Word: laurell
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Imagine Truffaut's Jules and Jim with Laurel and Hardy in the title roles. Imagine Bunuel's Tristana with a new screenplay by Henry Miller. Imagine-well, what's the point? There really isn't any way to anticipate the special charms of Get Out Your Handkerchiefs. This rhapsodic French comedy about men, women and sex is an honest-to-God original with its own challenging brands of humor, style and wisdom. It is the first revolutionary film to come out of France since the decline of the New Wave in the late...
Competition from the new store is certain to intensify the bruising price war that is already roiling the New York City area, where an estimated one-third of U.S. hardcover books are sold. The discounters commonly cut prices 20% to 35% on bestsellers. The battle has already forced Laurel Book Center, a small chain, out of business. McGraw-Hill at times has posted a barker outside its Manhattan store to attract customers by offering a daily giveaway of technical books. Doubleday has refurbished and expanded its main Fifth Avenue store and is relying more and more on cut-rate leftovers...
...election for representatives to the Student Assembly, Adams House residents chose the following students: Marc Baum '80, William A. Groll '80, William Mayer '79, Laurel A. Stadtmauer '80 and Richard M. Wyner...
Carter was counting on the "chemistry" of Camp David's setting and intimacy to help make the summit succeed. Much of this would depend on the informal contacts between the parties. The three leaders' aides mixed casually over meals and drinks at Laurel Lodge. Walks through the chestnut, oak and hickory woods provided other opportunities for the kind of personal interaction that Carter hoped would contribute to the peace process...
...parade field of the U.S. Marine Corps's Drum and Bugle Corps and the Marines' crack silent drill team. Although Carter immensely enjoyed the show, its blatantly martial tone seemed to surprise both Begin and Sadat. Following the performance, the Carters were hosts at a reception at Laurel Lodge for the delegations. All this contributed to such a soothing atmosphere that Begin, in a telephone conversation with aides in Jerusalem, exclaimed: "I feel here like I'm in paradise on earth. It is the first real rest I've had since taking office...