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...movie by Claude Chabrol, evil is never discreet or dispassionate. Once his characters opt for bad behavior, it instantly becomes an obsessive preoccupation. They become positively fussy as they pat into place and hover anxiously over the development of plots against virtue and propriety that are self-satirical as well as self-defeating in their loony complexity. As a result, Chabrol's tragedies and near-tragedies almost always teeter on the edge of farce. In his best work, there is something of the fascination of a high-wire...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: High-Wire Melodrama | 2/24/1975 | See Source »

...ugly power play has unsettled the discreet and usually gentlemanly world of investment banking. Using their new financial strength, a number of Arab banks have threatened to pull their money out of major international bond issues unless the managers barred some U.S. and European banking houses from participating. The Arab move was aimed at houses that were founded by Jews, and in some instances-but not all-are run by Jews and have dealings with Israel. In at least three instances, the underwriting managers caved in, and the excluded houses were barred from putting up their capital, collecting commissions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INVESTMENT: The Arabs Wield a Banking Ban | 2/24/1975 | See Source »

...computer that can save the world is in Lapland, stashed in a hidden, subterranean laboratory. Just so there should be no mistake, the thing bears this sign, discreet but emphatic: THE MOST COMPLEX COMPUTER IN THE WORLD. DO NOT TOUCH. The trouble is with those who are allowed to touch it, three slightly awry scientists and their collaborator, a splendidly long and sexy programmer, openhanded but calculating about distributing her favors. The world is coming to an end, and this quartet is the only hope. At least, that is what they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Funny Future Shock | 1/27/1975 | See Source »

Until recent weeks, James Angleton was a paradigm of his arcane trade. Cultivated in taste, shrewd in intellect, and above all discreet in his work for the CIA, Angleton, 57, was in the twilight of a distinguished career...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: The Spy Who Came into the Heat | 1/6/1975 | See Source »

...Shunju's circulation has jumped 10%, and collectors are now paying up to $60 for a copy of the historic November issue (actual price: $1.16). Yet only one newspaper, the Communist Party organ Akahata (Red Flag), has since formed an investigative team, and many Japanese doubt that their discreet press will ever develop an appetite for muckraking. Even so, Bungei-Shunju will remain a goad to the complaisant. The magazine's January issue, due on the newsstands next week, contains further disclosures about Tanaka. Managing Editor Kengo Tanaka (no kin) will not elaborate, but promises: "There...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Toppling Tanaka | 12/9/1974 | See Source »

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