Word: gifts
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...President, are completely on target. Kubrick's films are all good, but this is his closest approach to perfection. Of course, since his new movie made the cover of Time it's probably going to bomb, but that can't be helped. Dr. Strangelove is the perfect Christmas gift...
...made-up holiday, invented by anxious Jewish parents to mollify their Christmas-hungry offspring. "Look," they were saying, "you don't need any stockings hung by the chimney with care, or presents under the tree. We're gonna give you eight--yes, count'em, eight--different gifts, one for each day of our holiday." It didn't help, of course, that my parents were not big gift-givers. The only thing I remember getting for Chanukah was a picture book about the Feast of Lights, as it was called. I read the book at least eight times, but somehow...
...looking to buy ski equipment as a holiday gift for someone, you're best bet is to try the Ski Market on Commonwealth Ave. Right now, Ski Market is ofering several ski-boot-binding-pole packages starting at $109. The savings on these packages range up to $150 and the equipment is name-brand. These packages are particularly good buys for the intermediate skier looking to step up from cheap or rental equipment. Ski Market also has some of the best bargains around on skis, boots and clothing...
...Prager and William Marmon were granted a rare interview with Syria's President Hafez Assad. Prager also talked to two of Assad's closest advisers: Major General Naji Jamil, head of the Syrian air force, and Major General Mustapha Tlas, the Defense Minister. Following an old Syrian gift-giving custom, Jamil presented Prager with a small air-force pin, smilingly suggesting that it might make it easier for Prager to be a military correspondent in Syria in the unhappy event of more fighting in the area. Was there a more ominous symbolism in the Defense Minister...
...Humboldt's Gift, Bellow...