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Tired of directors who spoof old sci-fi and horror movies? Who isn't? A genre spoof is usually an act of artistic masturbation: it exercises the adolescent imagination over an object that may have been too trashy ever to get excited about.In the process, spoofery tends to diminish both its own value and whatever power or charm the original work might have had. It is nostalgia calcified into camp...
Giltspur could diminish even further; its owner is only 5 ft. 6 in. tall, and he still has his chain saw. But Dickinson is not rushing to challenge the record. Dunlop, meanwhile, could not be bothered about such trifles. Three weeks ago, he left Portland, Me., to sail Wind's Will around the world. He said he would be back some time in 1986, although he would not say just when. "I might be a day or two late," said Dunlop. "I don't want anyone down on the dock waiting...
...shaping the alliance's attitudes toward Poland. Support for the economic sanctions that were imposed after the military crackdown has been eroding slowly but inexorably. The West German government argues that trade restrictions have not influenced Jaruzelski's policies and that, if anything, they could further diminish what little leverage the West had. In Italy, business with Poland goes on as usual. Even U.S. diplomats feel uneasy about the continuing deadlock and have quietly dropped their demand that Solidarity be restored. Said U.S. Secretary of State George Shultz earlier this month: "Everyone is watching the Pope...
...Savary reforms would diminish the importance of the bac, since high test scores would no longer be required for the first two years of university education. It was announced this spring that the results of next year's bacs would not include the traditional levels of distinction, such as "very good" or "good." To many French educators, watering down the bac is as outrageous as watering down a Château Mouton-Rothschild. Says Guy Bayet, president of the university professors' association: "The bac is the only way you can oblige students to follow a program and acquire...
...polling approaches, Thatcher's lead will probably diminish. Her lieutenants are particularly concerned about the possibility of an anti-landslide vote and a "why bother to vote at all since she is bound to win" syndrome. But the lead is unlikely to disappear, given the turmoil within Labor and the assumption that a vote for the Alliance is a vote wasted. London bookmakers are offering odds of 8 to 1 that Britain is on the verge of five more years of Thatcherism. Last week that assessment sent the London stock market and the value of the pound soar...