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Time of the Gypsies -- what a drab handle for such a sprawling, enthralling entertainment. The title promises a 60 Minutes-style expose on purse snatching and child exploitation in the tourist capitals of Europe. And is anyone in a hurry to see a 2-hr. 22-min. film in Romany with English subtitles? As it happens, the movie does take time for side trips from Yugoslavia to Italy, to show young Gypsies stealing and pimping at their bosses' stern whims. But its heart is in a Serbian village of Gypsies, where outcasts find a family and fevered dreams...
Although your article concerning There and Back: Notes from Abroad was a wonderful introduction to student contributions toward internationalization, an important point was completely overlooked: The event you covered was a joint magazine debut and holiday open house co-sponsored by Harvard-Radcliffe Students Abroad (HRSA) and HR-NEAR (Network for Educational Alternatives and Readjustment...
...course of student efforts at internationalization, The Crimson must cover the pragmatic along with the glossy. John A. Emerson Co-chair, HR-NEAR...
...Cruise has his best shot in a sprawling, squalling film on Hollywood's favorite serious subject. Born on the Fourth of July, directed by Oliver Stone (Platoon), is a Viet Nam melodrama pitched at high decibel level for 2 hr. 23 min. The movie is a jeremiad not just against the war but also against the cultural authorities who encouraged it from the pulpit, the blackboard, the dining-room table and the movie screen. This is an anti-Hollywood movie too; everything that was terrific in, say, Top Gun -- the war, the sex, the male bonding -- is found...
Antiabortion forces also took heart last week from victories in Pennsylvania and Michigan. The Pennsylvania house of representatives voted 143 to 58 to prohibit most abortions after 24 weeks, require that women be informed of the medical risks of abortion and impose a 24-hr. waiting period. Michigan's senate approved a bill that would require parental consent to abortions for girls 17 years old or younger...