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From Boston to Berkeley and at as sorted points in between, a Soviet sci-fi movie called Solaris has been gathering momentum as the latest cult film. Based on a novel by the Polish author Stanislaw Lem, Solaris has to do with mysterious goings on at a space station, staffed originally by a crew of 85, which has been drastically depleted under sinister circumstances. By the time a psychologist named Kelvin (Donatis Banionis) comes aboard, the station is populated by two disturbed scientists and a host of phantoms, including a dwarf and a nubile young girl in a blue nightie...
...Marcos was clearly under pressure to reach a settlement. He also had to move carefully lest he arouse the Mos lem majorities of his populous neighbors, Malaysia and Indonesia...
...permanent spot, he has outfitted a van in which he parks his cycle. "My van," he explains, "is like a command module that I use to orbit the big cities. Then I dip in and out of the city, inspecting each possible site, using my bike like a LEM...
Even if the economy does retain its rosy glow, however, a more serious prob-lem remains. Milovan Djilas, author of The New Class and former right-hand man to Tito, urged a diminution of centralized rule and greater personal freedoms as long ago as the 1950s. For his pains, Djilas spent nine years in Tito's prisons. Now he is worried that a 23-man presidency might go too far toward de-centralization and do more harm than good. "A 'collective presidency' instead of a president," he wrote last fall, "will aggravate rather than lessen the inefficiency...
Better Balance. Most black newsmen tend to cover distinctly black stories, and frequently it is by choice. Says Lem Tucker: "There are black stories like riots and Black Power conferences where I feel I can bring better understanding to what's going on, a better balance to the story." But too often in the view of some, blacks are used to write routine race stories, many of which are not printed, and they are then used as legmen for white reporters when a major race story breaks. There are also times when black reporters are available but ignored...