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...metaphor. When Sarah reminisces about sitting with her dying mother, the camera pans up the thin tube rising from her mother's arm to the vial of plasma, a sterile white building jutting vertically on the horizon seen through a window. And when Danny chops wood, the sun produces flare effects on the axe's downward lunge, a pleasant bit of work-glorifying imagery. For the great part of the film's duration, however, the audience is merely lulled into acceptance by the screen's warm colors and the Brahms music on the soundtrack...
...problem he's had, however, is a flare up of a hip injury which cut short his junior year of cross country. Because of it, he has not been able to work out too much the last two weeks. "I'm trying to regain some of my confidence now. I'd feel a lot better if I'd won the Heps...
...executives are likely to move into the vacuum created by Merzagora's departure. In Italy, the government already has monopoly control over electric power, telephones, railroads, radio and television. The state also has big interests in shipping, steel, airlines and oil. After last week's flare-up, it seems quite possible that the Continent's biggest chemical concern eventually will be tucked completely into the government fold...
...Crimson, however, may be troubled by injuries. Spengler appears to have recovered from a minor knee flare-up, but Barker was troubled Wednesday by cramps, and Jeff Brokaw has had leg problems since falling in a camouflaged hole during a workout in the woods Monday. Coach Bill McCurdy, who is still without Mike Koerner (injured foot), gave his weekly pessimistic report on the team's health yesterday afternoon...
...diminish campus unrest. Among the commission's recommendations: removal from the campus of as much defense-related research as possible; replacement of the ROTC with an off-campus training program unrelated to campus life; added riot-control training for National Guardsmen and a policy limiting weapons in campus flare-ups to specially trained anti-sniper units; the preparation of contingency plans by college administrators who may face disorders...