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...Stahr's loss of power--into a period of a few filmed minutes. The effect is more sudden than powerful, since any necessary connection between the two crises, a connection which Fitzgerald's notes hint at, is never even suggested in the movie. The film merely ends in a crush of disaster, with DeNiro--who, on top of everything else, is scheduled to die soon of a fatal disease--walking dismally into blackness...
...government, including his Foreign Minister and ambassador to Washington. Swallowing his pride, Somoza negotiated the ministers' release, paid the guerrillas $1 million, and let them and 15 imprisoned FSLN members fly to Cuba. But then he declared martial law, which is still in force, and set out to crush the Sandinistas, who have received support, training and some arms from Castro's Cuba...
...heard reports from Nairobi that "5,000 American Marines are supposed to come and rescue 250 American missionaries in Uganda." This would be impossible, Amin continued, because "the Americans in Uganda are happy and are scattered all over the country," and, in any case, "Uganda has the strength to crush any invaders." Amin, who thinks that all his difficulties are inflicted upon him by Jews, accused Carter of being "in the pocket of Zionist Israel" and then suggested angrily that instead of asking the U.N. to investigate the violation of human rights in Uganda, the U.S. should...
...were studying too hard Monday night to see Harvard crush Boston College in the last 30 seconds of their first-round Beanpot Tourney game. Don't worry, though. This Monday night you can stop studying your Chem 20 for a few hours and catch the finals of the Beanpot at the Boston Garden, in which Harvard will try to halt the hex that Boston University has cast upon them...
Harry T. Levin '33, Babbit Professor of Comparative Literature, said yesterday he plans to move the course to Burr B to accommodate the unexpected crush...