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...speech last year, Chernenko complained that "our young people have not seen firsthand the grim trials of class struggle and war, when the true face of imperialism with its hatred for the peoples of our country and for the socialist system was laid absolutely bare." Such finger wagging does not find a receptive audience among the grandchildren of the Revolution. "That he says these things is understandable," acknowledges a student in Moscow. "The trouble is, he believes them...
...favorites, there is the safety of incumbency. Like heavyweight champions, they cannot lose their titles on a draw: they must be beaten. But with that status come expectations that are perhaps impossible to fulfill. Thus, after a performance that was lackluster by his exacting standards, Hamilton could finger his gold medal and say, "I look at this, and I see 16 years of my life. I've waited a long time. I didn't want it to be like this...
...grain growing regions of the United states, Canada and the Soviet Union." A nation launching a first strike will effectively commit suicide regardless of the adversary's response. As Sagan put it in a recent lecture at the Kennedy School, "the attacked nation need not lift a finger for retribution swift and final to fall on the aggressor...
This infectious credit sequence is the work of Wayne Fitzgerald and David Oliver, who lent similar magic to the title song from Nine to Five. The rest of Footloose is directed by Herbert Ross, and while it displays spasms of finger-popping vigor, the movie never lives up to-or survives-those first few minutes. Partly this arises from the picture's design. Though it is being marketed with the now familiar multi-media blitz, Footloose means to imitate Flashdance only in its box-office success. Ross and Screenwriter-Songwriter Dean Pitchford have set their sights much higher...
...when they don't play. In addition to second seed David Boyum, who is out indefinitely with a wrist injury, number three player Richard Jackson cut his finger when the team bus stopped suddenly on the way back from the Williams meet last Thursday. The injury required five stitches, so Jackson may not play in this Saturday's match against Penn...