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...Girls most resembles a political novel in the way its narrative keeps jerking to a halt like a campaign train, while Morris hops off to deliver a high-flown speech ("An aura of romance and beauty surrounded her, there was a rare electricity to her movements, she seemed touched with gold...
Great squalls of controversy have been buffeting this essentially unsurprising political thriller ever since it was removed from the inaugural showing at Washington's Kennedy Center (TIME, April 16). The American Film Institute, an organization of high-flown title and dubious distinction, was dedicating a theater for itself, but A.F.I. Director George Stevens Jr. thought State of Siege inappropriate for such an august occasion. He chose to believe that the film rationalizes political assassination...
That claim may not be as high-flown as it sounds. Dr. John Nicolaides, professor of aerospace engineering at the University of Notre Dame and a former NASA official, also became a believer after Kline sailed a model of his new glider practically the length of Notre Dame's practice football field. In subsequent wind-tunnel tests, the scientist confirmed what Kline already believed: that his wing was a true breakthrough in aerodynamic design, one that greatly resists stalling. Exactly why that is so remains a mystery...
Gaddafi's high-flown statement angered the British, discomforted some Arabs and puzzled the Irish. The British and U.S. ambassadors to Tripoli walked out while he spoke. Next day Middle East newspapers suggested that in the battle against Israel, Northern Ireland's problems had low priority indeed. In Ireland, both branches of the Irish Republican Army insisted that they had received nothing...
...must remember that this gap is itself nothing new. Americans have traditionally harbored a distinct suspicion of Washington politicians, their high-handed ways and high-flown rhetoric; the strength of populist movements throughout American history attests to this fact...