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...Walleye, a sophisticated TV-guided, 1,000-lb. glide missile with a range of about 25 miles for use by A-4 Skyhawks against missile and artillery installations. It was employed in Viet Nam against artillery and other installations in mountainside caves...
...ELECTRA GLIDE IN BLUE...
Everything about this movie seems carefully calculated for effect. Even the director. The ubiquitous advertisements for Electro Glide in Blue feature the 27-year-old James William Guercio in aviator shades and high-lace boots, looking like Bogdanovich from the neck up and DeMille from the knees down. It would not matter, of course, what the ads or the director looked like if the movie deserved either of the adjectives often associated with first features -"interesting" or "promising." In its slick pomposity, though, the publicity campaign has neatly captured the essence of the film...
...unlikely that anybody in Washington would make either faux pas these days, for Gough (rhymes with cough) Whitlam is stirring things up more than any Australian leader in years. Until recently, Australia resembled a sort of waltzing Matilda, content to glide through life on the strong arm of a big, steady date. To her escort-first Britain, then the U.S.-she was complaisant, undemanding and faithful. In short, Australia could be taken for granted, and often was. No more. The waltz is ended. Australia has started to rock, and to a beat that is her own. To the dismay...
...setup will permit the President to cut back his Executive Office staff from 4,216 to a little over 2,000-the number that existed when he took office. He will then have to deal with fewer people, as he prefers. When he gives an order, it will glide more swiftly down the chain of command...