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...Intelligence of the CIA and now executive director for studies at Georgetown University's Center for Strategic and International Studies: "It's one of the really great intelligence problems: where to put your talent and your time." In recent years, intelligence has concentrated on the areas of greatest concern: the Middle East and SALT. Given higher priority in Washington, the Soviets could have been detected much sooner. The best intelligence that money can buy still depends on basic political judgments...
David wreaked its greatest havoc on the island of Hispaniola, which is shared jointly by Haiti and the Dominican Republic. In the town of Padre Las Casas, 75 miles west of Santo Domingo, some 400 people who had huddled for safety in a church and a school were killed when floodwaters from the Yaque River swept them away. At least 600 more were killed in the Dominican Republic, while an estimated 150,000 were left homeless, including 90,000 in Santo Domingo alone. President Antonio Guzmán understandably described the storm as "this terrible tragedy of David," and reckoned...
...much for the fantasy minute. Back in the real world, Harvard's chance for such glorious football is remote. When a head coach tells you, "Our greatest strength is our enthusiasm," you know there are problems. And Joe Restic must be suffering from insomnia while trying to keep straight all the troubles his young, inexperienced charges are facing in preparation for the 1979 campaign...
Insurance men grudgingly admire Shernoffs courtroom mastery. Says one: "He can get a jury really worked up." Yet Shernoff, who grew up in Wisconsin farm country, has none of the slickness of the stereotypical, California personal-injury lawyer. Says he: "My English isn't the greatest, but I know what I'm doing: the little guy against the insurance giant...
Actors playing actors are usually disappointing, and Anthony Hopkins, who has been asked to portray one of the greatest, is, regrettably, no exception. He has the talent, technique and energy for the part; but he lacks the presence and personality. Robert Stephens, who is the Prince of Wales - a player prince to Kean's prince of players - has both, and he all but steals the show. It is a pity that the two roles were not reversed...