard life...