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...void that is Lawrence. But John Gielgud, seen perusing Lawrence's penultimate works, is so intent on depicting the stiffness of the period that he seems to be merely a life-size extension of his starched collar. Penelope Keith, as the Honorable Dorothy Brett, a frigid woman with a crush on Lawrence, can best be regarded as a pasteboard pastiche; this is the extent of her role and talent...
...issue with the Soviet Union, Karmal answered firmly, "No, not the slightest one." But he insisted that the coincidence of interests does not mean he is a puppet, nor does it make Afghanistan any less sovereign: "There is no power in the world that can crush the spirit of freedom of the Afghan people. It is in our nature to be free and to fight for our freedom...
...Counterfeits are a problem for such other well-known brand-name products as Levi Strauss blue jeans, Puma running shoes, and Johnnie Walker Scotch whisky. Cartier's hope is that the steamroller tactics will help encourage governments around the world to take whatever steps are necessary to crush the counterfeiters...
City officials, who predict a repeat of the usual last-minute crush of registrants, said yesterday the Election Commission office on Green St. in Central Square will stay open until 10 p.m. tomorrow. It will be open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and from 6 to 7 p.m. today...
...return to the gold standard as a distant and potentially dangerous goal. They maintain that such a move would probably force the Federal Reserve to try to make dollars more valuable by holding down the money supply and pushing up interest rates. Such action would, of course, crush businesses heavily dependent on borrowed funds and substantially boost unemployment. The dollar would be under particular pressure whenever conflicts like the Iran-Iraq war caused wealthy Arabs and other panicky investors to seek the safety of the yellow metal. Warns Otto Eckstein, chairman of the Data Resources econometric forecasting firm...