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...hard to imagine what Cheever could have done to please his daughter. She suffered when he was exultant and when he was miserable. The mixed reviews and lackluster sales of Bullet Park (1969) sent him into a tailspin that nearly killed him. His drinking accelerated: "It became clearer and clearer that my father was the worst kind of alcoholic. He seemed intent on destroying himself." The strains in his marriage to his wife Mary broke violently into the open: "When we children were at home during these years between 1969 and the mid-1970s, my parents would have dinner together...
...military--a vital aspect of any such program--remains ambiguous as well. According to Thomas F. Rogers, director of the space station assessment project for the Conressional Office of Technology Assesment, the nation's vision of such a plan is is still "far too fuzzy." He adds, "Without a clearer, more thoughtful vision, how can we expect consensus. And without consensus, how can we rationally make long term commitments...
...SOLDIER'S STORY leaves one with ambivalent feelings; upon further reflection, the disturbing issues the film raises become magnified in complexity, rather than simpler and clearer in our understanding. This in itself is an important contribution of the film, and its strongest recommendation. The resulting moral ambiguity is somewhat unsettling for audiences accustomed to having their movie ethics etched in laser beams...
...stores of old, with more aisles, lower ceilings and merchandise displayed with flair and style at eye level. Fashion labels with big names-Arnold Palmer, Joe Namath, Diane von Furstenberg, Johnny Carson and Evonne Goolagong-stare back at the customer. To make self-service shopping easier, products will have clearer, more informative labeling. A new cash-register system decreases the average check-out time from three minutes to 90 seconds...
From the start Moscow indicated that it was not in a mood to compromise, an attitude that became even clearer last week when Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Bessmertnykh declared that the latest U.S. proposal for an agenda "continues to be negative." For the first time the Soviet remarks prompted an angry U.S. response. Said National Security Adviser Robert McFarlane: "It appears the Soviets were not serious about their proposal...