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Both sides had very vocal supporters, with the Crimson cheering section the largest and loudest of the season...
...Bamford described the release as "scandalous" and insisted that it would "add fuel to suspicions about South Africa's involvement." The U.S. State Department drew attention to a 1978 pact between seven major industrialized nations that would cut air flights to countries that harbor hijackers. As expected, the loudest protests came from Seychelles President Albert René. After forlornly requesting extradition of the raiders, he asked the United Nations to conduct an inquiry and charged again that Pretoria had organized the coup. That accusation was buttressed by a Durban newspaper report that several of the mercenaries were South African...
...Congressional debates related to higher education, the jousting over student loans provoked the loudest protests from college spokesmen, and the final proposals may hurt more than 800,000 students nationwide. Meanwhile, the clamor in Harvard's financial aid office has all but ceased. New family income restrictions will, in fact, be considerably more lenient than expected for students attending expensive Ivy League schools, and the cuts will not keep anyone out of the University this year or next [see sidebar...
...content, Richard Nixon believes that "television is to news what bumper stickers are to philosophy." Nixon is a bruised witness, but he does have a point. Trying to compact a day's debate into 47 seconds and give it drama, a television reporter will pit the loudest advocate of a cause against its most outraged opponent. Onscreen, each will be shown talking away, but the words you hear are the reporter's, explaining what the story is really about. At last, the sound picks up a snippet of the speaker's own words. This irritating parody...
...industry had some major successes in the late 1970s, including Star Wars, Saturday Night Fever and Grease, but Hollywood is now again reeling. The writers have been on strike for almost two months, and the studios last week were bracing for a walkout by directors. The loudest flop has come from Heaven's Gate. The film cost a stunning $43 million to produce, but it has been roasted by critics and ignored by audiences. According to Variety, a new version of the original movie is now earning a combined total of only $1,300 a week...