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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Gone With the Wind was just one in the astonishing list of movies released in 1939. There was also The Wizard of Oz, the grandest and most glorious of all fantasies, and Stagecoach, the model for all westerns to come. There was the dark, gothic romance of Wuthering Heights; adventure stories like Gunga Din, Beau Geste and Drums Along the Mohawk; sophisticated comedies like Ninotchka, The Women and Idiot's Delight...
...Story of Alexander Graham Bell. Tearjerkers? Take a box of Kleenex and see Dark Victory, Intermezzo, Goodbye, Mr. Chips and The Light That Failed. Politics? Just think of Frank Capra's populist parable Mr. Smith Goes to Washington or that gritty tragedy Of Mice and Men. The list goes on and on: Babes in Arms; Destry Rides Again; The Hunchback of Notre Dame; W.C. Fields' You Can't Cheat an Honest Man; The Roaring Twenties; and The Cat and the Canary, which gave Bob Hope his first starring role...
...Beijing expressed its disapproval to the U.S. embassy, which passed on the complaint to Washington, but somehow the message never reached the highest levels at the White House. "The communication in Washington," the official observed wryly, "is less than perfect." Whether the Administration would have removed Fang from the list in any event is another question. Says a U.S. official: "You cannot get into a bargaining situation over a guest list...
...sorry condition of the underclass. Its misery in the midst of an affluent society is a disgrace. While the growth and strength of the black middle class prove that the U.S. has gone far to untangle its racial conundrum, racism remains at the top of a long list of unsolved national problems. The success of middle-class blacks is mainly the product of their own hard work and tenacity. But it would not have occurred without the national consensus, embodied in civil rights legislation, to dismantle segregation and create equal opportunities for all. Further strides toward that goal depend...
...likely to be the fate of Lawrence Eagleburger, who became president of Kissinger Associates in 1984, after 27 years in Government. About to be nominated as Deputy Secretary of State, Eagleburger is expected to face a grueling confirmation battle revolving around the firm's globe-girdling client list that touches everything from Middle Eastern oil to Third World debt. Granted, Eagleburger is respected. But are his credentials so special as to override the possible conflicts of interest...