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THEY both have their roots in the dim past of semi-barbarous ancient Greece. Both come around every four years in this part of the world. And both are regularly the focus of outlandish media hype...
...urged them to condemn the Sandinistas' intransigence as a major obstacle to peace. The Administration's critics saw the mission as part of an overall plan to topple the Sandinistas by using the contras to wage a proxy war. The outcome of last week's summit, however, seemed to dim hopes that Congress would approve more military aid for the contras anytime soon. Conceded an Administration official: "The Sandinistas are off the hook for now. It's extremely difficult to justify lethal aid if the Sandinistas appear to be accommodating." The trick for Managua will be to keep up that...
...trying to boost future lecture fees are missing the point. Haig means it when he asserts that he would be a good President, tough and clear-minded on issues ranging from the deficit to arms control. His ideas are, in fact, sophisticated and sensible. Haig knows his chances are dim. He blames the system and the Republican Party "apparatchik" for locking him out. But he believes in himself, and has nothing to lose and much satisfaction to gain by selling that belief to the public...
...origins of the Hollywood junket are shrouded in the dim mysteries of the past, but in its most recent incarnations it has become a fusion of two distinct traditions. The first of these traditions is the expense account, by which the wealth of the nation is funneled out of the hands of the worker via the conduit of large corporations and is then frittered away by hedonistically juvenile executives. The second tradition is that of the star schmooze, in which second string critics from minor newspapers in unimportant cities have lunch with celebrities while asking questions like, "So, what...
Jean de Florette, set in the 1920s, described the attempt of the clever Papet (Yves Montand) and his dim-witted nephew Ugolin (Daniel Auteuil)--the last remaining members of what used to be the richest and most glorious family in the region--to wrest the land of a neighboring farmer, a hunchback...