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...Beloveds, the disco is closed from today on," reads a red lettered sign taped on the door of Zorba the Buddha Disco and Casino. Every day, buses and cars crammed with bicycles, stereos and followers of the Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh pull away from the main gate of the guru's now defunct commune in the remote hills of Oregon. Since the Rajneesh pleaded guilty to a federal charge of immigration violation and departed last month for India, after firing a bitter parting shot at the U.S. ("I never want to return"), his 1,300 disciples have been scattering like college...
...nearly three hours to board Flight 197 to Greensboro. At one point, a young man in blue jeans and a Chicago Cubs baseball cap shouted, "I've taken a poll, and everybody here is pissed off at People Express." When told that the plane was finally arriving at the gate, the crowd broke into applause and alleluias. One couple sang an impromptu song to the tune of Somewhere from West Side Story: "There's a plane for us. A time and plane...
...this week. For the first time since last November, Chief U.S. Negotiator Max Kampelman is due to lead his delegation of diplomats and experts in a caravan of limousines from their headquarters across from the city's botanical gardens, up the Avenue de la Paix, through a heavy iron gate, past a phalanx of Soviet sentries and onto the grounds of the Villa Rose, which houses the Soviet mission. Kampelman will be met by his counterpart, Victor Karpov. Inside a modernistic annex to the baroque mansion, the two delegations will take their places at a long table, with Kampelman flanked...
...accretion of power should help erase the stereotypes of women and their films. And be cause the system is changing, not just the women, the next generation of women may not need to exert so much of their energy and talent just to get through the studio gate. The goal for women directors is to persuade the male power elite that they are not some exotic Other, not the Not Quite Us. Just moviemakers...
...voices the same hope to a representative from the U.S. Information Agency, who meets them at the gate. The implied question is evaded. "I asked you if Mrs. Reagan will be there," repeats Wanda. "I want an answer." The answer is no. It is not an official function, so only the President will be present. "I am insulted," says Wanda, her voice rising. "I have come to Washington with my husband as his wife to meet the President and his wife. I am going to Russia with my husband. I do not understand why I have come here...