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...Fortnight ago Dr. Hall returned from his two-week tour in Leningrad and Moscow as a guest of the Soviet Min istry of Health. He was disappointed...
...festival tried hard to be difficult but just turned out dull. Too many others were bad jobs by good directors (Bunuel, Bresson, Godard, Torre Nilsson, Varda). Though the sponsors had doggedly previewed 400 films, their efforts failed to turn up enough hits to fill out the festival's fortnight...
...ensure against any charges that the election is rigged, the military government of Premier Ky has laid down tough equal-time-and-money rules for all candidates-including the 55 military officers in the running. No candidate may spend more than 200,000 piasters during the official fortnight of campaigning, nor may he post more than 500 signs, distribute more than 120,000 handbills. Moreover, in each electoral district, all local candidates must campaign together, shaking hands and making speeches only as a group. The U.S., too, is guarding against any appearance of unduly influencing the outcome: all U.S. personnel...
...Wilson get Smith to roll over and play dead-even for the few weeks before interest in the Common wealth conference blows over. In fact, fortnight ago Smith rebuffed some conciliatory gestures from Wilson by pressing ahead in the Rhodesian Parliament with a constitutional amendment that would empower police to hold suspected terrorists indefinitely without trial. At that, Wilson had no choice but to call back from Salisbury the two British diplomats who have been engaged in "talks about talks" that aimed at, among other things, securing constitutional guarantees for the personal liberties of black Rhodesians...
...relations frayed to the breaking point, President Humberto Castello Branco flew to Recife fortnight ago for a 40-minute chat with Cámara. The talk was secret, but its results were evident. Last week Castello Branco ordered the truculent General Portugal and his two top aides transferred out of the Northeast, named moderate officers to replace them...