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Peter Valentine, a tenant in a Blanche St. building slated for demolition by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), told the council that "if you are concerned about getting a grip on the selfish and expansionistic policies of Harvard and MIT, this...
Although the Tories gained only a minority, political observers saw their partliamentary grip from as far from tenuous; most predicted a "stable" term. Saturated with politics, the Canadian public prepared to watch the chessplayers make the most of a half-hearted mandate. The Liberals had in fact siphoned off a greater percentage of the popular vote than the Conservatives, due largely to overwhelming support in the province of Quebec...
...unmarked coffins in a Santiago cemetery? Chile? The international pariah that refuses to extradite to the U.S. the former head of the Chilean secret service and two other army officers indicted for murder by a federal grand jury? Yes, Chile, where Military Dictator Augusto Pinochet is simultaneously tightening his grip on the government and freeing up the economy...
...Subotnik and George Crumb. Last month None such's guiding spirit, Teresa Sterne, was dismissed and its future sessions canceled by the parent company, Elektra/Asylum (owned in turn by Warner Communications). Ominously, it now appears that many worthy scores may go unrecorded if the label is in the grip of those to whom the real score is the balance sheet...
...audience is transported directly to slumberland. For the next 90 minutes, there is little reason to stir. By telling the story of three elderly men who rob a bank, Director-Writer Brest (Hot Tomorrows) apparently meant to make a poignant statement about the loneliness and financial indignities that can grip old people. The subject is worthwhile, but Brest never comes close to giving it either tragic or comic life. Except for the funny holdup and a brief subsequent Vegas gambling spree, Going in Style has only dull, homely sequences that alternately patronize and sentimentalize the aged. The mordant humor...