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...boatmen paid little heed to the Government's threats, and the rescue navy continued to grow. "They have to say that," shrugged one skipper. Relatives of the refugees were already waiting on Florida's docks with cash in hand, ready to pay the fines in case the boats carrying their kinfolk were seized. Chances are that few if any fines will be imposed or collected. "Look at the dimensions and emotion of all this," said one weary customs officer, waving his hand across the crowded Key West docks. "How could we possibly do anything to stop...
...produced the film, said last week that it would not change its plans to televise the two-hour program, over more than 100 stations, on May 12. State Department officials in Washington acknowledged that the Saudis had expressed their concern about the showing. They were obviously paying no heed to an old Hollywood adage: the louder the protest, the bigger the audience...
...urge Rosovsky to heed that advice and fill the gap between Bowersock's departure and Verba's return with a temporary replacement who will act as a listening post and advocate for student's concerns. Issues like tutorial reforms, drama courses for credit, implementation of the Core Curriculum and study abroad are too important to be lost in a bureaucratic shuffle...
...shake off his image as "Governor Moonbeam." Though his campaign organization had improved considerably since his New England days, he continued to have trouble making himself heard, and he blamed the press for concentrating on the Carter-Kennedy struggle. As Brown straggled along he began paying more and more heed to an assortment of eccentrics who had attached themselves to the fringes of his entourage. Among them were members of Novus, an amorphous organization that takes its name from a Latin motto on the Great Seal of the U.S., Novus ordo seclorum, meaning New Order of the Ages. According...
...film-book writers, the next few years will determine whether they are working in Ghastlyville or Oz. No matter what transpires, one group will never suffer: the producers. If fresh material ever runs out, they need only heed the advice offered by Will Rogers half a century ago: "If the movies want to advance, all they have to do is not get new stories but do the old ones over-as they were written...