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...daring attempt to use the prestige of the U.S. presidency to end the months-long stalemate blocking an Egyptian-Israeli peace settlement. Even though the search for a Middle East ac cord has claimed more of the President's time than any other issue, last week's jour ney, in the words of Presidential Assistant Hamilton Jordan, demonstrated Carter's willingness to go "the final, extra mile." The goal, of course, was momentous: an end to more than 30 years of warfare that repeatedly threatened to draw the American and Soviet super powers into a clash...
...before the unwary diner-out is fully protected from Menuese-a peculiar subbranch of American Englihs, rich in mouth-watering adjectives, that is designed both to entice and to obfuscate. In the interests of consumerism, TIME herewith offers its own guide to some of the most common plats du jour found on U.S. restaurant menus-and what they really mean...
Iolanthe will be back for the last three performances of the current engagement. In between the D'Oylycarte du jour is offering Pinafore, The Mikado, and The Pirates of Penzance. I saw these ee when the troupe was here two years ago, and all were in good shape--Pinafore, in fact, was well-nigh flawless. We are fortunate to have four feasts served with a fresh and clean D'Oyly...
...complex subject with style and economy. She knows how to relax: "Rolling around half naked on the floor of a mirrored room; performing unnatural acts in unspeakable positions; committing indecent exposure under glaring lights, not to mention the bold stares of hot-eyed strangers." Catherine Deneuve in Belle de Jour? No. Ms. Gould at a health club...
...Belle de Jour. Arguably Luis Bunuel's most gripping study of eroticism, and certainly one of the old master's all-time achievements. This 1967 release documents the plunge of a stunning Catherine Deneuve into the abyss of masochism, highlighted by brilliantly filmed vignettes of surrealism and as bizarre plot twist, bringing Deneuve's wife of a Parisian physician (Jean Sorel) to the doors of a brothel for a job. Only his classic "Los Olivados" approaches the eeriness of the dream sequences in "Bell de Jour," and relative newcomers to Bunuel's work should mark down this Sunday's showing...