Word: lessers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Harvard Campaign workers, seeking alumni donations abroad in the fundraising drive's Lesser Developed Countries Phase, accidentally stumble across former Ugandan dictator Idi Amin, who has been in hiding. They immediately hire Amin as an assistant to campaign head Thomas Reardon. "Dada's a great fundraiser," says President Bok. "Everyone he solicits comes through on his pledges...
What accounts for the movie's enduring charm? Casablanca is, of course, a masterpiece of casting. Not only the leads but the lesser players as well are perfect, each one a small, vivid miracle of type. Fetching up their names is an old game for the trivialist: Sam (Dooley Wilson), the bartender Sascha (Leonid Kinskey), the waiter Carl (S.Z. Sakall), the jilted Yvonne (Madeleine LeBeau), the Bulgarian couple (Joy Page and Helmut Dantine), the pickpocket (Curt Bois), the croupier (Marcel Dalio...
...time beyond history, on two rock-bound islands, live The Sea People (Schocken; $14.95). The Greater Island is ruled by a king, the Lesser one by an old, blind oracle. Peace reigns until the king decides to move a red sunstone. Once the rock is disturbed, the Sea People experience an absolute shower of gold. But absolute shower corrupts absolutely, and soon the islands are threatened by pride and avarice. Only the old man's wisdom can rescue them from themselves ... This familiar tale is saved from banality by the panoramic artwork of Jorg Muller and Jorg Steiner. Gull...
...disappointment stems from the regrettable irresponsibility demonstrated by those Council members who kicked up a fuss before the referendum even began, and, albeit to a lesser extent, from the naivete by The Crimson in failing to expose this as a deliberate attempt to divert attention from the real issue at hand--the need to halt the arms race and interventionism. Jeff Knopf '83, for Radcliffe-Harvard Peace Alliance
...nervous fingers burrowing into a copse of hair, the starts and stops of dialogue, even the red blotches on her skin in moments of high tension. She plays Sophie in a Polish-accented contralto and, in the flashbacks, speaks serviceable Polish and German. In a smaller picture, with a lesser actress, this would seem a highfalutin stunt, a meaningless demonstration of dexterity. Here it is one more challenge that this galvanizing actress set for herself, a total immersion in character, a necessary step toward revelation. As Sophie, Streep is fine and beautiful and a little heartbreaking...