Word: halsingborg
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...other film maker of the first rank has devoted himself so fully to another medium as Ingmar Bergman has to the stage. Since his career began in 1944 (when his first screenplay was produced, and he was named artistic director of the Halsingborg City Theater), Bergman has spent most of his time as one of the world's premier theater directors. For him, the writing and directing of films is both a vacation from and an extension of his stage work. In films from Smiles of a Summer Night to Fanny and Alexander, Bergman has celebrated that bare stage...
...million people-a quarter of the work force-had stayed off their jobs in the third consecutive week of labor disruptions. Some were on strike, others had been locked out. As the country faced economic paralysis, airports and most urban public transportation shut down. Only one major port, Halsingborg, remained open to receive freighters. Responding to a growing fuel shortage, panicky Swedes were filling up their tanks at gas stations. They also began raiding the shelves of state-owned liquor stores after the announcement of a brewery lockout. Such staples as bread, milk and toilet paper were either rationed...
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