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...cast of four actor-singers manages, with the help of a small band, to make the songs more moving and more biting than the record does--a demanding job. The songs range from quiet lullabies to rowdy music hall ballads, and they demand everything from controlled introspection to furious bitterness from the singers. The songs follow a pattern, each one starting off with an expression of hope or contentment, and ending with a bitter ironic twist or defiant indictment of life...
...spring United Artists opened the film at several locations across the country, avoiding the usual New York premiere. The critics reacted with dismay. "The truth is," Altman says, "that most of the reviewers across the country have the New York reviews to guide them." And so it bombed. Altman, furious that the promised New York premiere had been denied his film, managed to get it released again in the fall with a new ad campaign featuring ironic posters by a former Mad magazine artist. It did better, but still didn't pull the audience Altman knew it could. The first...
When the talks got under way, Brezhnev was as cheerful as the Moscow sun flooding his office. He confided to U.S. newsmen that he still smokes at a furious pace in spite of a cigarette case with a time lock on it that he keeps hidden in his desk. Referring to the fact that Pepsi-Cola will soon be distributed in the Soviet Union-one of the accomplishments of détente-he said: "Maybe we can teach our people to drink less vodka and more Pepsi-Cola...
...MIDDLE EAST. The Soviets are unmistakably furious at Kissinger's successful solo diplomacy in arranging the disengagement between Israel and Egypt. They are angry not only because of the resulting loss of Soviet face and increase in U.S. prestige, but also because of what they consider a calculated insult by Kissinger. When he and Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko were traveling in the Middle East in February, they complained, Kissinger avoided meeting with him. The State Department counters that before he left Washington, Kissinger agreed to meet Gromyko, but never received a reply...
Baker is now holding seat-races to determine who will make the varsity boats. "It's going to be furious. I'm amazed at the amount of talent. But I'm not going to anticipate anything. Let them anticipate. My job is teaching," he says...