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...Kaplan (Heart Like a Wheel, The Accused) observes with his usual handsome care. Close and Woods, more familiar playing high-powered candidates for psychosis, are laser-precise as the Spectors. They work hard at appearing comfortable in roles without edges. But the Spectors, who set the film's agenda, cede sympathy to Lucy, as the well-to-do in movies inevitably do to the poor-but-spunky...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Fetal Attraction | 11/6/1989 | See Source »

...marshaled what it considers proof that it has all along controlled the area from NJ 9842 to the Karakoram Pass on the Chinese border. Islamabad cites circumstantial evidence, like the fact that mountaineering expeditions for years sought Pakistan's permission to enter the region, and its agreement to cede some of the territory to China...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Himalayas War at the Top Of the World | 7/31/1989 | See Source »

...Rahman said Shamir's conditions represent a "complete rejection of American and Palestinian efforts to bring about peace." P.L.O. Chairman Yasser Arafat did not comment publicly, but he was known to be concerned that Shamir's intransigence might trigger a fresh wave of violence in the occupied territories and cede the upper hand to radical elements within the P.L.O. who oppose Arafat's attempts to promote more moderate policies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Israel Power, Not Peace | 7/17/1989 | See Source »

...routes would not require Harvard to cede any of its property to the MBTA, Colehower said...

Author: By Andrew D. Cohen, | Title: Plans for `Circumferential' Subway Line Link Red, Orange, Green Lines in City | 3/14/1989 | See Source »

...There are several reasons: one, he doesn't mean it; two, he wants to leave open the possibility to change what he means; three, he fears a violent reaction from his Palestinian opposition. All three reasons are plausible. Israel should not be expected to cede one-third of its territory--located a dozen miles from its most populous areas--on the basis of such unclear promises...

Author: By Laurie M. Grossman, | Title: A Decision Fit for Solomon | 1/25/1989 | See Source »

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