Word: colorful
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...This color film about a black-and-white future does have a plot sandwiched between all the technical wizardry and intentional banality. Star Wars recounts the story of the fall of the evil Galactic Empire, a futuristic Reign of Terror that seeks to subjugate the entire universe under its tyrannical rule. The heroes of the film appear in the form of rebels who wish to restore democratic government to the domains of the Empire, and it is through their eyes that the audience witnesses the sequence of events that predictably culminates in the destruction of the imperial regime...
...film opens in 50 theaters across the country, but advance screenings and word-of-mouth have already given it an outsized reputation among film buffs and science fiction addicts-two groups united usually only by their enthusiasm. The first week in April, indeed, 6,000 color transparencies from the film were stolen from the production offices; they are now selling for more than $5 each to sci-fi freaks. Some of the spaceship models used for special effects were later stolen from a workshop, and they too are being advertised on the open market. "Star Wars is the costume epic...
Last week Carter brought off a success in his case-by-case strategy when the Japanese, after complex negotiations, agreed to cut back drastically their exports of color TV sets to the U.S. In the early 1970s, the Japanese share of the U.S. TV set market was about 16%. Then last year Japanese imports spurted to 2.9 million sets-38% of the market-and the trend has continued...
...unions and four manufacturers banded together in a Committee to Preserve American Color Television. The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers calculated that 70,000 jobs already had been lost to the Japanese imports. Last March the International Trade Commission, a six-member watchdog group appointed by the President, recommended an increase in the tariffs on Japanese sets from 5% to 25%, effective in August. Displeased by that prospect, Carter summoned his trade negotiator, Millionaire Dallas Lawyer Robert Strauss, the recently retired Democratic Party chairman. "Bob," asked the President, "why don't you see what you can work...
...sets. Later, Strauss met in Washington with Japan's Vice Minister of Trade, Minoru Masuda; they continued their talks during the early May economic summit in London. Last week Strauss and the Japanese ambassador signed an understanding that obliges Japan for the next three years to cut its color TV exports to the U.S. to just 41% of the 1976 level-1.75 million sets a year...