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...developments of the past fortnight are all the more alarming because the 1980 Olympics are scheduled for Moscow. Judging from Soviet newspapers last week, the bitter political legacy from Montreal could have profound-and potentially disastrous-effects on the Games in Moscow. Commenting on the Montreal events, Moscow's authoritative Literary Gazette wrote: "The Olympic Games are not just a major sports festival but are one of the fronts of fierce struggle between the supporters and opponents of international cooperation and mutual understanding." By supporters, the Soviets mean their allies and Third World nations; opponents are everybody else...
...great deal-immeasurably-to the rise in ABC's prestige." And to the rise in its Nielsen ratings. If the Munich Games are any indication, roughly 45% of the prime-time audience, as much as the other two networks combined, will be glued to ABC during the Olympic fortnight...
...Viking 1, despite the delay, would not fail. Other than a helium leak that caused excess pressure in the spacecraft's propulsion system as it neared Mars, Viking had performed flawlessly since leaving Cape Canaveral last August on its journey across space. As it neared its destination a fortnight ago, gathering speed as the pull of Martian gravity increased, Viking took increasingly detailed pictures of Mars. They showed no evidence of the swirling sandstorms that had obscured the surface as Mariner 9 approached in 1971, and the proposed Viking landing site in Chryse was clearly visible. Even more significant...
...Council "get rid of their damn'd government." The Baltimore Committee of Observation sent a band of men to kidnap Eden, but the Annapolis authorities repelled them. Only in May did the Maryland State Convention finally request that Eden "depart peaceably with all his effects." Eden agreed. A fortnight ago, the entire Annapolis Council of Safety went to take what one witness called "an affectionate leave of their late supreme magistrate." As he boarded a British warship, the citizenry presented him with several sheep, lambs and baby hogs. his well-wishers hoped he would return "whenever we shall happily...
...Winter's Tale opened officially a fortnight ago. There is a special appropriateness in the choice, too, since a major theme of the play is an apparent demise that leads to renewed life--symbolic of the plight of the AST itself. As the Shepherd says at the very center of the play, "Thou mettest with things dying, I with things new-born...