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...serious. Because Beijing refused to crack down on pirate manufacturers, the U.S. imposed a 100% tariff on $1 billion worth of Chinese goods. Beijing retaliated with punitive tariffs of its own on U.S. consumer products. It looked as if the thrust and parry might lead to a full- scale duel. But the two sides announced that the tariff increases would not go into effect until Feb. 26. This week they will try to head them off altogether by reopening negotiations...
Then, on Saturday the Crimson will duel with Pennsylvania (0-0-1 Ivy, 5-1-1 overall) on the road. If that isn't enough, the game against the 18th seeded Quakers is scheduled to start...
...several key saves by Harvard's Ned Carlson, issuing the first challenge in what could be in interesting netminding platoon duel with sophomore Peter Albers, kept Cornell off the scoreboard. With play getting physical (Harvard's John Vrionis and Tom Marcotullio were booked within a minute of each other after halftime), it took another Kohler creation to dissipate the Big Red's chances...
...Beverly Hills builder, Diller joined abc in 1966. This was a young man in a hurry. Diller was soon developing two important formats: the mini-series (QB VII) and the made-for-TV movie (such as Duel, Steven Spielberg's debut feature). In 1974 he moved to Paramount, where he, Michael Eisner, Jeffrey Katzenberg, Frank Mancuso and some other sharp people spurred a renaissance of the studio, with such hits as Saturday Night Fever, Grease, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Flashdance and Terms of Endearment...
...huge problems remain. The obsessed woman, stirringly acted and sung by Donna Murphy, is still difficult to like or admire. The man whom she chases spends most of the show eluding her, then shifts in a moment to loving her passionately. This transition -- which also commits him to a duel -- would be tough for anyone, and is utterly beyond the histrionic powers of Jere Shea, a handsome and harmonious hero but a wooden one. The message that love is unworthy unless it recklessly risks everything may fit the Anna Karenina-style sensibilities of 1863, when the show...