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...Socialism and state ownership of the means of production; yet he also was quite clear in confessing regrets. He succeeded in analyzing the dynamics of the free enterprise system far beyond the understanding of most in his age, but he honestly faced the possibility that capitalism with all its fond folk lore was a thing of the past. When he found himself in opposition he expressed it as an individual, and he never took personal refuge in a theoretical labyrinth. Harvard and the world is a poorer place for his passing...
...pictures of a radiant Rita with Princess Yasmin on the pillow beside her, sound asleep. Ahead of Rita lay a sojourn in Aly's 15-room chalet at Gstaad, the winter sports resort, where she would rest and recuperate under the care of a special masseur and the fond eyes, of course, of Aly, his pressagent and anybody who could read a newspaper...
...determined student as Snyder. The trouble is, most termites are blind and soft-bodied, shun light, and always conceal themselves in the earth, wood, or any other of the more than 150 different objects (ranging from toy blocks to Egyptian mummies) in which they have been discovered. Termites are fond of wood because their digestive tracts harbor a specific kind of protozoa which enables them to digest cellulose...
Meanwhile, hale & hearty Winston Churchill seemed prepared to go on clear into the 21st Century, if necessary. Said Winnie, who is fond of reminding rivals that Gladstone was Prime Minister at 82: "I never leave a pub before closing time...
...Italian directors have given the movie vitality and power. Since it was shot outdoors in all sorts of weather, the film credibly suggests the passing of time simply because no two scenes show the same sky or lighting. The camera, often threading through Stark's career like a fond mamma looking for her child in a crowd, turns up all kinds of unpredictable and realistic touches. Occasionally, Director Rossen plunges spiritedly into a scene as though, in the Rossellini manner, he were making up the script as he went along...