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...screenplay was taken from a best-selling roman a clef by Nora Ephron, the former wife of big-shot Washington journalist Carl Bernstein. Hmmmm. Yeah, you know the producers were dreaming of a blockbuster and nine Academy awards from the moment they started shooting. With all that build-up, you've got to be disappointed...
...Korean appeared to have no difficulty relating to the contradictions depicted: modern "progress" in Third World countries like South Korea under Western captialism's political and economic shadow. The overt questioning of the impact of continuing American influence in the form of U.S. military troops and the recent build-up of nuclear arms is not simply rhetoric being played out on stage, but a form of experimenting that asks how far one can get away with extending the boundaries...
...James Sasser (D-Tenn.), leading the Democratic response to Reagan, agreed with much of the President's view of the Sandinista government in Nicaragua, but said it was time for negotiation, not military build-up. Sasser has proposed compromise legislation that would give the Sandinistas time to talk...
Noting that this build-up of garbage is the only reason why students comply with the rule, Angelo Evangelista '86 said, "I liked it better when they just picked it up, especially since we're on the fifth floor...
...heads the K-School Institute for Science and International Affairs, told the crowd that he and his colleagues are concerned more with the use of weapons than with reduction or build...