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...achieving authentic eroticism in such an embarassingly direct art as film is nothing to be sniffed at. And at a time when most enlightened filmmakers expend their energies on explicit violence, Bertolucci's attempt to explore the much more human warfare of sexuality is itself significant. The pre-opening reputation of The Last Tango, and the controversy which now surrounds it, should thus not be seen solely as the result of hucksterism...
PROFILE: Agitated. Proud. Opinionated. He has energy to expend. Displays excellent leadership qualities. His ability to articulate ideas will add immeasurably to the literature of self-identification for the B.U. football team...
JAPAN'S TRADE IMBALANCE: This is clearly a principal irritant to the U.S., which received $7.26 billion in Japanese goods last year, while exporting only $4.05 billion to Japan. "I am prepared to expend all my efforts to solve this problem. One of the major reasons for it was the recession Japan went through last year." This, along with a revaluation of the yen, slowed G.N.P. growth from an average 10% a year to 4.7% in 1971. "We favor a greater effort to export American goods, not only to Japan but elsewhere. There is an old samurai saying that...
...regiments fight down to 400 or 500 men before pulling them back to refit. Giap, moreover, has been uncharacteristically reckless in his use of tanks. A U.S. officer in Saigon who saw tank duty in World War II says: "I never saw the Germans or ourselves expend armor at a rate comparable to the North Vietnamese. Last week they moved 25 tanks east of Quang Tri in broad daylight. All of them were destroyed or damaged. That's kind of foolhardy...
...Indochina battle-field hides the fact that the Nixon Administration does not really fear that Hanoi and the PRG can do much damage to the Thieu regime during Tet, the lunar new year. When questioned about the situation a highly placed official appeared to hope that Hanoi would expend all its energies during Tet on the theory that its whole military apparatus would be destroyed. During the next four years that Hanoi would require to rebuild its forces, the 'force of reason' and a decrease in Russian and Chinese aid would convince Hanoi to negotiate a settlement. The official also...